Sony Vegas vs Adobe Premier. A Short Comparison

I have always been an avid user of Adobe Premier. It was part of my Games Design degree and never really thought about using any other editing software. Well now that I am no longer a student, my Student version just doesn't cut it anymore. So I looked into other, more affordable software. A friend recommended me Sony Vegas, so I purchased a copy an here are some thoughts about it.

First off, I could buy it straight out. Adobe are really pushing the monthly plans, its a subscription service where you pay a small amount every month to gain access to a remote version of Premier and some cloud space. Personally, this doesn't do it for  me. I much prefer buying something straight out. Vegas cost 599, once off and done. Much more to my style.

Second, it is surprisingly easy to use. When I first started editing it was like looking into an engine of some strange machine. Vegas is very similar to Premier, the interface and even name of tools are very familiar to anyone coming over from Editing on other platforms. It is very intuitive, everything is laid out beautifully, and editing is a dream. 

I will say that Premier is better for certain things. It handles the rendering better and has a superior audio suite. But from purely editing of video, I find Vegas to be superior.  could go on for hours about the precise difference between the two softwares, but I don't have the time to currently type at the moment.

To summarize, Vegas is a great bit of Editing software at a more affordable price than Premier. Although it does have some drawbacks (rendering time and audio) I would highly recommend it.

Here is  a Clip I made in Vegas. Check it out.

Thoughts On Zekes Harbinger

Let me start by talking about Zekes Herald,. As a support player in League of Legends, Zekes Hearld was an item that was bought maybe 1 out of 100 games. The reason for this was because it was very situational. When the team was extremely AD heavy and most relied on Lifesteal, yeah it was awesome, it granted 20 AD and 10% Lifesteal. But it had a very low pick rate.

Now it has been replaced by a new item, Zekes Harbinger. This item binds together you and an ally, to generate 100 "stacks" that last for 8 seconds and granting damage will activate the stacks for 6 seconds, granting either 20% Ability power or 50% crit for both parties. Its a bit confusing, but hey, its a new item.

This next part is a bit wordy, but I feel this item will be picked almost every game. Purely for the 20% AP scaling. Crit is great for your AD carry, but giving your mage 20% extra AP for 6 seconds is huge.

Time for some Maths!.

Imagine this. The enemy team has a Ryze, lets say he has 6 items (Rod of Ages, Seraphs, Deathcap, Void Staff, Rylais and Sorc Boots) he will have approx 750 AP depending on runes and masteries. Now add an extra 20% on to that(150). Suddenly a 900 AP Ryze is barreling into your team for 6 seconds  As it is, Ryze can 100 to 0 a tank in 4 secs. With this I believe that he will be unstoppable.

Now apply this to most Mages, Veigar has 1200 AP?, cool lets add another 20% to that. I know Riot has done a lot lately to make Mages stronger, I love it, but I feel this will be a bit to oppressive. Especially for squishy targets such as the ADC.

I believe this item has a massive amount of potential, but have fun with it while it lasts, it will definitely get hit with the nerf bat in patch 5.15.

Patch notes can be found here, Check them out and let me know what you think about the new changes.

FNATIC, Chasing The Perfect Season

A perfect season, it has never been done in the League Championship Series. The closest anyone has ever come was Cloud 9 two years ago in the North American LCS, they went 13-0. But no one has come close since. Until now.

Fnatic are on fire this season. Dominating the first half of the season they have already secured a place in playoffs. But another prize is the teams mind, something that has never been done before, the perfect season, 18-0.

After beating H2K in a clutch comeback on Thursday, they managed to tie up the record, currently standing at 13-0. Only one obstacle stands in their way, Origen Esports.

Origen joined the LCS after dominating the Challenger Series in Spring.They quickly rose to the top tiers of the professional scene. Their roster consists of to former members from the Fnatic team , Soaz and Xpeke, so you can expect some major competition from this match up.

One thing is going to be certain. This game is going to be one of the best games we will see outside the play offs this season