Academy Skins, Party IP Weekend and more!

[quote=Wayne3100][center][img=http://www.mobafire.com/images/news/riot-compilation-007.jpg width=550][/center] [rule] Hello everyone and welcome to another Riot news compilation post, where we give you a quick overview of the news content created by Riot in the past couple of days. Today, the main stories to catch up on are the release of the Academy skins and the Party IP weekend (which we're currently in) which should help Riot stress test the NA servers after their move to Chicago, Illinois. Apart from that, highlights include an article talking about the process of creating the Bilgewater event, a new champion and skin sale, a (video) guide to mastering [[Alistar]] and a new video of Helmet Bro. Finally, there's also an interesting post for those who haven't played the game in a while, containing an overview of all changes they would need to know about before being able to get right back to it. That's it for now, feel free to leave your thoughts on these articles below! [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/bw_lolclient_card_building_bilgewater.jpg?itok=6F4WX937][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/bw_lolclient_card_building_bilgewater.jpg?itok=6F4WX937 width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/special-event/building-bilgewater-pirate-renovation]Building Bilgewater: A Pirate Renovation[/url][/size] [size=2]By Rumtumtummers, 08/26/2015[/size][/center] Foundational world-building plays a huge role in the creation of events like Bilgewater: Burning Tides. Enter Foundations, a dedicated group of Rioters working to shape the building blocks of League's universe. By exploring the people, customs, and stories of places like Bilgewater, Foundations fleshes out Runterra's locales and transforms them into living, breathing places. Take a peek behind the curtain and explore Bilgewater's roots.[/td] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/dravenheader_0.jpg?itok=rcqOJN95][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/dravenheader_0.jpg?itok=rcqOJN95 width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/q/come-chat-riot-researcher-davin]Come chat with Riot researcher Davin! [COMPLETE][/url][/size] [size=2]By ADillonMostDirty, 08/26/2015[/size][/center] Between Two Turrets is a new Q&A series connecting you with various Rioters. This week, we've got research manager Davin![/td] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/shy.jpg?itok=Qctz72-w][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/shy.jpg?itok=Qctz72-w width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/community-spotlight/community-patch-recap-516-0][size=5]Community Patch Recap – 5.16[/size][/url] [size=2]By RiotJaws, 08/26/2015[/size] Learn more about the Patch 5.16 changes with these community-created videos.[/td][/center] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/2015.08.28.articlebanner.champskinsale.jpg?itok=HFzMTD0n][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/2015.08.28.articlebanner.champskinsale.jpg?itok=HFzMTD0n width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/champion-and-skin-sale-0828-0831]Champion and skin sale: 08.28 - 08.31[/url][/size] [size=2]By Wizardcrab, 08/27/2015[/size] Grab these champions and skins on sale for 50% off for a limited time![/td][/center] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/lubukench.jpg?itok=xjv2iK4A][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/lubukench.jpg?itok=xjv2iK4A width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/community-spotlight/chef-lu-bu-kenchs-catfish]Chef Lu Bu - Kench's Catfish[/url][/size] [size=2]By Riot Glyceroll, 08/27/2015[/size][/center] Brian Smawley, known in the community as Chef Lu Bu, is back with another salivatin' cooking guide.[/td] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/academy_skins_splash_final_1920.jpg?itok=i9iN_EZH][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/academy_skins_splash_final_1920.jpg?itok=i9iN_EZH width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/champions-skins/skin-release/official-memo-dean-academy]An official memo from the Dean of the Academy[/url][/size] [size=2]By Riot Badtofu, 08/27/2015[/size][/center] The following students are hereby suspended henceforth for poor attitudes, vandalism of school property, and violent behavior in addition to other heinous infractions too numerous to list.[/td] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/media-youtube/0-fXASimSS8.jpg?itok=xp67vk7R][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/media-youtube/0-fXASimSS8.jpg?itok=xp67vk7R width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/catch-what-you-missed]Catch up on what you missed![/url][/size] [size=2]By Mhija, 08/27/2015[/size] League's changed a lot – get back into the game ASAP with this recap.[/td][/center] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/alistar.jpg?itok=stTIb4vz][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/alistar.jpg?itok=stTIb4vz width=225][/url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/community-spotlight/master-alistars-moochanics]Master Alistar's Moochanics[/url][/size] [size=2]By RiotOpti, 08/27/2015[/size] Torenthal demonstrates how to use Alistar to his maximum potential.[/td][/center] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [anchor=sales][table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/august_28-august_30_stress_test_weekend.jpg?itok=Zg8B2lzU][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/august_28-august_30_stress_test_weekend.jpg?itok=Zg8B2lzU width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/promotion/test-servers-party-ip]Test the Servers with Party IP![/url][/size] [size=2]By Riot Ahab, 08/28/2015[/size] Help us stress test the new Chicago game servers and earn Party IP from Aug. 28-30![/td][/center] [/tr] [/table] [img=http://i.imgur.com/C9cwdBS.png] [table width=850] [tr] [td width=240 padding=5][center][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/helmet_bro_shaco_header.png?itok=y7iJA-cC][img=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xlarge/public/upload/helmet_bro_shaco_header.png?itok=y7iJA-cC width=225][url][/center][/td] [td width=20][/td][td width=590 padding=5][center][size=5][url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/community-spotlight/helmet-bro-animated-series-shaco]Helmet Bro: The Animated Series - Shaco[/url][/size] [size=2]08/28/2015[/size] Everybody loves a clown.[/td][/center] [/tr] [/table] [rule][/quote]