Last Hits: Now In Blue

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DomNomNom

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Friday, January 27th 2012, 8:12am

Last Hits: Now In Blue

There are a lot of League of Legends sites out there, and most of them have a lot of bloggers. It's a tall order to keep up with all of it, but don't you worry; we'll do it for you. We like you that much.

Each week, we'll sort out the best blogs, vlogs, podcasts, sites and articles from the rest and compile them into one handy (and also dandy) post for you to use as a guide to the week's League of Legends happenings.

Elementz had a pretty busy week: he began a series called Tip of the Day, which dove into what players can do to improve their own odds for winning beyond blaming their teammates. Next, he was interviewed by Team Curse.
ColbyCheeze began hosting his show from Tuesday through Saturday, with different goals for each day.
DiffTheEnder addressed the recent Vlad changes, specifically how the change to Vlad's passive and ult affect his late-game HP.
Locodoco recorded a vlog after his team won the OGN Invitational.
FYA Umashi blogged about the perceived attitude of the community vs. what he believes the attitude is.
Upon returning from Kiev, Xpecial vlogged about the experience.
Renekton Bot argued why Dota2 won't be as successful as LoL.
In an unrelated interview, Ocelote expressed a similar view to Renekton Bot's.
ggChronicle's Obscurica analyzed the IEM Kiev finals and the fallout thereafter, wondering what the event meant for the future of competitive League of Legends.
Enigma updated the recommended item changer.
Fnatic's Cameron blogged about Korean players joining western teams. While this blog isn't specific to League of Legends, it's easy to see how this could come into play.
Meanwhile, Riot's Tamat took a look at the gaming culture in South Korea.
Curse's COP wrote a blog (via Reddit) on his IEM Kiev experience.
Snoopeh hosted an AMA, also via Reddit.
Chaox weighed in on the recent competition at Kiev.
Via DiffTheEnder, Winrar evaluated the game's snowball items.
Solomid.net introduced a new blogger: Steamanchor. Steamanchor will be covering the European scene for TSM, including the competitive scene, the EU meta and some game theory.
Riot Games' Average Gatsby interviewed Team Dignitas' Voyboy.
And here's the week's shows and podcasts: Ult in 10 Sec ep. 5, All MIA ep. 58, Trinity Force Podcast ep. 13, State of the League ep. 21, LoLPod ep. 31, In the Zone ep. 11, Beyond the Rift ep. 29, Ult in 10 Sec ep. 6, CheezeWorld Commentary no. 4, MOBA Weekly ep. 18