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Hey lolReddit!

Let me start by saying that I have really enjoyed this subreddit as I have found great material on here as well as found wonderful advice. That brings me to post today for the first time. I have enjoyed playing League of Legends since launch and I have loved even more the expansion of the company as well as the player base. That being said in hopes that there would be a Japanese server in the near future, I emailed Riot this message, but was met with an auto response.

"There has been talk ( mostly on Reddit) of the possibility of Japanese servers in the future. My wife ( who is a Japanese native) and I love spending our time playing league of legends, and would love to see this wonderful game spread all the way to good ol' Nihon. That being said the reason I decided to message you guys today was in case there was a possibility of Riot expanding to Japan in the future, my wife and I would like to( if you guys needed ) help in any way possible; whether it is translating, or getting around in Japan. I know you guys probably have professionals in every field to aid you but as members of the league community we would love to help in any way possible to ensure more people get to enjoy the rift!"

Basically I don't know where to send this message. I want the right people to be able to see this and know that we can help and I have fine with a rejection, I just want to see as many people as possible able to experience League of Legends. Anyways, does anyone have any ideas as to what I should do?

Thanks guys!

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u/Riotmixdj avatar
Riotmixdj •

as a dude who grew up in Tokyo, it's so cool to see super passionate league players like you guys in every corner of the globe. A bunch of people here are really hard at work trying to make the best possible experience for you guys all in Japan. I know it's hard to keep waiting but progress is being made :D

u/JP_kaze avatar
JP_kaze •

Thanks!

u/alleks88 avatar
alleks88 • rip old flairs •

Thanks guys, when I lived in Japan I had to play on NA, with a really high ping.
Btw. the people in Cologne at the studio entrance looked confused when I used my old Japanese Alien Registration Card at the entrance (I had nothing else with me and the guy needed my name)

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picflute •
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I'm still curious how Yasuo and others are going to be called in Japan since some of the names will have to be written in Katakana and such.

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Thage •
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There's no other [Yasuo] (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZyJXt3pe-k/URkP8Rfmc5I/AAAAAAAAAHY/mBALPYgn2d4/s1600/23.jpg) for the Japanese.

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They can call him Melvin

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Shyguy8413 •

I shall now call Yasuo Melvin at all times in-game.

u/HypocriteGrammarNazi avatar
HypocriteGrammarNazi • • Edited

ヤスオ

Yasuo actually translates well into kana, but some names are gonna get butchered.

u/pepperouchau avatar
pepperouchau •
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That actually sounds exactly like what I'd call Blitz if I were to use a stereotypical Asian accent.

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リツクランク！！

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HypocriteGrammarNazi •

これは。。ちょっと古いですけど。。

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Dx742wiN •

i am sry if i come of at the wrong hand. i was hoping you guys who hoped for a jap server be a little better at japanese blitzcrank is ブリッツクラン yasuo is 靖郎 most will be in katakana but any japanese named champ are highly likely to be in kanji due to the champ being from a japanese origin. hope you learn well peoplez

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picflute •
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You can't use Hiragana for foriegn names. That's what Katakana is for. Writing Yasuo in Japanese is ok, but some of these names are weird in kana and I'm asking if they plan on changing any of them.

You can't use hiragana on non-japanese terms like Teemo and Karthus that makes no sense.

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They could also do the same thing China does for champions like Teemo and Karthus and call champions by their title and/or description. For instance Malphite is 石頭人 (rock man), Twisted Fate is 卡牌大師(cardmaster), Cait is 女警 (Lady Cop), Karthus is 死歌（Death Singer)...etc.

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lagseph •

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the names were changed completely to make them easier to say or get rid of names that sound like something else (Tin Tin being called Tan Tan in Japan because Tin Tin is so similar to chin chin (penis))

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Japaliicious •
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Like Vladmir. How the hell will they spell Vladmir even in Katakana, lol.

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You can make anything english into katakana, it just might sound weird.

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SachielVII •

You can use hiragana on pretty much anything. Teemo is ティーモ and Karthus is カーサス or カルサス or some variation. These are what my Japanese friends call them when we play. There are lots of ways their writing system gets around names, and tbh as long as it sounds similar it'll be fine. Pretty sure Riot can just scout what the Japanese fanbase currently calls them and borrow the pronounciation. The language is 100% phonetical so it's easy to do that.

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Wtb Yi Sensei

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XIIamKatsu •

Depends on how the localization team handles it. They could chose to just try to leave their names as is and try to match it as close as possible in katakana.

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Yeah, true, "Masutaa I" is probably most likely (thanks to "Yi" not existing).

u/RAPiDCasting avatar
RAPiDCasting • rip old flairs •

If you're interested in Japanese eSports scene there's a great showmatch tonight between DetonatioN FocusMe (the ~best team in Japan) vs. the ex-Gamania Bears yoe Flash Wolves! http://lol.j-cg.com/news/159

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BlueStarsong • H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 H4. •

Hey, I know you posted 5 months ago on this but is there any news on the JP Server? If not (or you can't give any info), would OCE or NA be better for people staying in Japan for a few months?

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Kniggi •
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So it isnt just a rumor?

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IIRC riot said they will have their services in Japan in the first half of 2014. They never announced a date but I hope they deliver.

Edit: Delivery in progress.

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austin101123 •
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Huh, so it's actualy Riot and not Garena? I like that. Signing up for a Garena server is so damn difficult. I tried signing up for Korea server since I am in Japan and it is close to me, and I needed a Korean SSN! Why the fuck would you need a SSN? I am not Native Japanese so I don't have Japanese SSN either, luckily it seems I won't need it.

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Timisaghost • rip old flairs •

Its a korean gov requirement, iirc most game require an ssn to play. has to do with laws about how much time minors can play games.

u/Mataresian avatar
Mataresian •

True, minors are not allowed to play during midnight (I think it was 22:30 to 6:00 or something, have to check the message in the evening). It also keeps on sending me this message in game on how many hours I have played without logging out.

u/iedaiw avatar
iedaiw •

huh. i guess even god needs to sleep.

u/c97hristian avatar
c97hristian •

Pro players are not affected by it :)

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Lineage 2 (a Korean MMO) has these messages as well. Every hour it tells you how long you played and to take a break ;p

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It was the same worldwide for GW1.

u/Mataresian avatar
Mataresian •

You can still get a Korean SSN if you are a foreigner living in Korea. Proof is myself. However, when I made my account again I think I only needed a Korean number this time. You could come and visit Korea once and get a temporary number or whatever in that sense. The Chinese also have kind of the same requirements but they quite suck, having at least 5 different servers to choose from.

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DouJiYanLoL •

chinese has about 20 servers ^^

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DouJiYanLoL •

:P nice, havent been banned yet so i dunno XD I usually just hop around servers to teach people have about 6 or 7 level 30 accounts and the rest are ~20 or lower mostly used to spectate people to teach xD

u/Great_White_Slug avatar
Great_White_Slug •

Are you able to switch between them at will, or is your account bound to 1?

u/DouJiYanLoL avatar
DouJiYanLoL •

You can choose which server you want to log into when you log into your account :) meaning One username can have 20 accounts on different servers

u/jamesk2 avatar
jamesk2 •

Nah Garena is for South East Asia (Hongkong/Taiwan all the way down to Singapore). Korean is also ran by Riot

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nocivo •

Korean is run by OGN i think.

u/88naka avatar
88naka •

OGN is a gaming broadcaster, it has nothing to do with the game itself.

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hahahahaha... and Europe is run by LCS. :))))

u/Bibibis avatar
Bibibis •

NA is run by Doublelift

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Kniggi •
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oh man i hope its not garena...

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Haven't Riot has been working to distance themselves from Garena?With plans too open a Southeast Asia HQ, there seems little reason to keep working with Garena.

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Yes, I remeber this too. They said early 2014 so I interpreted this to be April 2014 at worst. People have been asking me for a source, but sadly I can't find it anymore.

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yensama •
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If Riot says they will deliver, then they will deliver, soon™.

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Noxturne •

I guarantee you that the fastest way League of Legends would take off in Japan would be if they had well known and famous anime voice actors voice the champions in the game. I promise you that would be the fastest way that the game could take off. Voice actors in Japan are held in such high esteem that citizens buy games that may have bad reviews if a favorite voice actor is voicing in the game.

u/NEET9 avatar
NEET9 •
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Wakamoto Norio would make a perfect Draven, and probably Graves too.

I think Kobayashi Yuu could voice everyone voiced by the voice actress who does Cassiopeia/Shyvana/etc. in English.

Fujiwara Keiji could do everyone voiced by Adam Harrington (Fujiwara actually voiced the Joker in the Japanese dub of the Batman movies).

I could go on, but you get the idea.

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emachel •

Kugimiya Rie as Annie and Lulu

URUSAI URUSAI URUSAI

u/Thisrainhoe avatar
Thisrainhoe •

kanahana oh yeah

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Thage •
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The only thing I'm looking forward to in this game, hope they won't fuck up.

u/ironermac avatar
ironermac •

I hope Toru Okawa (sp) voices Yasuo. Please Riot.

u/Thisrainhoe avatar
Thisrainhoe •

dude if that happen i gonna transfer to japan realm

u/ddnyz avatar
ddnyz •

Just watch the voice actor of pikachu will voice teemo.... I have a feeling this could be a possibility

u/Eternus25 avatar
Eternus25 •

I think she died though. Tue original Pikachu.

u/dulcislol avatar
dulcislol •

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikue_%C5%8Ctani

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autowikibot •

Here's a bit from linked Wikipedia article about Ikue Ōtani :

Ikue Ōtani (大谷 育江, Ōtani Ikue, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She is best known for her roles in the Pokémon series (as Pikachu), One Piece (as Tony Tony Chopper), Detective Conan (as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya) and My 3 Daughters (as Fu). She is currently attached to Mausu Promotion. Her pet name is "Iku-chan". She is known for playing both male and female roles, and sometimes plays multiple roles in one production.

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u/ddnyz avatar
ddnyz •

aww that sucks :(

u/Naniare avatar
Naniare • • Edited

The community is small but established. I was surprised when I found out that as well. Send me a private message and I will provide you with the details. I am currently an undergraduate student in 上智大学 Sophia University and I have gathered/established two league communities that consists of foreigners. The rest of the high elo players that I know are from managing a team. Since the community isn't that big, it isn't all that difficult to join us :D

Ruri •

Yesssss pls. I'm only Gold IV but I'm looking for any and all League players located in Japan to play with. Hook me up? I'll PM you. Summoner Name: RuriRurouni

u/Naniare avatar
Naniare • • Edited

I have sent replies to a few of you who PM'd me. I would like to talk with people privately instead of posting some information I don't want leaked out so for those who are still interested, feel free to PM me.

u/MooseyMcSammich avatar
MooseyMcSammich •

I live in the Oita Prefecture! Go ahead an add me as well, my summoner name is the same as my reddit name.

Ruri •

Will do!

u/lotan302 avatar
lotan302 •

I'm also interested in your communities . Would you mind if I send a pm ?

u/Kniggi avatar
Kniggi •
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How did you find these communities? Just wondering since i am going to move there in half a year...

u/Naniare avatar
Naniare •

You could say I got lucky. I got picked up by a top tier japanese team known as Team Conquest - former All for One. Aside from that I try really hard everyday getting to know new people that play from Japan. Sophia University (the university I'm currently attending) is well known as it is pretty easy to get the word across everyone. And I guess.. being high-ELO matters a bit (some people seemingly accepted me outright because I told them I was diamond). I started playing League on the Taiwan servers so I guess that helps too. All in all, the word spreads pretty fast and even faster as you get to know more friends :D

Ruri •

Oh my god I need this thread.

I just moved to Japan a few months ago and I'm getting rather sick of being forced to play solo queue on NA at times that are perfectly reasonable for me (evening) but due to the time difference fall at ungodly hours of the morning back in the U.S. As a result, I can't play with my ranked 5s team anymore (they had to find a new solo laner) and I only actually get to play with friends on weekends generally. It sucks :(.

I would really like to make some new League friends who also live in Japan and who I can play with on a more consistent basis. Feel free to add me if you are interested! My summoner name is RuriRurouni.

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lagseph •

Been here for five years. I pretty much only play ARAM and bots, though, because it's pretty easy to get into matches. And I've lost plenty of weekends to staying in just to play with friends

Ruri •

That's what's happening to me right now. The only time I can play at a normal time with them is on weekends. And that kind of ruins my days :(.

u/lagseph avatar
lagseph •

It was bad during winter break. I ended up playing 5-7 hours three days in a row just because people who I normally couldn't play with were free. Night comes around and I'm so stuck in my laziness that I don't leave my apartment!

u/cthslax avatar
cthslax •

If you want to play with peeps at weird times on the NA server my roommates and I are always awake at weird times. Just shoot me a pm and I'll give you my summoner name and we can play. I'm not great. Don't play ranked so I don't have a division at least not until our ranked 5s team starts playing again. My roommates are silver 3 and 5. We don't rage. .. Much. .. and we try to just have fun

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Server expansion is usually a good thing for Riot.

However, Japanese gaming is mostly centered around console gaming, which is why you don't see any or much of Japanese pro players playing League.

Ruri •

As a newcomer to Japan I am just finding this out myself. The Akihabara is absolutely crammed full of every nergasm and fandom I could possibly have....except for Starcraft II and League of Legends. Japan y u do dis :(.

u/alleks88 avatar
alleks88 • rip old flairs •

Akihabara... good times.
It felt so awkward to be arround all this real nerds (I mean REAL nerds) and going into a sexshop just to look arround.
(Tenga masturbation toys... they really seem to like them there)
I had to go there a few times (Akihabara not the sexshops), when I needed some electroparts for my projects at the company... it has always been weird, awkward and awesome at the same time

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yensama •
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Japan is not the biggest fan of PC games, RTS games, and Moba is even beyond that.

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Kniggi •
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lately console are dieing there too though, Mobile Games (Smartphones/handheld consoles) are the kings afaik... But i heard that PC gained popularity recently.

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The scene is growing though

JCG has gone from like 2 teams and a bunch of randoms to like 8 high-level (maybe not in comparison to LCS/GPL/OGN/LPL) teams

u/fluffypants559 avatar
fluffypants559 •

there is definitely a league following in japan, its just small since they have limited server options, have to play on NA with 100+ ping.

u/BirdsNoSkill avatar
BirdsNoSkill •

Their situation isn't so bad though they can play with better ping then some of us on the East Coast.

u/NickVuolde avatar
NickVuolde •

100 ping on a good day : /

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hiben75 •

100-300 ping central PA Internet for the win!

Ruri •

100 ping is pretty damn solid. Generally it's around 120 or 130 for me.

u/Cottreau3 avatar
Cottreau3 •

Lol in Nova Scotia i get 300 on a good day with an ethernet cable

u/lagseph avatar
lagseph •

I play from Japan with a general ping of 150. It's honestly not that bad

u/Naniare avatar
Naniare •

e-sports is still growing in Japan Their PC specs in internet cafes here are extremely high spec and you can find Alienware Arena in Akihabara, where offline tournaments are held at. The two prominent e-sports organizations in Japan are e-sports sqaure and JCG. E-sports sqaure will open Japan's first e-sports bar on 1/25. http://e-sports-square.com/info/%E6%96%B0e-sports-square%E3%80%811%E6%9C%8825%E6%97%A5%E5%A7%8B%E5%8B%95%EF%BC%81-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%E3%81%AEe-sports%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%EF%BC%86%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%92/

u/LullabyGaming avatar
LullabyGaming •

I'm not a Japanese person myself, but I support Japanese servers and localization 110%

I would probably never play there, but sweet jesus I want Japanese voice actors on League. It would be so good!

u/alleks88 avatar
alleks88 • rip old flairs •

why do I have you tagged as "small boobs lover"?

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u/alleks88 avatar
alleks88 • rip old flairs •

I think because of this http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1uc5av/name_your_3_favorite_champions_and_let_people/cegk8er

u/TiensiNoAkuma avatar
TiensiNoAkuma •

I don't know how I could help but I'm down yo. Whatsup

u/Not_the_Eggman avatar
Not_the_Eggman •

you japanese Tiensi?

u/wasteavvay avatar
wasteavvay •

He's Taiwanese but iirc he knows Japanese.

u/Not_the_Eggman avatar
Not_the_Eggman •

Ah, explains his name then.

u/wasteavvay avatar
wasteavvay •

Damn, I would love a Japanese server so I can change my client language to JP for my weeaboo needs.

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u/LullabyGaming avatar
LullabyGaming •

Imagine Norio Wakamoto voice acting Zilean. That old pedophile would become a true man among men!

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If there is a Japanese server will there be a Japanese client I can download? I'm learning Japanese and would love to play in Japanese but the NA client doesn't work with any Japanese characters.

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LullabyGaming •

I'm certain that if a Japanese server does come, Riot will build up a Japanese client with Japanese voice acting and text etc.

Might even open up opportunities to get Japanese characters in your name on EU etc. servers, in the same way as you get Korean characters.

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Awesome! Thanks for the reply :)

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Unequaled •
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If Japan had its own server...oh my..First thing I'd see would be Anime-ish or anime inspired splash art. Then Japanese inspired skins like samurai's, Yakuza, oni(demons), vocaloids and maybe if they want to go that far mahou shoujo(magical girl) skin.

It's Japan so everything is possible. Literally everything

u/alleks88 avatar
alleks88 • rip old flairs •

Yakuza

As somebody with an exgirlfriend whose parents are in involved in the Yakuza, tell me how do they look like?
I mean, they always looked normal. If you mean in suits and so on, most Japanese men wear suits since it is considered normal at work.
You can already buy Corporate Mundo :D

u/NEET9 avatar
NEET9 •
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Mostly suits, especially if they are the high ranking executive type Yakuza, maybe sweatpants+sweatshirt if they don't give a crap. Also tattoos. I suppose you should take this with a grain of salt, though.

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xAtri • [xAtri](EUW)(NA) •

No NSFW; Bad!

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HyogaGanso •
:zoe: :koskt: :vladimir: :sona: :fiddlesticks:
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Only after my alice cassiopeia skin... ya it will never happen but one can dream

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DominoNo- Cake icon •
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Inb4 Anniexcho pairing.

I'm just saying, Japan is weird.

u/Japaliicious avatar
Japaliicious •
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BaronxLulu

ftfy

u/ououkuaipao avatar
ououkuaipao •

lol when can we download the japanese cv patch on na

u/xiaowarma avatar
xiaowarma •

Garena is just horrible to be honest.

u/paradise92 avatar
paradise92 •

Wondering if we will get a Daigo for LoL...

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destructormuffin •

I started playing League while living in Japan on the NA server, and I honestly got less lag and better ping than I do living in California. My Internet was also about twice as fast at half the price. It's stupid.

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luigidragon • [Pants are Dragon] (NA) •

yay now make anime LoL

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Ruri •

You must be new here. r/rule34lol

u/BirdsNoSkill avatar
BirdsNoSkill •

We already have that wtf

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hiiamgosu •

super deep throat

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polo2006 •

Make a trade, riot gives japan league, and you give us touhou!

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