Why the Hell is IEM Being Played on 5.21!?

Croanin·11/21/2015, 4:46:49 AM·48 votes·2,967 views

I don't even want to watch anymore, this event seems totally pointless now. I wanted to see how pros would adapt to the massive wave of changes. If they play on 5.21 there pretty much playing Season 5.

34 Comments

daniellizard11/21/2015, 3:22:02 PM22 votes

Because 5.21 is stable patch, and 5.22 is highly tentative, therefore it wont be fun to play or watch highly broken game mechanics.

tl;dr - 5.22 is borken.

Risurin11/21/2015, 5:32:25 PM9 votes

Because IEM hardly matter as a tournament. From the get go, its preseason patch, team are voted based on popularity rather then qualifying, some teams recently got team overhauls/player swaps, etc. Also its about the only time any non-riot official tournament can take place any big name teams, since everyone's regional last about all year long.

It will still be entertaining, just not much valuable in a competitive point of view.

Left Hook Larry11/21/2015, 4:55:07 PM5 votes

Because Riot cares more about their pros than their customers

Profirix11/21/2015, 7:25:18 PM5 votes

5.22 is not balanced. Not that it is supposed to be balanced, given that preseason is designed to be a testing ground. You shouldn't play a tournament on a patch where exploits can be used.

The Bíg Ticket11/21/2015, 6:25:45 PM4 votes

So NA has no excuses for going 0-4 tonight?

Vreivai11/21/2015, 7:14:53 PM3 votes

Because 5.22 is fucking retarded.

Still disappointing, though, wanted to see how they'd do with the massive changes to the game.

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Because 5.21 is stable patch, and 5.22 is highly tentative, therefore it wont be fun to play or watch highly broken game mechanics.

tl;dr - 5.22 is borken.

They could have just disabled Yasuo and Trynda%%%.

Ryzing2Diamond11/21/2015, 12:58:27 PM3 votes

They're too scared of this comp:

Jungle Mundo, Toplane Graves, Mid Diana, Botlane Miss Fortune/Thresh, of course.

My Team is B511/21/2015, 9:29:56 PM2 votes

5.22 is too buggy to play on, almost no aoe items work, balance is shit, and they aren't even beginning to think about unfucking the game up, they're just pressing skin bundles and illaoi

Jeddy01711/21/2015, 6:51:23 PM2 votes

Then wait till All Stars.A Rioter told me that All Stars will be played on one of the Pre-seasson patches (I'm assuming 5.23).

Also think of it this way,we be able to see if Kindred is a viable pick in the competitive games or not.

Lugg11/21/2015, 9:47:59 PM2 votes

I agree. They should have at least waited a week or two and had them play on the pre-season patch.

Auryiel11/21/2015, 11:25:39 PM2 votes

5.22 is not fun to play, why would you think it'd be fun to watch?

Davy Crockett11/22/2015, 7:55:25 AM2 votes

Why isn't IEM being broadcasted by Riot and not promoting it?

BottleCapster11/22/2015, 7:33:10 PM1 votes

Because Preseason is a highly experimental time of year where balance is thrown off the rails in preparation of forming a solid foundation for the upcoming competitive season? Be serious, with all the changes to be sifted through, the game is far from being in a stable enough state of affairs to host competitions around. There are too many cogs to be dealt with, too many strong champions and overtuned items and masteries. If competition is meant to compare the skill of opponents, then an experimental balance state like this is far from ideal as a competitive environment.