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LoL ESports is going to die quickly unless something is done

Lugg·5/19/2017, 8:53:01 PM·3 votes·2,281 views

Let's be real here. There is zero doubt that SKT will win Worlds yet again this season. They are literally the Korean All Star team and, for sake of the sport, need to be broken up. In all honesty, it makes watching the games extremely boring when you know who is going to win 90% of the time.

The best thing Riot could do in Korea is this: Every team gets to pick two players to keep and the rest go into a pool. Then there is a draft with the lowest ranking team getting first pick and the highest ranking team gets last pick. The even rounds then go in reverse order. This would even out the Korean league and allow for some actual competition. Then you impose a salary cap world wide. That way teams just can't buy championships. This is why every major sport has salary restrictions, to prevent one sided teams.

The other thing is to actually balance the champion pool. Six champions in each role is about all that is played during any given split. Which again, is extremely boring to watch. People are actually tired of watching the #LCSBigPlays when it's the same champions doing them every game. Let's see some Volibear, Mundo, Cho'Gath, Trundle, and Skarner play once in awhile.

112 Comments

Truly Prideful5/20/2017, 12:45:34 AM8 votes

Or maybe other teams can just step up their game. I don't like them winning constantly, but you can't punish them for being better than other teams. Eventually someone will step up and beat them, maybe not this season though.

Joxcab5/19/2017, 9:06:25 PM6 votes

Yeah let's punish teams for being good.

Stop shitposting you fishcake.

Lunie5/21/2017, 12:08:25 AM4 votes

Git gud rest of the world

Kal Vas Flam5/19/2017, 8:57:49 PM4 votes

No

GeminiRune5/19/2017, 9:01:50 PM4 votes

Yeah...no...to your starting point onward I have no real reason to agree with you. And your idea just makes it even more demeaning that it will die. It'll die to the fans probably but that's already started to happen and has been happening for over a year now. Your post is making a big hodgepodge of "suggestions" that the spring split had throughout this board, now including limitations on Korean teams.

So why even grieve? Flash Wolves did not show up after Game 1. Period. SKT played their game as they always try to do day in and day out. And they're not invincible. It's just that nobody's that consistent anywhere this season.

So if you're defeating yourself from the same thing over and over - the same champions and compositions - I would honestly say to take a step back instead of vocalize for approval because the way a lot of opinions go makes it appeal to the fans instead of the players actually playing for a career.

Nahui5/21/2017, 8:57:33 PM3 votes

The other teams don't practice enough, simple as that. It's perfectly fair. SKT puts in the most time and training, both quantity and quality, so they win. It's also the difference between KR and the rest of the world. Video games are a culture there, not a hobby/past time. It's ingrained in the very fiber of society and are part of their cultural values. Unless EU/NA teams or any other team really decides they want to treat the game like life and not like a game, they won't beat SKT. "Well it's a game, not life. The players in other regions have lives outside of League." That's great and admirable, and that's why second place is wide open for anyone else. 1st is reserved for those that actually want it.

panD3MONium5/21/2017, 11:30:05 PM3 votes

First off it is very dumb to say Esports is dying considering their numbers have been doing nothing but climb over the years. Especially when NA streams they get roughly 400,000+ viewers. Not sure what your idea of "dead" is but that is a lot in my book lol.

Second if you threw players off rosters and into the wild there is no telling if a team would pick them up. Not to mention if you force team to take players their pay would probably go down on teams that didn't want them and teams would struggling franchise themselves.

nGio5/23/2017, 9:57:37 AM2 votes

NBA ratings are up, and the Cavs and Warriors are all-star teams who were projected to make the finals before the season even started. I personally don't watch people play video games, but the people who do like them aren't going to leave because someone has a dynasty rolling.