Here is the "Victorious Janna Heralds Season Two Rewards" announcement:
"With Season Two coming to an end on November 6, we want to recognize and honor all the players who courageously carried, stunned, ganked, and healed their way to Ranked play’s upper echelons. All players who completed Season Two in the Bronze tier and above will earn special rewards.
Even better, those who hold a rank of Gold or higher will receive an exclusive skin befitting their status as a battle-tested summoner: Victorious Janna. Far from a passive support, Victorious Janna arrives at the Demacian front lines bedecked in battle-ready plate armor, wielding a crystalline torch to burn through the fog of war.
Victorious Janna will join worthy summoners’ lineups on November 6, along with other great rewards for those who persevered throughout Season Two. Check out this post for more information on each tier’s rewards.
Also of note is the soft Elo reset to Twisted Treeline and Summoner’s Rift on November 6. This new date is better in line with the arrival date of new Season 3 content, and gives summoners more time to compete on the Fields on Justice to wrap up Season 2.
You will begin the new season unranked, with your initial seeding based on a compressed version of your final rating from Season 2. In addition, the system’s confidence in your rating will be reset, so large Elo gains will be possible even if you’re an extremely experienced player. More details will be released as we come closer to the start of the season.
Furthermore, we are continuing to stringently investigate and punish ELO boosters."
Next, we'll move on to some of the more informative red posts that followed the announcement.
For those wondering what will happen to their season one forum badges, don't worry! Magus confirmed they will be staying:
"You'll keep your S1 badge. Also, I believe we're making it cooler"He also clarified on when to expect end of season rewards, saying:
"To clarify, the season will now end with the patch targeted on 11/6. Rewards will be distributed very shortly thereafter."
On the Elo reset, Yegg mentioned that it will be based on your current end of Season Elo ( not your Top which rewards are based on ), saying:
"Rewards will be based on your Top Rating on November 6th and the soft reset will be based on your Current Rating plus 50 on that same date."While it isn't anything out of the ordinary for promotional skins and skin codes, he also mentioned that players who do not own Janna will recieve her unlocked when the skin is awarded.
"Yes, players who earn the Janna skin and don't yet have the champion will get Janna along with the skin."Discussing why players won't receive a forum badge for obtaining gold, he said:
"This may be unpopular (bracing for downvotes!) but we want forum badges to indicate that the recipient is one of the top players in ranked play. To that end, they need to be relatively rare, and we decided that we should be consistent in terms of only awarding them to the top two tiers.Also, Yegg comments that just like last season we will have a preseason.
Plus, Gold players are already getting Victorious Janna and it's the first tier at which you earn the new profile banner trim, which looks awesome. I'm hoping to be able to preview some of the rewards art on the forums in the next couple weeks."
"Season 3 will have a preseason that starts on November 6. We'll announce more details on that (and the actual season start) in the coming weeks."
