Solomid is looking for a volunteer Video Editor

This is an Unpaid Position.

As a video editor for Solomid, you would be putting together highlight videos, montages of stream events (Regi Rage montage etc), and tournament recap videos as well as being able to come up with and produce videos based on your own ideas.

A qualified applicant would be familiar with recording footage from replays, editing clips with programs like Sony Vegas, and then encoding and uploading to services like Youtube.

This is an excellent opportunity to polish your skills as well as working closely with Solomid staff and Team Solomid players to create exciting, funny, and interesting videos to be showcased on solomid.net and around the web.


If you are interested please send an e-mail to Pyronic@solomid.net with subject line: "Solomid Video Editor" and the following application:
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Due to the outpouring of applicants we received last time, Solomid reserves the right to cut off applications either 1 week from this posting or 50 applicants whichever is reached first.

PAID POSITIONS:

Full-time web developer


UPDATE: This position has been filled.



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Graphic Design Intern

UPDATE: This position has been filled.



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UNPAID POSITION:

Guide moderator


UPDATE: This position has been filled.


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We want to thank everyone who will apply, but please keep in mind that we will only contact candidates that interest us.

Today is the final day of the Legendary Gaming tournament which will have the Semi-Finals and Grand-Final games being played.


Prizes
Five BenQ E1465 Digital Cameras
An opportunity to join the Legendary Team
1st place: $15 RP + Triumphant Ryze + Champion Skin Bundle (whatever the next release will be) per player
2nd place: $15 RP per player
3rd place: $10 RP per player
4th place: $5 RP per player


Semi-Finals Group A
TSM
M5

Semi-Finals Group B
AL
SK


Streams
Legendary Gaming


Schedule
Saturday, February 11th - 11:00 PST / 14:00 EST / 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET


Brackets
Official Brackets



Sources
http://www.legendary-gaming.org/tournaments.php?tournament=1

4Players League is hosting their second February weekly qualifier today. The top 32 teams will earn points towards the monthly final which has a 750 Euro prize pool.


Prizes
1st Place: 100 Points + € 25.- RIOT Points + Skin
2nd Place: 80 Points + € 20.- RIOT Points + Skin
3rd Place: 60 Points + € 15.- RIOT Points + Skin
4th Place: 40 Points + € 15.- RIOT Points
5th-8th Place: 20 Points + € 10.- RIOT Points
9th-16th Place: 10 Points
17th-32nd Place: 5 Points
33rd - xxx Place: 0 Points


Stream
English


Schedule
Saturday, February 11th - 16:00 CET


Brackets
Official Brackets



Sources
http://public.4pl.4players.de/index.php/en/News:show/1533/League_of_Legends_Live_on_Saturday.html

It's finally here!

Go to http://store.solomid.net/ to go check out our store!

We will be contacting all the winners of the shirt giveaway contest today.

UPDATE: Every order will come with 2 special gifts. I'm sure you guys will like it.

The contest is over. I am currently contacting everyone who will receive a prize.
The store has been launched and you can check it out at http://store.solomid.net/

We want to thank everyone who participated and hope you all enjoy the store.










Hey guys, just giving you some updates regarding what's going on with the TSM Store.
Yes, the store is still coming and should be released very shortly.

At launch, it will have 3 series:
- Baylife series (see http://www.solomid.net/forums/index.php?/topic/15946-solomid-store/ for the list of shirts in it)
- Classic series (the black, orange, red, pink, blue ones that TSM wore at Season 1)
- TOP SECRET series (only 56413 people know about it; you're not one of them; I will edit this number as the information leaks to more and more people)

We're doing this mainly for you guys because you keep harassing us and asking us to shut up and take your money.

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T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY CONTEST!!!

We are giving away 2 t-shirts to 2 different people. Each t-shirt will be of any design of their choice and will be signed by all 5 members of TSM.



How to participate:
Simply reply to this post (don't quote these instructions please).


Requirements:
- Write a short description for both series (Baylife and Classic; please keep it in the same post so we don't have to look around for it)
- The description is for the entire serie, not individual shirts, but if you feel describing each shirt in the serie is the best way of describing the serie then go for it.
- Be creative about what you write and keep it baylife bro
- Try not to go over 200 words for each
- Cursing, flaming, racism, sexism and other such things are not allowed
- Both descriptions must be just as good alone as there is no guarantee we will use both of your descriptions
- Must be in English
- Please clearly mark each description and which series it's for
- You ARE allowed to write more than one pair of descriptions. Make sure they are different from each other though.
- I'll add more things if people have questions


How to win:
The author of the best description for each series will receive once autographed t-shirt each. In the case that the same author write the best of both, we will give the other shirt to the next best one.
The winning descriptions will also serve as the official descriptions to the series.

RUNNER-UP PRIZES:
For all other authors that write something that truely captures the essence of the word baylife and understand what it means to be a bro, we will send all of them a free t-shirt of their choice (not autographed).


Deadline:
Sometime during the night of Thursday Feb 9.



Good luck too all and thank you for your support. Baylife.

Hey everyone. We're proposing some big changes to our guides section that will change the way that guides are displayed, and guide writers write them. We are hoping to get your input to help us decide what is best for the future of our site, and LoL guide sites in general. Let me explain my thought process as the designer;


The Dilemma

We're coming up to the third generation of guide systems on SoloMid. The second generation was basically a re-skin of the first. Because of the way guides had previously been written, there is no way to update the guide writing system without rendering every single guide written outdated. Any improvements we make to the way information is displayed or formatted in our guides, will be virtually impossible to apply to already written guides without the guide writer themselves manually updating them.

Because of this and other time/coding restraints, we were very hesitant to tackle the guides system during the release of Version 3 last fall.


The Plan

This does not mean however, that there are not better ways of displaying guide information. Infact, we feel that in many areas there are MUCH better ways.

Our plan is to simultaneously improve the usability of our guides, and increase the functionality at the same time.

We want to do this by creating a pre-formatted section for item builds. Prior to this, item builds in our guides have been done solely in the customizable text-box sections. We feel that by giving guide writers a standardized format for item builds; newer guide writers will find it easier to write higher quality guides, while veteran guide writers will still have enough flexibility to express their thoughts. The added bonus is that to the readers, they will find guides easier to navigate as more of the guides will follow a standard format.


Build Section Changes

Change is never easy, getting used to new systems and new UI's is never fun. We want to make sure that we are taking steps in the right direction, that will improve the experience of both the guide writers AND guide readers. To do this, we need your feedback.

The idea is that we want to give guide writers the tools to create multiple builds on a single guide, without commandeering the creatable-text sections. Because of this, we can no longer display runes/masteries/summoners/skill order prominently at the top.

Why? Unfortunately different roles, playstyles and builds require completely different setups. You wouldnt take AP runes on AD Tristana. You wouldnt start with support items on Jungle Alistar. But for a person trying to write a comprehensive guide on a championl; You're *currently* forced to prominently display build information on a single build, and bury equally important build information for a different build in the text sections.

This is not optimal, nor does it make sense. Multiple build paths is something that many people appreciate about SoloMid guides over our competitors, and we want to be able to help facilitate that with a better, more comprehensive guide system.


The Design Preview




We would love if it you could compare this to our current guide system. There are a few unfinished elements(like level numbers on skill order) as this is just a preview.


What we would like your opinion on, is whether or not the tabbed Runes/Masteries/Summoners/Skill Order sections take away from the current usability of the guides. Currently that information is all displayed at the top of the page, but it prohibits us from displaying multiple builds in the same guide.

The Ziggs patch notes have been released and there are a flurry of important changes. Instead of listing the entire patch, what I aim to do is give you, the readers, a collection of the most important changes. You can read the full patch notes here.


League of Legends 1.0.0.133

Ziggs, the Hexplosives Expert
Short Fuse (Passive) - Every 12 seconds Ziggs' next basic attack deals bonus magic damage. This cooldown is reduced whenever Ziggs uses an ability.
Bouncing Bomb - Ziggs throws a bouncing bomb that deals magic damage.
Satchel Charge - Ziggs flings an explosive charge that detonates after 4 seconds, or when this ability is activated again. The explosion deals magic damage to enemies, knocking them away. Ziggs is also knocked away, but takes no damage.
Hexplosive Minefield - Ziggs scatters proximity mines that detonate on enemy contact, dealing magic damage and slowing.
Mega Inferno Bomb (Ultimate) - Ziggs deploys his ultimate creation, the Mega Inferno Bomb, hurling it an enormous distance. Enemies in the primary blast zone take more damage than those further away.

Ashe - BUFF
Base health increased to 474 from 438
Base armor increased to 14.9 from 12.7
Mana per level increased to 35 from 27
Volley cooldown reduced to 16/13/10/7/4 from 20/16/12/8/4
Enchanted Crystal Arrow now grants vision while in flight.

Jax - BUFF
Mana regen per level increased to 0.7 per 5 seconds from 0.45
Fixed a bug where Empower's cooldown was higher than stated at earlier ranks
Counter Strike
Dodge duration increased to 2 seconds from 1.5
Now additionally reduces the damage from area of effect abilities by 25% while Jax is dodging
Now can be activated again after 1 second to end the effect early
Damage adjusted to 50/75/100/125/150 (+0.5 bonus attack damage) from 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.8 bonus attack damage)
Now deals 20% increased damage for each attack dodged (up to a maximum of 100% increased damage) instead of 10/15/20/25/30 bonus damage per dodge
Cooldown reduced to 18/16/14/12/10 seconds from 22/20/18/16/14
Grandmaster’s Might duration increased to 8 seconds from 6

Lee Sin - NERF
Flurry attack speed bonus reduced to 40% from 50%
Sonic Wave missing health damage reduced to 8% from 10%

Morgana - NERF
Soul Shackles ability power ratio reduced to .7 from .8
Fixed a bug where Soul Shackles would sometimes fizzle

Sivir - NERF
Boomerang Blade
Damage reduced to 60/105/150/195/240 from 70/115/160/205/250
Bonus attack damage ratio reduced to 1.0 from 1.1
On The Hunt
Movement speed bonus reduced to 20% from 25%
Duration reduced to 10 from 15

Viktor - BUFF
Power Transfer missile speed increased to 2000 from 1400
Gravity Field activation time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5
Fixed a bug where Chaos Storm's tooltip stated that it dealt less damage than it actually did

Items
Will of the Ancients spell vamp reduced to 20% from 25% - NERF
You can read about the new items here

Masteries
Deadliness changed to 0.5 Attack Damage per level (9 Attack Damage at champion level 18) at 4 points from 4% Critical Strike Chance

General
Added a new option, "Show Smartcast Ranges"

The website 4Players Liga is hosting their Monthly Final tournament today. Weekly tournaments are hosted every Saturday where the top 32 teams earn points towards a final tournament at the end of the month. The 15 teams with the majority of points at the end of the weekly tournaments, plus the most active team, qualify for the Monthly Final.


Prizes
1st: 400€
2nd: 200€
3rd: 100€
4th: 50€


Stream
English


Teams Competing
TeamMostWanted
Mistral eSport.LoL
3DMAX.Thermaltake
Enemy Rampage
ex apeX
For Mother Russia
Balls of Steel Team
Random Team Name
Luna Gaming
peculiar-gaming
MeetYourMakers
Functional and Stylish
Colon Three
WHY NO GANK
phallic.LoL
Shut up n' dive


Brackets
Official 4PL Brackets


VoDs
Will be linked here once made available


Sources
http://public.4pl.4players.de/index.php/de/News:show/1485/LoL_Monatsfinale_Januar_-_LIVE.html

In the next patch we're going to see a new aura item as well as remakes on two original aura items. They are designed for the Support/Jungle roles and aim to give players more options through the early and middle game. Unfortunately, the next patch will be delayed, which you can read about here.


Zeke’s Herald aka Stark's Fervor



+250 Health
UNIQUE Passive: +15% Cooldown Reduction
UNIQUE Aura: Grants nearby allied champions 12% Life Steal and 20% Attack Speed.
Now builds from a Kindle Gem instead of Recurve Bow

Emblem of Valor



+25 Armor
UNIQUE Aura: Nearby allied Champions gain 10 Health Regen per 5 seconds.

Locket of the Iron Solari



+300 Health
+35 Armor
UNIQUE Aura: Nearby allied Champions gain 15 Health Regen per 5 seconds.
UNIQUE Active: Shield yourself and nearby allies for 5 seconds, absorbing up to 50 (+10 per level) damage (60 second cooldown).


Sources
http://na.leagueofle...made-aura-items