As a lower ELO player it's always great to be able to watch "live" games of high elo players to both learn how to play new champs and to see the game played extremely well. Has this feature been temporarily removed or gone forever? Life has been busy so I tend to use that spectator mode more than anything lately and would love to see it back soon instead of learning about IP boosts....
RiotRiotZulu18 votesYes, this is only temporary. Featured Games will be back soon.
Puri Puri Taric2 votesbetter pay azubu and rito mor rite guys am i rite ?
RiotRiotZulu13 votesWhat even?
IcyPepper4 votesI think he's referencing ~~SpectateFaker ~~ a movie >.>
RiotRiotZulu13 votesWHAT? SORRY, IT'S LOUD IN HERE AND I CAN'T HEAR WELL
IcyPepper19 votesI'M SORRY MY PET CHAINSAW SPONTANEOUSLY STARTED EATING A NEARBY TREE
Puri Puri Taric1 votesits tru thou my pet trumpet couldnt handle all the AZUBU SPECTATE FACER SKY SAYS THE TRUTH kind of thing and had to blow the message out LOUD
IcyPepper5 votesI CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY PET CHAINSAW SHE'S REALLY HUNGRY TODAY AND THAT TREE MUST BE HITTING THE SPOT
Puri Puri Taric1 votesthose pesky pets am i rite ? :D all i want is some teric rework pictures 2 fap 2 well a man can dream of some fabulous gems am i rite ?
MeesterMoo1 votesNice try buddy
Puri Puri Taric1 votesi tried so hard and got so faaar but in the eeend all hate that taaariiiccc
Puri Puri Taric1 votesif you get me some teric rework pictures i might shut my pet trumpet up for good :3
T RexHasTinyArms1 votesHa, I love the tongue in cheek response. :D Riot support has always been awesome whenever I've had to deal w/ y'all, and I mean I don't think the Azubu issue was really relevant here, so this is pretty much the perfect response. I mean, there's not really anything that can be said that changes what a a cluster fuck that whole thing was, and this was just the right mount of humor. Had a good laugh. Thank you.
EternalDarknez2 votesWHAT? SORRY, IT'S LOUD IN HERE AND I CAN'T HEAR WELL
coulda fooled me, i never thought riot staff listened (least if it didnt involve money) because everytime i see a senseful question or comment a rioter isnt there
but make a i drew teemo thread and suddenly yall got your hearin aids working
funny you got called out on being about the money and the response was "its only temp" but no reason as to why....obv spec games wasnt broken or you would have said it so whats the reason besides the obvious (greed)?
oh look at that your hearing aid went out lol
Retillin2 votesWhy was it there? Was there a problem with Featured Games, or was it a test on advertising?
RiotRiotZulu9 votesIt was done to increase awareness of the new friend importer feature.
Deep Terror Nami3 votesThey don't care, they want a reason to complain. Don't take that away from them!
Qsario3 votesIt was done to increase awareness of the new friend importer feature.
You might want to reconsider the effectiveness of that. While it's true that I'm aware of the feature now, I instinctively dislike whatever took its place. It would be nice if we could have a permanent tab for spectating instead. Then you can use that corner for whatever you like and we can get our featured games whether or not they're visible on the main page.
Because I'm pretty sure we have a few threads like this every single time you pull featured games, so it would be one less headache for Riot, as well, I think.
TheGrandAlliance4 votesWhy was it there? Was there a problem with Featured Games, or was it a test on advertising?
Its not the first time... they assume because people care about spectator mode that dumping shameless plug in that spot "will attract more eyeballs". If you remember the ad was in the space directly above shortly after its promo start... apparently they were not meeting their targets of Facebook adds.
...because its a stupid idea in the first place of course.
Worldcarver2 votesWonderful! Thanks for the great news!
Dr Easter1 votesOne thing you need to change on it tho... "Ranked (DRAFT)" well cool.. but if it's ranked it's draft, you don't have to tell me that. Would be better to have Ranked (SR) or Ranked (TT)
Orangutanguin1 votesYes, this is only temporary. Featured Games will be back soon.
Seriously, When will this be back?
It was an obnoxious change. I spectate a game before bed, and now I can't do that.
The25thBahm2 votesSOON?
When 
[zombie-nunu-tears]
I want it back :(
19348180DEL13 votesYes, this is only temporary. Featured Games will be back soon.
#Soon™
That brings back memories... 
Qsario14 votesFeatured games should be its own tab in the client, so it doesn't have its spot stolen by whatever else Riot wants to push.
Leaving it out just makes me hate whatever is taking its place.
MarhsallLee672 votes^ I'd like this.
Reaper Soraka6 votesIf you wish to view some high ranking games while it is down: 1: Enter your profile page 2: Click the Leagues tab 3: Change the Solo Queue drop-down bar to "Top Solo Queue Players" 4: Search down the list for players who have an eye in-between their name and win/loss score. (Eye resembles players who are currently in a game you may spectate.) 5: Right-click chosen player, and select "Spectate game."
This list, unfortunately, only shows Challenger and top Master league players, making it possible to have no games to spectate. Regular "Featured Games" seem like they can go down to Gold League.
Worldcarver3 votesAhhh, that is awesome! Thanks for teaching me something!
EternalDarknez2 votesIf you wish to view some high ranking games while it is down: 1: Enter your profile page 2: Click the Leagues tab 3: Change the Solo Queue drop-down bar to "Top Solo Queue Players" 4: Search down the list for players who have an eye in-between their name and win/loss score. (Eye resembles players who are currently in a game you may spectate.) 5: Right-click chosen player, and select "Spectate game."
This list, unfortunately, only shows Challenger and top Master league players, making it possible to have no games to spectate. Regular "Featured Games" seem like they can go down to Gold League.
or...get this...
dont put more adds in place of things that people like to do (spectate high elo games)
not like they made over half a billion in 2013 alone, oh wait they did, well at least we got something to show for it! better servers..... better matchmaking..... better reworks..... correct use of a pbe server.... mmr in general....
wait nm, none of those things actually...seems like they went to the revenue club and now we get more adds, no good updates, no good balance patches, no better PR....honestly i cant think of one thing they did that "helped" the game this year compared to previous ones
( http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-01-20-league-of-legends-2013-revenue-topped-USD600m-report ) ( http://www.capitalotc.com/league-of-legends-to-generate-1-billion-revenue-in-2014-to-riot-games/23998/ )
how does NA only have one server compared to other regions like china with over 40 and SA (which has ALOT less people than NA) has 3? honestly where is this money going if its not making the game any better? start paying people who do/would
Reaper Soraka1 votesYes, this is only temporary. Featured Games will be back soon.
And
If you wish to view some high ranking games while it is down:
If you know how to work around it, it isn't as big of a deal as you sound like you're making it.
On a side note, learning how to use the forums quotes for specific lines is hard!
EternalDarknez2 votesAnd
If you know how to work around it, it isn't as big of a deal as you sound like you're making it.
On a side note, learning how to use the forums quotes for specific lines is hard!
point is you shouldnt have to for the sake of making them more sales
and idc about quotes on forums, thats why they make the key with this symbol " but again back to the point, if i moved your car down the street 3 blocks who cares, you can walk around right? i just threw an ad where you used to park...just walk around the corner and look around youll see it....
change car with spec games and keep the ad as an ad.
impossible to find spectator games?no, annoying to have it replaced by an ad and having to find a way to do it?yes (question you missed me asking about the 2 quotes you gave from riot was a simple one word, WHY)
stay salt homie, its an ez question with an ez response but they dont wanna look greedy
Deep Terror Nami5 votesBecause math is important even after you graduate high school. Don't be mad, remember how to add.
Oh ya, you meant "ad".
willcarry4gold2 votes[{quoted}](name=Valkyrie Witch,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=BwPnqfcZ,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-05-29T19:44:28.236+0000)
Because math is important even after you graduate high school. Don't be mad, remember how to add.
Oh ya, you meant "ad".
I lol'd
Deep Terror Nami2 votesapparently everyone else thought it was an insult and not a joke lol
Demonsolder212 votesNice one
4thHorsman4 votesAgreed, I often will spectate a high elo game while I'm waiting on friends to either log in or finish a match they are playing, and now I resent the IP boost ad for taking that away
ThriIIhouse2 votesRiot considers spectating someone without their permission to be 'cyber bullying'.
EternalDarknez2 votesriot all about that money, slowly sucking out your entertainment to do so since over 2 years ago
LC$ BIG PLAY$ right zulu?
or is there another to problems like your 95+% broken champions upon release (minus bard) being op? wouldnt have anything to do with money would it? or is it because you guys dont use the pbe server correctly? jw which honestly, cuz atm im thinking its both mixed with bad management
but then again, i only know what you guys have said/shown me
Curling Veigar1 votesits most likely only temporarily gone, last time they did that it came back
exe31 votesIt's very very annoying and unappreciated. At times (more often these days than in the past) I would stop playing League but I would still log into the client to spec some games but when Riot removes it I just find myself not logging in anymore at all.
qetzel1 votesYou can spectate anyway. If you go into the "Ranked" tab in your profile you can see high ELO games being played. All are spectatable. That isn't even a word...
kaveman891 votesyou can spectate high elo players from this program also. it also show you your stats of past games and how you compare to others. ive been warding more as my stats for warding was low. www.leaguelsi.com
Berry Állen1 votesI assume it'll be back june 1st since that is when it will be too late to discover irl friends for the ip boost.
Collapser1 votesDoesn't matter for me anymore, when I spectate games my client breaks or the data can't be downloaded :(
Coolkipp1 votesMade a guide at http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/Ru7anVax-get-rid-of-promo-overlay-so-you-can-spectate-high-elo-games-again
It allows you to get ride of the promo overlay, as the url says and gives you the classic lobby screen with spectator mode + some news and featured items.
nDoro1 votesAnd it's still not working.