I was rather fond of this. Having higher elo player's games available to spectate while waiting for somebody etc. I enjoyed watching their playstyle and seeing how they react in game. Now it's just ad's for shit like "cotton tail teemo spring special"
Your Next Kill44 votesThe last time it was up, they only showed ARAM games and a random blind pick match. I miss having the high elo ranked matches on there.
Mhihnj1 votesYeah that's true. Wonder what happened to all the higher elos
Sugar Momma1 votesToo few games maybe considering it takes 20+ mins frequently to get into game...
Pokku4 votesNew Champion Select happened. Rito's spaghetti code can't handle featuring those games. [zombie-brand-clap]
Zepper1 votesAre they planning on fixing it?
Minarde1 votesSupposedly they already did.
I LIKE TO WATCH : Fixed an issue where games in new champ select queues wouldn't appear in the spectator client card
Mhihnj2 votesThey didn't fix it, they removed it.....
Minarde1 votesRead back up this comment chain. I meant they supposedly fixed the issue with new champ select queues (e.g. ranked SR) not showing up in Featured Spectate. Featured Spectate itself disappearing is (presumably) separate from that bug.
AMYS GRAVE1 votesi'm 75% sure that blind pick match was actually ranked draft pick just mis-labeled in the client.
Jambajewz3 votesIt wasn't, there were frequent mirror matches in the (blind pick) games.
Lil Lewd Witch26 votesThey literally keep showing me advertisements for skins I already have
rescued3 votesSame! It's so annoying
Braum Mechanics18 votesI would appreciate the return of the feature too.
kholeric15 votesYou could always go to the League tab under your profile and view the challenger tier players. You can spectate any of those games that they are currently playing.
Leonerdo1 votesI've been using the Pro Spectate feature of na.op.gg, but this sounds easier.
Myozthirirn2 votesTotaly forgot about that, thx for the tip.
o Mim o4 votesI use that option too but the fall back of that is, you don't know how long the game has been in progress and most times than not you end up starting at 20 mins into the game and have lost most of the interesting parts. Plus if you want to watch a certain champion being played you can't because you don't know who's playing what in the League Challenger section under 5 v 5.
Mecha MaIphite12 votessome of us still need to git gud
Ackelope9 votesI'd be willing to bet that they're holding off adding it because they're working on a new client, and it's just easier to stick an ad in there than it is to put in the game spectate system. not really sure tbh
ModKnightsKemplar5 votesYeah, I miss this, too. Often learned a lot, and it's better than LCS coverage because you can tune in anytime, and there's a game on.
FoolsPIay4 voteswtf rito, first you hide it now you remove it?
needed more room for your sales ads, seriously? greedy fucks
DeathcapShaco4 votesSame. I don't even watch the stupid videos they put up, I want to watch good players playing champions I love.
ChrisThePleb3 votesBut that would mean riot might not get people tuning in to stream or LCS matches which means less money for them. Riot wants money not fun. That also means all that advert for skins would be gone :(
MilfHuntUnitM1T3 votes+1. I really didn't mind browsing every once in a while.. it was a great feature and part of the client.
The Lone Bard3 votesI remember watching a guy a name notjunglekog play jungle kog against jungle tf, one of the most amazing games ive ever seen. its a tragedy to see such a good feature go away.
Surr20plz3 votesWhy did they take this away?
o Mim o2 votesLogged in just to 1UP this post!!! If they want to whore out their skin ads fine. The developers already know how to use the slide tools to swap information in a tile so use it for their skin ads and leave the lower right corner tile for the people that like to pick up some tips and tricks from the higher elo players. Not fill it with Normal Blind and ARAM and then take it away again. Anytime they want your attention they take away the spectating option. If people are going to watch your LCS games, they'll watch it whether spectating is there or not. So stop messing with the lower right tile and add a slide panel to one of your other table tiles. smh
Devo Hes2 votesWhen I didn't have time for a full match I would love to watch these solo queue games and learn some things.
Definitely should bring them back!
Gurt Muh Dirt2 votesI do agree. It was a good feature to use while waiting for other people or just trying to see a higher elo players decision making.
Pokku2 votesIt's missing because Rito's spaghetti code can't handle featuring New Champion Select games. [slayer-jinx-unamused]
GDLK Jawsh2 votesI liked it, was very small and not in the way at all. Kind of pointless to remove it.
Miku Lv992 votesI thought they were intentionally not showing it to try to get us to watch the LCS more since there were no other games to spectate. Which is really mean to us, especially if we don't want to watch the LCS but can get good ideas about how to improve our game from watching those games.
I GANK LANES2 votesNo idea why they took this out, made no sense
Weiner the Pooh1 votesWait, they took it out? wtf why?
Thrëat1 votesJust add some active high elo players and spectate them when they play as a temporary fix.
Shroom Junkie1 votesThere's a button in the corner of that ad, and it lets you see high elo matches... but only blinds and arams. q.q
o Mim o1 votesNo there isn't. That button takes you to a web page for Cottontail Teemo. The switch button at the top of that cell is gone now. They even removed the option to switch from Spectating to Image link. >.>
Mech0p1 votesas of right now its completely gone but I'm not sure whether they completely removed it or just replaced it for now because in the past they would sometimes take it down to replace it for a few days with an add
CurseOfLife1 votespro playz ? u mean those salty chaloughours.. nope i can see the same in bronz kappa
i noticed today that there wasnt the spectate thingy :( I miss it 2
Glaedr1 votesI assumed this was a bug because in 6.5 patchnotes it mentioned something about games with the new champ select not showing up, but hasn't been fixed yet. I don't know if I'm misunderstanding something, but I did enjoy spectating some games and hope it gets solved soon.
R3p0r7M31 votesPlease dont
Hunkcules1 votesBump this shit! more up votes!
Dream of Dollfie1 votesbumping because this feature needs to come back.
Hunkcules1 votesBring it back rito!