Let's Talk About URF
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this matter so comments are greatly appreciated.
Alright, if you've read the dev post on URF being back, they said it's only going to be a one time thing. Why? Because it "makes players burned out on the game and then quick League of Legends entirely". I'm sorry, but I'm calling bullshit. The reason it was initially changed was because players were either complaining that they couldn't ban enough champions or that their champion they wanted to play was permabanned. I highly doubt that players would straight up stop playing League of Legends by playing a game mode that came out once a year on April Fool's day. Sure, players might take a bit of a break because they played the shit out of what is one of the greatest game modes League has ever conceived, but chances are they made their way back to playing again at one point or another. And if this burning out thing is true, then by this logic ARURF would have the same "burning out" effect as URF because it's still the same game. The only reason it wouldn't is because ARURF is not a fun game mode and people stop playing it due to heavy team imbalances, never getting a champion they effectively know how to play, or not being able to enjoy their champion that they were SO lucky to get because the rest of their team doesn't know what the hell they're doing with their champion.
Riot is giving players a taste of the once amazing greatness of URF once again. Players that have only ever known ARURF will want more of actually ENJOYING the game mode. Riot KNOWS we want URF. So they're being nice enough to bring it back for the 10 year anniversary. Unfortunately (according them) we will never get to play it ever again despite this being what the players want. In my opinion, they should at least bring regular URF back once a year on April Fool's day like they used to do.
Ironically, URF coming back is the reason I'm coming back to League from taking a break from it. I had to go through a whole ordeal with getting my account unbanned because of some possible hacking shenanigans (which Riot Support was very helpful and understanding. You guys are awesome) just so I could play this game mode. It was my absolute favorite part of League and I was excited when it would come out every year on April Fool's since it was made.
