League of Legends Professional Hall of Fame
How does everyone feel about Riot making a hall of fame for all those pro's who have retired and really made a large impact on the League of Legends. I think it's important to recognize these people more.
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You're not the first to think of this great idea.
https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/esports/perjwuEw-league-of-legends-hall-of-fame https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/esports/HQoAzcV2-hall-of-fame?comment=0000
There are many more, but these are some big posts.
There is also this posted by ESPN - http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17268555/the-world-top-10-players-league-legends
It's a good idea but look at what Riot doesn't do at the same time.
Riot doesn't even keep up with player stats for their career.
X Caster " So how good is Faker ?"
Y Caster " He's really good"
No mention of historic stats from really any player for that matter. Think about trying to talk about professional League to someone and they got the game part but need help with " who is the best" sure you can tell them Faker, Bang, Bjergsen etc but what if that person says " How many kills does Faker have" ? Or how many times has X player led their league in Assists, Cs etc.
Riot barely if not even mention all ready retired players. When was the last time you heard about Imaqtpie? Cyanide? Voyboy? Link ? Sure maybe 1-2 mentions once every 4 weeks or so but I personally can't think of the last time Riot or the casters talk about these players or what they did. I remember reading a post a few weeks ago about casters not even talking about a certain player; that certain player was Alex Ich and the casters didn't even really say his name instead it was " that mid" no comments about historic events that player took place in or how he helped put League on the map. Rekkles achieved 167 Kills in 28 games but no mention of another player reaching that kill mark within 28 games in past splits. RobertLeeX had over 10K cs in 28 games and no mention of players breaking that milestone at the time or in current splits.
Production of stats/ Retired/current players In game fans are watching Piglet mid and the production crews could pops up a comparison chart to say Links' and Piglet's stats at mid so the casters can talk about their stats or this that what they did better etc but they don't.
Long story short Riot/League has the potential of being like the WWE as far as a Hall of Fame goes but at this point if they did do a Hall of Fame it's looking to be like something from TNA if anything. I know Wrestling and League are complete opposites but just saying from a stand point of what they seem to be going with instead.
Not gonna happen. HoF usually requires a person to have not played for X amount of years. Online games come and go.
A hall of fame in the traditional sense is rather impossible. Nobody is going to visit it. Video games tend to come and go far more rapidly, etc etc.
But Riot could make a wall of fame on the internet. That would be cool.
Seems like an expensive undertaking with minimal potential for profit or even breaking even - unless Riot did it all virtually online I don't think it would be worth the investment at this time. That aside, it would be a cool idea. But who and what goes in the hall of fame? teams that win world championships? players who win regional titles year after year? teams who make the biggest upsets? players who have "techniques" named after them (insec, flame horizon, etc.)?
And who decides: Riot, fans, analysts, combination? And where would this be located if an actual physical building? Or would it be a uber expensive mobile display that travels to all-star and world events?
Besides stats what is included? Jerseys? PC equipment used by that player or team? Flags? Photos? Etc.?