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Cancel Rift "Rivals" for NA vs EU....... or

III BAKURYU III ·12/13/2019, 9:04:34 PM·73 votes·16,249 views

Players don't take such seriously and it's counter productive to have such for both sides of the argument to have the event. 1.) It gives players more International EXP True. However, players don't take the event serious anyways......so..........??

  1. It takes away a possible 1-2 week break for the players to rest and be able to recap possible patches etc.

  2. It's not a "rivalry" Period. At this point NA has a better chance to have a "rivalry" with the LMS..............item 3070

  3. Most players these days would rather just miss certain tournaments and events if they could. Look at this past year All-Stars - players didn't want to compete in the event and it's literally an event to shoot the s$its....it's not necessary mandatory. You think players/teams will care about RR when RR means nothing, contributes to nothing and overall, a complete joke for viewers? It's pretty much the same as LCS/LEC with the same pick/bans.
    ............................................................................................................... If Riot does feel the need to have Rift "Rivals" for LCS and LEC why not have the 3 lower teams participate from both regions and give them the much needed practice? I'm sure they wouldn't mind getting some extra exposure and views. To the top level teams it's a wasted event but to the lower teams it's the same as bench players in the NBA being called up to play 25-30 mins in a game instead of say, the last 3 secs.
    I KNOW this won't happen because it's all about the VIEWS and $ and I 100% fully understand!!!! but at the same time it (would/could/might) help the lower NA teams for a number of reasons

  4. Like I previously alluded to

  • It will give such teams/players EXP that they won't take for granted.
  1. Many of the lower teams will actually play with a purpose(unlike the higher teams) only because the players will be playing for potential roster spots for next split. They would put their best foot forward to keep their spot or to be viewed as valuable if they have a good tournament. _Look at Mikeyeung and Phoenix 1 as an example _ from awhile back ago. All I ever heard after Rift Rivals was "MikeYeung should replace Svenskeren"

It would help develop the younger players and give them confidence, create a brand of their own, a nickname etc.

IDK Just my thoughts on the matter

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24 Comments

Infernape12/14/2019, 7:34:29 AM5 votes

They should make Rift Rivals a mid year "all star" game, where they're allowed to have fun in the game.

Nobody takes it seriously aside from the Koreans/Chinese.

Dimwitt12/14/2019, 8:03:12 AM2 votes

I like rift rivals.

But i don't like the way it's currently handled. It has no impact and that's the problem. If that event and MSI actually meant something then maybe teams would compete. Don't turn it into amateur hour or all stars lite to solve the problem but make it count for Worlds Bracket positioning. Like the winning region gets to choose where the others land instead of the current draw system.

OHminus12/14/2019, 1:17:32 PM2 votes

There's one thing wrong with your post. LMS doesn't exist anymore... actually yea, NA might have a better chance at a rivalry with a nonexistant region than EU

Arammus12/14/2019, 1:22:42 PM2 votes

id like to add 2 things

  1. all stars is very soon after worlds and in pre season. really noone gives a shit
  2. they had so many random streamers and youtubers, which 90% i dont know so this made the event even more boring for me

and about rift rivals: make it random. put all the teams in a pool and then pull from that. the only reason why na vs eu is still a thing is because the r%%%%%ed casters hype this shit up ALL THE FUCKING TIME even in interviews players say "its not really a thing" "its the casters that hype this up" etc etc. it is so fucking annoying. yeah maybe na ends up facing china and they get absolutely crushed... BUT WHO CARES!? thats still better for na. because they can learn from a region that they almost NEVER play against thats also WORLD CHAMPS!

but as we all know riot (and especially na) turn super brainless when it comes to these things and nothing will be done. i mean after worlds many ppl said na's problem is the constant swapping players out for new ones instead of working with the players they got. i thought FINALLY THE WORLD GETS IT! what does na do? half their fucking lcs is alrdy swapped. they dont learn, they dont want to learn, they can hope LoL dies soon before they end up being a wildcard region that even south latin america and japan laugh at.

GonahtanuGepardi12/14/2019, 2:39:40 PM2 votes

I would actually like it to be 3 bottom teams from both regions playing against each other. It's something we really never see normally and it would help see how strong the region actually is and not just the top 3. I would even be interested in watching it. They would probably put in more effort than the top teams.

III BAKURYU III 12/14/2019, 7:20:44 AM2 votes

How the hell do I have 65+ upvotes and 2.3K views but no comments? lol

FoxV12/15/2019, 12:35:33 AM1 votes

Maybe NA and EU should have a 8 on 8 best of 3 where each team will play based on their ranked counterpart Haha stupid idea now that i think about it

Yordle Xayah12/15/2019, 3:51:45 AM1 votes

Rivals should be 3rd - 6th current LCS/LEC places, not first three from a split ago.

Weexazys12/15/2019, 5:48:26 AM1 votes

They should make RR a youtube/twitch showdown, makes it more casual, still allows Riot to make the big bucks and keeps it interesting. EU Streamers/Youtubers vs NA Streamers/Youtubers.

III BAKURYU III 12/15/2019, 11:32:47 PM1 votes

HA 69