Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
‘League Of Legends’ developer explains the impact of durability update
nme.comLeague Of Legends, developer Riot Games has outlined how the patch affected the game.In May, a durability update made every champion in League Of Legends less fragile.
A month on, Riot Games has shared that it thinks the update went “relatively well” and revealed the effects it has had on the game.“Players from all regions are enjoying more opportunities for skill expression and we’re hearing feedback that combat is better paced and more understandable […] We believe that slower combat gives players more opportunities to demonstrate more strategic skills like positioning and cooldown management,” said Riot.The developer went on to say that it has seen a decrease in snowballing in games, which refers to matches where one side “snowballs” a minor early-game lead into an advantage that wins the game for them.“We think some degree of snowballing leads is good, after all players should be able to capitalize on their early game advantages to influence the outcome of a game.
That said, we also don’t think a game should be impossible to come back from in 15 minutes. Pre durability update, snowballing was a bit too strong, but with more durable champs and stronger towers we’ve brought it down to a point we’re happier with.”Less snowballing means teams have been unable to close out games as quickly, and Riot says this has caused the average League Of Legends match to last a bit longer.Looking ahead, Riot has shared that it is still trying to balance the effects of the update, as “classes and items aren’t completely balanced yet, some champions still need more adjustments, and the state of healing is still out of balance in a 40 per cent Grievous Wounds world.”Earlier in the week, League Of Legends patch 12.12 added a Snow Moon.
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