With new people joining in on the inhouse fun every day, we thought it would be wise to write something up to introduce the Solo League Ladder concept in a more official capacity (instead of verbally explaining it). If any of you introduce someone to the Solo League Ladder, please refer them to this article prior to them joining the teamspeak/inhouse lobby.

The Solo League ladder is comprised of everyone in the HouseParty5v5 community, regardless of whether or not they are on a Minor or Premier League team. In order to join an inhouse, simply join the chatroom “HouseParty5v5” in the League of Legends client, and keep a careful eye for one of the Solo League Ladder moderators to announce there is a game looking to fill spots. For those of you who don’t know who they are, here is a list:

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Once you see the moderators ask for participants simply type “inv” into the HouseParty5v5 chatroom. There is no signup process for the Solo League Ladder, it is completely sporadic and can happen at any point of the day (we have had inhouses running until 4am EST recently). The Solo League moderator for that lobby will then go through the invites and invite players based on different criteria that the moderators have been taught to abide by. In the event that you are not invited, simply wait for another one to begin. There have been up to 4 inhouses going on at once, so more than likely you are not the only one waiting for a chance to play.

In the event that you have been invited to the lobby, accept the invite and join the teamspeak (housepaty5v5.typefrag.com). Go to the Inhouse games channel and try to locate the person that invited you. If it is your first time joining the teamspeak, be sure to find an admin (Gold Crown icon) or a moderator (M Shield) and ask for them to add you to the “Normal” teamspeak server group. Once everyone has joined the teamspeak, they will move to one of the Inhouse Lobby’s (Channel names being INHOUSE LOBBY 1, INHOUSE LOBBY 2, etc.).

Once everyone is gathered in one of those channels we will begin the draft phase. The Solo League moderator will locate the top two rated players in that lobby (Ladder can be found here: http://www.houseparty5v5.com/LOL/) and they will become the captains for the next game. The lower of the two players will then select whether or not they want the 1st pick or the following two picks, going in a 1-2-2-2-1 draft order until the teams are filled. Once that process is over the game will be played, and the results will be recorded on the ladder posted in the link above. If you have any further questions about the inhouse games, feel free to contact someone from the list of Solo League moderators and they will do their best to answer them.

Written by: Prez