Can we have a separate board for advice and guides?

Moody P·Feb 4, 2019·5 votes·6,386 views

Gameplay is not remotely conducive to helping players improve and learn about the game.

Reddit has a board called "summoner school" where people can go and ask for help learning or understanding basically any LOL related topic and reliably get answers from high elo players who know what they're saying.

I want that and then I want it taken further by having various guides stickied. Maybe conglomerate threads where you merge similar topics into one megapost and then pin it to the top (e.g a thread that covers the basics of CSing and then goes into detail about more advanced topics like wave manipulation and freezing). And then players can come in and ask about matchups and other stuff they want to ask.

I always disliked how little Boards seems to have when it comes to educating you about the game it represents. Itd also be a good way to return high elo players to the community without them needing to interact with the Gameplay boards (most of my high rank friends absolutely hate the place).

6 Comments

Moody PFeb 4, 20191 votes

Also it should go without saying that people should have some sort of verification process on posting guides and giving advice. No offense, but I would not strongly consider advice from somebody below at least Plat 4.

I want advice and guides from accomplished players ideally in Masters or Challenger.

ModThe DjinnFeb 4, 20191 votes

[{quoted}](name=Moody P,realm=NA,application-id=6heBIhQc,discussion-id=Ya1qPjBb,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2019-02-04T12:11:49.909+0000)Also it should go without saying that people should have some sort of verification process on posting guides and giving advice. No offense, but I would not strongly consider advice from somebody below at least Plat 4.

I'm afraid this would be a dealbreaker to me personally. One of the core tenants of this board is that everyone is allowed to have input, whether they're Iron 4 with 0LP or Challenger Rank 1. A sub-board where we limit what people are allowed to post based on rank is a non-starter as a result. You don't need to read/respond to posters you feel aren't high enough rank for you to care, but we aren't planning to cut them out of any aspect of the community.

charge attackFeb 4, 20191 votes

I don’t think it should be restricted. Summonerschool is not restricted. Good guides from high elo players reach the top out of merit.

Issue is no high elo players come on the boards. The guides would be mobafire meme tier and people are better off in summonerschool.

Moody PFeb 4, 20191 votes

You can make it have some sort of peer review requirement instead, I don't mind.

But since Boards doesn't have the sheer population that Reddit does we should have some kind of quality filter.

SaevumFeb 4, 20191 votes

Maybe not random players but people that applied for it. Pretty much like the Heralds, Moderators, Specialists, etc. With an active account and a Rank above Plat 1.

nelogisFeb 4, 20191 votes

You want advice from a place that in all honesty told me that rushing Stormrazor (before Triforce or Sheen) on Gangplank would be BETTER than a Triforce rush.

Yeah no not really

If you want advice on a specific champion just go to the mains subreddit of that champion and ask there

If you want general advice go watch educational streamers / youtubers like FoggedFTW (for top knowledge for example) or the reddit board you were talking about.

This isn't really the right place to ask for advice