riot's boards are so polarizing.

LeMemeBoy·Dec 2, 2016·46 votes·2,187 views

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/7srhO3EL-runes-cost-too-much ^this is a post with no information given, and just basically begging riot to reduce rune costs. upvoted lots.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/3QgIqup7-a-full-rune-page-of-non-generic-runes-is-valued-at-21 ^THIS is a post using math to explain just how overpriced runes are, with a request to either increase ip gains OR reduce ip costs for runes. downvoted.

both posts say the same thing, yet one actually backs it up with statistics/information.

the one with the statistics/info is seen as less valuable than just the whiny post that provides ZERO info.

39 Comments

MicbranDec 2, 201641 votes

Facts don't sit well with the Gameplay board sub-section. It's a proven... fact.

Guy Fox TeemoDec 2, 201622 votes

Facts don't sit well with people in general.

MarshbouyDec 2, 20169 votes

http://p.fod4.com/p/media/5c597eb60b/uF9MjJo3QIaijySXC4iL_Confused%20Christian%20Bale.gif

GULAG 4 UDec 2, 20166 votes

Gameplay in a nutshell. GG

Fine Ionian SilkDec 2, 20161 votes

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Facts don't sit well with the Gameplay board sub-section. It's a proven... fact.

I see what you did there... and I laughed.

inplaneDec 2, 201615 votes

People like simple things. When things become too complicated, people become scared. When they are scared, they lash out at the nearest threat. The first commenter in the second thread you mentioned is an example of one of these people.

WimbledofyDec 3, 20163 votes

lol the way your thing started sounded like you were gonna do one of those direct tv commercials.

MarshbouyDec 2, 201614 votes

Welcome to the boards.

MelledoneusDec 4, 20161 votes

Here is your complementary jar for storing your salt.

LeetriDec 3, 20167 votes

And then the boards wonder why Riot doesn't comment here that often and why no one takes this place seriously. [zombie-brand-mindblown]

GULAG 4 UDec 2, 20166 votes

Stay here for a good amount of time and you'll realize the average IQ of a boards user is lower than room temperature

"Yasuo's W snares me in front of his wall and forces me to dump my full combo on him"

"I just flamed this kiddo for having a bad game, why am I perma banned??"

"JINX IS A FUCKING DRAIN TANK"

PureUtterCancerDec 3, 20162 votes

Or my personal favorite "Gangplank's barrel crits which take him 4 items to utilize efficiently have no counter-play, hitting them and dodging their zone is not a real thing, and his oranges make him unkillable why not more GP nerfs rito plz?"

Ariel the CruelDec 3, 20162 votes

and his oranges make him unkillable

I miss MagePlank.

SecondChanceHeroDec 2, 20165 votes

Gameplay and bronze can be expected to act bronze about everything in life.

The majority of people who post to this board have just enough brain cells to provide them with rudimentary motor function, allowing them to type.

It is not, however, enough brain cells to type anything sensible.

Voting for posts follows the same pattern.

In general the most well thought out concepts and ideas are found to be scary as the sheep can't understand them. People downvote what they are afraid of. There are a great many fearful idiots in gameplay and bronze.

PureUtterCancerDec 3, 20161 votes

It's like people don't understand that the downvote button is a way of marking a comment/post as irrelevant and non-conducive to a topic or conversation so that people can avoid wasting their time on the boards. Instead they use it as the "I disagree with your valid points because reasons"; "I don't understand what you're trying to say so it must be bad," and: "He has a legitimate opinion but it's different than mine, I don't like it" button. It should really come with a pamphlet for some of the members of the boards.

Tribbles FoxfolkDec 3, 20165 votes

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http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/7srhO3EL-runes-cost-too-much ^this is a post with no information given, and just basically begging riot to reduce rune costs. upvoted lots.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/3QgIqup7-a-full-rune-page-of-non-generic-runes-is-valued-at-21 ^THIS is a post using math to explain just how overpriced runes are, with a request to either increase ip gains OR reduce ip costs for runes. downvoted.

both posts say the same thing, yet one actually backs it up with statistics/information.

the one with the statistics/info is seen as less valuable than just the whiny post that provides ZERO info.

Welcome to the Boards, where anything with detail and highly factual gets downvoted because it would take the ADHD-riddled community more than the swipe of an iPhone screen to read.

If you want something even funnier, look at the current crop of circlejerk threads begging for Vayne to be nerfed. Huge upvotes, despite having little to no detail.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/waVEfbZE-my-feedback-on-vayne

Here's my post where I spent a good 30-45 minutes of my time going into at least semi-detail about my stance on Vayne and each of her abilities. (Shameless self-advertising) Downvoted into obscurity because some ADD twats couldn't sit still to read it. (Was at -6 for a while, lmao, finally climbed up to 0)

Another example: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/pvvTd1UT-kalista-needs-a-new-passive-urgently

Another one of my posts where I express my desire for Kalista to get a reworked passive altogether because of how absolutely overloaded her dash-passive is. (I don't care what her winrate, playrate, etc are, this dash-passive is inherently broken and forced Riot to make her the only ADC that doesn't scale 100% AD on her AUTO ATTACKS.) Once again, downvoted into obscurity, this time with a shitpost from some twat who not only missed the forest for the trees, but missed the forest for a completely different set of trees AND missed those.

Boards are just hopeless. It's 50% memes, 45% idiots whining on GP&B in a circlejerk, 4% of random garbage from PB&M, and the weird 1% Misc that manage to creep onto the "Trending" with only 4-6 upvotes.

PureUtterCancerDec 3, 20163 votes

Hey I defend the 50% of the boards that is the memes section, give us credit for being by far the most sane and reasonable section.

Tribbles FoxfolkDec 3, 20161 votes

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Hey I defend the 50% of the boards that is the memes section, give us credit for being by far the most sane and reasonable section.

Oh, I wasn't insulting the M&G sections, sorry if I came off like that. I actually really like M&G, but I was just pointing out how often Meme threads reach the top page.

You guys are DEFINITELY the most reasonable section on the Boards. (I can't say "sane" in good faith because of how obscure some of the memes can get ._.)

Ariel the CruelDec 3, 20162 votes

"Reasonable", maybe. I've never seen it tested.

"Sane" . . . I highly doubt.

PureUtterCancerDec 3, 20162 votes

I never claimed we were sane, only the most sane.

JerulEonDec 3, 20165 votes

Because Boards is cancer, full of whiny, circle-jerking idiots who are low elo and only upvote or downvote posts based on a few sentences.

Ariel the CruelDec 3, 20165 votes

. . . MATH . . .

I found the problem!

TeCoolMageDec 3, 20163 votes

You can get lots of upvotes with a very short comment

TeCoolMageDec 3, 20162 votes

ProfirixDec 2, 20162 votes

It is a microcosm of today's politics. Coincidence? I think not.

Sraeg2013Dec 3, 20162 votes

Because the first thread is simple and easy to read.

The other one is a wall of text lacking proper formatting which makes it hard to read and summarization at the end. Plus you insult your readers, just because they downvote you for the points I just made.

OelykDec 3, 20161 votes

Because facts sound condecending and don't agree with the general mood behind the topic. Just a hypothesis.

THE RlVER KlNGDec 3, 20161 votes

Uh the second thread has 6 upvotes, and is only seven hours old, which is relatively young by thread standards, as opposed to the other which is a full day old. Are you complaining that most people are laxzy and don't read long posts, especially with math? That's a problem with any internet board.

As opposed to this thread, with a wierd clickbait-y title, complains, and compares two posts that say different things on the same topic.

DanjengDec 3, 20161 votes

I like how the second post is also yours.

ThePartyLeaderDec 3, 20161 votes

You can't Riot with math.

DracocrashDec 3, 20161 votes

While I agree to a certain degree what you are saying is true, in the second post the maker insults people who do not agree with him by calling them douchebags.

Seriously, if you want to debate and be taken seriously you cant go around insulting people.

CarameI FrappeDec 3, 20161 votes

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While I agree to a certain degree what you are saying is true, in the second post the maker insults people who do not agree with him by calling them douchebags.

Seriously, if you want to debate and be taken seriously you cant go around insulting people.

I got downvoted -50 points on my post for asking a question and I didn't go around insulting people for criticizing my question ..... http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/K5Vtw6EG-ranked-rewards-the-unabridged-version-all-rewards-distributed?comment=000d

While it's true people don't take it kindly if you insult them and it's wrong to insult people period- but what about those who didn't do that and were beaten down with downvotes regardless? (Not mad about it lol, it still merely puzzles me to this day because I haven't seen anyone downvoted this heavily even the most toxic of replies only gets maybe -30)

DracocrashDec 3, 20162 votes

its a riot post. If you question riot all the sheeple will downvote you.

RequiemsfireDec 3, 20161 votes

Just imagine that the boards is really a digital representation of a batch of angry potatoes trying to rush out a conveyor belt all at once but can't fit when passing through simultaneously and won't take the time to realize they can get through if they take it in proportions. :O

Lord DesertDec 3, 20161 votes

Its way easier to accept a simple message, then to get behind a logical but alot more advanced message. I do lots of advanced post, talkinga bout balance, providing numbers and examples, but they are hardly ever noticed :D Even when everysingle one has realistic facts my claims could never be disproved xD Like this one here: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/Oe9PQnbE-summonerslab-part-2-crit-algorithem-improvement

Xela SyabDec 3, 20161 votes

facts stopped being used sometime after the dark ages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFXG3r_0B8

SilverDrakeDec 3, 20161 votes

The internet is polarizing. Life is polarizing. Don't fall for the trap Rise Above focus on science.

CarameI FrappeDec 3, 20161 votes

I got downvoted into oblivion for making a simple concern about Riot's language in this thread. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/K5Vtw6EG-ranked-rewards-the-unabridged-version-all-rewards-distributed?comment=000d

Was simply curious / asking them in a civil manner about the manner and yet it I was slammed for it, meanwhile there are threads out there that belittle / flame / hate on Riot while going about it in the most disrespectful way and those threads get upvoted into heaven ........ it already showed me the kind of people we're dealing with here.

I don't view everyone like this, and I know there's plenty of good people- yet I keep seeing those who try to ask questions or provide insight on matters at hand, downvotes away.

[slayer-jinx-unamused]