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League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game (MOBA) developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. a free-to-play game supported by micro-transactions and inspired by the mod Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) for the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. It is currently considered the most popular game in the world, with it’s numbers receiving in excess of 30 million daily users and 70 millions monthly users.

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26 Jun, 2009

Cho’Gath release

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The Terror of the Void is released. His ablities include Carnivore, Rupture, Feral Scream, Vorpal Spikes and Feast, where he attempts to eat an enemy whole. Designer:

There is a place between dimensions, between worlds. To some it is known as the Outside, to others it is the Unknown. To most, however, it is called the Void. Cho’gath is a creature born of the Void, a thing whose true nature is so horrific most will not speak its name. Its fellows have been poking at the dimensional walls for a crack, a way into Runeterra, where they can visit their own personal paradise of horror upon the world. A way in they have found, as something dark stirs in Icathia, perverting the summoning ritual – how Cho’gath came to be here. Fortunately, the power of the summoning has chained Cho’gath to the League of Legends, where it uses its Voidborn abilities to help decide the fate of the world. It knows what it would choose, if given half the chance.

Amumu release

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The Sad Mummy is released in the June 26, 2009 patch. His abilities include Crushed Touch, Bandage Toss, Despair, Tantrum and Curse of The Sad Mummy. Designer:

To everyone in Valoran / so he wouldn’t be ignored / Amumu sent an invitation / — an Urf Day party right next door.

So glad he’s born / The manatee / Of spatula-slapping fame. / Amumu wrote of the birth of Urf /and asked if they’d all play a game.

At last, the morning of the party / Urf Day was finally here. / Out the window, Amumu looked / but not a single friend appeared.

So young Amumu took tiny steps /and traveled through the land. / But even when Amumu stood /and peeked into their home / He saw they partied without him /And he was still alone…