Why Commercials must exist on Riot Streams Because it is a Channel

Persevence·10/31/2016, 2:33:58 AM·2 votes·463 views

On television, whether you are watching Baseball or Basketball, there are always commericals. The fact that the LCS has no commercials completely is just very unusual. All television channels have commercials, or revenue, because it is a "channel". Imagine during the pause before the next game, there is like 10 commercials. I think Riot would benefit from this a lot.

During Worlds, we get the acer commercials;however, the advertisement only exist at the end of games. Why not have the advertisements before the games? Food, Supermarkets, car, airline, phone companies. Where are those commercials? People always want Riot to have so sort of commercials. However, those people call Riot "sellouts" for having the Acer commercials. All SPORTS HAVE COMMERCIALS, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. I like the comparison to WWE because pro wrestling is just another "scene". Of course it is scripted, but why can't the LCS be like any TV produced show. We need the commercials that exist on TV that will extend all the way to online. Implementing it in the Broadcast will be difficult. However, this will promote the revenue that People can accept this as a sport.

2 Comments

WaffleDealer10/31/2016, 2:54:55 AM1 votes

Because this isn't a "sport", it is an "e-sport". Commercials aren't just a decision on Riot's part, but the other party has to agree too. Most companies out there do not believe in e-sports being a good source of revenue. Some do, but do know that these sponsors are computer/gamer oriented sponsors.

It's not like a car company is going to be hyped to sell a car to:

  1. Probably a whole lot of people under the age of 16-18
  2. To gamers who don't go outside to drive as often as other people do
  3. To gamers who do have the stereotypical "Fat guy behind a monitor who doesn't do anything else than play games and eat all day being scared of the damn sun" sticker on their faces, which isn't true in most cases today.
Brimaz The King10/31/2016, 3:28:30 PM1 votes

I'm happy with no commercials I get tired of watching commercials