"Let's all become casuals!" -What riot wants after killing soloq and more
With solo q dead becoming a casual is the only thing to do, play for the sake of it, not caring much about the elo end eventually stop playing cause other stuff will happen and the game doesn't have much grasp on me as before. But why riot si doing this? IMO it's better for them, the game already reached its peak (when was the last time they released players growth stats? ) we are on the descending phase. Sure it will take long, wow is still "alive" after all, but they need to maximaze the gains out of it and DQ is the best way to do it, here's why: **+ppl playing together = +relatioships = +chances of spending for some1else ** I mean, afterall, if you play alone who's gonna gift you anything for your birthday or who's gonna buy your main's new skin? And if some1 gives you something are you this big of an asshole to never buy something back? That's why pushing on team based "competition" is better from an economic pov. Sure it kills the game in the long run but, let's be honest, all e-games are doomed to die in a relative short period compared to other kind of games (board games, card games...) so why not squeeze them as much as you can as a company?
To punctualize: I'm fucking frustrated and i would like to hit the responsables of DQ in the face with Yoric's shovel.
TL;DR: you lazy pig it is not too long, read it!
edit1: I feel like Melisandre after understanding that Stannis wasn't the prince she was promised, we all believed in rito but it wasnt anything special :(