Hi friends, I'm August. [I did an intro post a couple months ago ](http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/GMbEvaqv-intro-august-gypsylord-browning-champion-designer) and I figured now would be a great time for another as I'm about to both change my screen name AND change teams. WHO AM I? I'm a megagamer who loves thinking about how to design resonant characters. I grew up in Alaska, majored in economics at Dartmouth, and then started at riot immediately after graduation. This month marks my 4 year anniversary with the company and I've loved every day of it! I used to be an almost-pro TF2 Scout/Medic(logged like 1400 hours into that game) before switching to League around the Malzahar patch. Am currently a D2 support main. On the subject of the name change. I've used the name "gypsylord" for the past 12 years. It was a homage to my first doggo, Gypsy. Growing up in the US (and Alaska especially), I never realized how racially charged the term "gypsy" is in parts of Europe. I've gained a more global perspective over the years and so I'm making the personal decision to move on from my old handle and start with something new. WHAT DO I DO AT RIOT? For the last 4 years I've been a champion designer. I designed the mechanics for Vi, Jinx, Ekko, and Jhin. Also worked on Gnar w/Meddler I spent the first 4 months of this year working on what was to be my final champ, but ended up handing him off to Jimmy "BeatPunchBeef" Steorts in May. He's still a long ways off, but you guys are gonna love him for sure. Super exciting character, can't wait to see where Jimmy takes the concept. As of about a month ago, I've moved off of champion and onto a team in our R & D department. Sadly, I can't say much about what I'm going to be doing asides from we're still trying to get that "S" into Riot GameS and I'll be continuing to leverage my strengths at designing characters. Hoping to learn a lot and eventually deliver some awesome experiences to all of you in the far future. Asides from direct mechanics design I have done other things! - Was heavily involved in early concept ideation for many of the champs developed in 2014 and 2015. - Headed up the keystone mastery project with Stashu and Squad5 and convinced them to add a 3-hit passive to every champion in the game. Thunderlord's wooooooo. - Worked with our skins team on gameplay clarity (if there were any unclear skins released over the last year you can blame me D:) - Moonlighted as a live designer for a month and half where I proceeded to bop Kindred (hopefully for the last time) and attempted to Unbench the Kench. WHAT DO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT? This will be similar to my last thread. Feel free to ask me about any of my past champs or projects. I'm their #1 fan and know A LOT about them, be it theme, lore, or mechanics. Also , if you want to know anything about growing as a designer (or just as an employee at a company) I can speak to some of that. I started out here as a baby, and had the immense privilege of being able to learn from a lot of talented people older and more experienced than myself. Perhaps I can pass some of those learnings on to you! And of course, if you have anything you want to talk about outside of those topics feel free to bring it up. This can be an AMA of sorts. Can't guarantee I can respond to everything, but I'll try when it falls within my sphere of knowledge. I'm on a recruiting trip in Boston at the moment so I'll be hopping in and out to respond to things over the next week. ___________________________________________________ **UPDATE --- WILL BE HOPPING IN ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR THE NEXT WEEK. Will answer as much as I can.

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