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No West, No Watch

IncrediPhiLL··4 votes·454 views

When the western teams get kicked at worlds, we don’t care about worlds anymore. What’s it gonna be, RIOT?

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archerno12 votes

Who is "we"? I wanna watch koreans play in finals. Those are best games.

GeminiRune2 votes

I swear if C9 loses I really hope you don't watch any more...

SnyperWulff1 votes

You act as if thats everyones opinion

Miror B1 votes

By "WE" he means himself and the .0005% of the population who only cares about events if a team from their region is in.

BigBellBrute1 votes

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By "WE" he means himself and the .0005% of the population who only cares about events if a team from their region is in.

There is a place for optimism. But realistically, if you're thinking that Riot worlds means more to the average American Joe than their local high school football game..... Think again. And if you're thinking that females beyond a few care at all.... Think again. I'm not saying this to be a jerk or to put down lol. Far from it. But this is where lol is. It's a fact. And nobody out side of very hard core fans gives a crap about Heo Seung-hoon, or Han Wang-ho, or Lee Sang-hyeok playing. In fact, I doubt more than a couple on these entire boards even know who they are.
The answer. They happen to be Huni, Peanut, and Faker. There may be a couple in addition to me that knew who they were. But not more than that. This is where lol is. That's just the fact of the matter. So there will be more than .0005% of the lol fanbase that aren't watching. And if the hard core make up 99.995% of your viewers, uhhhhh houston we have a big problem with a lack of viewers.

Miror B1 votes

To be fair, their ratings have been sagging for way longer than worlds. If you absolutely want I could try and find the article, but from what I can understand 2017 saw their EU numbers shrink by 30% for both the regular season and playoffs while for NA, they registered only 200k combined twitch/youtube viewers once during the regular season in what was apparently an IMT/TSM series (as compared to past years in which the number was in double digits). If we're looking at people not watching rito-related stuff solely because of the teams, then it's closer to my estimate. If it's because of things like overwatch and other esports, then you get the real meat of the problem.

YambrinZ1 votes

Maybe NA and EU should actually try getting good at the game.

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