Residency Ruling- Making a 3rd Spot for Longtime Resident

Rosewiing·Jun 15, 2016·6 votes·1,014 views

Many people are upset about this ruling (including me) considering that it was pretty out of the blue and really screwed over players/organizations that had made long term plans based on the original rule that Riot set forth (Rush and C9 most notably). For Riot to just change the rule without any prior warning and basically blindside a lot of players is so unfair. I love Riot and I love LOL Esports, but this decision I think is really not right. Many people have mentioned already that Riot could make a third slot on teams: 2 Imports, 2 Homegrown Talent, and the 3rd to be a long time resident, allowing those players who would have been just about to complete the 2 year rule and who had made serious decisions based on this going through as all previous riot information had stated, to not have the rug pulled out from under them. Is there some way to challenge this decision based on community support? Because I know many NA fans are really unhappy at the way Riot has settled this and I would like to communicate that to them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4o3u9k/rush_returns_to_south_korea_c9_challenger_to_use/

9 Comments

anonymous119Jun 15, 20165 votes

I usually find myself siding with riot in most things, but not this. Riot allowed all of the current teams to be grand fathered in when they announced the rule requiring all players except two be domestic players. It seems wrong to have some players who have not been here for 4 years be considered US regional players while others just months away will now be considered foreign for 2 additional years.

I have absolutely no problem with players like Rush who have been here for so long to be considered a US player. Riot needs to treat this like the original team rule and grandfather in all existing players to the old rule.

RosewiingJun 15, 20161 votes

Yes I agree, the way they flip-flopped on this issue seems so unfair. How do you think I should draw more attention to this to get more support from the community? The title isn't catchy enough?

anonymous119Jun 15, 20161 votes

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Yes I agree, the way they flip-flopped on this issue seems so unfair. How do you think I should draw more attention to this to get more support from the community? The title isn't catchy enough?

Link the reddit comment in the first post and mention in the title that Rush more or less was forced to return to Korea because of this change.

PuddytatJun 15, 20161 votes

I didn't know there had been such a ruling, could you link to it?

RosewiingJun 15, 20163 votes

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4o3u9k/rush_returns_to_south_korea_c9_challenger_to_use/ I was alerted to it from this thread (can I even post reddit links to this board?) Not sure where the official ruling is.

PuddytatJun 15, 20162 votes

Thanks. It seems to me that most of all, what we need is some long-term thinking by Riot so they can come up with rulings that'll last. It is very unfair to these organisations that they planned ahead and now have to start all over again, especially since everybody could've seen it coming years ago. I don't have a particular opinion about imports, but there should be stability. You can't invest in an organisation if the rules change every year.

anonymous119Jun 15, 20161 votes

It's disappointing this thread isn't getting much attention because of the relatively tame title.

Kal Vas FlamJun 16, 20161 votes

After reading through the Reddit I do understand why they're doing it and even agree with Riot's stance for the most part. As a C9 fan tho today is a sad day for me.