Riot API should allow opt-in unranked statistics
A lot of times somebody will show something cool they've put together with the Riot Games API, but then I can't actually use it because I just play normals. This is disappointing both because I can't use it to see how whatever is being shown affects my play (great example is the ward counter), and also just because I like seeing cool uses of technology. I know it would probably require a lot of work to get it there, but I think a long-term goal should be:
The Riot Games API should allow a player, and that player only*, to allow third-party tools access to their unranked/alt-mode stats after logging in with their PVP.net account and manually granting access.
(Perhaps there should be caveats to such access. As an example, while I agree that my warding in normals [I haven't played a ranked game in IIRC 4-5 months] is not a thing that the ward counter app should use to determine the average stat, I would like to be able to use my normals warding statistic to see how it stacks up against the rest of the playerbase.)
Anyways, it'd be cool if you'd look into this, Riot. Thanks!
*Maybe anyone who the player provides a link to? A randomized link, so as to preserve the original emphasis on privacy? (E.g. mycoolleagueapp.com/stats/SecretAgentHulk as a public URL that only does ranked stats, while mycoolleagueapp.com/stats/SecretAgentHulk?private=$RANDOMSTRING for private stats.)
Perhaps access in such a case could also be limited to a week, or some other finite period, before requiring renewal, in order to prevent old/forgotten links from being abused.
