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Changes to PTL content

Riot·1/13/2017, 7:01:49 PM·2 votes·15,663 views

What’s up fam, we here at Primetime League have got some news.

It’s been a wild two years of making the live show. We’ve been around the world, shaved Dyrus’ head, and dropped far too many F-bombs for broadcast (looking at you Deficio). But as of Spring Split 2017, we’ll be putting the PTL live show on ice and bringing many of the show's segments that you know and love to you in some different ways.

So what does that mean to our fans and Phreak’s parents? Although we’ll no longer be hosting the live weekly show, Mic Check, Penta, and This or That will all be returning with the Spring Split and we’ll be doubling down our efforts to make these shows the best that they can possibly be. This means more sick plays and alternate Pentas, more sing-a-longs and “NICE” screams in Mic Check, and finally some muy caliente This or Thats.

We’re also going to be using our newfound free time to gain elo pilot out new shows featuring pro players, experts, and our casters. We're already at work on many of these offerings, and expect to begin rolling these shows out over the next several months, and beyond. As we move away from the WEDNESDAY MEGA DROPPPPP™ way of releasing content, you can also expect a more consistent experience of new, cool videos and articles throughout the week.

Personally I’m looking forward to our Naked and Afraid spinoff with pro players. Is he joking? Maybe, wait till the Spring Split starts to find out…

As we said earlier, it’s been a wild ride, but it wouldn’t have been nearly as fun without you guys. Whenever we felt like you guys were just as much a part of the show as we were, we knew we were doing things right. So we wanted to say a big thanks to YOU, the PTL fans, for tuning in every week, and we hope that we can continue to live up to your expectations in 2017.

 

Your pals,

The PTL team.

 

 

29 Comments

Prophet of Dunk1/15/2017, 4:53:22 PM10 votes

But, but. Prime time league starts right now... I really enjoyed the consistent weekly show, In my opinion keeping the show and expanding on the analytical stuff while cutting out some of the goofy who's nose is this stuff would have been preferred. I'll miss PTL. Amumu item 3070

III BAKURYU III 1/13/2017, 7:48:17 PM8 votes

The PTL was fun to watch; some weird stuff every now and then but after awhile it became too goofy for my taste. I never cared for the "guess this body part of a certain player" and it just became a show for the casters to have fun on WHICH IS 100% FINE my complaint is mainly it didn't really talk in depth about much of anything important to what the show (I thought) was going to be about.

The outplays are nice and should stay that's fine with a top 5-10 plays etc Great! However what about some caster thoughts on the upcoming games with inside look on each team's performances with also player consistencies etc.
I bring most of this up because each week or (F-S-S) there are 4-7 different casters switching from the table to the casting for games but they talk for 10-15 mins before the show starts, the thing is caster A will say " Ok what does TSM have to do to win their game today" and caster B and C stumble and interrupt each other saying " go ahead" 4-5 times each mainly because they both have 1-2 mins that they want to talk about. So why not have PTL focusing on those certain things so the casters on GAME DAY aren't all talking at the same time to get a word in.

Kinjishi1/13/2017, 8:43:28 PM5 votes

"We're already at work on many of these offerings, and expect to begin rolling these shows out over the next several months, and beyond. As we move away from the WEDNESDAY MEGA DROPPPPP™ way of releasing content, you can also expect a more consistent experience of new, cool videos and articles throughout the week."

So instead of one day to watch the program(s), it will be on multiple days. Disappointing. There are already more games being played in most regions. How do you (riot) expect people to watch more programs? Just going to have to skip more games or your new programs. Bad decision on your part.

CoMMuniSTPiG1/17/2017, 11:08:18 AM4 votes

PRIME TIME LEAGUE STOPS RIGHT NOW!

TurquoiseYoshi1/13/2017, 11:55:13 PM4 votes

We get "NICE!!!!" but do we get any "NAISUUU!!!!!!"?

Peacelur1/13/2017, 7:31:28 PM2 votes

Naked and Afraid ? LOLsummoner 6

Eleshakai1/13/2017, 9:07:34 PM2 votes

The main part of the PTL I'm going to miss is the news drop. I don't really want to have to keep checking every day in the hope something new has happened, it was very convenient to get a roundup every Wednesday of the important stuff to know for the week ahead.

UdodoU2/6/2017, 5:46:49 PM2 votes

+1 Bring PTL back in summer please. Certain segments needed to be removed and reimagined (pick a pro) but the breakdowns from the other regions needs to be done somewhere. Attempting to get other region information is a clusterduck atm. No PTL is quite underwhelming, please get some heads in a room and figure out how to bring back a regional breakdown in some form or another.

People need to see the beast that Huni has become by not playing the last few years in Korea.

peahead21/14/2017, 7:46:24 PM2 votes

Rip PTL as we know it

CoMMuniSTPiG1/17/2017, 11:10:26 AM1 votes

But as of Spring Split 2017, we’ll be putting the PTL live show on ice...

PTL on Ice? Do you guys even know how to ice skate?

CaptainAsia9994/4/2017, 5:15:27 PM1 votes

I'm glad I found this article, and this makes me pretty sad. But, part of me saw it coming... The segments where they talked about their thoughts on which players were strongest right now and where they broke down certain aspects of the week's games was really cool, and I think I may be one of the only people who missed the corny jokes and puns that all of the casters made. Also, the Last Laugh always made me laugh.

I'll be stacking a tear for PTL item 3070

Jaysunny4201/13/2017, 7:32:17 PM1 votes

"What's up fam" top kek

cbmullz1/13/2017, 7:42:57 PM1 votes

So PTL is now less like Chogath and more like item 3512. Yay!

TrollFan011/13/2017, 11:16:24 PM1 votes

Another thing to get used to this season but not that bad.

Yordle Xayah1/14/2017, 1:23:35 AM1 votes

The only reason I see you'd be doing this really, is if the full 20 min show just wasn't getting the ratings that would make worth the investment in the larger production... which is very sad because I really enjoyed the program content.

Miror B1/14/2017, 1:57:14 AM1 votes

As someone who started "actively watching" the lol stuff last year (was watching it occasionally during seasons 4-5 similar to how I watch baseball), I can honestly say that PTL didn't really interest me that much. There was very few statistical/"educated" entertainment (that one guy, optimaltom or whatever his name is, was probably the only part of it worth watching for me as he'd come in and bring out all the info without any stupidity), and it felt mostly like fart-jokes/kid humor, the kind of stuff your grandparents would gift you as a teenager only for you to look at in disgust and say "ugh, not this again, why isn't she in a home yet?". Phreak also being a big part of the show is probably why I didn't pay much attention to it, as I can't stand his humor at all and find it to be either incredibly forced or just "bad taste". The jokes he does tend to be the equivalent of a child doing macaroni art/showing their parents trying to seek approval, not realizing that they've somehow aged like 30 years yet still want to get a reaction out of it.

GG Beers1/16/2017, 3:43:44 PM1 votes

Wow! What a let down, I loved PTL and tuned in every week. The stuff you guys are keeping are thing segments I skipped. Who the fuck wants to watch mic check or this or that? I mean, you guys want esports to be taken more seriously right? Why take away the more serious part of the PTL. Enough with the goofy shit already.

GG Beers1/16/2017, 3:46:28 PM1 votes

This means more sick plays and alternate Pentas, more sing-a-longs and “NICE” screams in Mic Check, and finally some muy caliente This or Thats.

Jesus Christ.... Where are they getting their info from?

Nimmer1/17/2017, 8:47:44 AM1 votes

PTL was cool in some ways. When it was strategy talk, I liked it. When it was a fun segment, that also included some seriousness, I liked (looking at you This or That). Lastly, something that plagues RIOT at all levels, is the hit or miss cringe. Sometimes you guys are goofy and it works great. Other times... not so much. And it's not like the other time is a minority, it's a majority. You could use a hired expert for your comedy segments in all honesty. Also, stop being PG13. Your chat isn't, your playerbase isn't, the viewers at home aren't. You are mass appealing to an R rated audience. Go ahead and embrace it already.