something crazy that just might work
I have a suggestion based off a few things that may help riot bring in returning people. since its no surprise this place is extremely salty (and that shouldn't come as a surprise thanks to them making a video about the types of salt) I understand that you had no intentions of ever bringing this map back, however what if you put URF as a staying game mode on dominion? this keeps it short brings back a map desperately wanted from the community for a long time with a mode that people loved. I understand it sounds crazy but listen up. the people who want custom game modes would love you for bringing the map back and if you add an option in customs to make it the normal map people will love you even more. and URF always draws people in but because it's not permanent people leave. keep it permanent and im sure they would stay. And im not talking about AR URf either I mean pick your champ URF this way people get to pick what they want to play and it's a fast fun game mode. all you would really have to do for the start is to change the capture times of the outposts and thats it. once it gets big enough rework the map (not functionally just looks-wise) and i promise you a lot of people would have fun on a fast-paced capture the flag style of game. I doubt this will get popular enough to ever be seen seriously, however, I think it would drastically help your game grow and hold its player base giving them more options of fast and fun gameplay that isn't just saltier rift. This would take some work I understand. but you have to understand if you want a playerbase not only for lcs you have to try and make it so the lcs isnt absolutly everything. and that kind of vanished with dominion. so if any riot employee would just even think about it for a moment I would like to talk out why it would and wouldn't work below, please!