Riot. What. Are. You. Doing.

This is the epitome of all ridiculous things Riot has done in...like...the last year. This tops it all. The sweet icing to the cake.

"These days the 'core' item build that feels good often only goes to 'build Ghostblade and Maw and hope that's enough to finish them off'," says whoever in Riot wrote the summary of the 6.3 Patch concerning the new item, terrifyingly called Duskblade of Draktharr—and if you read the description and think about it a bit, terrifying it is.

Seriously. Whoever wrote that line. I want to know: Do you even play? Because even though assassin's have been feeling a bit left out lately with all the updates to game play going on, with that new thing called keystones, assassins can fucking hurt. Thunderlord's Decree is literally the bane of my existence on Zed and Yasuo. Meanwhile, Diana has always made me cry due to how scary she can be...especially when dinner is a five-course meal.

Okay, yeah, I admit—the League assassins needed a little boost of some sort...maybe. Kind of? Not really. That's just me trying to give assassins the benefit of the doubt. I love playing assassins. I hate playing against assassins when they have Thunderlord's as their keystone mastery. They really didn't need this much love. Even if Riot wanted to give their assassins a bit more love...who decided that taking a Zed ult, making it into an item, and creating a mini-Zed ult in the form of something similar to Deathfire Grasp was a good idea?

Think about it: Now Zed can essentially ult twice with his own ult, and with the item Duskblade.

Mind. Freaking. Blown.

I'm slightly upset, slightly scared out of my mind, and slightly angry at Riot for releasing too many OP things lately and bringing completely broken things like this to the Rift.

Dear Riot. Please calm down. You're getting too excited over there with your ideas and stuff.

This item, though, is going to bring a whole new meaning to the word "assassin" though. Like Zed, Katarina, LeBlanc, and Yasuo, Duskblade is going to allow most assassins to get in and get out with ease. It's going to create a huge new dynamic for team fights and it won't make it feel like assassins are just there for the last second cleanup of the fight. Pair this item with your attack damage assassins and the items they usually build (Maw, Ghostblade, etc.) and then add your Thunderlord's mastery and the damage it can proc into the mix...one word: ouch. The thought is making me cringe.

I'm pretty decent at taking mages against AD assassins, but this Duskblade item is going to make me need to rethink how I play my mages mid, and if I even want to take a mage against someone like Zed or Yasuo—who already hurt like no other.

I have to at least hand it to Riot. While the game and the introduction of new characters, new items, buffing and nerfing have been making some people upset lately (i.e. my boyfriend), the changes and even champion reworks are opening up a whole new style of game play and they're making the game of League of Legends a little less mindless. A little less mindless in the way you play means a little bit more toxicity, I suppose, but I'm finding some of the changes fairly interesting. If you think about it, anyway, everyone hates League—but everyone plays it anyway. It's giving the game, the story, and its characters a bit more depth in my opinion. It's changing the way people normally play, it's forcing them to change how comfortable they've become with playing League and think of things a little differently when they go about their laning phases and team fights.

This new item, Duskblade, is going to add to all of that even more now.

But I still hate you for giving the assassins so much love, Riot.

I've been playing The Sims 4 pretty much non-stop since fall semester ended almost a week or two ago. As soon as I started playing, I got hooked, and ended up buying more expansion packs and stuff packs than I really ever intended...whether that's a good or bad thing, who knows. But hey, at least I've had something to keep me busy this winter break!

I currently own The Sims 4, Get Together expansion pack, Spa Day and Outdoor Retreat game packs, and the Perfect Patio Stuff stuff pack. I'm debating on spending more Christmas money on getting the Get to Work...but I'm waiting so patiently for pets and weather to be implemented.

Despite the game being fun, there are still some things I like and dislike about the entire setup. Since I've currently got nothing better to talk about, I'm going to share them with you. Now keep in mind, all of this is explicitly my opinion. These pros and cons may not be the same pros and cons everyone else shares with me. I'll start with the things I do like about the game:

PROS

CONS

All in all, The Sims 3 is still my favorite and The Sims 4 definitely needs some more expansion packs. I haven't even had Get Together (the newest one as of this month) for that long and I'm already considering buying Get to Work, and from what I've read it's not even that spectacular of an expansion. Sigh. We'll see.

I know the game is still new-ish, technically. A year old now? I also know expansions take time, money, and a lot of work. But I hope that the creators are working diligently and fast to create more expansions that aren't buggy and bring new content to the game. I'm really hoping for some weather and pets to spice things up and bring in new social interactions soonish. Because while groups are amazing on Get Together, they don't add that much of a new element. Sure, there's fun things to do with them, cool hangouts, specific social interactions, and overall clubs have needs and interactions. But it just feels like a more needy child version of the "form a group" action.

Sims 4 definitely has its perks, though. The fact that it's seamless is one of them, and also the fact that the creators finally seemed to figure out what they were doing with moodlets, aspirations, and achievements is really nice. I do enjoy the game. I'm stuck between the simplicity of The Sims 4 and the complexity of The Sims 3.

I love eSports. I'll admit, I'm not a huge fan and I've only been into it for two years, more recently so this year. But I am a fan, and I love it, and I am getting more into it. Mainly, I am huge into League of Legends. Not only do I play League, but I watch games by the pros from all over the world, and I even watch their world championship event.

When I started playing League, I was taught how to play mid lane. I'm not the greatest at laning in general, and I'm not the worst. But I play League with friends majority of the time, anyway, so I'm just sticking around to have fun. And watching the professionals play is something I consider fun! My boyfriend, after I became well enough at mid lane that I gathered the basic knowledge and now needed improvement, once linked me to a montage video of a Korean professional midlaner who went by the name of Faker, and played for SKT-T1.

Immediately, I fell in love (in a different sort of way!). Awkward on camera and in interviews, with a shy demeanor, Faker has a presence when he plays that is not only intimidating but awe-inspiring. Some people call him a "God" and while I agree he is an impressive player who is pretty insane at times, to me—he's just Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok. And I am his fan.

But I also have always had my eye on another SKT player—MaRin, the top laner. While I don't play top lane myself, and I'm not very good at the mechanics of the game, I have always admired MaRin. He's a huge team player and very good at shot calling. This year was his year to shine. Especially during Worlds. Some of the plays MaRin called, initiated, and otherwise were just...wow. On top of it, I love MaRin out of game, too. He's humble and seems very kind-hearted.

Now, the top performer of the year and MVP of the 2015 World Championship...is leaving SKT-T1. Why? Well, no one seems to know. All anyone can do at the moment is speculate. MaRin, while twenty-four, only has two years of professional League of Legends under his belt. And his performance during the 2015 season was top-notch. He's now considered one of the best top laners of the world.

But that best top laner of the world is just leaving.

Where to? Why? I need answers. My heart is aching due to this announcement. Which has apparently been known earlier in November—however I'm just finding out about it today, and I'm extremely saddened. Not just for the fact that MaRin is leaving my favorite team in general, but also because no one seems to know where he's leaving to. Is he off to another team? Or is he on to the next big thing? I mean twenty-four years old isn't exactly young, but it isn't old either.

I just want to know where a player that I fell in love so deeply with in the 2015 season is headed off to, and why. I just want answers. I seriously almost cried earlier today.

Either way, I suppose I should say that I love MaRin enough to support whatever decisions he comes to. Whether his departure is permanent or whether he's changing his loyalty, I will always appreciate what he brought to SKT. If he is leaving permanently, and retirement is in store, then I can only thank him for an amazing two years. He made me love eSports more and more as I watched him play. If he finds a new team, I will continue to support him and I will stand behind his choices.

Still, I'm gonna need a tub of ice cream. Maybe that wine ice cream I see all over Facebook...