Clash NA launch canceled due to technical issues

Riot·May 25, 2018·1 votes·11,781 views

We are sorry to tell you that we’ve decided to cancel this weekend’s Clash launch due to unexpected technical issues that appeared when rolling it out across regions earlier today. We want your first play through of Clash to be as amazing as possible, but unfortunately we are not confident in the event experience that you and your teams would have had.

We know that you have made an incredible commitment clearing your schedules and practicing with teammates to prepare for Clash, and our team is focused on finding a solution to get Clash back on track. This work will continue and there will likely be Clash tests in certain regions around the world as we explore fixes, but this Clash weekend is officially canceled here in North America. We will continue to keep you updated.

To those of you wondering, your Clash ticket will still be in your inventory and can be used when Clash is available in the future.

52 Comments

Olive BotMay 26, 201830 votes

How do you have a successful Beta run and then botch the actual event? I requested a day off of work for this. Now I have to just sit here.

MantrellMay 26, 20184 votes

That gives you more time to increase rank or try other champs.

Anakin The WeirdMay 26, 20183 votes

You took a day off just to play some glorified ranked?

WoopyDMay 25, 201824 votes

So if I use my non changeable vacation days/ and took a few extra days off which I will lose money on and practiced with a team (moved other things around) I have no way of getting that back. This costed me a lot.

BilksterMay 25, 201818 votes

tbh, wouldn't have minded a slightly worse Clash, instead of waiting.

Bestisaac12May 25, 20189 votes

Should totally reward everyone currently on a clash team with free loot <.<

ResolutionMay 25, 20181 votes

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Should totally reward everyone currently on a clash team with free loot <.<

A lot of players get their team together the hour before. Also I had a thread 6 hours ago pointing out it'd be cancelled after the other regions failed, a lot of people stopped looking for a last person fill.

goku818May 26, 20184 votes

But what about people that cleared their schedule and even practiced with their team, trying out different team comps and being super hype in general. Lets be real while some may have gotten their team an hour before some people cleared their schedule and practiced. Overall I'm a tad disappointed that it took so long as to tell us last minute. Rito you can do better and you know it.

krtMay 26, 20187 votes

Interesting that the thread with 1000+ comments got replaced by this one, just because of a typo in the title.

https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/clash-na-launch-cancelled-due-technical-issues

StiylMagnus931May 26, 20184 votes

The title is actually identical. The only difference is in the additional "L" in the URL. And both spellings of "Cancel(l)ed" are correct, too.

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

RiotSandalwoodGripsMay 26, 20187 votes

This is actually a good call out and not something that we intended to do purposely. Because of how we wanted to display the messaging in the client, it wouldn't display quite correctly on the website so we made two different instances: one that could be opened in client and one that lived natively here. We should have just used this one to redirect to the other announce. I'm going to swap the this one with the article from the client, but you'll still be able to find this one if you click View All News. Thanks for pointing this out.

LarrietMay 27, 20183 votes

Keep up the good work, guy :)

AnataBakkaMay 27, 20181 votes

can you do the same for other announcements? i like reading some announcements from the "news" but they don't appear in the red tracker and that's the only thing i check

Nexim VIMay 25, 20186 votes

Unless the issues were so bad that the mode and tournament was unplayable, or so buggy that the experience was not worth the time, its a serious dick move to cancel so late. I wouldn't have minded the cancellation if it happened, oh i dunno, earlier than 10 minutes before start. It's the incredibly late notice thats going to drive people up the wall

ResolutionMay 25, 20187 votes

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Unless the issues were so bad that the mode and tournament was unplayable, or so buggy that the experience was not worth the time, its a serious dick move to cancel so late. I wouldn't have minded the cancellation if it happened, oh i dunno, earlier than 10 minutes before start. It's the incredibly late notice thats going to drive people up the wall

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/general-discussion/lYhblJQz-the-game-would-of-clrashed-if-clash-launched-had-to-be-done

I brought this up already, the game mode was assigning auto wins to teams while also causing such severe server lag it would of crashed every game mode if it launched. Riot was aware of the issue 6 to 7 hours ago, but wanted to be stubborn and see if they could fix in time. Be glad your not Europe as they got only a 25 minute warning before launch.

Thïs playerMay 26, 20182 votes

[{quoted}](name=Nexim VI,realm=NA,application-id=Ag8jgd8Q,discussion-id=kw%%%Zj2,comment-id=0007,timestamp=2018-05-25T23:51:11.198+0000)

Unless the issues were so bad that the mode and tournament was unplayable, or so buggy that the experience was not worth the time, its a serious dick move to cancel so late. I wouldn't have minded the cancellation if it happened, oh i dunno, earlier than 10 minutes before start. It's the incredibly late notice thats going to drive people up the wall

It was unplayable, but canceled 2 hours before poggers rito plz

MantrellMay 26, 20181 votes

It was not 10 mins before it start. Just to clarify since I hop on a hour before clash was going to start. It may be different for different computers but I seen the notice a hour before it start.

afmghostMay 26, 20185 votes

I bash their ways all the time, so when I say we should appreciate what they are forfeiting to fix clash, we should shut up, set up the grill, cook out, and raise your beer glass to Riot. Long story short, they busted their butts trying to make Clash possible, and cancelling it was a necessary action they really didn't want to take. They are spending their three day weekend stuck in their offices and cubicles trying to fix the bugs and kinks in the system. Obviously it's not an easy fix, since it caused the cancellation in the first place. These guys are exhausted, stressed, and are going to miss out on a lot of time that would have been spent with family and friends. You guys constantly bitching about Clash being down and starting your crusades is a poor way of showing your appreciation for their efforts. Shut up and do something else with your time

SnowyaliceMay 26, 20181 votes

[sg-ahri-2]

afmghostMay 27, 20181 votes

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[sg-ahri-2]

Right back at 'cha, buddy!

Axis of DarknessMay 28, 20181 votes

I honestly can't tell if you're serious or not but if u are then THANK YOUUUU.

If not then WHYUUUUUUU

afmghostMay 28, 20181 votes

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I honestly can't tell if you're serious or not but if u are then THANK YOUUUU.

If not then WHYUUUUUUU

🤜 (Come on, fistbump already. I don't have all day.)

SaikiMay 25, 20184 votes

Nice, time to go play Fortnite

Sir ConverseMay 25, 20184 votes

No wonder everyone is playing fortnite, League can’t keep up with itself it seems.

Axis of DarknessMay 28, 20181 votes

Every game has bugs bro (I hope im not assuming gender, u are named SIR converse :D)

AximilMay 26, 20184 votes

Wow, so you guys even went ahead and hid the original post where most of the people commented showing their disgust with your move? Fantastic.

https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/clash-na-launch-cancelled-due-technical-issues

Queen SavageMay 27, 20183 votes

LOL THIS IS TRUE!!!!!!^^^^^^[zombie-brand-clap]

KaabaanMay 25, 20183 votes

ruined my day POGGERS

ResolutionMay 25, 20183 votes

GG Rito. You somehow had to post it twice in announcements to rub it in.

IneedJinXMay 25, 20183 votes

well done

OMGDarkForceMay 26, 20183 votes

It says how royal never give up. It seems riot give up quite easily on this one.

MantrellMay 26, 20181 votes

You can't say they gave up if they did then they would get rid of clash entirely.

Axis of DarknessMay 28, 20181 votes

It wasn't a silly bug they could fix in 30 mins it was a bug that made clash unplayable and shut down other game modes

scolescollectorMay 26, 20183 votes

I was pissed to find out clash was cancelled, sure. I understand that many of you took a lot of time preparing for this event, but just like everything else with league, shit happens. Not everything is going to go according to plan, kinks need to get worked out, but the fact of the matter is this was necessary. I mean while many of you took the day off for this event, or even multiple days off to prepare, it was the first time they were going to run it for real. They tried their best, at least give Rito that.

MantrellMay 26, 20181 votes

I do believe me 😊. Everybody does something for a reason.

kanoking36May 26, 20182 votes

Sucks for the people who skipped work, but lowkey funny how much they hyped it up then it didn't work, and then they changed the loading screen, crayzeeee.

MantrellMay 26, 20181 votes

For those who skip work they should have work overtime the day before or anytime before the day of clash

LittyMay 26, 20182 votes

lmao everyone so mad

BrynthecuteMay 26, 20182 votes

Given the technical issues I would also like to point out the following:

When clash was announced it was supposed to be a way for people to play a tournament experience for the masses. Unfortunately, short of swapping regions or taking time off work, for a lot of people playing it just wasn't reasonable. I could have done the Friday late start, but why was there no later time on Saturday and Sunday? People do work the weekend and have kids. If you actually want to fix this mode to be what it was stated it should have multiple start times, I would think something like 2 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM Pacific, but for all three days.