Why did Riot get rid of the front page spectator option?

nDoro·8/19/2016, 10:26:41 PM·69 votes·3,071 views

I really liked it and the fact that you could switch back and forth from news to the spectate board. Why the hell did they get rid of it? I thought it was nice and unique. I didn't have to go to lengths just to find a decent game to watch.

25 Comments

Naenia8/19/2016, 10:27:57 PM11 votes

YESSSSS!!!! I've been wondering about this myself. I really enjoyed being able to watch the "featured" games. Please bring this back, Riot!

ShinobisDemon8/19/2016, 10:46:14 PM9 votes

(Assuming it drew attention away from Esports)

Eldritch Blast8/20/2016, 3:51:13 AM5 votes

They got rid of it to make room for advertisements about their next skin set.

Sarutobi8/20/2016, 6:48:45 AM3 votes

Honestly they need to realize that there are people in the community that doesn't care about pro-players/tournaments/allchat or any other advertisement they fill the client with. Some people just care about the game. It would be nice if there was a way to switch it but it's not their priority and I highly doubt they even make a way to only show the game. They care too much about the community that they will force it any way possible.

I would be surprised if down the road the game will have billboards or some form of advertisement to watch the next all chat, or upcoming tournament!

Navarune8/19/2016, 10:59:14 PM3 votes

I took a break for several months and came back to find this gone as well. I miss this feature as well.

NoobTangerang8/21/2016, 4:47:14 AM2 votes

cus rito are money whores more skin ads yay

GateTheKiller8/22/2016, 5:16:30 AM2 votes

yeah i wondered this too ; seeing plat diam randoms matchs is a good thing for lol players experiences [slayer-pantheon-thumbs] so why removeing it???

Ace Access 8/20/2016, 7:35:18 AM1 votes

yep..... personally I enjoyed watching the games on howling abyss though they were rare to begin with Q_Q but very entertaining

y u do dis rito, u took away my movie night Q_Q [zombie-nunu-tears]

A Bad Nasus8/20/2016, 5:45:01 AM1 votes

The answer is LolReplay2. This question has been asked several times and I doubt they'll add it back in at this point...

Hexor8/21/2016, 7:01:25 AM1 votes

I remember that i saw the Front page spectator Option 2-3 days ago. It was a korea girl streamer and her client had one. Does that mean that Koreans have this in their LoL client?

cocacolalips8/20/2016, 10:52:49 AM1 votes

They said it was a technical issue with the client, and they were too lazy / don't care / their team is busy with the new client to bother fixing it.

General Esdeath 8/20/2016, 3:47:09 AM1 votes

Gonna guess it took like 3 people away from their streams or something. Or they should have a choice in being watched or not.