There are 2 lol plugins that i really like for chrome. Worth a look imo if you use chrome.

The 1st one is just a very simple twitch browser called lol stream browser - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lol-stream-browser/edidfaijmhpefkbnobdcepampbncgejp

You just click on it and it shows you who is streaming on w/e platform along with view counter.  Sample:

The other one I use is Abios eSports Match Tracker.  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/abios-esports-match-ticke/opaikbihdaombgcfglhnmpjjpmjmglnm

Now, this one works for many eSports games, so you just edit the config to show only LoL if that's all you care about.  It provides a list fo when the next matches are, what's live now, etc.  It also creates pop  ups if you like indicating right when a match starts.  So, if you aren't really paying attention, its quick to get a reminder when someone is starting.  

Both worth checking out if you have chrome.  

Boaz does watch the games from time to time - you might be able to nab him

Meh, it's the weakest out of the starting items, even if I do love using the Talisman, it's pretty mandatory to get it upgraded fast, because a well managed Spellthief's is just wrecking it income wise.  They might could upgrade it at each stage without making it more powerful than the other two, I just like it's engage/disengage utility better than Arctic Embrace, and the added sustain from health regen over the 50AP.  It's the worst base efficiency and the lowest potential income of the three item chains at every stage.

from patch notes re: ardent censor

REMOVEDSORRY ALISTARArdent Censer's buff is now only applicable to champions, as giving an entire creep wave +30 magic damage on hit would be obnoxious

Well, hello there.

Can't believe you're still playing lol, I got so bored of it back before Azir was released.

Anyone else get to spend some time playing ekko yet?  I'm really enjoying the playstyle.  A few reasons why - his e (this is a dash to anywhere, followed by a dash as long as you click on a target in range (must be enemy - works on enemy wards though).  My absolute favorite thing with this is being able to quickly reposition to avoid dmg or position for a combo.  I found it fairly intuitive to use and only took a few games to a really good handle on it.

I like the q as well - folks still aren't used to it, ofc, but I think its going to be fairly easy to utilize for poke.  It also is incredibly good for wave clearing (and satisfying at that) - his passive + w passive make it even easier as you proc your 3rd hit on the creeps to easily pop them, even with low dmg output. 

His w is quite a bit less satisfying in mid, but still very nice vs melees out of top.  In mid, you can at least ensure that you can place it and get a shield for it, but I found that it was pretty easy for the enemy to avoid.  The ideal usage is either using it to intiiate a fight (lower odds of success, but if you are successful, the dmg output is very, very high) or tossing it up during a fight which forces the enemy to reposition or pay the price.  It just seemed way to easy to avoid unless things are going crazy (which is fair because its a shield and a 2.25 sec stun).  But, its easiest to land if folks are in melee range... which makes it so much nicer to use in top vs melee. 

I tried him in several roles/functions.  Not a fan of him as a jungler, though it is somewhat doable.  Mid as straight ap is strong, but requires a higher skill cap imo. I also really liked him as a straight bruiser tank out of top.  His kit is a cc machine.  His q is a slow that is easiest to proc if he's in close combat - if he takes too much of a pounding he can ult out or just ult to do added dmg/regen.  Up close and personal when things get crazy, his w is super useful.  He becomes a lowish dmg output beast that slows and stuns (again 2.25 sec stun or so...) it's like bard's ult if it wasn't garbage (eg enemy team stunned, you and your team  can go wail on them).  I played him a s bruiser with frozen gauntlet - very nice as he's melee and you get the strong slow... plus you built in slow... plus your gap closer so you can stay with anyone... plus your stun... CC BEAST. 

Also, when you make good plays you feel like pretty awesome.  I'm far from good with him, but had a few f yeah moments in each game w/ him. 

Anywho... onto non ekko stuff.  I've been getting a little back into shaco lately and have been watching more than a few streams, vids, and setups for him.  He's like a champion I think you could play thousands of games as.  Not because he's exceedingly op or anything, but moreso that so much more thought needs to go into playing him than other champs imo. Right now, there is more risk in playing non cinderhulk junglers, so there's already a strike against him.  And the team is also down a tank.  Also, generally, a strike against.  But the options you have with a jungler that does not need a leash go way up.  BUT.. so does the risk.  Anyway, I really like the versatility he provides.. and he's easily my fav champ to gank with as you can bypass wards and 3 sec invisib is a lot. 

Folks seem to rush tiamat... sometimes even over finishing the 1st jungle item tier.  Most tend to finish the 1st jungle item tier and then will often completely skip fully upgrading the jungle time in favor on getting tiamat + other items done.  There are also decent starts to do that don't require a leash and keep you safe from the enemy team trying to pop your boxes as well. 

I think the greedier style junglers and top laners fit pacov's playstyle well. The go to split pushing when I don't know what else to do syndrom (its not necessarily a bad thing unless you are doing it on support). So playing shaco, yi, fiora, tryndamere, jax, nasus (or other various people that can get out of 3v1's by escaping or going 1 for 1 when they die) might be the right thing to do. There are mid laners that do well with this idea tool; Zed and Ekko specifically.

Did you see the one about the rager bronze guy scripting Katarina? How he just wanted to "relax" and play rank, make people rage with scripts. He went from Bronze (low Silver?) to Plat in like 2 week, so scripts are very effective, even if you are "awful". 

Remember that there are two forms of skill: micro and macro. All players have better relative micro OR macro compared to other players of their "true" skill. If you have both, that means that you're just ... not at your true skill. Scripters, by definition are "awful" players from a decision-making point of view, because their mechanics suddenly get boosted to low diamond level.

You don't need to script to do that.  Play Jinx.  Turn Range Indicator Quickcast on for W and E.  Hold down W and E.  Let the keys up at the same time. Cast both at the exact same time.

What Hedgie was trying to explain which I'm not sure you understood was that the scripters you run into are Bronze players that have used programs to gain an unfair advantage to get to your MMR.  That's why you have this impression that all scripters don't know how to play the game.  You mostly see the ones that have poor understanding of strategy, don't build well, have bad positioning, etc.

Let's say you started scripting to get to Diamond.  Once you got to Diamond, if that was the maximum that scripting allowed you to achieve, the players there would have a similar impression of you that you have of the scripters you meet right now at Platinum V.  And it wouldn't be a big deal because they would be able to outplay you enough that you lose as much as you won so they wouldn't get too frustrated.  You would stay at that level until your eventual ban or you got bored of having a computer program play the game for you.

The problem would be for the players in Platinum V that you beat who didn't have a chance against another Platinum player who had just started using scripts.

Hopefully you keep facing the Bronze scripters.  Playing against a scripter who has an equal skill in the non mechanical aspects of this game is extremely frustrating experience.

To recap the whole scripting thing, I personally think all scripters (low elo and high - god bless), are crap.  Just for the whole cheating side of things.  Those vids just highlight some of the things folks actually can script, so I think its good general knowledge.  And while its not a good thing, I also think folks are more likely to believe scripting is occurring more frequently than it is after vids like these circulate.  

I think its interesting that detection seems to rely primarily on visual evidence due to the way the program is hooking into memory and apparently is not something that rito can detect as such.  Also interesting that the majority of the folks banned for using these programs all came from a dump of user names that purchased the programs for scripting some time back.  We know that riot actually works with folks within the scripting community to as well.  AFAIK, there just isn't a way of directly detecting usage of these latest programs.  Kind of a bummer - as I think we all agree that we'd prefer to win a game that we deserve to, etc.  

K - so any additional thoughts on ekko?  I currently have a love/hate thing going w/ him.  He's fun to play, but my last few games ended up with a mid on my team against a mid ekko and them getting completely steamrolled.  Unfortunately, if I want to play team builder, there seems to currently be no way of avoiding him (no bans and folks want to play him - it happens).  I can tell you its not fun to be ali support vs a fed ass ekko.  Anyway, I think ekko alone is going to force me back into playing normals and ranked games now -which is cool.  I even had a master tier yasuo vs an ekko unranked fella yesterday that completely steamrolled yas.  bleh.