Sometimes reinventing the wheel isn't the smartest use of resources. There are pros out there that make way better forums. Why not just have purchased a premade solution instead of making something bad that you don't even want to finish (boards may still be in beta by the time LoL dies)?
Can you elaborate on what you think is bad about the boards? In my experience they've only gotten better over the years with more features added and better mobile support.
So what if it says beta, it still works?
Are you talking about the fact that mods can't move threads between different sub-boards?
Riot used a premade solution earlier. We were breaking it due to the load.
I suspect that Riot did go to commercial providers and ask them if they had a solution to handle the load Riot projected, and Riot got an answer they didn't like.
Riot wanted to created a Reddit-clone and it failed terribly as most of the active users on the old forum did not like or appreciate the change, but forced the change onto everyone so now they just pay a skeleton crew to keep the Boards from failing. I'd say it was a bad investment in that many active users left.
Riot has no Boards Development Team.
