The perfect storm!
Im thinking back a few years, how great this game once was. Ranked play was meaningful, fun events came out a regular pace, increasing satisfaction with it, champions emerged without being more powerful then those that were already there. A dev said their dream was making this a competitive game that would last into the future. At that point, this seemed valid.
Shortly thereafter, somone lost it. One day, one of Riots leaders, looked at the cashflow and realized how much money they were making. It would seem logical, that this person then would be happy, and focus on using that money to even more increase the longviety of this game. But no. This leader, got struck by grief. Dollarsigns were etched into his eyes and brains, and the results are here now.
Fail 1: Riot has changed from supporting a game people want to pay for, into getting their players to pay and the want to play cause they have invested.
Fail2: Enforcing social play, when their playerbase are largley divided, when many have spoken up like never before on how this is unwanted, presenting objective criticism and evidence into how it destroys integrity of ranked play. The way Riot activley discriminates solo players by refusing them bonuses and hextech loot makes it even worse. Solo players feel unwanted.
Fail3: Riot has shifted it stance from being a game focused on the average joe, that spawned interest in pro scene, to a game that are focused on the pro scene, and hopes that it will encorage down the rank. This is not how it works. Major sports in the modern era, fetch so much interest from kids and youhs, because they themselves are playing the game. They think playing football, handball, cricket and swimming are fun, and thus they want to see how the pros do it. Not the other way around.
Three epic fails from a company that had the golden fishing grounds laid out. Three epic fails that toghether has created the perfect storm. A storm suitable to take this great game and sink it. Lets hope you make it, even the crew from the movie didnt. Im not even sure Riot as a company deserves to get saved, as Im sure they wont learn anything from their fails. History is full of sunken ships, doing the same greedy mistakes as Riot has.
Im jumping the ship. Im fed up being disicriminated as a solo player. (So why am I whining on the boards about it?) Its cause its done with a heavy heart, and its taken some time to realize that the game i have loved to play so much, are only causing stress and negativity. I am verbal on the boards, cause there is a tiny hope that Riot might come to its senses, and turn around and cut their losses, instead of challenging this perfect storm.
but no.. it looks like they are heding into its midst, and I will take hire on other boats, where I can have fun again.
