The strongest creatures are not the ones who survive, but rather those who are the most adaptable.

Doctor Dyment··1 votes·621 views

So... I'm not exactly happy with some of these juggernaut reworks. And telling from everyone else's reaction to it, neither are you guys. But, I'm going at it with a mentality that the reworks are going to come out anyway, so I might as well try to adapt to the changing environment. One of the rules of natural selection, is that the biggest and strongest doesn't survive the longest over the ages no, rather the one that is most adaptable. So, that's what I'm going to be. Adaptable. To give one of the most widely uses examples, during the Industrial Revolution in England a species of moth there called the "peppered moth" there were two types of moths. Black/Dark moths, and white/brighter moths. During the Industrial Revolution, many of the trees in England became covered in soot turning them black. As a result, the black moths had a high change of hiding and surviving from predators. Within a few years, most of the moths in England had turned black. Those stubborn few who decided to stay white were quickly found and died. So basically, you and I both know that Riot will release these champions with the original changes in mind. They may tweak a few numbers, but they'll keep the general ideas. So, what you have to do is simple. Try your best to play the new versions of the champions. And who knows, maybe you might actually enjoy yourself. (heh.)

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Frigid Ice Storm1 votes

Lol, I facepalmed my self so hard when I read " Those stubborn few who decided to stay white were quickly found and died." Do you not understand the basic principles of evolution? The moths didn't CHOOSE what color their pigments were, the ones who had the darker pigments just camouflaged with their surroundings and survived to breed with OTHER moths that were still alive. Over time, the moths with the white skin phenotype gradually got removed from the gene pool, and thus the black skins lived to breed with other black skins, causing their offspring to be black skinned as well. Please get educated.

TL,;DR, Insects don't choose to die, natural selection causes their genetics to be removed from the gene pool

Doctor Dyment1 votes

I realize that those "stubborn few" did not CHOOSE to stay white, but rather they just... died. They didn't breed enough to equal or surpass the population of black moths. I had to put it as the stubborn few, because that was a way to link it with the players who decide that they don't want to accept the change of champions. Obviously an animal, especially an insect with no real higher brain functions like most of the mammals, would WANT to be white when black was obviously better for survival. I used this old moth example as a metaphor for the players. You really don't need to automatically assume that I'm dumber than a box of rocks just because I said the few who stayed white died. Honestly.

iComeInPeace81 votes

Much biology.

However, this post is kinda off, individuals are not the adaptable ones, a white moth did not adapt and become black, its that the favoured colour survived and became dominant, not individual change.

Now related to the changes, I think they're over buffing tanky bruisers, which I feel are already stronger than tank-tanks (utility tanks). I main Wukong top, and I have a feeling the next while is not going to be fun for me.

Doctor Dyment1 votes

Well, I couldn't exactly use the whole concept of genes being passed down through lineages because... you know. This is a game that has only been around for a few years. And these changes happen very quickly. I just thought this was an easy to understand example I could use as a metaphor.

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