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Are we ever going to see Butcher's Bridge again?

Ultîma·Sep 23, 2015·104 votes·2,920 views

Title. I find it really disappointing that we got this completely amazing map taken away from us after the Bilgewater event while the Howling Abyss became a LoL staple for ARAM after the Freljord event. I created another thread about two weeks after Burning Tides which you can see here and while it got almost 200 upvotes it saw no attention from Riot. Well I'm back asking the same question; why isn't Butcher's Bridge reinstated as an ARAM map that would be randomly selected upon match-start? I loved the pirate theme, and I find it strange that events releasing virtually the exact same kind of content get treated differently post-mortem. What gives? I want to see the sharks and cannons, and I want to hear the magnificent pirate music as I blow my enemies to hell. Figured this place would be the best place to ask, since other forums clearly don't get as much Riot attention as this one it seems.

Edit: The single-most highest voted thread in Story & Art is about the exact same topic. 655 upvotes and no answers... Rito pls.

Don't forget to comment and upvote if you want this to get the attention it deserves!

32 Comments

MudintheWaterSep 23, 201514 votes

Even if we never get the map back, I just want the music to be an option under sound.

Grouchy PoroSep 23, 20159 votes

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAAAAAAAA DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAA! ~the only lyrics

TotalJerkSep 24, 20155 votes

That shit was so hype lategame.

GenoXxSep 25, 20151 votes

That's my favorite part

Teridax68Sep 23, 201511 votes

You're right, making map selection random in ARAM would make perfect sense, and would allow both maps to receive equal representation while staying true to the spirit of Murder Bridge. It could also allow for many more potential ARAM maps, and we could even have ultra-rare rolls of the original Proving Grounds to boot.

UltîmaSep 23, 20157 votes

It's been requested since before the Burning Tides event. I honestly don't understand why Riot has been so tight-lipped about this considering everything's already been done, revealed, and appreciated.

PyrodiniumSep 24, 20151 votes

Well, having two maps available at the same time would most likely require a non-trivial amount of work, as the systems would need to support both options (in contrast with Burning Tides, in which they simply replaced the map).

That goes double if they are laying down groundwork to make any kind of personalized maps skins a reality in the future.

Also, consider the story of the game. The Black Mist is on the verge of coming to Bilgewater. They might be planning something with that.

Salt and VeigarSep 24, 20158 votes

Seems like a waste of resources to just never use it again

RalanrSep 23, 20153 votes

Honestly I'd like some map skins for ARAM and the summoners rift map. Wouldn't mind fighting in a city.

Like Demacia. Or Zuan. Or their counterparts.

Probably Zuan as they seem the least likely to have a police force to stop the champions. Or maybe they skinned the minions as the police force!

Corrupto123Sep 24, 20152 votes

{quoted}

Honestly I'd like some map skins for ARAM and the summoners rift map. Wouldn't mind fighting in a city.

Like Demacia. Or Zuan. Or their counterparts.

Probably Zuan as they seem the least likely to have a police force to stop the champions. Or maybe they skinned the minions as the police force!

*zaun

FastAsHeckSep 24, 20151 votes

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xXMorshuXxSep 24, 20152 votes

Wooxy, then again the map is really buggy.

UltîmaSep 24, 20153 votes

In what sense? I played ARAM religiously during the Burning Tides event and my experience was no different than on the Howling Abyss in any match.

FastAsHeckSep 24, 20151 votes

Its not buggy at all for me, what problems do you have?

OswinStrikeSep 23, 20151 votes

I would love to have either the map, the music or GP as the announcer back.

SaiannaSep 23, 20151 votes

Simple thing: No ARAM map makes money when there are no events.

Which means they are greedy as FK.

You might say, that they wouldn't lose anything with adding other ARAM maps, but that's not true. With every patch some codes are changed and they'd have to check for every map in case of bugs or w/e. Maintenance costs..

They even fired@ only Rioter responsible for communicating with ARAM playerbase.

@Not sure exactly, they could have moved him to basement to work on Lee buffs, like countless other workers.

Anyways. You can only expect Riot do something ARAM related on winter, on winter skin sales.

Amélie CauchemarSep 24, 20151 votes

To put it simply, Riot's client sucks dick, they're not fixing it. They're not going to tell you that though, and are just going to milk this until it dies with its shit client.

Blue Moon WolfSep 24, 20151 votes

They might bring it back for the Harrowing since it happens in Bilgewater. Then they could then add a gamemode that can be played on both ARAM and TT.

Krys StarSep 24, 20151 votes

If only Riot gave us any options for map skins.

Summoner's Rift Shurima Summoner's Rift Freljord Summoner's Rift Ionia Summoner's Rift Noxus Summoner's Rift Shadow Isles Summoner's Rift Void

Howling Abyss Butcher's Bridge

Riot has so many choices for skins but they don't want to waste the resource and time. I think they once said it might take up too much space/memory for players.

CarnageSep 24, 20151 votes

I hope not Lissandra vs Ashe much better . . Sejuani p.s. making map selection random in ARAM is a really good idea

3TWarriorSep 24, 20151 votes

whether we do or not, what's disappointing is that riot put the time, work and money into it, only to discard it a week later.

I enjoyed the update as well, the graphics even seemed to function well without taking more processor resources

but...i'm also concerned about the massive streak of disconnects that are happening everywhere

NotAGnarOneTrickSep 24, 20151 votes

Best map since reworked SR

TurtleStacksSep 24, 20151 votes

Having map variety in this game is like having a legitimate report system. Or like not having starvation in Africa. Idk there's lots of bad stuff to compare it to its pretty much never going to happen though. Sadly.

UltîmaSep 24, 20151 votes

Why? Literally everything's been done for the map, including implementation. A lot of people loved Butcher's Bridge - as they loved the Howling Abyss when it was revealed - so why don't we get both? The other thing's you've mentioned are complicated issues that can't just be turned on by a switch at Riot's office.

PyrodiniumSep 24, 20151 votes

Having both maps at once is also something that can't just be turned on at the flick of a switch.

tea tìmeSep 24, 20151 votes

And where are our fucking extra games like same champion aram and shit. I'm so fucking tired of them saying it's a test to see if there are any bugs but they never report about it again.

PyrodiniumSep 24, 20152 votes

Those were explicitly said that they were temporal game modes.

7Artemis7Sep 24, 20151 votes

I honestly hope that Butcher's Bridge doesn't come back in random selection form. It's too busy art-wise to the point of being distracting, and gave me a higher ping than Howling Abyss. A better alternative would be to release it as a purchasable map skin so the people who want to play it can, and the people who don't aren't forced to.

Carpe VictoriaSep 24, 20151 votes

I suspect it's the spaghetti game code's fault.

SquidsmastahSep 24, 20151 votes

I started playing League not too long ago and I started a day after the Bilgewater event ended ._.

FastAsHeckSep 24, 20151 votes

READ THIS!!!

Go to mapskins.com. Click the Wooxy tab and download the application. Once installed, you can use it to install custom champion/map skins. Its pretty easy to use (you can probably find tutorials somewhere if you need them) and 100% safe because it only affects your client and gives you no advantage against others, so you cant get banned, and it doesn't need your account credentials to work like other applications. It only changes models for you, other players see no change. And a few days ago I found a fully working Butchers bridge map there, as well as the music and announcer for summoners rift. I have been using this site for a few months now and never had any issues or warnings from riot. It is not very well known, which is a huge shame because its awesome! So Im doing my part here and spreading the word as much as I can :)

DEG99Nov 12, 20151 votes

I think it would be an excellent idea if they brought back butcher's bridge next harrowing but added some shadow Island things, like a Krakenwurm's ghost and the black mist.

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