League of Legends video talks you through the changes and tweaks of patch 4.12

It must be strange, for those on the outside, to see just how passionately lane-pushing fans care about seemingly the smallest changes to the games they love. Simple tweaks, buffs and balance changes can cause wild, uncontrollable forum fury. When Riot do finally release the new Summoner's Rift, I'm expecting the streets to fill with angry protesters in Pentakill t-shirts.

It's quite nice to see a pros and developers talk (reasonably) candidly about changes—albeit in the controlled environment of a Riot-produced video. Hopefully we'll soon reach the natural conclusion of the idea: developers and gamers face off in underground Fight Clubs, asking slightly pissy questions about a patch's change list while kicking each other in the shins.

Where that video not enough for you, you can find a full 4.12 run-down on LoL's blog .

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