Mastering Runeterra - Legends of Runeterra Podcast

Today's podcast is more casty than usual thanks to special guest Boulevardtcg! With a world-class caster on the stage, the trio go over the recent meta developments, some interesting decks that may tempt connoisseurs, hard truths about card gamers, and lessons Boulevard has learned on his way to the top of the casting games game!

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0:00 Opening Thanks

0:47 Special Guest; BoulevardTCG & his secret technique

3:05 Triangular Meta Analysis

7:10 The rotation of ladder & it's resounding impact

14:43 Aikado's tempting last-second Ionia Pile

20:13 The Majiinbae Day 2 & the influence of MasteringRuneterra.com tournaments

24:35 Boulevard's quandry making Tournament Tacticians & the public's data points

32:51 The most SOUL CRUSHING feeling in a tournament; the one who doesn't get there

35:50 The Lazy nature of card gamers & the will to win

48:40 Being THE VIP Caster; Lessons Boulevard has learned becoming a Professional

1:01:00 Gauntlet's evolution & Jason's beef with it

1:04:33 Final Words of Open wisdom

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TOURNEY LATER TODAY

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Our Mastering Runeterra Open is coming up later today, and the meta has shaped out to have a lot of slightly-below-top dogs jockeying for the top of the pile. With the meta cycle in full swing, the boys discuss what they've noticed as of late, what they expect for the MaRu open, and what implications (if any) that may have for your Day 1 run of the Riot Open next week!

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The open has closed and the boys are pretty happy with it in the rear view mirror! Today we go over our respective Open experiences and strategies, what we expect from the recent balance patch, and how we plan to prep for the World Championship Qualifier in 16* days!

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0:00 Intro

0:43 Opening Announcements - Daily tournaments, $1 month for premium!

1:49 Open Run Recaps - Jason felt good even though he lost

4:30 Jason's Takeaways - Stiffer competition in the Morning

6:51 "Give your opponent the opportunity to make mistakes" - Majiinbae

9:28 Majiin's Open speedrun

18:13 Patch happened; what we expect to shake out

22:50 Refusing to lose to deck X

29:30 Kai'sa deserved to get hit

36:50 Forging onwards & finding good data/practice

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Having near-daily tounaments has reignited the blaze in Jason's heart, while Majiin is still struggling to find any deck he enjoys in the cacophonous Siren Song meta. They go over what led to this meta, their thoughts on the latest expansion's impact, results from the daily MaRu tournaments, and what decks YOU should bring to the Runeterra Open!

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0:00 Intro

0:43 Opening announcements & Thanks

1:50 Community disgruntled over a low-impact expansion

8:49 "These new champions are NOT interesting" - Majiinbae

14:49 Bae's Prediction "Balance patch will happen, meta will still be boring since no new cards or decks"

16:10 Riot should HIRE Runeterra people to work on Runeterra

17:33 Sump Monument Domination

22:28 Lineup developments from Daily Tournaments

33:25 Real Advice on Lineups

35:10 Jason's Three Day gauntlet for Majiinbae

40:14 The Good Decks for tournaments coming up

43:55 Karma Sett's debatable power level

51:50 Jason is really streaming and killing it

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The Expansion has broadened the deck pool for standard considerably with new strong LoR decks, to match we've widened the number of guests on our podcast featuring three members of the infamous Always Be Gaming team to talk about their individual backgrounds, impressions of the patch, what makes the team what it is, and ways for riot to enrich the LoR community!

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With an outstanding performance in the first Eternal Open, we have TheCupIsMine to talk about how they approach the game, what led to their outstanding performance in the open, the big players to expect for this weekend's Open, and the dynamic of available statistics in competitive games.

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0:00 Intro

0:43 The story of TheCupIsMine

5:28 Playing Competitively vs For Fun

8:34 Preparing for The Run

18:39 A change of plans and perspective on Samira Seraphine

25:12 Other Big Players in the Meta

30:49 What leads to such a WIDE meta

37:01 The positioning of Jax Ornn & the absence of Demacia

39:18 Stat overload vs a lack of information (LoR vs Magic) in games

51:09 Why people to hate Eternal

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We keep the guest train rolling with the team that topped and took down last weekend's Mastering Runeterra Open; Hobbitsizz and their teammate ItsThatAshGuy (who also top-8ed)! The crew talk about what led to their Triple Timelines lineup, thoughts on the nerf, and go deep on what decks they're considering for this weekend's Runeterra Open

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0:00 Intro

0:43 Introductions: Hobbitsizz, itsthatashguy, and Aikado again!

1:33 The team that topped with Timelines and caused the hotfix

4:45 Nerf repercussions & prospective open lineups

13:44 What we expect; Is anything 'good'?

17:40 Poppy Lulu; sleeper OP?

20:40 What goes with Samira Seraphine?

23:55 Katarina Yasuo is a strong deck

25:27 Targon PnZ, the format's Riddle

30:20 Timelines vs Aggro; the meta balancing force

34:12 Majiin's decks to plan around

37:13 Drisoth's elusive Abomination

46:10 The quandry of aggro stats vs tournament settings

48:55 If you had to choose now; what are you locking?

53:40 How to play the Plaza Guardian deck

1:00:13 Why is Demacia notably absent in Eternal?

1:02:44 Grand Plaza ain't so grand?

1:04:48 Thoughts on Eternal, why do people hate it?

1:07:40 Jason's CrAzY Idea

1:11:17 Bloopers!

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EDITOR'S NOTE: This was recorded around noon or so yesterday, so 10 hours before the Timelines Hotfix =(

This week we have a star-packed show, featuring a world Champion in Mr. AlanZQ himself, alongside Worlds Competitor Aikado and The Boyz to talk about what's up and down in Eternal and the LoR Competitive Sphere in general!

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0:00 Intro

0:43 the Guests; AlanZQ & xAikado!

2:45 Let's talk about eternal

8:26 Balancing for power & winrate vs balancing for player experience - Toxic Decks

14:00 Voice of the Community... aka; Reddit

16:12 Lets talk a little more about Eternal... the Competitive Format

21:32 Thoughts about the first Competitive SeasonZ

29:05 Lineup thoughts going into the first eternal Open

31:35 The way people earn Runeterra Points is a little wonky - The Drive to play

41:00 Daily Gauntlets; where we at?

45:45 The path to Worlds Qualification; Worth the work?

50:10 A different feel between Riot Opens vs Seasonals

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As promised, we got Mr. Aikado on the show this week, he and Jason go over topics including the recent meta, the MMR mess, monetization, and what drives people to play

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0:00 Intro

0:43 The Rest

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It feels like we've been Eternally waiting, but the format everyone has been excited for is here, Free Build! The guys go over the insanity of Free Build and it's silly meta, what Eternal is looking like a day into the format, and some choice words for the special guest who is notably absent...

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0:00 Intro

0:43 Upcoming events

2:50 Free Build - Pure Combo Insanity

9:56 Jason's message to Riot Games - Do cool stuff during 'dead weeks' please

11:56 Eternal, yay - worth the wait

25:10 Things just look FUN

30:25 Daily Rumbles & Adding to the progress tracker

35:45 Jason wants you to bully Aikado

36:19 OUTTAKES AND BLOOPERS

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