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[World wide message.] My personal thoughts about The weekly totating Queue for Game modes

DELDE115·4/2/2016, 11:35:15 AM·77 votes·4,825 views

[Before I start, Im going to send this post to every single boards League of Legends has. Even if they dont speak english or spanish. I feel the need of doing it before Riot makes another mistake that I consider big]

Good morning, Good afternoon or Goodnight to the League of Legends community from around the world.

I am going to get straight to the point.

The rotating Queue for gamemodes can create a big problem that Riot is not looking at, and I am making this point so that Riot realizes the mistake they´re about to make.

I would first like to address that I like the Rotating Queue, its a nice feature, however they are also making a HUGE mistake. Riot is introducing 2 LEGACY game modes.

Now for those that dont know what I am talking about, Legacy game modes are those that appear ONCE a year. I can already guess which game modes I am talking about. If you do not know, I am talking about Riot introducing The Legend of the Poro King and Ultra Rapid Fire. Before I continue, this is not a rant about URF, this is about Riot making a big mistake.

So... Let me get more in depth to what I am trying to say. Since 2014 Riot made 2 game modes for very specific dates of the year. Ultra Rapid Fire for April first and The Legend of the Poro King for Snowdown and have since shown up during those times of the year in 2015. That is why I call them Legacy game modes, because just like Holiday Legacy skins, they show up once a year and ONLY during their specific theme.

April first and Snowdown have become an iconic time of the year for Riot and Runeterra. Runeterra, just like us in the real world, celebrate April fools and Christmas. Riot has created a tradition for their community, and I find it insulting that Riot is not even following their own created Runeterran holidays.

Poro King was made for Snowdowm and they even made legacy icons for it. We all know how Legacy skins behave, and these icons behaved the same way. All Poro icons are only available during Snowdown, and if you use an icon in the Poro King game mode the icon would act as a skin. Therefore Riot created a Legacy gamemode.

In April 1st 2015, Riot did the same thing. They created 3 urf icons that only worked in U.R.F, turning URF into a Legacy gamemode aswell, because last time I checked, those execution icons are not in the store (not sure on that last note though).

So, you can already guess where my rant is going. I **STRONGLY ** believe that these gamemodes should remain legacy. These 2 gamemodes are special, and they make us feel happy everytime we get close to either of those two gamemodes. It creates the necessary hype for us to enjoy the gamemode for a week, and we play that gamemode soo much till we get tired of it. So much that we can wait for the next year.

I dont want to these two gamemodes to get tired and boring quickly. And this is the mistake Riot might create. If you spam gamemodes every single weekend, we will eventually get tired and sick of it, and I honestly dont want that to happen.

ALSO I dont want my favorite gamemodes to not be celebrated on their respective times of the year simply because they are in the Rotating Queue.

Ultra Rapid Fire should be for April First. Riot started URF since 2009 and they kept the joke for 6 years straight. FACE THE FACT RIOT! URF the manatee is April First´s poster boy... or Poster aquatic mammal for that matter. And the same goes for The Legend of the Poro King, this has become a Poster mascot for Snowdown.

People expect them now, and if they dont show up you create Chaos, like yesterday.

Speaking of yesterday...

Riot... I know you wanted to do something new, and it was awesome. However, it was very underwheliming in sooo many levels that in the end, yesterday was the most pathetic day of all.

I get why you used Draven and it was hilarious. Draven works perfectly, but, Urf the Manatee is your Mascot, not Draven, and that was one of the problems.

Another problem was the Dravn mode thing. Honestly this was fun at first but that joy only lasted for 30 minutes. It felt like some Jack@ss infiltrated Riot HQ and hacked the game... It wasnt funny, it was annoying.

I started playing Draft mode just so I could stop seeing the Draven heads. Why didnt you place the bobble draven head on every champion? You know, the same head the minions had, that would at least make look like there was effor put into the joke.

And dont get me started about the lame LCS Draven event. Ok I´ll be nice here, I admit that the LCS "live" cough cough pre-recorded cough cough broadcast was kinda funny. What was funny was aphromos scene and Deficio being Deficio, oh and that hot EU referee. The rest was a nice try but... It was still underwheliming.

##pølse!!!!

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Look I knew that URF wouldnt come yesterday, but I was still excited to know what Riot would do on April First, I was expecting more.

But we didnt get anything. Only some skins and some overly expensive bundles. Speaking of skins... Riot, if that Draven Legacy is worth 500RP to you, please go to your nearest hospital. You´re expecting us to buy 500RP on a Bobble head on top of Classic Draven? Are we really that fcking stupid in your eyes?! Hey but I get it, money is the only thing you look at. And I hate to say it because a lot of dedicated Rioters who love the game are getting destroyed by our threads. I wouldnt be surprised if some Rioters decided to Quit from ever working at Riot at all and that in itself saddens me.

Sorry about that last Rant, it something that I have been holding up since yesterday and I thought I´d express it here

I would like it if URF and Legend of the Poro King could remain Legacy and only available in their respective times of the year. I dont care if we get U.R.F twice, thrice or 10000 times this year, U.R.F is not the same if it isnt celebrated on April First. And the same goes for the Legend of the Poro King.

They are awesome game modes, but this North American mentality that "more is better" is crap. Its better to have ONE special moment than having it become a regular nuisance.

Well here is my first world wide QQ thread. Thought I make it world wide so Riot can for once see it.

If you have any thoughts please express them.

[EDIT]

Thank you guys for the support, the response has been overwhelming ( in the best way :) )

55 Comments

Hey Its Chris4/2/2016, 12:34:50 PM24 votes

I feel the exact same way, these legacy events will lose their meaning and will become boring if you do this rotating game mode.

LessChatMorePlay4/2/2016, 11:43:13 AM14 votes

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1Maza4/2/2016, 4:53:14 PM10 votes

I just wish all the alt game modes would die tbh. Keep making new ones sure, but every time you bring one back it's just gonna be full of tryhards. Seriously URF last year was more toxic than Ranked. Once people figure out what's OP they only care about winning, then the game mode isn't fun anymore.

Baby Collector4/2/2016, 11:51:04 AM10 votes

Riot only cares about money. They dont care about their community.

Syarx4/2/2016, 1:13:03 PM6 votes

Give that man a item 2010

B6WS TSW994/2/2016, 5:21:26 PM4 votes

ok so you posted this on every boards and you still didn't realize you spelled "rotating" wrong ?

Shadragon4/2/2016, 6:53:53 PM3 votes

I really don't see how being able to play URF on a regular basis cheapens April Fools. It's not like it's going to come out with new skins and icons every weekend to go with it, and its not like all the seasonal skins and icons that came with past URFs are no longer available to use when URF ends, and it's not like the existence of a rotating queue is going to keep them from having new holiday events with new skins and icons. They're making pre-existing content available to fans that desperately want it. Scarcity and exclusivity for their own sake don't make things special. This is a whole lot like the outcry over legacy skins returning for purchase. People acted like the world was ending because they could no longer flaunt their superiority by using Bewitching Nidalee or Definitely Not Blitzcrank. It feels like everyone on both sides is deadset on being outraged for the sake of being outraged.

Smitty Manjensen4/2/2016, 4:03:20 PM3 votes

Wow, many people rant how they want urf more often, then comes this guy who rants that urf shouldn't come often. I mean seriously. Just so it's clear I hate urf and most other game modes, I am just stating what most people wanted.

VladimirSnakeyes4/3/2016, 2:07:41 AM2 votes

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bill844/2/2016, 4:37:36 PM2 votes

I literally just want the rotating Q so that I can play dominion again.

EfficientDynamo4/3/2016, 1:00:20 AM2 votes

Your issues with the rotating game mode could be easily addressed if Riot created enough modes to space the events out, so URF would land in April and Snowdown in December, with a solid gap between the last time it appeared in the rotation. Maybe add some special additions to the xmas snowdown, but it would still feel fairly fresh then.

McKeifus4/2/2016, 10:20:47 PM2 votes

If this is the issue you feel strongest about in the world, I am happy for you. You must have a charmed life.

Hand5oap4/2/2016, 5:23:59 PM2 votes

Amen brother. Amen.

Doctor Dyment4/2/2016, 6:38:14 PM2 votes

The thing is is that Riot is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to specialty game modes, Ultra Rapid Fire in specific. On one hand, when URF mode is absent, the vocal part of the community constantly whines that it isn't around for more than a few days. (And Legend of the Poro King to a much lesser extent.) So, Riot decides that maybe it would be a good idea to make these kinds of game modes that a lot of people like and want consistently to be coming along semi-frequently. So they decide to begin testing the implementation of this new system they believe will make a good number of the community happy. But then when they do try to insert this new que in, they get reverse backlash from another, previously thought quiet group of the community who believes that if these game modes were to be available all year round, that they would lose what makes them so special. So then Riot is placed in this position where on one side, they have people pushing hard to get these game modes all the time. But then on the other side you have people pushing equally hard to NOT have these game modes be available all the time. It creates this dilemma that would be very hard to sort yourself out from, where you decide if one group's word is better than the other. It'd be a hard position to be in for me at least.

crafter84/2/2016, 3:00:18 PM2 votes

ITS LIKE NEW YEAR AND CHRISTMAS IS SHOWING/BEING CELEBRATING(rip english) IN SUMMER(WITHOUT SNOW SANTA AND CHRISTMAS TREES(rip english rip grammar))

Zonkman4/2/2016, 2:43:22 PM2 votes

Totating

Rikkuh4/2/2016, 3:05:30 PM2 votes

I strongly agree with everything, and as a personal opinion I want to say that JUST because of the fact that URF was not launched the day IT IS SUPPOSED to be launched, I already lost interest on it, even if it comes out later in the rotating game modes, it will have much less meaning, and will eventually become boring as people say. The same goes for the other legacy game mode, sorry to say RIOT who was doing an amazing work with the game lately, is about to ruin these game modes.

ChocolateRain2494/2/2016, 4:04:33 PM2 votes

I agree with your point, and I was really looking forward to URF mode this April 1st. I wont lie though, I had a feeling when they released Hextech Crafting not long before the 1st, I knew something was going to go wrong when the day came. Riot pretty much screwed themselves over by adding so much, and fixing so much right next to their Legacy holiday.

If they would've held off on the hextech crafting and a few minor bugs to put URF mode to play this weekend they could've taken it off; then went to work on the usual fixes without any other major events happening for 8 more months. The rotating queue wasn't a bad idea, I don't mind having a different mode to play sometimes. It keeps me fresh since League has changes DRASTICALLY since I first starting playing a year after they released.

I feel what they should've done was put URF mode in for the weekend, and then start the rotating queue next weekend with Ascension, One for All, and Doom Bots. Those game modes aren't necessarily Legacy, but they are just as rare. All I can do now is just wait to see what they do, because with all the whiners and complainers recently I doubt they will listen to the community right now. They already have a lot on their plate, so let them clean it off first before everyone whines at them like a 5 year old because they didn't get dessert.

DELDE1154/3/2016, 5:30:40 PM1 votes

boop

Mclovin1234464/2/2016, 4:31:08 PM1 votes

You make a vivid point and is not riots pride that is being hurt them self by takeing away some of those fond memories that come once a year

  • Sincerely, Mclovin123446
Reshaos4/2/2016, 4:54:06 PM1 votes

Can you please use the word seasonal? I work in thd IT industry so when I see the word Legacy it means old, outdated, and needs to be replaced to me.

Biff Manly4/2/2016, 8:13:30 PM1 votes

I feel like a 2-month break between the modes is enough to keep them fresh. I mean, I hate URF after playing it for a week straight, I think I prefer the more spread-out model.

And this IS a "where is URF" post. Just a more reasonable one.

NexusFire4/2/2016, 8:25:46 PM1 votes

Personally, I think that it's pretty dumb. I think having seasonal gamemodes is much better because you have something to look forward to that you don't get often(not that i look forwards to like half of them - Ascension, Poro King, Hexakill) I dont know about you guys but i would still prefer urf being a special april fools gamemode, I dont want it to just randomly appear in august or some shit.

DELDE1154/3/2016, 3:46:43 PM1 votes

boop