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Below lie the A DIFFerent View archives. The current staff of A DIFFerent View includes DiffTheEnder, Emeraldw, Gentleman Gustaf, Oldmaneyebrows and VVinrar. TheBirdOfPrey and Dr Prant are former employees.  All other posts are by guests.

Other thoughts: Blog posts that I thought belonged in more than one section were placed in multiple sections for easier searching.  I'm also too lazy to code in HTML colors, so everything is in blue.

Last Updated 8/28/12.  Newer posts that are not linked here can be found at reignofgaming.net/blogs/a-different-view/

1. Runes, Masteries, and Summoners
2. Opinion Posts
3. Champions
4. Items
5. Macrogame + Player Help
6. Interviews + Reviews
7. Miscellaneous
8. Outdated Posts + Shit Posts

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1. Runes, Masteries, and Summoners

Runes

Runes to Win #1: GP10 by VVinrar 5/29/12
Runes to Win #2: What Runes To Buy First by VVinrar 6/7/12
Runes to Win #3: "My First Runepage" Infographic by VVinrar 8/9/12

Armor Pen vs. AD II by DiffTheEnder 3/17/12
Crit Marks on Carries by Gentleman Gustaf 8/7/12
Vamp Quints by DiffTheEnder 1/10/12
% HP Quints by DiffTheEnder 12/28/11
Flat vs. Scaling MR by Old Man Eyebrows 8/8/12

Runes: Gold Efficiency of Common Choices by Gentleman Gustaf 7/23/12
Building Runepages Through Quint Quotients by Old Man Eyebrows 7/21/12
How Many Runepages Do You Need? by Old Man Eyebrows 8/24/12

Masteries

The Cost of Vision by TheBirdOfPrey 4/27/12
Havoc + Executioner (Offensive Tree) by Dr Prant 6/12/12
Indomitable (Defensive Tree) by DiffTheEnder 6/26/12

In Depth: Utility Tree by Dr Prant 7/18/12

Summoner Spells

Reworked Heal by Dr Prant 6/21/12

Other

HEALTH - A STRONG DEFENSIVE OPTION IN THE CURRENT META by Dr Prant 7/6/12
ATTACK SPEED SLOWS - A BIG IMPACT FOR A SMALL SQUARE by Dr Prant 7/11/12
Magic Damage from Items by Dr Prant 7/13/12

2. Opinion Posts

The Refer-A-Friend 2.0 System Needs a Buff by VVinrar 7/5/12

Retiring Legendary Skins Without Discounts by Flikery 7/2/12

Frozen Heart is the Best Item in the Game by DiffTheEnder 5/5/12
HP5 is underrated by DiffTheEnder 5/23/12

5 Ways To Improve Ingame Reactions by VVinrar 6/28/12
6 tips to gain Elo by ReginaId II 3/27/12
The 10 Types of LoL Players by VVinrar 5/7/12

DRM by TheBirdOfPrey 5/17/12
The Art of War by Adair 3/5/12

AP Itemization by DiffTheEnder 5/6/12

3. Champions

Akali's Passive by TheBirdOfPrey 1/19/12

Alistar Combo by Dr Prant 6/5/12

Is Anivia OP? by Dr Prant 5/24/12
Froggen's Anivia Build by VVinrar 6/15/12

Corki's Passive by Dr Prant 6/19/12

Darius Ult vs. Garen Ult by VVinrar 6/11/12
Spotlight Mechanics + Darius Design by DiffTheEnder 6/13/12

WHY EVELYNN STILL NEEDS MORE CHANGES by Dr Prant 7/27/12

What Skill to Max on Ezreal by Dr Prant 5/6/12
Trinity Force vs. Infinity Edge on Ezreal by DiffTheEnder 6/20/12
Tips for Playing Ezreal by Dr Prant 6/25/12

Janna vs. Lulu by Dr Prant 6/9/12

Jarvan IV vs. Xin Zhao by Dr Prant 5/26/12

Jax Remake + Part 2 by DiffTheEnder 1/16/12

Kog'maw vs. Varus by Dr Prant 6/23/12

Lulu vs. Janna by Dr Prant 6/9/12

Olaf's Ragnarok Rework by DiffTheEnder 2/27/12

Poppy's Passive by DiffTheEnder 4/24/12

Ryze Optimal Early Game Build by VVinrar 5/12/12

Sejuani Release Analysis + Part 2 by DiffTheEnder 1/18/12

Shen Remake + Part 2 + Part 3 by VVinrar 2/23/12
IN DEPTH: SHEN, THE EYE OF TWILIGHT by Dr Prant 7/9/12

Sion vs. Twisted Fate by Dr Prant 6/16/12

Does Ignite Kill Tryndamere by VVinrar 4/22/12

Twisted Fate vs. Sion by Dr Prant 6/16/12

In Depth: Urgot by Dr Prant 7/2/12

Varus vs. Kog'Maw by Dr Prant 6/23/12

Viktor's Augment Item by VVinrar 2/4/12

Vladimir Buff by DiffTheEnder 1/20/12

Xin Zhao vs. Jarvan IV by Dr Prant 5/26/12

4. Items

Atma's Impaler: How big was the nerf by Dr Prant 7/4/12
Deathfire Grasp vs. Deathcap by TheBirdOfPrey 4/20/12
Black Cleaver vs. Last Whisper + Part 2 by SoLunAether 4/3/12
BLOODTHIRSTER VS LAST WHISPER by DiffTheEnder 7/7/12
Why Executioner's Calling Even Exists by Old Man Eyebrows 8/28/12
IS HAUNTING GUISE EVER WORTH IT? by Old Man Eyebrows 7/22/12
Yelling About Last Whisper by Gentleman Gustaf 7/14/12
Reworked Hexdrinker and Maw of Malmortius by TheBirdOfPrey 3/20/12
Rabadon's Deathcap vs. Abyssal Scepter + Part 2 by DiffTheEnder 2/6/12
Stark's vs. Zeke's by DiffTheEnder 2/2/12
Stinger, Nashor's Tooth, and Ionic Sparkby VVinrar 1/17/12 HOW DID THE JAYCE PATCH AFFECT IONIC SPARK? by VVinrar 7/8/12
Why So Much Magic Pen and no Void Staff by Emeraldw 8/20/12

Tear, Manamune, and Archangel's by VVinrar 1/11/12 Does Archangel's Staff Need a Buff? by VVinrar 8/16/12
Athene's Unholy Grail by VVinrar 5/24/12; Chalice of Harmony by TheBirdOfPrey 5/14/12
Catalyst Sustain by TheBirdOfPrey 4/24/12
Frozen Heart is the Best Item in the Game by DiffTheEnder 5/5/12
Snowball (Stacking) Itemsby VVinrar 1/25/12
Lifesteal vs. Thornmail by DiffTheEnder 12/28/12
Doran's Items by DiffTheEnder 1/1/12

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY BOOTS OF SWIFTNESS by VVinrar 7/26/12
What's Wrong With Tenacity? by VVinrar 8/23/12

Attack Speed vs Attack Damage by DiffTheEnder 2/16/12
Resistances vs. Health by Gentleman Gustaf 7/31/12
GP10 by VVinrar 5/29/12
Item Efficiency Lite by VVinrar 5/20/12
Lifesteal Nerfs by VVinrar 3/22/12

5. Macrogame + Player Help

Guide to the Proving Grounds (ARAM) by Dr Prant 6/29/12
Train your mind to become a better player by DiffTheEnder 4/10/12
All About Neutral Monsters by DiffTheEnder 7/14/12
How To Play Ranked 5s by VVinrar and Forneas 7/19/12
Generalization vs Specialization by Emeraldw 8/15/12

Stat Multiplicativity by Gentleman Gustaf 8/22/12

Duo Lane Synergy + Sustain + Part 2 by VVinrar 5/3/12
Value of Red/Blue Buff by TheBirdOfPrey 5/12/12
Movement Speed by DiffTheEnder 5/16/12
Ability Power vs. Magic Resist vs. Magic Pen by DiffTheEnder 6/24/12
Cooldown Reduction by Dr Prant 5/29/12
Diminishing Returns: Fact or False by DiffTheENder 7/25/12

How To Win Lanes by Cheese by VVinrar 6/18/12
Prediction in the Loading Screen by Dr Prant 6/27/12
Zoning by Emeraldw 7/15/12
MECHANICAL VS. KNOWLEDGE SKILLS; AND HOW TO IMPROVE BOTH by Emeraldw 8/1/12
How We Defeat Ourselves Before We Even Start by Emeraldw 8/27/12
How to Improve Your Game by Gentleman Gustaf 8/26/12

Breaking the Meta: Inertia and Innovation by DiffTheEnder 7/21/12
Understanding a Metagame by Dr Prant 8/3/12

How Much RP Does It Take to Buy LoL? by VVinrar 4/26/12
XP Gain by DiffTheEnder 5/2/12
Gold Gain + Part 2 by Forneas 3/8/12
IP Gain by TheBirdOfPrey 2/19/12; IP Boost Efficiency by TheBirdOfPrey 5/4/12; IP Required for Runes by TheBirdOfPrey 5/2/12

6. Interviews + Reviews

Interviews

Stonewall008 by VVinrar 7/12/12
Ego Ignaxio (#1 Normal Rating in World) by DiffTheEnder 4/21/12
DiffTheEnder by MCXL 3/29/12
NaJin e-mFire Maknoon (First English interview) by DiffTheEnder 6/10/12
Crs SYDTKO by DiffTheEnder 2/9/12
Sesami (Female Gold Support Main) by DiffTheEnder 12/29/12

Reviews

Stat Tracking Sites by DiffTheEnder 5/9/12
Elobuff.com by DiffTheEnder 5/29/12

LoL Chat App by DiffTheEnder 2/10/12
LoL Who Counter App by DiffTheEnder 1/7/12
LoL Item Changer by DiffTheEnder 12/30/11

7. Miscellaneous

Seven Senses of Satisfaction by DiffTheEnder 3/12/12
Spotlight Mechanics by DiscWorldDeath 6/13/12

Teasers

Truth, Lies and Ninjas by VVinrar 6/21/12
Dealing With Decievers by DiffTheEnder 12/31/11
Greetings from Garen by DiffTheEnder 1/6/12
Katarina's Kidnapping by DiffTheEnder 8/4/12

8. Outdated + Shit Posts Graveyard

LoL Cypher by DiffTheEnder 3/27/12
Pulsefire Ezreal Pricing by DiffTheEnder ft. VVinrar 5/16/12
Goodbye Post by TheBirdOfPrey 5/22/12

Outdated

Cost of Itemization + Part 2 + Part 3 by DiffTheEnder Dec 2011-Jan 2012
Value of Items + Part 2 by DiffTheEnder Jan 2012
Value of AD Items by DiffTheEnder 1/27/12
FIVE: REASONS TO BE EXCITED FOR THE ZYRA PATCH by DiffTheEnder 7/17/12
THE CURRENT STATE OF TOURNAMENT AP MIDS by Dr Prant 7/20/12

Shit Post Hall of Fame

Winning Every Argument by DiffTheEnder 5/30/12
Game Design by DiffTheEnder 5/27/12
What Makes a Competitive AP Carry by VVinrar 5/11/12
Player Mentalities by TheBirdOfPrey 5/8/12
Shields vs. Heals by TheBirdOfPrey 3/29/12
Increasing Aggression by DiffTheEnder 2/12/12

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