Monday, November 5, 2012

League of Legends (LoL) Read before Installation

I just recently was turned onto a popular game called League of Legends. It is a FREE download right off the leagueoflegends.com site so don't try to torrent this game; you will not get all the updates or worse, you may get a virus from the torrent vir so stick to the site. This download on any connection is draining on the hour glass. It can be confusing as well. First download is an Exe. file and then another after opening it to start streaming the information in. Either the second or third download will appear to look like an installation, and will even prompt you so. However this 3-8 hour (I'm not kidding) installation is just a streaming update post install. Luckily if you have a good internet connection you should be able to start this process and move on with your life to return later and it is well worth the hassle. The final install takes no more than 5 minutes and then its on to the game. UNFORTUNATELY that does not mean playing...YET. You still have more updates do sit through to take another 10 minutes. But while you are waiting be looking at the websites noob help tips and tricks. Your computer may crash, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE INSTALL FILE THROUGH WINDOWS INSTALL MANAGER. If your computer crashed simply go to the download folder (ignore the already downloaded folder on your desktop with the install exe in it) and double click the file named leagueoflegends.exe with the logo as the thumbnail. That will take you back to where you left off when the computer crashed unlike doing it the manual way with windows. (even windows 8)

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