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I've been witnessing a lot of smack talk in-round lately, whenever someone choosing to use a skin on their champion makes a single wrong move.

I have to wonder - would the same comments get made, if the player were not using the skin?

I'm a fan of changing the look of my champs. I main Riven and Irelia and have preferred skins for both. I've made an investment in the champion, and paid myself back by choosing how the champion looks under my command. While skins don't change the mechanics of a champion, they do change the feel, and feel means a lot.

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So - a little background on me (The list's below. You can pass up this part if you want):

I had been maining old Sivir through all of S1 and made gold with her. This actually caused people to ask me to stream and I did, and it became semi-popular back then (was on the solomid list just through having 160ish viewers). More recently, the thought of becoming a bit more of a competitive player hopped into my head. I talked to my only friend who I really thought might be interested in competitive play and had the skills for it. We sort of settled on me practicing AD carries till I was at the very least competent with all of them, but good with a few. Later, when we made the team, I'd just fill the AD carry/support roles as needed.

Since this and since season 2, I had a rise in ELO (though currently in a slump playing supports. :P) and I've actually been seen by a select few of you mobafire goers on high elo streams like Dan Dinh's, Elementz (He was nice to me today. Said I played s…

Tier 1 - Vayne, Morgana, Tryndamere, Nidalee, Karthus, Nocturne, Akali, Gangplank, Kennen, Kassadin, Graves, Cassiopeia, Ahri, Rammus, Olaf, Skarner, Xerath, Annie
Tier 2 - Lee Sin, Caitlyn, Nasus, Renekton, Rumble, Fizz, Sion, Pantheon, Wukong, Riven, Cho'Gath, Udyr, Garen, Irelia, Shaco, Sivir, Ezreal, Ryze, Gragas, LeBlanc, Soraka, Brand
Tier 3 - Orianna, Miss Fortune, Lux, Kog'Maw, Tristana, Twisted Fate, Shyvana, Corki, Swain, Yorick, Talon, Anivia, Singed, Jarvan IV, Trundle, Malzahar, Zilean, Poppy, Ashe, Warwick, Teemo, Viktor, Amumu, Galio, Janna, Taric, Alistar, Sona, Blitzcrank, Maokai, Urgot
Tier 4 - Fiddlesticks, Vladimir, Malphite, Mordekaiser, Jax, Xin Zhao, Master Yi, Katarina, Twitch, Kayle, Shen, Volibear, Dr. Mundo, Veigar, Heimerdinger, Nunu, Leona, Karma, Evelynn

Tier 1 - These champions are overpowered in solo queue. You want to get good at them and then use them to hyper-drive your ELO. These are the champions that you can use to carry yourself higher up in ELO…

So, let me think.

When I was about 7 years old, I got Pokemon Yellow for Christmas (1999). It was pretty much the first game I ever got, as before that I mainly played hockey with my friends as I recall, and read books. Did I ever play that game tons though, was one of my most played games along with Pokemon Blue, which I got later. It's one of the games that got me into Pokemon, for sure. (I used to watch the tv show back then too, as well as I watched the first movie when it came out).

The next game I got I believe was again for the Gameboy, and it was called Dragon Warrior Monsters. It was an incredible game that originated in Japan and was a little bit like Pokemon (part of it's appeal to me I imagine). It revolved around having 3 'monsters' in your party, and traveling through a medieval kingdom with them, fighting other monsters. It had some of the best graphics a gameboy game has had back then. It's almost completely unknown though.

I got a PS2 when it came out, and started p…

Alright, this is something I was thinking about the other day. Naturally, you would think it's natural to be good at playing champions you enjoy because you play them and put more thought into them naturally. I fortunately obey this principle, I just so happen to love the game play and design of every champion I play well.

I have friends on the other hand that definitely do not. I have one that loves a number of champions that he can't play at all, and numerous that are really good with champions that they just don't want to play at all.

So Mobafire, what are your thoughts/experiences with this???

Morning MobaFire :) I was too busy the last few days to jump on the "My Gaming History" bandwagon, but today I am completely free to do what I want, and I felt the need to write a whole lot of stuff no one would ever read, so here I am :D

I'm new here to mobafire and, I've been thinking about writing a blog weekly. I guess just to "document" what champion I'm playing at the time, what I like about the champion and what not.

I guess the whole reason I want to start this is to get to know some people and find some new friends. I think that could be good Right?

So, lets start my first blog with more about me.

I'm a female, and I'm 21 years old. (I'm sure you've read my profile.) Please call me Bree! I rent a room out of my cousin's house with my fiancee. I own two cats (Jayduh and Demi), and a dog, but.. I live with four cats, two dogs, a snake, two tarantulas, a HUGE bull frog, and a chameleon. I have 0 kids, and I work at a self storage place. Due to my work environment I am able to spend my down time on LoL, so you can say I play a lot! I like to play around in photo shop, I used to be serious about it but.. not anymore.

For my start on MF, I've made my first "guide" on Ahri. You can find it Here. It is a littl…

I was just thinking, Riot games should make a very special skin for Annie, that when she uses her ultimate Volibear comes out. LOL?! That would be soo funny and cute. What do you guys think?
Leave your comments below on what do you think Riot Games should add to any champion you like. It could either be Skins, Skills, Dance choreo and ETC. Im really interested..

Another week, another strategy. This week I'll be explaining the "patch mentality" and how to not get trapped up in it. Many summoners think that a nerf or buff to a champion magically changes them to overpowered or underpowered. Not only is this typically a false assumption, it can be a hindrance to your development. This idea is put in different wrappers such as "flavor of the week" or "bandwagon jumping", however the core remains the same: leaving established knowledge for inherent advantage.

Before getting into the specifics on not falling into this trap, it is important to note that there are situations where a buff or nerf is extremely significant. During the development and beta stages of this game, certain champions were hilariously overpowered. This is not about those times or situations. An example of that is Evelynn. She was very strong and then was "reworked" and is now not strong. She can still be played effectively, however she isn't even a shadow of her f…

1. Create a canvas that is 500X150 and open your image of choice into it.

2. Now we're going to scale the image down using the scale tool, be sure the proportions are locked.

3. Once you've scaled the image down, move it so the part you want showing is visible.


4. crop the image as a whole with the crop tool and add a new layer