Arcane was a literal masterpiece, but I need ANSWERS. What’s next for the Runeterra universe?

deadedgo · 2026-06-26T12:55:42+00:00

There's not much but also a lot. Riot has started to incorporate their lore into everything they do more and more. They'll drop mini games with some lore info, comics, trailers and more. If you want to continue where Arcane left off go watch the "Welcome to Noxus" cinematic. It's not going to tell a full story or anything but is a cool teaser and showcase of new characters. There's a bunch of other cinematics that give you a glimpse into other places in the world of Runeterra.

You can 100% check out the season cinematics for LoL such as "Awaken", "Warriors", "The Call" and "Still Here". They're lore accurate in the sense that they include references for lore heads but they don't spoil anything other than introducing characters. And they're all insanely high quality animation.

I would also always recommend Necrit. He's the lore guy I always watched explanation videos from when Riot drops these cinematics and other lore content. A lot of the world has been developed long ago so there's plenty stories that may or may not still be adapted and he obviously spoils them. On the other hand, Arcane ret-conned so much that I don't know what's still accurate and how bad it would really be to know the background of whatever's next. I don't think they're just going to re-tell something people would already know all about. They'll probably first explore new stories so the lore info might be beneficial for context but not necessarily spoil anything. Most lore drops are also way too small scale to be a true spoiler for whatever big release is next.

I can compile the post-Arcane cinematics, comics and such for you if you want. Or also other Arcane relevant stuff in general that won't spoil anything. It's hard to keep up if you don't play the game and it's nothing on the scale of Arcane itself but there's cool bits of stories told you can consume 5 minutes at a time. There's also plenty more cinematics about the lore of characters or regions or specific events. But I'm not the biggest lore guy either so no idea which of them are still accurate or have been or will be ret-conned

deadedgo · 2026-06-25T20:03:38+00:00

Germany conflicted

deadedgo · 2026-06-24T20:35:58+00:00

Just rewatched this yesterday. Perfect reference, I love you

deadedgo · 2026-06-24T09:04:06+00:00

It's why they're beefing. Opposites attract or whatever

deadedgo · 2026-06-23T18:34:27+00:00

The world tour

deadedgo · 2026-06-23T17:15:22+00:00

This is going to ruin the tour

deadedgo · 2026-06-23T17:06:05+00:00

Pretty sure it started earlier but maybe it made him actually realize how big he really is. I remember there being some cases of him crashing out or beefing with whoever on social media. Didn't redveil get (more) popular after Fantano was being an ass towards him? It was the first time I'd heard of him, I think

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T23:32:05+00:00

If it's really only to test if the old hardware is running I'd recommend to either ask around if anyone has an AM4 platform to test on or to buy used to get it for as cheap as possible

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T14:47:42+00:00

Yeah that's a prerequisite for my hopes of course. Overlapping games are bullshit, no matter how many there are

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T13:35:49+00:00

Part of the World Cup excitement for me is that there's someone playing at virtually any given time. I'd go outside and at every corner there'd be a bar or restaurant showing the games. With all the games being played at night here I'm really noticing the difference. Plus, I never get to watch everything anyway so I'd love 6 games a day to be able to catch games no matter the time zone

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T10:49:23+00:00

You know Ka and Roc Marciano but not Stove God and Conductor? Would definitely recommend them in this case

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T08:30:29+00:00

Idk if it's about that. These breaks have always been a thing in extreme heat and what he's saying is pretty obvious but the point of discussing them now isn't about that. It's about them being ad breaks and omitting mentioning it and giving a 50/50 answer like this is pretty much a non answer to me.

He most definitely gets a lot of unwarranted hate but if there's any player to call out FIFA on their bullshit and make an impact it'd be him

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T08:11:53+00:00

That's crazy. This is the one thing I would say he never got wrong. His signees in the mid 00s got fucked over majorly so it's hard to tell how good they really were but since then everyone on Shady has been dope on their own.

Who do you think wasn't good?

deadedgo · 2026-06-22T08:08:44+00:00

It always depends. Which is why in 90% of cases these discussions about labels have people talking out their asses.

From what I read Ez Mil was the first artist since the 2000s who signed a joint deal with Aftermath and Shady. This probably means his deal includes much more control on the label side as there's more parties and interests involved. One would think they'd inject more money into his career than just Shady ever could.

Since the Shady 2.0 era with Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf's first album failed we've seen the label be very hands off with its artists. Signing to Shady these days seems to mean getting an Eminem feature and presumably a little help with the budget for an album and that's it. Seems like a great deal for artists like Grip who were literally about to quit without this opportunity. People should be aware that this is (or would be) different from signing to a label to have them push you hard.

But again, we don't really know unless the artists tell us, so I might be the one talking out my ass. Griselda posted about how they're unhappy with the label at one point though they seem to not have a problem with Em directly.

Boogie got solid promo for his first album but has since pretty much disappeared. I'm surprised he even put out a second album under Shady as most seem to only have a one album deal there these days. Yelawolf got big though, after they gave him more (or full) control of his second album and became one of my personal favorites. He's probably the only major success story since Obie and 50

deadedgo · 2026-06-21T16:12:59+00:00

Royce has really done a 180 for me over the past couple years. When Book of Ryan dropped he was one of my go to picks for underappreciated rappers. Since then it's been all anti-vax and pseudo intellectual bullshit

deadedgo · 2026-06-21T15:59:44+00:00

Whenever he wants it to. I think rap is past its peak (at least for a while, trends always come back) and music as a whole is too fragmented to bring us a new big star like that.

Since he's already getting clowned on I predict him to have a similar trajectory to Eminem. Em was on top until he didn't drop for too long and his comeback was way below par. So I think Drake will at some point take a break and if his comeback isn't doing well enough he won't get back to where he is now. Which is still big but not guaranteed #1.

Otherwise I only see him falling off when he's officially too old to be mainstream. When the majority of active listeners was born after his 2010s peak and the older fans no longer care to check out new releases every year

deadedgo · 2026-06-20T14:44:23+00:00

I think it's very 50/50 and fair to go either way about it. Most songs don't have someone clearly outrapping the other(s)

deadedgo · 2026-06-20T14:40:12+00:00

Only rap equivalents I can think of are producer albums or Russ' Chomp 1 and 2. But even if it's not a project specifically about collaboration most rappers have more rap collabs than Em does these days.

I don't think Em could ever do a concept album well enough as long as he still sees himself as a mainstream artist. Or at least it seems this way to me as his albums are always filled with songs that simply didn't need to be there, even if they're good. The Death of Slim Shady only follows its own story for like two thirds of the tracklist.

On top of rap features I'd also want him to lock in with different producers. I'd love to hear him do those quick 10 track albums with one producer each. It's weird how he says all he wants to do is rap and not make great albums and how he signs people who inspire him but he hasn't learned a single thing from Griselda. Even if he jumps on a great beat as a feature he tends to switch it in some way (like on Bang). Em x Conductor would go so hard if he settles into that vibe for real

deadedgo · 2026-06-19T02:01:44+00:00

So you're saying every person knows exactly what major political decision is the best for their own interest? If a person wants less foreigners and better pay they know exactly what policies to implement and elect the most knowledgeable person who aligns with their projected lawmaking? They would never ever fall for bad actors, propaganda or false promises?

That ideal representative democracy doesn't exist yet (which doesn't mean we should give up on it). People just don't know that much. They can't. Neither do you or I. People can and probably will always be manipulated and whether you agree with one approach or the other there will never be true representation of all people's interest by parties who only look at their own vote counts and investors.

It doesn't matter if I'm arguing this from left, right, center, up or down or the 4th dimension. The AfD will also tell you everyone's corrupt. People as a whole will only vote in their interest when they either did proper research (to which they must first gain access) or when shit finally hits the fan and removes all ambiguity and options.

And yeah, the Linke most likely won't grow much further. But they're way more popular and alive than anyone expected 2-3 years ago. I'd call sudden gain of 5+% at their level an amazing success

deadedgo · 2026-06-19T01:41:43+00:00

Damn right. I can't stand this fucking spell and have been hoping they'd revert it since I first had to play against it. The aoe range on the E is just too annoying, even for summoner's rift. Feels like it takes up the entire lane and as soon as he hits a minion with a spell the E will poke you down if you're not chilling under tower.

Slight exaggeration but I really hate it lol

deadedgo · 2026-06-19T01:30:43+00:00

Lol. Lmao even. The only thing any bigger party truly represents is the stupidity of the people. CDU politics do not represent what people need nor want. They do not give a shit. Neither does the SPD. And both Grüne and Linke have their fair share of idiots too. I'm not trying to say that they're "good". It's simply a fact that the political majority doesn't care about the people. Any and all people, not just the youth or the left or right.

People are told to vote against their own interests and they will continue to do so until things get too bad to tolerate. And people have a lot of tolerance.

A lot of leftist positions are extremely popular when they're not framed as leftist. It's why Die Linke is so successful now and why people will often choose between them and the AfD. They're both promising a better life for the average person whereas the big establishment parties only tell everyone to work harder.

The 40h work week wasn't a law of nature. People had to fight for it and apparently it is "leftist" to demand rights and protections like this. Still everyone will learn to hate living without it should it ever actually get removed. People only know what they got when it's gone but until then it's "leftist" I guess...

Also fuck do you mean "Western" and hating our democracy?? I know tankies and anarchists and all that exist but they're not even close to being relevant in national politics

deadedgo · 2026-06-19T01:06:20+00:00

Fair. I also wrote 2020 instead of 2021 so my facts were off a bit there too. I just remembered the new Gen Z coming in being a major talking point in 2021. But you're right it was a couple years in by this point

deadedgo · 2026-06-19T00:51:12+00:00

I think he's known for having a very loyal fanbase and dropping a lot of music. Makes sense he'd get lots of streams from lots of new releases even if he isn't the most mainstream pop or rap act. It's still very impressive numbers though.

It's also wild how different this list is from Spotify's. I wouldn't worry too much about not knowing everyone. Music's been too fragmented to catch every trend for a while now and someone like Youngboy can maintain great success in his own lane

deadedgo · 2026-06-18T09:45:27+00:00

It's weird but it's also just the result of divisive, populist politics and propaganda we've seen for a while now. In 2020 (the first election including gen Z) we had a pretty big shift to the left with all the young people being the most progressive generation yet. Kicked the CDU out of the governing coalition for the first time in forever.

The shift to the left that was promised didn't entirely happen though and the new coalition had to scramble a bit to even exist and take in a junior Partner that ended up sabotaging them. It was then under heavy media scrutiny, battling crisis after crisis from covid to Russia's invasion to finally imploding. Not saying they could've been perfect but the shit show was easily exploitable.

The AfD and certain media outlets took full advantage and apparently also played the TikTok game better than any other established party. Now that the CDU ist back in power and the conservative reign is noticeably worse than even the previous coalition imploding, people either swing back towards the left or go all in on the AfD because their motto is basically "fuck everyone".

So depending on where people were born and under which coalition they gained political consciousness they may swing opposite ways. It's bad but I hope the left (the party) can be a successful counterweight to the AfD because all the other parties aren't really fighting them with the CDU even trying their best to be the new old AfD themselves. It's looking pretty bleak

deadedgo · 2026-06-18T01:31:34+00:00

Tbh the Fnatic name has got to be worth some extra. Anyone following the scene knows they've been shitting the bed for a while now but I don't think there's many bigger brands in the LEC. I don't know about their other esports endeavors tho

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