Why are there no LoL private servers?

qScPhXwvSs·3/6/2017, 4:11:24 AM·19 votes·23,964 views

Imagine how cool it would be if we could take back time to Season 3, Season 4, or even early Season 5...

In a time without bullshit reworks, without 20 must ban champions, time where games weren't lost in champion select, where jungle didn't dictate the entire game, time without stress you would get from being killed in 2 secs by a player that was feeding you all laning phase ...

A better time indeed.

Seriously, why are there no legacy servers? Is there any discussion about them?

20 Comments

Lux Tizer3/6/2017, 6:21:06 AM5 votes

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I've been waiting for one of those to surface for so long. If I could have a Season 4 private server I'd probably never be back here again.

Aptest6/24/2017, 4:07:54 PM4 votes

Here is the lesson I learn from Team-Builder, which I can infer on your suggestion.

Some players would benefit from your suggestion much more than others. Assassin players. Rengar players. Maybe some Sona players who miss "aura sona". They all would very much like a time machine server that lets them play their favorite characters when these characters were at their strong points.

ADC and support players would benefit from this suggestion a lot less. ADCs are much less incentivized to play in a dfg-W-Q-dead environment, or VS 4 ferocity rengar, etc. To some extend Supports are less incentivized to play in an environment where close ADC protection is the above all thing to do. However it many supports who want to protect an ADC are disincentived due to the ability of both teams to just trade ADC deaths and fight 4v4

Some of the earlier historic play modes also feature low farm junglers ("second support jungler") which is also unpopular .

The end result of this is that the ADC and Support roles choose to play on the season 7 server, and the season 4 server is populated by Rengar, Fizz and Riven players to exclusion. Which is exactly what happened with team builder as supports and adcs (in season 3-4 nobody wanted to play adc, even less than support) chose to stay on ranked for the better matchmaking, leading to mid and top players who joined TB with the hope of "getting my role" with long wait time in and out of lobby and no way (or desire) to complete the team composition themselves.

A few months of this and team builder became a ghost town.

Papa Andrei3/6/2017, 6:57:45 AM2 votes

Cause a 50 million beach home is more important :)

Warlord Scrap3/6/2017, 4:32:09 AM2 votes

time, money, and risk of security breaches make legacy servers untenable

Laugh a while7/3/2017, 8:26:50 PM1 votes

Different Question: Is there a Privat server with Fan made Champions? I want to create lots of Champions and acutaly wanna play them. Want to let other play them, and maybe give them to riot, so they do not have to work that much ^^ I just have so many ideas for cool new champions, but i cant test them to be sure, that they are playable. If someone know about something like that, pls tell me :D

Tintarul4/30/2018, 6:58:52 AM1 votes

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Warlord Rhinark7/2/2018, 8:43:21 PM1 votes

Private servers are illegal if I recall correctly.

For reference, Blizzard shut down Nostalrius for hosting a private server of vanilla World of Warcraft.

Teémò3/6/2017, 6:58:32 AM1 votes

Everyone would leave :^) You'd need specific times for people to come on so nobody sits in queue forever waiting.

xk5000x6/22/2017, 7:04:15 AM1 votes

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NextLvlKindredPL6/24/2017, 12:24:49 PM1 votes

Priv servers is real i have got