Friendly reminder that RIOT will never admit that they're never going to make solo queue.

Shac Norris·4/24/2016, 11:18:33 AM·55 votes·2,069 views

They're just going to wait until everybody has forgot about it, then proceed to keep shoving their dynamic queue down our throats.

It's not unusual for RIOT to do stuff like that.

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Fovere4/24/2016, 1:59:11 PM18 votes

Throughout the years, I've generally admired Riot for their business model and attitudes towards running their company.

LoL is legitimately f2p, and buying skins/etc. gives you no advantage in the game. As a small company, they worked hard to make their game rich, enjoyable, and legitimate. They did very well and deserve their success.

As a large company (with a parent), they are trying to do something unprecedented, and I can admire them for that as well. They've come a long way since that live broadcast of S2 worlds, and are clearly working hard to blaze trails for League as the first "mainstream" e-sport.

Personally, I want them to succeed. League has become such a rich community, going so far beyond the game itself. I remember hearing the first League-related music and thinking it must have been a joke, but no. We have League art in every conceivable form - from sketches to elaborate sculptures and life-sized equipment, to say nothing of all the cosplay/costumes people have come up with.

It would be a shame to see everything that's been building up to this over the last 5+ years get ruined by a few bad decisions. DQ in particular is not something that can be "fixed" or "tweaked". It's noncompetitive by definition, and you can't change that fact. I have nothing against a "ladder" that lets any sized group join, but to replace the competitive ladders with this farce is an incredibly bad move.