Wasn't one of the main goals of these BOARDS
That Riot employees would be more engaged? So then how come after weeks of "bots are invading" threads we don't hear a single response? Not even a "we are looking into it"?
Is this denial?
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Actually that's not true. If you go to the news feed, you will see an article about changes to the Refer-A-Friend (RAF) program. That article talks all about how the rewards system for the RAF program were a primary cause of the botting issue. People creates bots and refer their accounts to infinitely stack IP, RP, and get Skins, then sell off the secondary accounts that are now level 30 and have some starting IP/RP/Champs/Skins
I think it's more about Riot being overwhelmed with work rather than denial. Riot just finished the World Championships and is working on the preseason, so it makes sense they are a bit quiet.
That being said, there is no excuse for silence on important issues. Even "we're looking into it" is better than nothing.
Daen is right that it's more of the time of year and not the forum migration that's the cause of lack of Red activity. Here is Morello on the subject in a much larger thread asking about the same issue.
I don't get what is so time consuming for:
"Hey guys,
We are aware of this botting issue, just we are swamped with Worlds and S5. We'll get right on it when we have a moment!"
I have a problem transfering my stuff over on the new forums, not that making a new thread doesn't work but the shrunk the max character cap from its original 30,000 to a lot less ( I'm guessing 20,000 from what I tried) Now this isn't a problem for most people but I wrote an extremely lengthy lore for my champ concept and its now to long for these forums.
Sent my message a few times but no response. Maybe stuff will smooth over now that the championships are done
I'm pretty sure Morello just addressed why they're quiet right now, the Refer a Friend announcement addressed their first major direct step towards bot elimination, and there was a thread in "Maps & Modes" a while back that talked about how they're looking at different avenues to prevent botting but can't give out any specific info (I'm going to try and find that thread...)
reds made a comment about this, you should do a search before complaining, they specifically stat they were busy with worlds and preseason.
Would be nice to hear their perspective... must be frustrating for them.