For example, if they were going to change Cassiopeia or someone, they would put a poll after a day of the change on the PBE, and ask the PBE if they like it. Using the poll (yes or no) they would remove it or keep it.
Baron Von Bangin4 votesAs a whole we'd be awful game designers and don't really understand the concept of overall game health and would be playing a horrible game of whack-a-mole.
aperson12 votesFor one thing, it would be a lot of wasted effort to revoke already worked-on content when it's almost done. Stuff that comes onto the PBE is very close to, if not already, finished product.
For another, it may not be immediately obvious to the community why a champion is getting reworked. Imagine if pre-4.20, when Warwick was not so popular, Riot put Warwick's nearly-finished rework on the PBE. Warwick mains would be raging at the changes, and the rest of the community wouldn't care because they rarely see Warwick in their games. The poll you propose would probably be an overwhelming rejection.
The current system may not be ideal, but if players vetoed every nerf to a champ they like this game would be really really boring.
Angry Monster1 votescause the masses are usually wrong and minor tweaks. They can only see glaring issues.
HeadCrusher1 votesBecause I would only accept things as long as Morde remains numero uno.
futuresight231 votesMany people on the forums do have agendas like buffing their champs and nerfing their counters into oblivion. Should they have input? Sure, but not to the point where they are actually making decisions on game balance.
JustMyBassCannon1 votesBecause we are not their appraisers. We are their clients.
An interesting thing a friend once told me; there's a difference between a customer and a client. A customer is the guy who goes to an auto repair shop and can name the parts that he suspects are broken, give reasons why, and may even know what the replacement parts will cost. A client is the guy who goes to an auto repair shop and says, "My car doesn't work," or "My car makes [this noise]," and answers the questions the mechanic asks them without understanding the reason for the questions. Then he comes back, pays whatever, and is none the wiser for how the car was fixed.
I'm saying this as a dedicated math-/theory-crafter who spends a lot of time debating balance; well over 90% of the people in Riot's community couldn't understand balance if you showed them a see-saw with two ten-pound weights on the ends. As much as they have an opinion, it's every bit Riot's prerogative to disregard our opinions if they don't think it's worth sifting through the garbage for the one smart guy with the one good idea.
