The PRE-pre season shouldn't happen.

Wild Geese··61 votes·15,973 views

What is this week where there's no ranked but no pre-season either.

It's not the pre-season, we're in the season 8- without ranked basically. It's the off-season. As if the pre-season wasn't long enough, we need this week of absolutely nothing. They didn't even give us a fun game mode for the week.

Most pointless week of the year to play League. It's like they want us to take a break. [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

24 Comments

Li Fu Chen19 votes

Well IMO the pre-season should always have at least 1 rotating gamemode to keep things extra spicy fresh.

ModCaptainMårvelous1 votes

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Well IMO the pre-season should always have at least 1 rotating gamemode to keep things extra spicy fresh.

I actually have the perfect idea for this:

Cutting Room Floor RGM

Basically, it's just Summoner's Rift. However, you're using a bunch of changes that never made it off the PBE, including items, game changes and more. It'd probably be too involved for an RGM but it'd be funny to see all the changes that never got to see the light of day in the current season, as well as some free testing for future seasons.

nGio2 votes

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Well IMO the pre-season should always have at least 1 rotating gamemode to keep things extra spicy fresh.

They should just open up URF, Hexakill, OFA, and Dominion, and let us play what we want. These stingy fucks refuse to let us play anything other than LC$ Simulator. I'm sure we'll get a double dose of shitter RGMs like Nexus Siege and Poros back to back, knowing that the majority of the playerbase won't play those either, leading us back into Sim.

YambrinZ7 votes

Theres not even a need for preseason. The new season should start right away. We have to deal with buffs, nerfs, champion reworks, all season long anyways. Its actually stupid to give your players a reason to possibly go find a replacement game during a "preseason".

Hi lm Zoe1 votes

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Theres not even a need for preseason. The new season should start right away. We have to deal with buffs, nerfs, champion reworks, all season long anyways. Its actually stupid to give your players a reason to possibly go find a replacement game during a "preseason".

Imo we need pre season, we need it to get used to new changes, just like in LCS when there is a new patch they dont change to it, they stay on the one they started on

NichtHurz4 votes

I think there should be a preseason, it just shouldn't be as long. Maybe do the preseason throughout December and start the new one once the new year begins. Still gives some time to fix major preseason flaws , but doesn't take such a long time to make ranked really worthwhile again. I still play ranked, but it just doesn't feel too great knowing it'll be kinda obsolete anyways ( I know that climbing higher gives you better chances to be placed in a better division once hte new season starts.).

Cynikul4 votes

I thought they were bringing back Nexus Blitz? Granted It should have been dropped immediately, but still.

Krupaz4 votes

It's going on PBE next cycle pretty sure

Irelia Bot1 votes

Better game mode than URF.

I actually will play Blitz if looking for a faster pace game.

sddghyufjasdklhu4 votes

yeap. nothjing to do but troll your team in 'ranked'

nobotninja4 votes

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Badnik961 votes

better idea, discover new games and dont come back :V

Marshbouy1 votes

I've taken breaks as long as 6 months, but this game always draws me back in.

Jack Garrus3 votes

well, it wasn't pointless, I discovered to have a lot of games on Steam to play with, the tv, the books, a kitchen, a bed, a ... goes on forever

0 Hogapu1 votes

you mean a real life aside of League?

this man must be lying

Ice Weasel X2 votes

It's not the pre-preseason. It's the postseason. Preseason is in preparation for the upcoming season. Postseason is winding down from the previous season. They probably intentionally don't end the season on a patch day so that they can avoid bugs in data collection. Notice how they shut down transfers before the end of the season? That's part of their process for avoiding conflicts in checking which accounts are eligible for which rewards.

Fnatic ComeShot2 votes

The whole season 8 is one stupid preseason, nothing was fixed

OneMustFall1 votes

I take this time to experiment with new builds/champs and play on the PBE. A chance to just chill out and still earn some chests you may not have earned during the season.

Leto GT1 votes

Still no date for the release of the 8.23. It's just annoying af. All good.

I am 121 votes

Release date is either 11-20 or 11-21 riot releases a patch every second week

Ice Weasel X1 votes

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Release date is either 11-20 or 11-21 riot releases a patch every second week

↑ This. Also with more authority:

https://twitter.com/RiotSapMagic/status/1062420465824653312 (Rioter tweet link)

  • 8.23 (Nov 21) preseason starts, gameplay changes
  • 8.24 is when Ranked changes start to go out (tiers, placements)
  • 9.1 is mostly for stabilizing stuff
  • 9.2 (Jan 23) the season starts
l MrD l1 votes

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Still no date for the release of the 8.23. It's just annoying af. All good.

wednesday

Spank the Fox1 votes

Wait, is ranked down for NA?

StarGuardianWeeb1 votes

Ironically enough this week was the only one in months I have time to play. Wah wah.

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