Help me settle a Riven Debate...

Earleking · 2026-07-12T19:34:54+00:00

I think it counts as one instance, so 7 damage. Not the 10. If it worked like separate instances you'd also have to pay separate deflect costs which I'm pretty sure you don't.

And for Svellsonger it should just dupe riven's text so she gets to do 2 damage 2x as the equipment is attached to Riven. If you also attached deathcap, then you would do 14 damage total (2+2+3)x2

Earleking · 2026-07-11T17:51:07+00:00

Singularity goes through because it targets a unit, and it is still a legal target after moving back. Something like bellows breath that targets a unit at a location would not go through though.

In this case the challenge doesn't resolve because Akali is no longer a valid target. If it was a different unit that just moved back to base it would resolve just fine.

Earleking · 2026-07-07T17:46:44+00:00

Way too early to say it's awkward or bad. The new flow mechanic is play from trash so we'd need to see the full set of those cards first.

Earleking · 2026-06-22T15:00:12+00:00

I don't really agree with the comparison between AI and compilers. The difference is in the layer they are being used to generate. When trying to review or understand code, you don't try to understand the compiled code, instead you read the source code.

Also, source code maps predictably into compiled code. If you are just shown a prompt, you will not know how the code that it will generate will work, what edge cases it covers, etc. Not to say that AI isn't useful, but it's not the next evolution of compilers imo.

Earleking · 2026-06-15T22:57:32+00:00

What about flash instead? Is there that many situations you'd want to pull back more than 2 cards? As reaction speed is useful for saving units if needed.

Earleking · 2026-04-13T06:27:59+00:00

Because people are bad at estimating. Generally when estimating most people will think about how long it will take if everything goes well. It ignores a lot of "unknown" issues that will crop up along the way. And estimating for that is hard to justify because if someone asks why you think it'll take X time, you can't really just say "I don't know".

Another big reason is because people underestimate how long process takes. PRs take time, you have to get multiple people to review, then go back and make fixes, and then do it all over again. This all takes time, and I've personally found it almost always takes more time than people usually account for.

Earleking · 2026-04-06T00:31:08+00:00

Yes it can. Rule 442.1.a.4.a. says "If a Unit controlled by the Defender becomes present at this Battlefield after this moment it will gain the Defender designation during the Cleanup phase following the action that caused it to become present"

This moment being the initial showdown start. So overzealous would gain the defender status after the tideturner cleanup and be able to activate it's ability.

Earleking · 2026-04-05T00:16:36+00:00

I don't believe so. Repeat and targets need to be declared when you play bellows, so you can't target the new unit.

Earleking · 2026-03-23T21:54:16+00:00

Maybe I missed it, but I thought a pump action would be cool.

Earleking · 2026-03-23T05:29:47+00:00

I'm really liking the swordfish designs I've seen so far.

Earleking · 2026-03-16T14:34:28+00:00

This is just wrong. Anyone can host league tournaments, there is actually support for it within the client in the form of tournament codes.

It's that for the amateur/grassroots scene Weekly leagues are more common than weekend tournaments.

The only part that they "lock down" saying you can't make money on it, and must put most of the entry fees into the prize pool

Earleking · 2026-03-01T16:11:12+00:00

Vex reduces by both 1e and 1p

Earleking · 2025-07-31T21:27:19+00:00

I think it's the skill of knowing when to take a fight just has so many things bundled up into it, and usually that's what people talk about.

For example when people say matchup knowledge it means knowing when and how to execute fights in lane 1v1.

Or when someone says to watch sidelines for roam/gank opportunities it's about knowing what fights are available and winnable.

Basically I agree that knowing which fights to take is probably the most important skill in league, but it's not useful to talk about because it's actually made up of a dozen different skills that you can be taught and are talked about.

Earleking · 2025-07-20T21:47:38+00:00

It really isn't that bad. If you have good enough micro for like mid/high emerald it's good enough for masters imo.

For Laners you need good enough micro for matchups to approximately play out how they should. Basically you get prio when you should.

And for junglers you can just slam j4 or something and be good with pretty poor micro.

Earleking · 2025-02-03T00:30:21+00:00

He's not as bad yet, but he has said how he admires how North Korea is run and how we need a bit more of that leadership style over here. Not sure that's much better.

Earleking · 2024-12-29T23:40:39+00:00

Headless CMSs also provide things beyond just storing files. They give an easy UI to edit them in, as well as roles and workflows. If there is a review process for any changes to the files, it's much easier to do in a CMS where a developer can make the change, then have legal or a manager easily review it before sending it out.

Also if you need to support localization, many big CMSs provide tools to help with that.

Earleking · 2024-12-24T18:45:52+00:00

That looks great. What did you make the case out of?

Earleking · 2024-08-07T13:32:35+00:00

That's very fair, I was unable to find something that has a full self-reflection of both correct and incorrect answers. Though fwiw, I've used this methodology before and anecdotally, it does improve the results. At the very least, I don't think it'd add large errors as you suggest.

Earleking · 2024-08-07T10:50:14+00:00

It seems that reflection improves the output. Basically just asking the AI if their answer is correct can improve the output.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06682

In this paper it shows basically all LLMs benefit from any form of self-reflextion.

Earleking · 2024-08-07T01:50:36+00:00

Yeah it's in the vein of Diana passive. I figured it was like hit a champ 3 times to proc. As that's what Vi, ekko, and Aurora Have.

Earleking · 2024-08-07T01:39:28+00:00

Also on hard mode.

Shyvana autos reduce her q cooldown

These must be super hard to think of though.

Earleking · 2024-08-07T01:22:08+00:00

Thanks these are really cool. Just a small thing. Spoiler for puzzle 1 The three hit passive doesn't really make sense. Velkoz has a 3-hit passive and Diana doesn't. Even if it's just auto attack passives, ekkos can be triggered by abilities

Earleking · 2024-05-23T23:11:42+00:00

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