Game design director Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer enticed fans in the best possible way during his Teamfight Tactics Q&A stream on June 14th. This will not affect the technical side of Set 12’s launch, but may impact normal communication for a new set release.
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Mortdog is the face of TFT, whether he likes it or not, and many in the community rely on him for information about the autobattler. It’s been five years since TFT first launched, with the team celebrating the milestone with the five-year anniversary Bash and Pengu’s Party game mode. About a few hours into Mortdog’s Q&A stream on June 14, he announced in the chat that he and his family are moving from California and that he’ll be away from Riot until August 1, in response to a question about how long he expects to continue working on TFT.
The move is fully supported by Riot, according to Mortdog, and will have no impact on Set 12’s TFT game development. But with him gone until July, the usual communication systems we’re used to will no longer be happening. This includes no Patch Rundowns for Patch 14.13 or Patch 14.14—and no PBE Rundown from Mortdog.
But Mortdog may have figured something out for his absence, as he added that the PBE overviews "won't be from me this time around," before saying that many members of the team will "be taking care of things while I'm gone." He also didn't comment on the PBE daily update notes that normally happen every day or two while testing a new TFT set.
