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I dont get why everyone is angry over TTs removal

Nmagoun·8/1/2019, 6:35:35 PM·2 votes·785 views

I was looking at a post that was polling everyone about how much they played TT, (This Post: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/general-discussion/UPxAkajj-how-often-do-you-play-twisted-treeline-poll) and I was also reading everyone's angry "Riot is so dumb now a days" posts. According to the poll, more than 50 percent of the respondents said that they never played TT. If this is the case, then why are you getting so angry about it??? I dont understand. Sure the people who played TT can get upset or angry, but the fact that people who most likely played the mode once and then stopped are getting angry over it just feels odd to me. They aren't trying to force us onto summoners rift and TFT, if they were, Aram would retire as well, but they are sticking to it because it was played more than TT. Sure you could also say that TT was doomed from the beginning, because it was never patched/ touched, but that was most likely because people didn't play the game mode in the first place.

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Red Mage8/1/2019, 6:39:06 PM2 votes

People these days want to get angry about everything it seems.

WoonStruck8/1/2019, 7:02:37 PM2 votes

People are angry because they left the mode that's been there since the beginning to rot.

They put minimal effort in it over this game's entire lifetime. Less than $10k of multiple billions in resources.

They won't even address the bot problem witch is a HUGE deterrent to the game mode.

Minarde8/2/2019, 10:02:27 AM1 votes

I'll try to briefly summarize the three main areas of frustration. People are outraged because one or more of these topics resonates with them.

Riot's (mis)handling of Treeline leading up to this point Riot has done an absolutely terrible job in terms of supporting TT. Twisted Treeline's original version came out in 2009. Item balancing didn't come about until the map rework in 2012, and the first champ balance changes were in 2013. The last balance changes of any kind were circa 2016. Out of ten years of existence, roughly three years at the beginning and three years at the end had virtually zero balance updates. Keep in mind that, as shown by the existence of ranked, Twisted Treeline is/was intended as a competitive environment. Moreover, Treeline frequently missed out on other features as well. RGM modes got Champ Mastery before TT did, including Mastery tokens which TT and ARAM still don't have yet. Missions frequently exclude Treeline from eligibility (e.g. Ranked Season 2019 had "5v5 Matchmade" as a requirement). Paid event Passes reward event tokens after every game except for 3v3 matches.
How Riot broke the news Twisted Treeline's been around since before League's official launch in 2009. Announcing its retirement should be a big deal, but it's only mentioned in the middle of an article that covers all non-SR game modes. Furthermore, the article brings up Riot's efforts to support the map, yet there's no mention of Riot's lack of effort in supporting the map. It's misleading and comes across as Riot attempting to absolve themselves of any fault in TT's fate. As messy as Dominion's retirement was, Riot at least respected the playerbase enough to explicitly accept some of the blame.
How's Riot's proceeding in the future Especially with Dominion before it, retiring a permanent game mode sets a questionable precedent. It reminds players that "permanent" doesn't actually mean "permanent." Back during Dominion's retirement, Riot said that Treeline's health was fine. Now with Treeline's retirement, Riot's saying that the remaining game modes are fine. There's a certain sense of credibility that's increasingly lacking. Furthermore, at the time of Dominion's removal, there were four game modes. Three years later at the current time, there's still four game modes. Riot claims that removing the unpopular mode frees up resources to improve existing game modes, but there's distinct lack of results. Particularly considering that Treeline has effectively been in maintenance mode for years, which calls into question what resources it's taking up.

Darkdemon6538/2/2019, 10:09:17 AM1 votes

Even though the decision doesn't affect me personally, I am able to see it affects other people. Additionally, it highlights a mindset of Riot's that does affect me personally and will continue to do so.