Rift Rivals Flowchart: A Guide to Fandom

Riot·Jul 3, 2018·0 votes·20,506 views

Western fans like to play up the rivalry between North America and Europe -- NA fans think EU is a toy store where they can purchase new mid laners, and EU thinks NA is a monkey zoo. But who can really say which region is right? Maybe both are. Maybe neither. I think fandom is more nuanced than that -- there’s a lot of cross-interest between the two audiences. So I’m here to help you identify which team to root for at Rift Rivals this year:

15 Comments

Wifi the RouterJul 3, 20186 votes

My Ryze is bad, My Azir is worse, You guessed it right, I'm G2 Perkz.

Perkz would look great on the C9 bench.

ItsFreakinHarryJul 3, 20185 votes

TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM! TSM!

We even chanted for TSM in the 3rd place match in Spring Finals, TSM will win RR for sure.

TheSaxAttackJul 4, 20181 votes

If they were even going to RR :omegalul:

ItsFreakinHarryJul 6, 20181 votes

They will show up, trust me

Crzymstrbkwrm876Jul 3, 20184 votes

I had to zoom in a bit to read it all but I thought this was hilarious and well-done! Especially the TSM bit.

CosnirakJul 3, 20182 votes

I really dislike Rift Rivals. The whole thing feels stupid and hokey and boring. I don't like the aesthetic Riot gave it. I'd take All Stars over it any day. But mostly it's just so unimportant and uninteresting.

It feels like the whole thing only exists because of stupid NA vs EU twitch chat drivel. Can we please just have All Stars back? At least then we had crazy formats to make it interesting.

Dabrick01Jul 3, 201811 votes

So don't watch it. We'll gave a good time without you.

CosnirakJul 5, 20183 votes

I don't watch it. That doesn't fix the problem of it sucking to me and preferring All-Stars. I still see the promo stuff for Rift Rivals, hear casters talk about it, and don't get any more interesting events in its place because it exists.

There's nothing wrong with disliking something and/or wanting something else in its place. I'm not demanding some action be taken. I'm not pissed at Riot for doing it. I'm giving feedback about how I feel about it. You're welcome to disagree, but acting like me just not watching it somehow fixes things for me is disingenuous at best.

Convict SmallzJul 3, 20187 votes

Here's an idea, don't watch what you don't like.

CosnirakJul 5, 20181 votes

JakeThePilotJul 4, 20182 votes

"EU thinks NA is a monkey zoo." cmonBruh

TheSaxAttackJul 4, 20181 votes

With the current meta and team situations can you blame them?

22cheezJul 4, 20182 votes

I think the flowchart was pretty clever.

CheesepufAcademyJul 5, 20181 votes

Bitch I was instalocking Yasuo before foxes evolved

GwynderJul 5, 20181 votes

"Who do you root for when EU is eliminated before NA"? "That never happens" ROFL Literally 2 tournaments where it has happened, lol. C'mon NA, you have the superstar players, maybe a deep push at worlds later this year wouldn't be too much to ask? :P