This is what will happen with the Lore thing.

GreyXpelliarmus·9/14/2014, 9:27:58 PM·3 votes·596 views

Yes, all the people is mad. We're not part of the story anymore (or at least when the changes go through) but Riot released all the information about the new lore WAY BEFORE it'd happen and here's why. They'll completely ignore everything we said, they'll probably make a few changes and then suddenly all the people would be happy and they'll even defend Riot's decisions in every aspect.

It's just simple psychology, 1- give the big news. 2- wait until people calm down. 3- release the content probably w/ minor changes. 4-now everyone is like "oh so that's it" and they'll think that's what they wanted in the first place/they now know better.

Now I'm just writing this to say "I told you" in a few weeks, see ya

5 Comments

Serpents Embrace9/14/2014, 9:55:13 PM2 votes

They already butchered it, though.

"Oh so that's it" doesn't really cover this hack-job.

Sneak Dog9/14/2014, 10:50:09 PM2 votes

I've lost my faith in the lore department since the Trundle retcon in the Freljord. Not everyone will simply let time cover their issues.

I will keep complaining about Trundle because my arguments that seem to hold all the counter-arguments so far (basically, look at old Trundle background, new in-game presentation, not the same troll). Now Riot could just come out and say they don't want to replace identities, but the dev blog implied the opposite and Runaan explicidly posted it on the na forums. I see a discrepency here. Considering the Freljord has been long ago and has received no more updates, this is the image of Trundle we have.

Now I cannot trust Riot to handle my investment into their lore well, they haven't with Trundle and I'm greatly upset about it, so I cannot properly invest in their new lore. Fix Trundle and I'm happy.

Of course, not everyone will care about Trundle. They might like the new one more. However, it sets a precedent. Any champion might get retconned out completely and just replaced with a new guy with the same name. This is something one should criticize the lore department for.

Basilisk19919/14/2014, 11:04:48 PM1 votes

I'm amblivalent on the whole retcon of the League, on the one hand I will admit that the league was very restrictive in terms of what kind of conflict you could have BUT you also remove any impact that the gameplay has on the lore at large, I liked the idea that almost every political disagreement was settled via bloodsport involving what amount to superheroes. I think they could have very well kept the concept in BUT reduced their operating capacity from preventing all conflict that could escalate to stopping conflict that HAS escalated. I just hate the idea that all the matches are now just glorified episodes of Deadliest Warrior. "A team consisting of Twitch, Heimerdinger, & Lucian could totally kick Nasus, Urgot, and Sejunai's collective asses!"