More Sub-Community Suggestions? Here's a few I want...

RiotRiot 0xGradius·12/11/2013, 9:28:17 PM·5 votes·1,214 views

As someone who likes to stay on topic of the sub-forum they're on, I feel like I'm missing out since we don't have a "General Discussion" or an "Off Topic" section. I admit, I haven't talked with anyone internally about this, so I don't know if there's reasoning behind it, but I'd like to see how other people feel about it as well. I enjoy posting in those sections in our current forum, and those are where I find most of the discussions that I participate in.

For example, this morning I posted a thread discussing my morning LoL streams, but I didn't really feel like it could fit in any of the current sub-communities. I was somewhat hesitant to post at all since I couldn't find a section that it fit in.

What say you?

12 Comments

Verandure12/11/2013, 9:43:00 PM5 votes

I find that any topic that is about League of Legends has at least one sub community it can fit in. By creating a "General" sub community here, it would choke out the other sub communities just as General Discussion chokes out every single other existing sub forum right now.

An off topic would be nice, though. Especially once they get around to the sub-community filter whereby I can turn it off from my end. =P

Ozbirta12/11/2013, 9:30:36 PM2 votes

I'd rather see an "other" or "Off Topic" than another monstrosity like GD, personally.

jwf99912/11/2013, 10:17:41 PM1 votes

I agree I think these forums need a uh recycling bin section if you get what I mean. If your not really sure where to post it just putting there and then if needed it can be "recycled" into other sections, also you should be able to post into more than one section at 1 time

Daen12/11/2013, 10:27:16 PM1 votes

I'd like to see Off-Topic as well, some things just don't fit elsewhere. General Discussion doesn't really fill that niche of 'if there's nowhere to put this, stick it here'; it actually overshadows nearly everything.

If it were up to me I'd change the Memes & Games sub-community into Off Topic, as those things are by definition not discussion-based material and it could segment that portion of the population in a strange way and/or make moderators' jobs harder. It's really hard to draw lines if two sub-communities are so closely related.

I'd also like to see a sub-community dedicated to viewed content such as streams and YouTube videos. eSports is probably the closest the current platform comes to that, and it's not really accurate. To me the most sensible approach would be to have two sub-communities related to viewed content, one for professional Riot-hosted eSports and the other for the entirety of the near-professional, amateur, and entertainment scenes.

There also needs to be a couple of the really core sub-communities such as Bug Reports, and personally I'd also very much like to see a sub-community for each community initiative that's been done (Honor, the Tribunal, the League system, etc.).

Keep in mind the platform is nowhere near complete! As I understand it, the developers are working to ensure the platform has all necessary central functions (sorting and algorithms, visible moderation, possible terminology changes, etc.) correct and fully operational before bringing in new Sub-Communities.

The goal (from my perspective) is to make sure that there are enough categories to keep things organized and engaging while not dramatically segmenting the playerbase or stifling certain areas (e.g. the concept of General Discussion).

TheLastUzumaki12/12/2013, 9:15:09 PM1 votes

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RiotRiot Girl12/19/2013, 1:09:29 AM1 votes

YES PLEASE, RE OFF TOPIC. I WAS JUST THINKING THIS. AND, YES, I AM SHOUTING ON PURPOSE. I would also like to have a Play with Riot Community where we could go throw up a post when we want to play with the community. I've tried the LoL chat and, um, trolly troll trolls...

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