A PSA to those complaining about the lore changes.

I have a few things to say, as someone who's been around since the start and who cares about the lore of the game probably more than most of you do.

Yes, lore can be a great way to get into a game, and yes, it could be written better, and yes, Skarner shouldn't have been touched at all, but they're trying to centralize the game into a few key areas. Personally, I'm really glad Shurima is one of them. There is literally nothing known on the Plague Jungles at this time (gee rito so y dont u do it den?) It's not that simple. One person can't just churn out an entire 10 paragraphs on the Plague Jungles when hardly anything has been done on them before just to make sure Rammus still has his sentience intact. To be quite frank, his old lore was worse. Armadillo travels across Shurima (oh look Rammus lives in Shurima!) into the Plague Jungles somehow without dying. Enters a maze. Gains sentience.

Take a good long hard look at that.

Tell me that that isn't stupid.

You can't. It's awful and you know it.

In the case of Nasus and Renekton? Their base lore stays the same. Still keepers, still wants to kill the other, still has a good reason for it. These are, I would assume, tidbits of a full run-down of the lore. What you need to remember is, just like with the VU on skins, this is the PUBLIC BETA ENVIRONMENT that they're on, which means it's UNFINISHED. NOT COMPLETE. ES NO FINITO!

So take a step back, Let Riot do their thing, do an honest comparison instead of "new is bad!" and then come to a well-informed conclusion AFTER IT MAKES IT TO THE LIVE SERVERS!

Although, I'd still very much like to see the JoJ make a re-emergence. And remember, this game isn't driven by its story. If Riot wants to do that in the future, let them. They started to, but then they seem to have stopped. Let them bring it back if and when they want to on their own time. It's their company, not yours. Feel free to go out and MAKE your own company, though. Personally, I wouldn't get too upset over a lack of knowing everything about the lore f the land until we have at least two more maps to prove that RIot really wants to flesh out their world. It's clear that their focus is to get great things out first, then work on things that can be easily changed, such as the lore.

"Oh but the lore is set in stone!" No it's not. Just take a look at WoW. Nothing about anything is ever set in stone Nudges Ghostcrawler Except Frost Mage buffs.

When all is said and done, I can almost guarantee that Riot will go back an put in some stellar, detailed lore into their game, when they're ready, not when you want it. If it makes you feel better, DoTA2 employs the parallel universe clause for like, 6 of their heroes, so at least Riot isn't pulling out that card, eh?

Obligatory "It's a free game and if you don't like it you can always just stop playing"