@Riot Thought Process Behind Snowdown Shop

Mr Tim··1 votes·712 views

So the Snowdown Shop (which is an awesome idea) recently came out, and I was just wondering how you decide which deal each player gets? Is it completely random, or do you do some analysis into each player's play patterns in order to give them deals that they would likely take advantage of? When I opened mine, it seemed... Very, 'scattered' would be the correct word to use. In the end, I did end up taking advantage of 2 of the 6 deals, but only reluctantly. It would be more effective to say that I wasn't "wow'ed" by any of the deals I received. Quickly outlined... Toxic Mundo @ 30% off: This one was alright, I started playing Mundo a little bit more at the beginning of the season and I only own one Mundo skin (MUNDO SAYS YOU'RE FIRED). Really the only reason I picked it up was because it was legacy. Sultan Gangplank @ 50% off: Oooooookay this is my evidence for saying the deal selection felt scattered. The last time I played GP in a normal was in July, and the last time before that was October of 2014. Needless to say, wasn't considering this for even half a second. Dark Crystal Ryze @ 60% off: Again, kind of a random sale... According to my match history (as far back as online goes, which is a little over a year), I've played Ryze a total of 5 times in normals. Not to mention that I actually already own Uncle Ryze, which made this deal something I quickly passed over. King of Clubs Mordekaiser @ 70% off: This one just made me go "mmeh"; it wasn't as scattered as some of the others (I played about 10 games as morde when he was reworked, but haven't played him in about 1.5 months), but again not a deal that I wanted to instantly jump on. Ended up buying it for two reasons; I probably will play morde again at some point and don't have a skin for him, and after going through the rest of my snowdown sales I would have felt bad not taking advantage of at least one of the deals (I bought this first, then Mundo). Academy Ekko @ 70% off: Eh.. I played like 3 games as Ekko over the past 3 months or so, and played him a bunch (about 10 games) when he was released... Not as out of left field as the GP skin, but still kinda made me go "...Ekko?". Even with the amazing deal, won't be picking this up. Infernal Mordekaiser @ 20% off: ..............What? A second Morde skin? Really? My argument for the first morde skin was alright at best, but I had to double take this one. Would not have picked up even if it was 70% off. While I did pick up 2/6 deals, I felt that the snowdown shop failed in its goal of giving players "unique" deals, and that each player's shop was created for them. Great idea, but in the end made me feel like I was just put into a RNG to get my sales.

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Deep Terror Nami1 votes

It's not completely random, it's supposed to based on your playstyle. They aren't giving us details (probably to prevent abusing it in the future by targeting a champion), but it seems to be based loosely around your lane and role preferences; I saw a lot of people who main top lane get stuff for Garen, Riven, Darius etc. As a support main my first three were supports I use (Raka, Blitz, Zil). But beyond that idk what it is, cuz I got MF and Ekko and Yas. Probably got it confused because of playing ARAM or bots...

Gear Kitty2 votes

If it is that though, why didn't I get any Tank Champ skins?

  • Mafia Jinx 40%: I do like her, but I already have Fireworks.

  • Panda Annie 40%: I haven't played her on the Rift in over a year, and I try to trade her away in ARAM. I also already have two Annie skins; Reverse and Prom Queen.

  • Debonair Vi 50%: Haven't played her on the Rift in over a year, at least. I do like her in ARAM, but I got the Neon Strike bundle when she was released.

  • Sandstorm Ekko + Ekko 50%: I've never played him, all my Junglers are Tanks, and all my Mids are regular Mages and Katarina (whom I play less Assassin and more Mage-like). I don't... I don't know why this was optioned, aside from Riot's algorithm trying to do a "try something new!" dealio.

  • Headhunter Yi 70%: The last time I played Yi on the Rift was around the start of Season 4. I ABHOR playing him, and try everything short of dropping from the lobby to get out of playing him in ARAM. At this point I think the algorithm is just fucking with me.

  • Amethyst Ashe 20%: And with this one, I know it is. I already have THREE Ashe skins. Sherwood was the first skin I ever bought, Riot FORCED Heartseeker onto me when they gave all the nice players a free skin, and a friend gifted me Queen Ashe on my birthday this year.

I can only guess that Riot's algorithm was set to "Collect Them All!" when it was picking champion skins to offer. Not every player is a full on Collector though, especially when some skins are undeniably better than others and DEFINITELY when you can only ever use one skin at a time.

I'm not complaining. I'm not forced to buy any of them, and I didn't lose anything either. It just feels like their advert about a "personalized shop" fell very, very short of what one would expect. The closest things to a "main' in my options were Jinx or Ashe, though I favored MF or Graves (even before retools/reworks) for ADC. Considering my match history for Queues where I actually pick my champion (I'm an ARAM main) one would think I'd of been offered Sejuani, Sion, Rammus, Hecarim, Katarina, and Heimerdinger skins. I only have two skins in that lot (Ninja Ram and Arcade Hec) and they're easily 50% of my picked champion games if not more.

I think the reason why I feel so let down is because Riot claimed it would be personalized for each account, and I just really don't see how the options offered me reflect my playstyle and choices.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

This is their first attempt at it, and not the last. Next time they'll have the feedback and experience from this time to make it better.

Mr Tim1 votes

If my shop was reflective of my playstyle/preferences, I should have received marksmen/mages, not heavy fighters. I also talked to someone, who is a mid main, and in their shop they got 2 Ahri skins, an Anivia skin, and a Lux skin, so either RNG was very good to him or there just seems to be a ton of inconsistency or a problem with the algorithm determining who gets what.

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