Riot's Newest Video Is Kind Of Ironic..

SuicideJ··1 votes·586 views

So, in case you don't know or haven't paid attention to it, Riot released a video explaining why, and how, their servers are the way they are. Apparently, this is the 2nd part of the "series" of videos explaining this.

I do find this kind of ironic really. Riot can release explanation videos on their servers stats and so forth, but are completely incapable of making videos explaining how to play League of Legends and it's deeper mechanics to improve all players knowledge of the game and allow them to be better.

Now you could say, "Well, they have a training video and a whole tutorial section in the game." You would be half correct. They made a video and a "tutorial". Both of which are as informative as a blind man picking colors out for you. (Shout out to all the blind people reading this, you rock!)

Remember when Riot told us about the "Sandbox" to let us test champions, builds, items, and such? Remember when they released the "Sandbox" mode? Me neither, because they haven't.

So let me get this straight, Riot can make a video explaining things about ping and server location, but can't explain how their product works in detail.. Why could that be?

10 Comments

WukongMain2 votes

why could this be...

well because of esports,twitch,youtube...all these pools of information literally at your disposal

the league of legends player base is already providing this information, and in huge quantities ..and many different formats. there's youtuber's who do quick and ez cookie cutter guides and then you have youtuber's that do in-depth guides

i've watched 5 minute guides on youtube all the way to 2 hours.

why should riot pay their employees to do what the community is already doing? For Free.

SuicideJ1 votes

Because the average LoL player does not search for these guides. And even if they did, they are relying on the person in the video explaining to be knowledgeable.

Since it isn't on their client or even an easily accessible page that will be seen often, or a tab in the client.. it's unlikely people will try.

TonsOfGains1 votes

If you can find someone's video on Google, it's probably that popular because it's reliable.

On the other hand, most Rioters don't understand the game at a level where the people who make these videos and guides are. The best Riot could do would be pay their employees to regurgitate videos. One of your comments suggested that Riot link to these guides. They already do this, but I agree, they should do more of it. Have a learning button for example that, like the shop, switches you to another tab where it's full of learning material.

SuicideJ1 votes

Exactly

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

There is apparently a new initiative to improve the new player experience, so I'd keep an eye out for announcements. Though, I'm not particularly inclined to believe they'll have anything impressive.

SuicideJ1 votes

Will it be better than the current stuff? I highly doubt it. But, that being said, I'll be happy to be proven wrong by Riot.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

I don't see why they'd bother if there's no improvement. The first step is adding Garen and Ashe to the free rotation...it's almost nothing, but it's only one of the steps, so at least we know someone is showing both interest and initiative on this matter. In the end, it could be only that, though.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/5ipHtaYk-ashe-garen-to-be-temporarily-added-on-free-champion-rotation-in-na-only

SuicideJ1 votes

WTF is that supposed to do exactly? make me be happy because they are adding cheap champs to free rotation?

Smoke and Steel1 votes

While I don't disagree that Riot could release more gameplay tutorials, there are COUNTLESS YouTubers who have channels completely dedicated to educational league content such as Redmercy, Foxdrop, and Jeremy "Gaming Curios".

So yes, I agree, but in the meantime new players aren't completely resource-less.

SuicideJ1 votes

so why doesn't Riot at least put links to these youtubers pages so players know they are out there? A tab of the latest or most educational videos for the new player to learn. I believe that the toxicity would go down dramatically if more players were aware of the game mechanics.

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