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Brian Kopleck

@bkop.me
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senior game designer at Riot Games on Legends of Runeterra | he/him | 50% WR against PVDDR

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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 29/09/2026
the kenny rogers edit
the riftbound card "Hold 'Em" with text redacted to say "your turn is over" and the flavor text "you can't play the hand."
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 08/09/2026
my original OOT experience was printing out 30 pages of GameFaqs before starting and then getting too scared of Gohma to continue
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 28/08/2026
Eric Shen made a post about this but not on bluesky so I'll paraphrase it here too: we've seen some of this convo and want to reiterate that we've got plenty in the works! both regular monthly content and a little extra before end of the year. the team will share more when we're ready!
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/08/2026
aint look like no bird i ever seen
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 14/07/2026
hecarim PoC spoilers are up! and yes, that is lillia's 6*. we tried several options and eventually agreed that lillia just pre-sniped the perfect hecarim power. this isn't a design philosophy change and ideally all of our 6*s are unique and special, but this one was just too fun
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 01/07/2026
Legal Legends
a sign that says Mortar Geyser, which sounds kinda Mordekaiser
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/05/2026
"next time I will test more before complaining" this player is going to heaven
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/05/2026
imagine getting salty over a game of bluey catan
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/05/2026
some zoe facts: - the 1* items are truly random, though 7+ cost have a higher chance of rare/epic. the 3* guarantees at least 1 rare/epic for 4+ cost, at least 1 epic for 7+ cost. Silver Sister always gets an in-play item - her 4* is not in the pool (you prob guessed this but i'll confirm) 🧵
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 05/05/2026
LoR is getting close to its 6th anniversary, which means it's also my 5 year anniversary at Riot! 🎂 to celebrate, i made you all a zoe. enjoy~
the official LoR announcement tweet that we're adding Zoe to path of champions
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 25/03/2026
my friends are my friends are fostering new pets opening booster packs 🤝 "post pulls"
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 10/03/2026
i got Mike Wazowski'd
Legends of Runeterra launcher but my face is blocked by the logo while Eric's isn't at all
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 25/02/2026
the thing i didn't realize about becoming a card game designer is that every internal "for fun" TCG event i join would be sweaty. they plucked my timmy/johnny ass out of a 6 player commander pod and now i'm in a rotisserie draft with pro tour players and ex-wotc devs
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/02/2026
ok fine
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 19/02/2026
magic made a card named Skateboard and, despite both being legal mechanics, it's neither kicked nor flipped. smh
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/11/2025
because live games don't really do credits, my first industry credit in 12 years is for Riftbound lol forever living under the shadow of The Cooler Brian K Card Gamer though
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/10/2025
anytime i see game rankings i think about that tweet where someone posted a numbered list of the star wars movies in chronological order and people went apeshit in the replies (www.pcgamer.com/games/the-to...)
pcgamer.com
The top 100 PC games
Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 26/09/2025
LoR players tryna get me in trouble with the wife smh
a chatter asking if i'm single on our live AMA
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Riot Lopeeee @lopeeee.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🫶🎉
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 16/09/2025
happy pythagorean triple day! (9/16/25) "every triangle is a love triangle when you love triangles" -pythagoras
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/09/2025
while they are cursed, we do want them in the game eventually, so question for my player followers: do you feel its more important that the conditional stays the same difficulty/play pattern, or that the output is an instant win? some options below
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 15/09/2025
each time we pick out future champs for path, we occasionally succumb to considering the "cursed" champs: ryze, fiora, katarina they have alt win cons or go trivially infinite with relics so they'll take much more effort than other champions, but that's also what makes them so alluring
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 10/09/2025
signal boosting from the official LoR twitter: "Hey folks! Glory Store prices are currently incorrect. Please hold off on spending in the Glory Store until we can send through a fix. We will notify y’all once this comes through!"
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 26/08/2025
i should put Freestyle Solo and Aid a Spirit in the adventure pools, pretty happy with how they turned out
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 19/08/2025
added a comment about how the Glory Store tuning error happened, for those curious www.reddit.com/r/LegendsOfR...
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bkopleck's comment on "Riot Update on Spirit Blossom"
Explore this conversation and more from the LegendsOfRuneterra community
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 19/08/2025
www.reddit.com/r/LegendsOfR...
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From the LegendsOfRuneterra community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the LegendsOfRuneterra community
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 11/08/2025
old LoR PvP pros reading this
a dog sitting on a book with the superimposed text "none of these words are in the bible"
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 11/08/2025
signal boosting some info i shared in the LoR discord: - it's not possible to collect more of one rune than there are champs of that region - rune explainer article is coming soon - glory store isn't the only/main source of runic vessels this event - there are 15 glory tiers, so 900 max glory/month
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Riot Lopeeee @lopeeee.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
💙
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/08/2025
we saw a very cute borzoi at the coffee shop today and my wife and i said "beautiful dog" at the same time, except she was saying it to the owner and i was 100% saying it directly to the dog
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Dave Guskin @davetron.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Hey all! Today preorders for Riftbound product go up on our website, and I wanted to make sure folks had the Proving Grounds decklists before you decided to order (if that mattered to you). We'll get these up on our How to Play article soon!
Annie's page from the Proving Grounds instruction book, which includes the decklist (I don't have time to provide here, but it will be available soon in How to Play article and probably right now on Discord)Garen's page from the Proving Grounds instruction book, which includes the decklist (I don't have time to provide here, but it will be available soon in How to Play article and probably right now on Discord)Lux's page from the Proving Grounds instruction book, which includes the decklist (I don't have time to provide here, but it will be available soon in How to Play article and probably right now on Discord)Master Yi's page from the Proving Grounds instruction book, which includes the decklist (I don't have time to provide here, but it will be available soon in How to Play article and probably right now on Discord)
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 01/08/2025
said this on a few platforms but: feel free to play your monthlies! there's zero benefit to waiting for the patch
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 30/07/2025
back on my bullshit
a commander deck with SpongeBob as the commander and collection of 26 cards each from a different non-Magic IP
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 26/07/2025
seen a few people asking what happens to the Emporium/Stardust when Glory Store launches, and the answer is: nothing! Glory Store is an entirely separate feature and won't replace any other store
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 22/07/2025
mtg is the golf of the game industry
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 18/07/2025
i still think about this once a week
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Capt Sarah @captsarah.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Mel's overwhelm on burst spells has been fixed!
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/07/2025
from @lopeeee.bsky.social: Hey y’all! Popping in to announce we’ve fixed the bug where Mel’s Overwhelm was not applying to Burst Spells. Thank you all for your patience as we got this resolved as quickly as we could! We hope y’all are enjoying the patch so far. 🤩🥳🫶
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/07/2025
modern gamers know a ton more about game dev processes than before, but the part where everything feels god awful until the literal last month before ship is basically a religious experience. it feels bonkers to explain that this is how it always is, but it's true: "have faith in the process"
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/07/2025
new justice remixes and one is by the dare? blessed wednesday open.spotify.com/track/4mRx3g...
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Mannequin Love - The Dare Remix
Justice, The Dare, The Flints · Mannequin Love (Remixes) · Song · 2025
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 16/07/2025
this is the sign of a store near me. below this they list their wares: cigarettes, beer, wine, and then specifically teriyaki. then there's like five more giant signs outside that just say "teriyaki". i am both very curious and slightly afraid
a sign of a wizard looking at an orb, just above the word "Choice", which is presumably the name of the store
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 24/06/2025
i live for the feel stupid zone, for the rare moments in which you are suddenly not stupid are perhaps the best highs in gaming
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 17/06/2025
really makes you think
google sheets iconsmash bros icon
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 13/06/2025
my next-door neighbor in LA was Harry Lennix. he was basically never home but we chatted a few times as neighbors and he was legitimately interested in the craft of video games (as was I in film production). super nice guy, effortlessly charismatic too
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 12/06/2025
picked up a cup while walking in a way that made me suddenly remember Peanut Panic. kid me thought this was peak games
picture of the board game Peanut Panic
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 06/06/2025
big rec for @animesickos.bsky.social ranks game mechanics, they're objectively correct. why aren't we lighting more meters on fire
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Riot Lopeeee @lopeeee.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Da boyz. ❤️
Final Render of Marketing Illustration for Legends of Runeterra’s Rogues event featuring (in order from left to right): 
Sett, Twisted Fate, Jhin, and Akshan.
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 20/05/2025
my game design mentee finally broke into the industry with a design internship at Infinity Ward! he's put so much work into this, i'm legit so proud 🥹
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 19/05/2025
whoa 2XKO lookin hype
Baby Lasagna x Käärijä concert performance, the aesthetic is meant to look like a fighting game.
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Brian Kopleck @bkop.me · 09/05/2025
i've barely touched final fantasy (only played 7 Remake and a lil XIV) but i can't with these names man. Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, sure, but Zell Dincht? Emet-Selch? G'raha Tia? if you say these out loud i will say gesundheit
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