Currently having install issues... think it has something to do with the registry... which I have no real experience in... keep getting a weird error.  This is what i posted in the league forums... if any of you have any input that'd be swell.

"This installer database contains the logic and data required to install League of Legends"
This is my error </3.
I think it's a possible registry error, but I'm not a registry expert and have no idea how to fix.
Everything including pando media booster, and adobe are uninstalled and there are no riot files currently in my system. Please help if you're awesome.

The details underneath (idk if they help or not) read:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: LeagueofLegends_NA_Installer_05_07_13 (1).exe
Application Version: 3.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 51824025
Fault Module Name: LeagueofLegends_NA_Installer_05_07_13 (1).exe
Fault Module Version: 3.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 51824025
Exception Offset: 000d8acd
Exception Code: c0000409
Exception Data: 00000000
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 039d
Additional Information 2: 039dbe875969cab7dbafc7ffbb0dade4
Additional Information 3: 1eae
Additional Information 4: 1eae077122ca1205d61bcf963f19e5a9

Going to stream some gnar gameplay on PBE on the updated SR map.  Check it out if interested.  Back to NA after this game though.  Live in a few min.  Prob trying jungle gnar

krdax has been reappearing a bit lately.  Saw him in my twitch channel and finally got in some games w/ him tonight. 

In case this random chat between dax and pacov is of any interest re: gnar:

Welcome to the chat room!

Xrekkegtavun: I was hoping for a small discussion on ideal early builds

The Riot designers already explicitly state that their intention is that Gnar should be unreliable. In fact, the designers flat-out said that they do NOT expect Gnar to be used in competitive play without the entire team build around him.

Build is going to be something like Shyvana: BotRK, maybe a Brutalizer, into typical tanky dps items.

He'd build Trinity Force with his gigantic base AD, but, eh, no mana. Plus, BotRK gives him much better chase potential in Mega and kite potential in Mini. His cooldowns are also really high early game, although much more manageable later on, hence the Brutalizer. Another thing to pay attention to about jungle Gnar is that his boomerage would fly over wraith wall, altering midlane to you being there (similar problem Nocturne has).

Stuff like diffusing tantrum or having it not go off is directly opposed to the (extremely healthy) design that Gnar has. His kit has a huge number of knobs that the designers can use to balance (autoattack/lvl he gains, cooldowns, rage generation, transformation delay, base stats in each form, etc).

Remember how much visibility Yasuo has with his 3rd-Q. And yet he's still able to hit people with his 3rd Q, despite it behind the only skillshot that gives an entire 2 seconds of warning! Just because the opponent is away of his transform doesn't make it useful. A 10 second zone is no joke, and was one of the reasons for the Gold Card TF nerf last year. Not to mention the obvious indication is actually beneficial to his team: he can set up some strong tower dives with his Mini -> Mega E.

Gnar also fits a unique role: that of a ranged bruiser. Which is a space that only really Urgot occupies, and Urgot functions more as an anti-carry/initiator/poker than Gnar's more "second-in" tanky dps nature.

Now, i'm not arguing that he is going to be mega-OP or anything. He could very well be weak. But his kit has one of the most inspired designs from a game-theory perspective, which means he will actually probably become a very balanced character once he gets a few tweaks post-release.

The only way IMO that gnar will be viable is if they make his form change user activable like shyvana's.

We mean "unreliable" in the sense that he doesn't get to remove his weaknesses and mindlessly adapt to whatever the situation needs, like a Jayce, and his ultimate is very conditional and isn't going to be reliably triggered whenever it'd be optimal.

I'd actually say that he is MUCH more consistent that a typical ranged top. In the melee v ranged matchup, if the melee pulls ahead (or outscales, which also frequently happens #Irelia #Jax), the ranged champion pretty much just gets dove over and over. Ranged tops are also usually bad at teamfighting (unless they are more utility/CC orientated mages like Lissandra, Lulu or Kennen), so if they fall behind and can no longer laning, trying to fight 5v5 isn't really an option either.

By being able to build more bruisery and getting a lot of """free""" tank stats, Gnar is going to be much more consistent than a typical ranged champion. Even if he gets stomped in lane, he'll be able to present some form of a front line in teamfights. Similarliy, if Gnar pulls really far ahead, he won't be as oppressive to lane against compared to a really fed Teemo with Nuclear Shrooms and a blind to deny the melee from getting any CS for the rest of the game.

To put it another way as a metaphor:

Gnar is like rolling a die. You never really know what exactly you're going to get (anywhere from 1-6). But you know that, on average, you'll roll a 3.5. He isn't going to be reliable because you won't roll the "6" you needed to win the game or initiate that teamfight everytime, even though you may have played really well for the entire game. But he is going to offer consistent strength over the course of multiple games. Playing Teemo, Quinn or Vayne is much more like flipping a coin. You either stomp or get fucked.

My understanding is that it will not be particularly challenging to build rage using his Q on creeps during sieges. His ultimate will be very reliable when doing offensive sieges, because you can build up 90 Rage and then go walk towards their turret. They are forced to either fight you in Mega Form or give up the tower.

It won't work so well in the jungle, but that's not the death of the champion. Some champs are really strong at jungle skirmishes (Anivia, Rengar). Some champs are not.

Only defensively. As i said above, he's going to be a powerful offensive sieger. Not to mention, top lane is not where you usually bring Siege, it's usually where you bring Dive. It's not like Irelia or Jax have this awesome ranged poke/waveclear. Gnar is going to have a low cooldown, ranged, manaless waveclear. And he still brings the Dive.

Riot can tweak the bonus stats on Mega Gnar if that turns out to be an issue. Imagine, for a moment, Mega Gnar gave 2000 bonus hp. With that much defenses, pretty much "any" moment he had his Mega form up, it would be a good time to dive. Although his intial numbers might not be high enough Riot can adjust his bonus stats to make it so that he'll be tanky enough (at level 16) to turn what would normally only be a "mediocre" dive into a successful one.

If that's the direction that they want to take him, at least (i don't think they want him to be the primary initiator - so while i do think he has the potential be an above-average toplane sieger, they probably aren't going to be buffing that aspect of him much).

Ryze will beat the crap out of him. Slightly shorter range overall (besides boomerage). Single-root shuts down any W initaition and helps setup ganks. Outscales.

Irelia will also do well since she tends to be one of the best melees against ranged champs (she was the one who shut down Kennen back when everyone played him, and she's still been a big pick with the mage-top meta with lulu and stuff). i expect Bryff to interject here and claim that Irelia just gets wrecked by every ranged toplaner in existence and it is only by his amazing skill that is he able to overcome it, but that's not been the case in competitive play.

Darius might also work pretty well against him. i know that the Teemo v Darius matchup is a matchup that Teemo wins, if Teemo plays 100% perfectly, but Darius pull range is only like 10 units less than Teemo autoattack? So the margin of error is extremely small. Since Gnar is going to be even lower range, should mean easier pulls (although Gnar E does offer some disengage if he gets pulled at a bad time), and Darius will have the ability to brawl with Mega Gnar.

i think that he'll work really well against typical tanks toplane, due to the amount of pressure he can put on them early-game, and i don't think that they'll be able to handle Mega form very well in midgame brawls, espiecially with BotRK builds. He'll also work pretty well against melees with only MS-enhancers as gap closers (Shyvana, Udyr, probably Trundle since he can hop behind pillar) due to W kiting and E disengage.

Swan was on a little late last night. Me and BRYCE squeezed in a game with him :].

Don't worry, ill just buy a mejai's

We came out victorious against an all high diamonds team, woo!  

This was their secondary team with the same roster, their primary team is Diamond 1 100 LP.

http://i.imgur.com/kLZ6261.png