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Hiding LCS spoilers

Wiksolop72··1 votes·805 views

Edit: It's been brought to my attention there is a VODs tab near the upper-right. It's both well organized and spoiler free!

tl;dr Toggle the display to prevent spoilers of a completed game.

Ok, let's get this out of the way: -SPOILER ALERT- (post contains results of NA LCS games played on Friday, Jan 27, 2017 and Saturday, Jan 28, 2017)

I wanted to voice some suggestions about the way game results are displayed over at http://www.lolesports.com/ The primary concern is about viewers who are unable to watch games while they're being broadcasted live. Watching a completed game requires the user to go through three spoiler-pages to reach the match they're trying to watch. Home Page -> Schedule -> Match.

The Home Page isn't too bad, as it only displays games played previously that same day, and needs you to scroll down to see them. http://imgur.com/N09vSUd

The Schedule is where the problems start, displaying not only the winner of the match, but also the current standings of both teams. For example, if you see a team is 2-0 at the end of Week 1, you already know the result of BOTH matches. The longer you go without watching a game, the more matches that could be spoiled by the current standings. http://imgur.com/c3Dg0FN

The Match page includes the same problems from the Schedule and then some. The final result (2-0, 2-1, 1-2, or 0-2) is displayed, plus it's all right in your face at the top of the screen (making it very difficult to avoid). http://imgur.com/KNsmaKC

All I ask is that these pages don't display spoilers by default, but instead have a simple toggle/button to have them shown. Examples: http://imgur.com/OcvO2tG http://imgur.com/kbUnN36


Since I don't know the extent of how many other players feel the same way, I created a simple poll.

Yes, I am aware these videos are also available on YouTube and Twitch. It's much more organized on this site than on YouTube, where the videos are stored as a large playlist. Twitch's videos don't stick around.

3 Comments

III BAKURYU III 2 votes

Can't you just go to VODS on the front page

Wiksolop722 votes

Thanks, I didn't realize they had added that tab. Checked it out and it definitely alleviates the problems I've presented. I'll just bookmark it and skip the home page all together.

III BAKURYU III 1 votes

Yeah, I too sent Riot E-mails, rants on these boards about having spoilers on the front page but after awhile I realized it wouldn't be "alive" you know like when Trump won Presidency there wasn't a some click here to see if he won etc so I do understand why there needs to be spoilers on the page same with NFL and NBA they have the scores right there for all to see etc.

  • Glad I helped! ;]

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