Rito doesn't like to admit their mistakes I guess

Bob the Toastr·6/6/2018, 6:46:20 AM·20 votes·9,036 views

Literally not a single red response on the whole front page of Hot.

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Boulderox6/6/2018, 2:46:32 PM5 votes

i notice more that reds only post on off the collar random threads that don't have any connotation to the game at all... which bugs the heck out of me, if you don't mean to talk about the game with us, don't pretend you come to the board to talk about random junk... please and thank you

Chermorg6/6/2018, 3:15:19 PM5 votes

In addition to what Djinn said, I'd like to analyze why the top posts on the Boards home Hot section likely haven't gotten any responses:

  • Invaded by sub discord Well, this really does kinda hit the nail on the head - many posts get vote-farmed, vote-brigaded, or otherwise manipulated into the hot section even when they are bullshit or not based in statistics. But alas, this thread doesn't really need a Riot response - it's just a valid complaint but not game related.
  • Passive changes when they become item passive/actives This thread is making a complaint about something that the dev team has not said one way or another if they're even doing, and is discussing a way in the future change - like at least 2 patches away. The developer team has a longstanding habit of not commenting on every little thing they're considering patches away because a) it'd take too much time, and b) it'd give people so many false hopes of things that may be to come that never even get a moment's glance in the actual patch PBE testing/patch day release.
  • Faker thoughts on matchmaking I see absolutely no reason why Riot should, for some reason, listen to one person who has no more insight into matchmaking than any player does. There is no reason that just because they're a pro player they deserve more attention or somehow deserve more of a response from Riot. Riot has done multiple (3 if I remember right) dev blogs completely and wholly on the subject of matchmaking, and answered multiple questions in Ask Riot about it as well. There's really no problems with matchmaking, and they've explained why these "apparent" problems exist and why players are wrong about them. I see no reason they should have to respond to yet another thread that's, quite frankly, garbage and refuses to acknowledge the facts.

I will now skip a few to those that are directly game related:

  • Rune path question I wouldn't be surprised if Riot did respond to this one eventually, but if they don't, it's probably because they've had discussions around runes before and explained that there is crossover between pathways to make pathways not locked to a specific playstyle as much. For example, domination has the "Hunter" series of 4 runes that each could really be in other pathways, sorcery has multiple adaptive damage instead of just AP damage, precision has 3 different Legend runes, etc.
  • Megathread on shaco It's really hard to expect Riot to read a megathread. While megathreads are great for community discussion, you cannot honestly expect someone to take hours out of their day to read long discussions that are all separate from each other on a megathread. The way to get the developers attention is to make a concise and clear post regarding a specific issue, and to back that up with statistics/evidence.
  • "feels" like games are over fast A simple google shows that this is wrong, and in fact it's virtually impossible for a game to end before 15 minute early surrender. Posts that use hyperbole like this are not likely to get Riot attention - if they use hyperbole and exaggerate in the title, why would anyone assume they're not going to do it in the post itself? Hyperbole does not make for good discussion and resolving of issues.
  • Tired of change Again, this is something that Riot's already addressed constantly - new players and old players alike have continually told Riot in surveys that they would like to continue to see reworks, graphics/voice overhauls, new champions, new jungles, and just change in general. The majority of players think change and new features make the game better. A thread with 100 upvotes on the boards is not somehow going to change this. The thread itself is basically a rant by the OP - there's no reason for Riot to respond to a rant. Now, if someone made a thread identifying why this change is feeling bad to these 100 people, and proposing a solution to continue to make change but not have it feel as bad, while still having it feel good to others, then that thread likely would be seen by Riot.

Now, some analysis as a whole. Many times the community thinks upvotes will get change. That's not how Riot operates. Riot fully understands some players will have legitimate concerns. The issue is that players are, bluntly, quite shit at actually voicing their concerns appropriately. If you have an issue with a traffic ticket, do you just start cussing out the cop on the side of the road? No. Do you go to court, start screaming, not show them any evidence, then storm out and say "well they didn't revoke the ticket WAAAHH"? No. You go calmly to court, and professionally present your side of things, WITH EVIDENCE.

This is what 90%+ of the threads on gameplay and other boards related to the game are lacking - evidence. Players think by screaming loud enough they'll make change happen - but you saying it's a problem doesn't actually make it one. A good example is Faker's matchmaking comments - even this professional player was misinformed and misguided on matchmaking, and there's no reason Riot should respond to that when the player didn't even do their research and actually provide evidence for their outlandish claims.

Lastly, I'd like to point out, OP, that you are exemplifying this sort of behavior that causes Riot to not want to respond to a thread. Immediately accusing them of mistakes and passively aggressively attacking them with no evidence is the problem, and that's exactly what you've done in this thread.

Korijenkins6/6/2018, 7:04:21 AM4 votes

Run by Greg Street, who has a degree in marine science. What do you expect?

Pika Fox6/8/2018, 1:54:22 PM1 votes

Youre assuming they have mistakes to admit.

Colgate Gator6/8/2018, 3:50:46 PM1 votes

Nobody feels like answering to the lot of salty whinners on a Friday morning, I'd wager.