Alright, guys, let’s talk about something I’ve been digging into lately: figuring out the release dates of League of Legends champions. It’s kinda tricky, but I wanted a complete list, so I decided to tackle it myself. Here’s how it went down.
First, I started by just, you know, Googling. I figured someone, somewhere, must have already done this. I typed in stuff like “League of Legends champion release dates,” “LoL champion list chronological,” and all sorts of variations.
- I found some forum posts.
- I stumbled across a few wiki pages.
- I even saw some Reddit threads.
The problem? A lot of the info was incomplete, outdated, or just plain wrong. Some lists only had the newer champions, others were missing some, and the dates were all over the place. It was a mess!
My “Brilliant” Idea
So, I figured, “Fine, I’ll do it myself!” I decided to go straight to the source: the official League of Legends website. I mean, they have to have the correct info, right?
I started digging through the “Champions” section. I clicked on each champion, one by one, and looked for any mention of their release date. Sometimes it was in their background story, sometimes in a developer blog post, and sometimes… nowhere to be found. It was like a treasure hunt, except the treasure was just a date.
The Spreadsheet of Doom
To keep track of everything, I opened up a good old spreadsheet. One column for the champion name, one for the release date. Simple, right? Nope.
As I went through, I realized some champions had multiple release dates, depending on the region. Oh, and some had been reworked or updated, so their original release date was kinda irrelevant. More columns! I added columns for “Original Release,” “Rework Release,” “Region Specific Release,” and even a “Notes” column for all the weird exceptions and caveats.
It took me a few hours, maybe even a whole afternoon, but I finally managed to compile a pretty comprehensive list. I double-checked and triple-checked the dates, comparing them with the forum posts and wiki pages I’d found earlier, just to be sure. And I filled the “Notes” with all my frustation.
The (Almost) Finished Product
In the end, I had a spreadsheet that, while not perfect, was way more accurate and complete than anything else I’d found online. I even considered sharing it online, but then I remembered how much of a pain it was to put together, and I thought, “Nah, let someone else deal with that headache.”
So, it’s just on my computer now, and if some friends need to know what data, they can just come to me.
So, that’s the story of my little adventure into the world of League of Legends champion release dates. It wasn’t glamorous, but hey, at least I learned something, right?
