Riot is doing a GREAT job!

Anatera··97 votes·14,877 views

Hey Riot, since you guys only really seem to show any amount of care when people tell you what a great job you're doing, (Like how Trump only reads reports as long as he's mentioned in them) I thought I'd tell you what a GREAT job you're doing!

I think it's GREAT that solo skill doesn't matter anymore. After all, the players have no control over the team they get, so whether they win or lose is exactly like playing a slot machine in Vegas, except you don't win money and it takes 20-25 minutes. And have you seen how popular slot machines are in Vegas? Obviously, that's an excellent thing to copy.

I think it's GREAT that you make the game so snowbally that it's impossible to come back. I mean, why would you want to reward skill and strategy? That would just encourage people to think and players are far more likely to give up their money if they don't think about it too much.

I think it's GREAT that you've made damage so high that pro players have become risk averse and low rated players die within seconds. I mean, it's fun to die so quickly that you can't react. Reacting requires thought and who wants that?

Great job, Riot! You guys are doing amazingly, bigly things! Your balance is on point! Your priorities are healthy for the game! Anyone who criticizes your game is just jealous of your success! Whatever you do, DO NOT listen to anyone, but yourselves and people who say good things about you!

34 Comments

DigitalExile49 votes

I like this post, very creative.

Also, Great Job Riot, balancing the game around the LCS community which probably equates to 0.01% of your player base.

GigglesO5 votes

Too bad they don't allow sarcasm fonts.

Velgam13 votes

you're forgetting a few .0's.

AirKingNeo1 votes

they don't balance around lcs.

Gnar invalidates 90% top laners still lol

guseul881 votes

0.0001%

T4underbolt26 votes

Thanks for this post. I really felt better after reading it. Though I would really wish Morello came back and replaced meddler and ghostcrawler. Everything went down since they became lead designers.

GigglesO15 votes

They don't believe in nerfing... no wonder ghostcrawler got blamed for another games downfall...

Alicetaria2 votes

Spill the tea, what game was it?

makkii3 votes

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Spill the tea, what game was it?

World of Warcraft.

Dead flag blues9 votes

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Spill the tea, what game was it?

WoW, just take a look at what it turned into

T4underbolt2 votes

World of Warcraft. After screwing it he got fired from blizzard. But riot saw a chance to get a low key designer with no real sense of game balance but with known name so they flipped off morello and replaced him with GC and additionally to top it off brought meddler caught in a way by GC.

Vah Medoh1 votes

Mmmh, so, Riot Games after seeing what he done (he could be better from then) and after seeing what he is doing, still is working with him? Where is the original team that created the game...

The game grew up so fast, that it's starting to fall

iTaLenTZ4 votes

{quoted}

Thanks for this post. I really felt better after reading it. Though I would really wish Morello came back and replaced meddler and ghostcrawler. Everything went down since they became lead designers.

Don't forget Repertoir

hi ìm groot12 votes

Thanks Obama!

Amasa Delano1 votes

Hi, Groot.

hi ìm groot3 votes

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Hi, Groot.

I am groot

Catastrophic2 votes

Hello groot

UpDownLeftRightAB11 votes

I think you are doing a Terrific Job Riot. I have never seen a community more vocal about their concerns for the games direction and health.

SephAgro8 votes

Whatever you do, DO NOT listen to anyone, but yourselves and people who say good things about you!

AKA reddit

Ranmiaku5 votes

I completely agree with this, Riot are just beyond retarded to be honest, was an awesome game, now its unbalanced as fuck, and you're a meta slave or you lose, and also fuck tanks, firsdt game ive ever played where tanks can just one shot people or whole teams, and Chogath ??? somebody needs a kick in the nuts over that champion lol, but yeah this game just isnt enjoyable anymore, all of the braindead champions with no skill requirements also do way more damage for some reason, point and click stuns shouldnt be a thing, i feel like one champ shouldnt have more than once cc ability either.. the game is just fucking ridiculous now anyways, if i keep listing problems ill be here all night, but yeah anyways, PLEASE GET YOUR BALANCE TEAM OFF DRUGS RIOT! (or some more moderate ones)

Vah Medoh1 votes

That's what happens when you have 140 champions. They only focus on a couple of them to make the game "balanced around them".

Who ever thought about adding a new champ every 2-3-4 weeks back then, was a genius.

tall mountain3 votes

yeah about the great job players are getting banned because issue in the game , even if you send report you get banned GG Riot

guseul882 votes

Come on dude, riot only cares about their LCS and nobody else, not the rest of the 1,100,000 people that play ranked SOLO and want to have fun! Even Riot knows whats up, they think the class of tanks need to be REAL LIFE TANKS, you know, the ones that they use in the military that go around blowing shit up, we love getting one shot by that 1000 true damage Chogath ultimate! They really like their game to take the least amount of skill possible and let every player down, making them want to actually leave the game! Oh and also their ways of banned are also on point, your bots that ban are doing an EXCELLENT job! They are very good at scanning through those trigger words, but don't care about people inting, griefing, or trolling unless they used the chat :DDD

Th3 Rift Hero2 votes

riot really need to read the fucking boards

Spacesuit Spiff2 votes

Just think of how much good riot's done for the poor college student who might be tempted to play instead of studying for finals.

Saianna2 votes

Gotta love those Trump jabs. The guy hasn't done anything wrong since day 0, BUT HE COULD AND WHAT THEN?!?!!?!?!?11111ONE

:D

xelaker2 votes

I like how you pander to any left leaning people by involving the president of the United States in a discussion about Riot employees. I also enjoy your hyperbole and outright incorrect statements. :)

Blåbæret1 votes

Good job, Riot! Well played, balance team. Y'all are such amazing fellows!

Demented Gag1 votes

We never really had any control over what team do we get, so I'm not sure what is that all about.

Vanjie1 votes

Work on Ryze again for his 4th rework after receiving 2 VGU. Work on Ahri for 3 patch cycles. Work on Lux for almost a year now. Meanwhile we have champions like Lissandra, Malz, Syndra, Karma, Morde, Skarner and a few others completely ignored for any work that will make them better to and more interesting to play. You guys just keep on working on Ryze, Azir, and Ahri. We know where your true priorities lie every single year.

Let's also add in the fact that you think mages are a problem because the can cast a lot of spells and not be gated by mana . . . but you have ADC who can one shot me with armor items and sustain my damage with crazy resistances and items. Great job making it fun to play an already marginalized class against one that is never touched for balancing and nerfs.

B441 votes

na gold woof you can climb with a blindfold

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