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Real Time Spectating

Keisan·9/25/2015, 12:28:57 PM·1 votes·418 views

Hey, I know and understand why there is a delay in the "Spectating Mode"*. But what if Riot changed the "Spectate Mode" so that you only see the perspective of the player you are spectating. So if I were spectating a friend I would only see what he sees, I can't see the enemies unless they walk past a ward or are near ally minions.

Personally I don't see much harm in this, but i can understand if people disagree. The delay is good but if I were spectating a friend while on Skype, just waiting for him/her to finish their game, I'd rather hear the reaction to the play as it is made instead of waiting 3-5 minutes.

Furthermore, with the amount of people streaming League of Legends, there is a high chance that you can type in their summoner name on "Twitch.tv" and see if they're streaming, sure there is a lag but it is only a 20-30 second lag, compared to the "Spectate Mode" this is a much lesser delay.

I'm not saying I do this, I'm all for a fair game and I am one of those that refuse to kill the "afk/lagging". But, hypothetically, I could cheat my way to victory by watching his/her stream. What I am poorly saying is, I could use "Twitch.tv" and win that way which is indirectly defeating the purpose of the delay.

I could be unlucky but i have been in games that have been ruined because a "teammate" did the above and saw the opponent streaming, thus pinging where the Jungler is and what he/she was saying. Ruined the game and the skill aspect for me :C, by that I mean literally no-one purchased wards.

I know nothing can be done with the streaming issue, and ghosting is something the streamer risks.

Maybe it's just me and I would like to hear your opinion(s) on this.

SHOULD RIOT CHANGE THE "SPECTATE MODE" TO A "REAL-TIME SPECTATE MODE"????

*For those who don't understand the delay, it is so a spectating friend can't assist you and tell you where your opponent is at all times.

4 Comments

StealthWarden9/25/2015, 12:54:02 PM3 votes

so there are tools that let you spectate whoever in the world if you know their summoner name...so if this was a thing id open my other laptop and spectate their jungler...GG

Long story short...NO

Ternt9/25/2015, 12:51:51 PM1 votes

Because 4 eyes are still better than 2. If they do have vision, you'd be able to still assist him if you were more focused on the map while he was purely cs'ing. The entire point is so that things like this do not happen. It's still an unfair advantage that they would get. Because if your buddy missed something that you didn't, and you tell him, then you've already given him an upper hand.

Serevas9/25/2015, 1:50:07 PM1 votes

Yeah that's a great big no right there. There's a reason there's a delay, and it's a good one, so it should stay in place.

At least on Twitch there's a natural 10 second delay from what you're doing to what is showing up on twitch, so you at least get 10 seconds if you're being ghosted, with a delay that's increasable if necessary.

Calabok9/27/2015, 2:19:17 AM1 votes

NO

and i didn't even read your text.