«Zero Minute: The System» — a format where a Telegram channel and its associated bot function as a unified medium. The channel remains a public platform for the project, while the bot handles data collection, draft preparation, and technical publishing following editor confirmation.
«Zero Minute» helps you dive into League of Legends without prior knowledge. About 60% of the material is dedicated to the professional scene, while the remaining 40% covers the game’s mechanics and surrounding culture. Each piece answers one specific question and suggests a concrete next step for the reader.
The user interacts primarily with the Telegram channel: this is where cards, explanations, the match calendar, and spoiler-free materials are published. The bot functions within the editorial process. It pulls data from official sources, standardizes the format, and compiles a draft. The editor reviews the material, adds context, and only then approves its publication in the channel.
Tournament data is sourced from LoL Esports, the League Handbook, and official broadcasts. Game information is drawn from Patch Notes, Data Dragon, and the Riot Games API. The cultural section relies on League Media, Riot Games News, and Riot Games Music. For every fact, a link, retrieval timestamp, and version are saved.
The bot is tasked with repetitive operations: monitoring sources, standardizing time and naming conventions, filling out the template, and queuing approved material. The human user selects the topic, verifies questionable data, formulates an explanation, and makes the final publishing decision.
The editor is responsible for meaning. They determine why an event is significant, check for contradictions, distill information into a single, clear focus, and oversee the headline, spoilers, and links. Automation does not absolve humans of responsibility for the final material.
The bot tracks official updates, normalizes the data, and compiles a brief draft: match, time, format, source, and status. If the information has changed or the sources do not match, the bot will not finalize the card, but instead will send a warning to the editor.
The material passes through four statuses: NEW, REVIEW, APPROVED, and PUBLISHED. The bot can create a new item and submit it for review. Transitioning to APPROVED is reserved only for the editor. Only after this can the bot be authorized to send the post to the Telegram channel and save the published version.
The bot uses only official sources, maintains the provenance of facts, does not fill in gaps with speculation, and halts the material when data conflicts. Publication without explicit editor confirmation is not possible. If the service is uncertain about the result, the safest action is not to publish anything.
The editor manages the system through a small set of commands. /today displays important matches, /draft composes the card draft, /approve confirms the material, and /publish sends the approved post to the channel. These commands make the workflow transparent: every action is initiated by a person and has a clear outcome.
