Randuin's Omen vs Frozen Heart — Mathcrafted
A mathcrafting analysis comparing Randuin's Omen vs Frozen Heart in League of Legends, originally published on Cloth5 under the alias DiffTheEnder.
August 201417 min read
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A DIFFerent View
I started writing about League of Legends at university because I couldn't stop thinking about it. Mathcrafting, item analysis, game theory — eventually that turned into C5 Network. This is a selection of posts from that era — at its most popular, each article would get around 120–190k views.
Liandry's Torment is Incredibly Strong
A mathcrafting analysis comparing Liandry's Torment vs Void Staff in League of Legends, originally published on Reign of Gaming under the alias DiffTheEnder.
February 20138 min read
AP Users: Your Runes, Magic Pen, MR and Build
A mathcrafting deep-dive into MR runes vs Magic Pen marks for AP mids, the Void Staff interaction, and whether Haunting Guise or Abyssal Scepter is worth building.
June 201210 min read
Ezreal: Trinity Force vs Infinity Edge
A mathcrafting analysis comparing Trinity Force vs Infinity Edge on Ezreal in League of Legends, originally published on Reign of Gaming under the alias DiffTheEnder.
June 20126 min read
Why Frozen Heart is the Best Item in the Game
A totally one-sided argument for why Frozen Heart is the best item in League of Legends, originally published on Reign of Gaming under the alias DiffTheEnder.
June 20126 min read
All About: Experience Gain
A comprehensive breakdown of every XP source in League of Legends -- kills, minions, jungle camps, turrets, Dragon and Baron -- and what it means for runes, ganking, and roaming.
May 201212 min read
How OP is pOPpy's Passive?
Valiant Fighter reduces incoming damage by roughly 50% -- but the tooltip is misleading. A full mathcraft on how strong Poppy's passive actually is, with rainbow graphs to prove it.
April 20127 min read
Debunked: AD Runes are Better than ArPen Runes
A mathcrafting analysis comparing 9 AD marks + 3 AD quints vs 9 ArPen marks + 3 ArPen quints -- when each set outperforms the other, with graphs across armor values and AD totals.
January 20125 min read
Introducing A DIFFerent View
The first post on A DIFFerent View -- a League of Legends blog covering mathcrafting, myth-busting, and build analysis, originally on Reign of Gaming under the alias DiffTheEnder.
December 20111 min read
Embarrassing LinkedIn Posts
Misinformed self-promotion as a consultant that I wish I hadn't bothered posting. Preserved here for posterity and humility.
3 changes blockchain will enable for the energy industry
The energy industry has existed since the dawn of fire. Here's how distributed ledger technology could restructure it -- from P2P trading to smart contract settlement to cryptocurrency payments.
December 20173 min read
Blockchain -- 4 things your organisation needs to consider
Blockchain reaches well beyond financial technology. Before your organisation commits, here are four questions worth working through honestly.
November 20173 min read
Pokémon Go didn't invent anything
History is full of technologies that launched too soon. Pokémon Go had the same problem -- and solved it with branding, timing, and marketing that were almost perfectly aligned.
August 20164 min read
Why you keep paying for free games
Why do we keep paying for free games? Two psychological principles -- the endowment effect and ego depletion -- explain more than most developers will admit.
July 20164 min read