Is this the new game RIOT has secretly been working on?

OxBaker·Jan 13, 2016·5 votes·952 views

It is coming out through Tencent so it could be possible....

9 Comments

biobirbbyyJan 13, 20163 votes

Oh god. At least there are no consequences...yet.

EDIT: Just read the part where you can actually see your friend's score and how they actually DRAG YOU DOWN. That is just straight up tearing people apart. That sucks. Also, wtf is with no positive reinforcement. You are basically just saying "hey, if you don't do our propaganda for us, we will slowly take away your entertainment. Oh, and we will make this seem NICE." That's... sickening

Sona PingJan 13, 20161 votes

There is positive reinforcement. IIRC there should be rewards like easier application filing and favorable job reception.

Do Note: The existence of positive reinforcement in the system is NOT a good thing.

MimyJan 13, 20162 votes

Its already started.. Leaver buster...

Friends yelling at other friends to stop leaving... RIP

WyvernEggJan 13, 20161 votes

O_O ... scary

Void NargacugaJan 13, 20161 votes

RIOT games itself has no direct connection (besides Tencent) with the game Sesame Credits. Think about that first alright? Though yeah this IS kinda scary in its own right but if you click the link there are some commenters from China about it. Take some time to read them, and you might learn something.

Not saying I like the idea of this game (at all), but reading what some of the commenters from China have to say about it might make you mull things over for some time. Also check out the Wikipedia site about Tencent before you start doing crazy things...

Like grabbing a tin foil hat and start talking about conspiracy theories without evidence.

Logically look for answers before you just start assuming things, that is all I ask for.

OxBakerJan 13, 20161 votes

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Logically look for answers before you just start assuming things, that is all I ask for.

Hmmm, I know that sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet but I was hoping that I wouldn't have to use sarcasm tags in my post to get across that I realize RIOT isn't behind this. But it is a fact that Tencent is and shame on them for being involved in something so nefarious.

But what a crazy ingenious idea of the Chinese government to make a system like this to keep their people in line. I bet they are going to find that it works far better than any previous propaganda system they've tried.

Void NargacugaJan 13, 20161 votes

That last part was meant for anyone who is going to go crazy from seeing the video. It was SPAMMED when Tencent got the rest of the shares for RIOT Games. And people where saying: "OMG RITO IS HELPING WITH THIS SUBJUGATION OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE! BOYCOTT RIOT GAMES!!!"

Back then it was just really annoying and that is what I am referencing for that quote. I think that game is taking things to far honestly! But does that mean I will stop playing LoL? Nope. From what I understand Tencent has a hands off policy for saying how things will be done by the companies they have ownership(?) of.

DrCyanideJan 13, 20161 votes

Why would Riot Games be working on it? Look at it from a business perspective, what skills carry over from developing League of Legends to developing Sesame Credit?

Character Design? - Not needed
Character Balance? - Not needed
Map Design? - Not needed
3D Modeling? - Not needed
Lore? - Not needed
Low latency network traffic? - Not needed

Pretty much nothing from making a game like League of Legends translates to making a "game" like Sesame Credit. You've got generic programming and knowledge of social interactions, but you'd be better off pulling in new employees for that. Honestly, it'd make more business sense for them to pull programmers from Alibaba than from League, since Sesame Credit relies on accessing information from their system.

To make Tencent more money, they'd be better off putting League of Legends developers on developing a more conventional game, be it another MOBA, an MMO, RPG, FPS, heck, even a card game. It'd be a waste of company resources to pull Riot Games developers to work on this.

OxBakerJan 13, 20161 votes

Maybe RIOT can implement something like this for GD? We all get ratings and when we praise RIOT or upvote posts that do, our score will go up. Same as when we downvote posts that criticize Riot.