Thursday, September 15, 2011

Welcome to the Art of LoL

Hey everyone, my name is LobsterCrazy and I want to help improve the quality of gameplay in the LoL community. I finished gold in solo queue for s1 and am currently around 1600 for s2. I have spent a great deal of time studying the competitive scene and have a strong understanding of what makes pro teams stand out.

I recently started reading the Art of War, the ancient military treatise by Sun Tzu. It's remarkable how much we can learn about LoL from something written about real warfare in the sixth century B.C. Each post will cover a segment of the text and how it applies to League of Legends.

My source text comes from the Kindle version of the Art of War. There are many translations and interpretations of the text but I won't stress this too much. I'll include portions of the writing that have a clear application to League of Legends.

Chapter I. Laying Plans