@Riot regarding the sandbox mode and Riot PLS
So at the last Riot pls you said a sand box mode was out of the question... This time you said it wasn't or at least you're saying it's not, Sorry, I hate to act like I'm complaining after you promise to deliver on one of the features I've wanted since I joined, but.... A training mode is not a sandmode, a training mode is for getting better at the game, a sandbox mode would be for having fun with the game.
"(Quick caveat: when we say sandbox mode, we’re specifically referring to a training mode where players can practice core skills - not a sandbox ‘modify your game in any way’ mode.)"
A sandbox mode is generally a mode where you can modify a game within whats possible, a training mode and a sandbox mode should not be lumped together.
"We want League to grow into a true team sport and, at times, progress has been painful. As we stack-rank our development priorities, we’ve had to be honest with ourselves in making hard decisions about things we aren’t prioritizing. It’s part of why we retired Dominion, and it’s part of our initial goals for dynamic queue (and why we fumbled in the transition over from solo/duo queue). With these challenges in mind, however, we still believe this is the vision, and we’d love to hear your ideas on how we can accomplish it."
You need to remember, while the main purpose of League is to grow into a true team sport there also needs to be an element of fun, something you can fall back on when you're tilted, kind of like featured gamemodes, aram and crystal scar used to be this for me, aram not so much but with crystal scar I could for example go into a custom game and play hide and seek, that was fun, it wasn't hyper competitive, I could still experience League Of legends, I could cool off after a bad game... Well having a sandbox mode could very well do that for some people, it'd be amazingly fun, it'd set up heaps of cool youtube videos for content creators, even if it's on only a temporary thing.... A sandbox mode where you're free to control the game in a custom would be awesome especially with friends now if you're worried people will play this more than ranked or normals or create bad queue times then don't be, there needs to be an element of fun in league, I'm talking about pure fun, free from possible tilt.
TLDR: A training mode and a sandbox mode are actually very different concepts, both would be amazing for the game but a Sandbox mode would do everything a training mode would and more, unless you're talking about a tutorial, which is something that needs to be worked on as well... Anyway... please consider the fun side of league... While league already is fun I'm talking about the amazingly fun side, take urf for example... This is a concept that I believe hasn't had it's true potential fully explored yet.
Anyway... for anyone who read all of this I thank you, this is just my opinion so take it lightly, thank you :)