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People Need to Stop Giving Riot Such a Hard Time

WhistlesGoWOOWOO·9/18/2014, 3:47:58 AM·5 votes·360 views

Come on guys. People need to give Riot a break. They make a phenomenal game that we all want to play. They deliver new content regularly. They have balanced champions with new and unique abilities. They listen to the community and provide bug fixes, accurate tool tips, and new and inspiring character loading screen art.

And they do ALL of this at no profit whatsoever! They do it for the little guys. They do it for you and me.

I don't understand why people rage about the unplayable servers. The constant ping issues as players in far-flung reaches of Europe or the United states play with a standard 60 more ping than players closer to the server base. And who even remembers the last time you played a full day of ranked without a "Loss Prevented". But all of these things are just necessary evils if you really think about it. None of us give riot any money whatsoever, so who are we to demand a game that plays with any semblance of consistency?

Never mind that most of us have multiple skins for every champion we love. Never mind that many of these skins cost upwards of $5 per. Never mind that it costs almost that much to buy a rune page or a name change or a server change should you want to play on one that doesn't give half the player base an unfair advantage. Never mind that I, and many others like me, have spent more money on this game than any other game I have ever played five times over. How can we as a player base expect anything to get fixed if Riot is clearly not making any money on in game purchases, conventions, or esports?

We need to stop being so selfish and just stop playing. The only way to make the servers run better is to uninstall, stop buying RP, stop referring our friends, and stop being genuinely excited to have a terrible experience. If Riot doesn't want to host so many people on their servers or respond to pleas for fixes from an annoying and ever increasing player base, we should give them what they want and stay away. At least then some players may be able to access the game they continue to pay for in a way that is enjoyable.

5 Comments

utDOOM9/18/2014, 4:43:57 AM2 votes

Can't really tell if your trying to be sarcastic or not, but i'll just post my opinion :)

We give riot way to much trouble. When I see a rioter on the forums getting downvoted, it makes me feel really sorry for them. They have put alot of work into LoL, some of it unnecessary, just for us.

Here are some examples of riot going to extra mile for us:

  • They listen to us Although they sometimes fail to comunicate they still listen to us. They also put up with the hate that we give them.

  • Nighthunter Rengar They gave him a usable hood

  • Lee Sin They un-canceled him

  • LoL is free Self explanatory

  • Cinematics They don't have to make these for us

  • Esports They put alot of work into making these tournys happen

  • Lore Even some people don't like the direction riot is taking this, we still should give them credit for trying

And im pretty sure there's more that I can't think of at the moment.

Riot has given us a free to play and win game that they maintain almost 24/7. I think we should give them a break and be patient while they try to fix problems (if they even can).

Also they are still a company, this is the real world, and they still need to make some kind of profit.

Linna Excel9/18/2014, 3:53:08 AM1 votes

And they do ALL of this at no profit whatsoever!

Umm, they make a lot of money off of this game or their studio would have folded by now. They just don't require you to pay. There's a difference.

Sunfield9/18/2014, 6:23:10 AM1 votes

Eh, moba communities are always the most spoiled ones