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Look, if you're going to comment "the boards don't matter", 'you're just here to complain",

Marshbouy·8/24/2019, 8:44:49 PM·1 votes·5,107 views

or "we're just a tiny fraction of the playerbase" on every single post, you can leave. The boards is a place for feedback and, since the subreddit is far too restrictive in the kind of content that is allowed, this is the only place for feedback. yeah, sure, we're only a few hundred people (counting the subreddit as well, a few thousand) who are upset about thing and yeah, sure, we aren't the best at providing feedback towards the game, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't give feedback.

If people think that something is wrong, there's a good chance that something could be wrong. That doesn't mean that there 100% definitely is something wrong and that doesn't mean that we're right about what is wrong, though. We are here to provide feedback and, when riot completely ignores said feedback, it is not out of the realm of reason for us to be angry.

In addition, just because the forums is small doesn't mean we should be ignored. The forums aren't a vacuum, we aren't a bunch of die-hard complainers who have no idea how the game works and have no relation to actual players of the game. We are all, for the most part, average players of league of legends. If we are complaining about something, e.g. random-ass vayne buffs, there is a good chance that far, far more people are complaining about that change as well.

So, TL;DR: commenting "we're just a tiny minority, we don't mean anything in relation to the playerbase" is a BS line of reasoning and if you're going to say it on every feedback thread, you can get lost.

EDIT: gotta love the forums, getting completely shit on for saying "maybe our feedback actually matters and we deserve to be listened to"

18 Comments

JackMcCarry8/24/2019, 9:13:58 PM2 votes

Feedback is fine, most feedback here isnt actualy "feedback" as much as rants and whining, people going full conspiracy theorists, or just here with reactionary unhelpfull rant threads.

In addition, just because the forums is small doesn't mean we should be ignored. The forums aren't a vacuum, we aren't a bunch of die-hard complainers who have no idea how the game works and have no relation to actual players of the game.

Disagree, people are more inclined to come to the forums to complain, when someone is enjoying the game they have no reason to come here and create a thread "wow! just had a fun balanced match, thanks for the matchmaking Riot!", no, it's always "Can we talk about how i lost to X last match?" with a thread full of pointless emotional words and the comment section is just shit slinging between OP and people who either agree or disagree with him.

It's always amusing tho, threads like "Nice MM Riot, putting me with G3 on my plat promo" then you see the match history and the G3 has 70% WR while OP is at sub 50% WR struggeling to keep his MMR, but of course, the guy making that thread wont admit he's not good enough, he'll die defending how nothing is ever his fault.

Pika Fox8/24/2019, 9:16:00 PM2 votes

If someone is saying youre an unrepresentative minority, its probably because the post is claiming all is bad and woe is everyone and everyone hates the state of the game, when in reality the people that take issue with the game as it stands are the severe minority.

Abibyama II8/24/2019, 10:08:31 PM2 votes

I like to remind people here about how useless they are.

So I won't be going anywhere

GatekeeperTDS8/24/2019, 10:17:43 PM2 votes

If people think that something is wrong, there's a good chance that something could be wrong.

Wrong. See, you almost tried to use logic, but here's how this actually works, without subjective terms such as "good."

If people think that something is wrong, there could be something wrong.

By the same token:

Just because people think something is wrong, doesn't mean that something is wrong.

Don't twist logic to fit your own narrative.

ModUlanopo8/25/2019, 4:36:35 AM1 votes

Given the vast majority of feedback boils down to "I want more of the things I like and less of the things I don't like" it's reasonable for Riot to largely ignore the Boards, though it's not especially helpful to point that out. It's also not helpful to try and make the argument "your idea is bad because Boards". Gameplay+ proved that completely wrong.