User blog comment:JAlbor/Community Choice Awards 2014/@comment-3308937-20141217190844

My thoughts on this year in League history:

Best new champion:

I know {[ci|Braum}} is gonna in by a landslide but I picked. While I love Braum's personality and his overall character I have to pick my tentacle buddy because I'm a big sucker for smooth combo mages, he can be played top, mid and support with success, he had a great buildup to his release with all the champion page alterations, he's been pretty well balanced since release and he's a floating cuddly eyeball who destroys things in the pursuit of knowledge.

If I had to pick a least favorite champion it would be hard because Riot really went all out with this year's champion releases and they're all fun to play and have great backgrounds and personalities but I'd probably have to go with. I find Azir to be an interesting champion but the sheer amount of bugginess that surrounded him for months after release really turned me off on him.

Best champion update: Without a doubt this goes to if only for the sheer scale of the rework. Coming in second place I'd have to say is. She was a non-interactive support who was either overbearingly strong or completely underpowered without any real mechanical input from the player to do her job and had been that way for years. Post rework she still has that same old starchild feel of healing and protecting your carries but there's now room to flex your muscles and show your skill and you can actually feel like you're doing something other than just pressing W every 20 seconds.

My least favorite champion update would probably have to be Xerath. I agree with why he was reworked but I don't think his rework really solved what Riot set out to do in terms of making him more interactive to play against.

Best new skin: I'm gonna give this one to Final Boss Veigar. I just love everything about this skin, I love the nostalgic arcade feel it has, I love the particle work and the model itself, I loved the lead up to it with the champion page altering, I just love it.

My least favorite skin would probably be Mecha Malphite. The color scheme, texture and the brightness of it really detracted from what could have been a great skin. When I think Mecha I think of something a bit more serious than the lego-like look that Mecha Malphite has.

Best Limited Skin: Despite my avatar I went with Ravenborn LeBlanc on this one. This one really came down to personal preference as most of these skins are really high quality. Ravenborn just has it all for me with it's particles, sound effects, splash art, color scheme and just the model itself.

Least favorite in this category is Underworld Wukong, again, this is probably just personal preference but I'm just not a fan of it and it's color scheme/texture work. Another skin that could have been better but just didn't meet expectations.

Best updated art: In terms of pure quality I'm going to say Shyvana has the best updated art, the detail on it is amazing. In terms of capturing the champion best Twitch is definitely the best, his new splash is just so crazy yet endearing and it really nails Twitch's personality.

My lest favorite updated splash art is Caitlyn's. I felt like I was taking crazy pills or something when it came to the PBE and people were saying how great it is. It's the only splash that I would consider a downgrade to the old one. I just don't like the style, I don't like the funky blue hair and I don't like how serious she looks.

I don't follow esports so I don't have anything to say about the rest of the questions :x