@RIOT WANTED: Community for Friendly Gamers

I love this game and I think that it has a lot of room to grow. One thing in particular that I think it needs is some sort of Community where individuals can go to find fellow gamers and create teams, as well as provide a framework for positive and constructive player development. I enjoy League more when I can play it with group of friendly people who are willing to create a positive game experience, from champion select to nexus destruction. This sort of community would facilitate that for people like me who enjoy playing with other people.

This community would also help individuals interact with the larger player base. It would help a player network with other gamers. I personally find it difficult to focus on making social connections while in game on summoners rift. League is an action heavy game and siting idle to talk with your teammates will cost you in game (such as leaving open for skill shots or wasting time in the fountain losing xp and gold). Due to the penalties that are incurred when trying to make friend in game, most people just focus on the game at hand. Therefore, if Riot wants to allow distant but compatible gamers to link up, It needs a means of doing so outside of in-game chat.

There was an attempt at doing so by having the public chat rooms that recently where disabled. These chat rooms did not create the community I would like to see. They where filled with scammers and spammers. This shows that any sort of public community needs moderation, to ensure that the bad apples don't spoil the communication. This could exist via official Riot moderation, or through the community leaders who have moderation privileges themselves.

Such a community is possible, and exists in other games. Take Diablo 3 for instance. In this game, there are many public communities aimed at making certain aspects of the gamer better by playing with like minded gamers.

A community like the one I am advocating would also reduce the toxicity of the game. I, for one, have been frustrated many times by getting into a game where there are toxic and non-constructive teamates. This incidents are frequent enough that I am, at times, willing to quit and move on to another game. They have also made me less willing to play with purely random folks via the queue as these toxic experiences make me go through 20-40 minutes of misery. I think this is avoidable.

If I could participate in a community where I could discuss strategies and find gamers who are willing create a positive team oriented atmosphere, I would enjoy this game a lot more. I would be more willing to play more and as a result would have better reason to invest in some of the awesome skins and such in the store(as buying a skin if you are not playing doesn't make fiscal sense). This would make many players league experience happier and earn Riot more dividends and a more attractive gamer community to sell. I think this should be a High Priority to get implemented. It could have a massive impact on the player base and greatly improve player happiness.