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Why the lore backlash? I for one think this is a great direction

NA Darklarik··7 votes·947 views

I cant understand the backlash people are having.

Do you not realise the current format does not allow for good story telling? That some champion cannot have more than a paragraph of "Story" because of the intitude? Examples: Shaco Nocturne Brand Fiddlesticks Chogath Nautilus Malphite Skarner because they are confined inside the league? Its like trundle's old lore, it leads nowhere, its a dead end.

By removing the league, its now possibly to make lore that isnt limited/restricted around it (the Institude), and thus, much much deeper and complex.

Some character's cant even have a social life because of the intitude (Ezreal , what sense is there in Jinx joining the league when she wants to blow up piltover (which she wont have time to due to matches), How are Sejuani Lissandra Ashe meant to fight each other when they have to do matches all the time? These are just a few examples.

So, i ask you: You would all rather have crude crappy underdeveloped lore that leads nowhere than potentially awesome deep meanigfull one just because there arent any all powerfull summoners and an all powerfull organisation which centers all around it?

9 Comments

MackleDoge3 votes

People don't like change.

Thing changes.

People butthurt.

Honestly, I think you can sum a lot of it by people just wanting to agree with people, so a few people that are upset turn into a bunch of people behind keyboards who feel like they are entitled when they aren't. It doesn't help that forums in general tend to be pretty heavy on the circle jerk side. Just part of it. I recommend ignoring them and move on.

NA Darklarik1 votes

i just dont want riot to go back on this amazing decision

MackleDoge2 votes

I find that extremely unlikely. People complained about the original Frejlord lore changes. Riot went ahead. People complained about X rework. Riot went ahead. People complained about and will continue to complain about everything, because that is what people on the internet do.

Hyrum Graff1 votes

People complained about and will continue to complain about everything, because that is what people on the internet do.

amen

Whitakker1 votes

I won't hate this decision so much if something substantial actually comes from it. Decoupling "League the Game" from "League the World" lets you tell more varied stories in more types of ways, but they'd damn well better blow my socks off to make it worth my current ire.

Wullf1 votes

I never understood the love people were gving to "old" lore. That should have never happend. Well, yes, it is interesting experiment to "include" players in the game, though, at the end of the day champions cannot have real and diverse personalities if they all go along with "playing" with each other.

though I am no lore guy.

redniwediS1 votes

I think the main problem is that so much lore that was already done is simply being left behind. I fully understand the need to get rid of the Institute of War, but I do not understand the need to remove it from all lore completely.

Then there are "champions" like Scarner, Nasus, and Renekton who's original lore is simply gone with little to no warning. The old lore was not always underdeveloped and even new players have been able to attach themselves to those great stories. Scarner was once part of a proud and ancient race, and now is little more than a tomb guardian.

So now I ask you, how can you not understand the backlash Riot is receiving when they are taking away lore that was not always underdeveloped, and are giving little to no information on what they are replacing it with?

NA Darklarik1 votes

Many champions need to have there old lore removed simply because it sucks and leads no where. Its the Trundle lore syndrome.

Skarner has nothing to do (hes tied to the Crystal skar, but... thats it) his lore more or less just explains his "kind" and then gives him nothing. Renekton and Nasus is much more interesting, if they are part of the WORLD instead of a paralel universe that they where both Brough from, it makes it so that there is a lot more to explore now.

The only thing the League of Legends was doing in Nasus's and Renekton's old lore was a means by which they GOT to the world, THATS IT, and now was limiting them due to acting as a jailor.

Besides, a lot of things dont have to be invalidated. Example: The Ionia vs Noxus conflict still exists. How do i know? Well, clearly riot was planning this lore Revamp around the time of the Freljord event, along with the massive lore changes that came with many champs at that time. Amongst them was Udyr , and in his lore it cites that Ionia was invaded by Noxus and he did help. This change in lore makes it so that the war still happens, but the outcome (Its decided by a simply league match), could be made much more interesting.

redniwediS1 votes

All fair points I suppose, but it still leaves one of my own points. Everyone who has been paying attention knew something was coming, but this still came with little warning. Not only do people not like change, but a surprise change is even lower on that list.

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