Pickem Needs Real Rewards... Otherwise GGWP

TheGrandAlliance·Sep 13, 2015·9 votes·4,291 views

Worlds Pick'em | League of Legends World Championship 2015

This bracket pick idea is a good one by RIOT... but other then getting it perfect (which last year only 10 did) there isn't any "second place" or inbetween rewards. Basically .0001%~ of the population will get something... everyone else will get (effectively) nothing.

Yes there is 2 Summoner's icons... one for everyone and one for 32pts but we(me) don't need icons we need skins (DJ Summoner ICON FTW).

In summary... we need more rewards for the Pickem event otherwise we aren't really getting anything: I have better chance of winning a state (not Mega Million/Powerball) lottery then a perfect bracket. Either lower-tier grade skins or straight up RP would be nice. The amount of points to unlock the rewards could still be hard to get alas nothing is harder then perfect of course.

EDIT: BTW if your asking "Why this matters?": A better question is why the majority of LoL playerbase, which generally doesn't follow Esports, should care about the Pickem event. In the interest of player engagement there needs to be a reason for people to care. Otherwise only hard core people will care and everyone else is /afk

MORE EDIT: I guess as long as you get more points then Phreak that is reward enough LoL. Alas for the "general player" here I suppose not so much...

Indeed it is so...

13 Comments

Jason the otherSep 13, 20154 votes

I second that

MeªtSep 14, 20154 votes

I agree. I think the top bracket shouldn't even be championship riven but either a new unique skin just for this event (Champion Gragas etc), and have championship riven be like 1 match off. DJ Sona could be 2 matches off, and a mysteryskin would be 3 matches off.

the poro icons would be the same.

Praetor DonSep 14, 20153 votes

Don't Play Riven: check. Don't need more icons: check.

There's literally no reason for me to do this.

Ace of BronzeSep 17, 20151 votes

It's free. What other reason do you need.

Praetor DonSep 18, 20151 votes

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It's free. What other reason do you need.

Nothing good in life is free.

TheGrandAllianceSep 18, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Praetor Don,realm=NA,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=Oi1aPUr8,comment-id=000300000000,timestamp=2015-09-18T01:07:25.427+0000)

Nothing good in life is free.

...spoken like a true capitalist. Time to do some reflection on life and better prioritize your ways. Or your probably going to kill yourself very soon.

Indeed it is so...

Praetor DonSep 19, 20151 votes

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...spoken like a true capitalist. Time to do some reflection on life and better prioritize your ways. Or your probably going to kill yourself very soon.

Indeed it is so...

Would you rather me be the person who feels entitled to everything?

TheGrandAllianceSep 19, 20152 votes

[{quoted}](name=Praetor Don,realm=NA,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=Oi1aPUr8,comment-id=00030000000000000000,timestamp=2015-09-19T00:26:46.705+0000)

Would you rather me be the person who feels entitled to everything?

You don't have to feel entitled to anything to value what is free: Communists/Socialists are just as messed up as Capitalists. Indeed, as a true non-believer scientific view of the universe would establish; means that nobody is special, nobody "deservers" nothing. "Life" is but a seemingly random collection of quantum particles bouncing around.

That being said... that doesn't mean that you cannot enjoy the free things in life: Which BTW are always the best things. Things you have to pay for are not worth it in the end. You are trading money for services/items... it is a (negotiated) trade not a gain. They are material and transitory. 1000 years from now they will probably not even exist.

Value your honor, dignity and respect... and your posterity and these things shall stand the test of time. Assuming humans don't nuke the planet first of course.

Indeed it is so...

SevetarSep 14, 20152 votes

And I'm here just praying for all my picks to be right

Gibber RishSep 14, 20152 votes

It's just a small little thing their doing, I doubt that many people even know about it.

But hey, at least the icons are kinda cute! summoner 31

TheGrandAllianceSep 14, 20152 votes

[{quoted}](name=Gibber Rish,realm=NA,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=Oi1aPUr8,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2015-09-14T08:31:13.453+0000)

It's just a small little thing their doing, I doubt that many people even know about it.

Yea true that... I wouldn't even know about it unless I watched (which I did) the group bracket selection event on Saturday.

If this activity was designed to further the "power" of Esports well...

/epicfail RIOT Public Relations/Marketing

Indeed it is so...

Lord YuniiSep 14, 20151 votes

I agree those rewards are pretty uninspiring especially if you get all or most of your picks right. They can do so much better which makes taking even 1 minute to pick your winners pretty laughable.

Edit: I don't think too many people JUST care about bragging rights...

SpyglassSep 15, 20151 votes

Well, no. This basically required no investment from me to participate. They shouldn't just hand out free shit because I pressed a button. There's bragging rights and an Icon for those who get mostly right, and anyone who just presses go on the client gets an equally adorable (if less special) icon. If you get perfect in your free bracket, you get rewarded. If not, well you didn't invest anything into this.