So Riot, what do you do all day for 8 hours a day?

Niyumi··1 votes·213 views

What do you do all day while you're at work?

Since you insist that you don't manipulate people for more money, we'll just roll with it, but the rate that things come out, especially considering how much money you make a year and how many employees you have, is really kind of bad. Unless you're working on like a hundred simultaneous things a day, there really isn't much reason to spend so long correcting mistakes you made in the past and making older champs more fair for everyone involved.

So, why's it take so long?

Of course, I don't expect an answer, since there is no real reason. We both know that it's all about money, and spending a while after announcing something drums up hype, which makes morons excited and more eager to throw their money at you. You could update all the old champs within a month or two, but you wouldn't make money that way, so you don't, despite having the resources to do so.

That's putting quality above all else though, I suppose. When did the definition of quality change though?

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DrCyanide2 votes

Easiest way to find out for yourself:

https://www.riotgames.com/careers

Niyumi1 votes

See, I would never work at Riot. They care about nothing but money, and throw any semblance of quality away in favor of more money. That's just not something I can stand behind.

And anyway, I'd likely slap both Beck and Merril and end up being fired.

DrCyanide2 votes

I toured their HQ for a bit as part of a 3 day programming competition, I didn't get the impression that the employees were driven by money. I could buy too distracted by other things going on, or poorly managed, but not driven by money.

And anyway, I'd likely slap both Beck and Merril and end up being fired.

Well, they've got that covered too.

Niyumi1 votes

The individual employees in a gaming company are irrelevant. Most individual developers (even at Riot) usually care a ton about what they're doing, and put a lot of effort into anything they do. The issue comes from the people in charge (CEOs, publishers, senior team leads, and other executives). They don't care about the game itself, and just look at it as a big paycheck. Whatever it takes to make the game more profitable, that's what they'll do -- even if it involves destroying quality and preventing developers from improving the game.

In an F2P game, this is made much worse, since the base game is irrelevant to income potential. At least in a P2P game, they're forced to make an enjoyable game at least, but F2P only needs to attract the whales, and then they're set (the majority of the playerbase doesn't even come close to the spending of whales).

And I didn't mean I'd quit on good terms. I would get fed up with the money grubbing and quite literally punch them and walk out. People like that just really bother me.

KaRniVooL131 votes

they find ways to make your life miserable

Niyumi1 votes

I mean, indirectly they do. They show the rest of the gaming industry that you can, in fact, get away with being greedy fucks these days, and no one will do anything about it. So other companies will follow that lead, and make shittier games with more cash grabs.

UnboundHades1 votes

if you like to complain so much how about you make your own game and try to make it popular while constantly adding and fixing things in the game every 2 weeks

Niyumi1 votes

No one would play a game that isn't F2P to start with, and fewer still would play a game that doesn't cater to morons and fatasses who can't put in any effort.

Would just be a waste of time.

And besides, if I know the entire story and everything that happens in the game... it just wouldn't be enjoyable for me.

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