If you have no data to support your claim or good reasoning

Guy Fox Teemo·Jun 7, 2016·3 votes·330 views

Then your claim means absolutely nothing. If you think X does to much damage. But you have no data to suggest that, it just makes you look stupid, especially when the data you didn't bring up suggested otherwise.

Please don't post a post about balance on champions, without any data supporting your claim; the most people have when they post such things is that they think X Mechanic on the champion is bullshit, give bad reasoning and don't take any time to look at the other side of the story.

These are basic principles you should have all learned in English Class if you managed to pass highschool.

3 Comments

redniwediSJun 7, 20161 votes

There are claims, and then there are opinions. The two are not necessarily the same.

However there's definitely a lot of people around here who don't understand the difference. Also I don't know how long ago you were in school, but I've been out for close to a decade and they definitely didn't teach any of that in high school. I had to learn it in college.

Guy Fox TeemoJun 7, 20161 votes

Well my English Teacher taught it perfectly well. Every week or so he'd have us write an argumentative essay, focusing on the points I've stated above. That may have not been the case for yourself and that sucks, but in the state I live in thats the curriculum being taught in every school. (OR should be at least)

1: Your claim 2: Reasoning behind your claim/Data supporting if possible. 3: Looking at it from the persons perspective and going on from there explaining why your opinion it the more optimal choice.

(Those are probably not the exact words he used, but you get the gist)

And yes I know the difference, while they are similar (A claim is based off your opinion and facts that support it). But I'd say most people on these boards are making claims when they talk about champion balance, gameplay, etc. Since they don't say "My Opinion" they state it as fact, but often with no reasoning or data to support it.

redniwediSJun 7, 20161 votes

We just need a sticky of this you have to read before you can post on the boards. It probably wouldn't fix anything, but it would at least make me happy.