League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena developed by Riot Games and published on October 27, 2009. It is completely free to play but allows for the purchase of in game cosmetic items for real money. Since 2009 League of Legends has consistently been updated and now has 144 available characters to play. The extremely wide variety of characters fits all playstyles so that all kinds of players can enjoy the game. The most commonly played game mode in League of Legends is the five versus five on Summoner's Rift, though there are two other game modes always available to play being ARAM and Twisted Treeline. There are three lanes on Summoner's Rift and a jungle in between, usually top and middle lane are for solo players, while bottom has two players and jungle roams between the lanes while killing animals. ARAM is a five versus five with only one lane while Twisted Treeline is a three versus three on a much smaller map. Unlike Heroes of the Storm, it is extremely important to kill minions in League of Legends, as they provide you with money needed to buy items and get stronger. Killing minions and enemies also provides experience which helps you level up to gain more abilities or increase the power of current ones. I have been playing League of Legends since 2013 though I took a three year break from it from 2016 to 2019. It has consistently provided me with a fun and unique experience and has characters who fit my exact playstyle. The only problem I have had with League of Legends is how rude the playerbase is, though it doesn't change how I play the game. On the bright side though League of Legends has tried to help players like me who play unviable characters in the incorrect lanes on purpose with the 2019 quote, "is it meta?" which has reduced the judgement I receive from other players greatly. Overall I'd give League of Legends a 8.5/10 because it is a great game and has received loads of content, but at some times the playerbase gets to you and makes it not as fun to play.
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It's hard to believe that we're already halfway through the fourth quarter, especially knowing that EoC testing is coming up which will take away the last few weeks of normal school. Honestly I haven't looked at any of my grades in any class since near the end of the third quarter, but that is because I'm sure I'm passing all of them. My sleeping schedule is now fully back to normal, I start my homework at eleven and go to bed at one in the morning instead of starting at one and sleeping at three. Even though it is only a two hour difference, I sleep two less hours during class each day because of it. We've missed a ton of school days recently as well which has helped me to relax and get back on my normal sleep schedule. On the other hand school assignments have gotten out of hand, though I will still be able to complete them as normal. In this class most of my plans were ruined due to days I had put aside to render my projects and dates I had set for myself to finish each assignment being rescheduled or missed. In my other classes we have a bunch of homework to makeup for the days we missed and I had to take four tests in one day because there was no other day to take them. Overall though the quarter has been going well so far and I have been adapting to the schedule changes.
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This week we learned about how to use lights in 3ds Max as well as why certain lights are used for certain scenarios. The unit was pretty simple which is probably why we were only given a week to do all of the assignments. That said though, I didn't even finish all of the assignments within that week. I spent most of my time working on the first assignment which required images showing examples of lights being used in games as well as a paragraph describing each image. All of the assignments after that have been quick 15 minute assignments though so I should be done with the rest by Tuesday or Wednesday. Of all of the types of lights omni and spotlight are my favorite because they are the simplest to work with. Omni quickly lights an area with a nice decay which makes it look good while free and target spotlights are useful in just about any scenario. I'm not a fan of directional lights because their use is much more limited and generally lights up a smaller area than what other lights are capable of. In all of the assignments I have done so far I've only used spotlights because of how useful they are. All in all though I liked the lighting unit even though it was extremely quick which got me a little bit behind and I got a bad quiz grade. I'll have to make sure to review all of the material before the next quiz, not just what I'm using for the current assignment I'm working on.
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AuthorMy name is Andrew Prichard and the this is my first digital arts class, I look forward to a good year with lots of hard work. Archives
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