Riot, you've done it......

FyreNinja·10/10/2014, 12:19:27 AM·79 votes·5,540 views

Dear Riot, I think you finally accomplished what I never thought possible with this community after spending close to a year on GD.

You created a forum system that almost completely void of all sh*tposts, circle jerks, and irrelevant discussion, quite an accomplishment on a game that is rumored to have one of the worst communities in the gaming world.

Are the boards overbearing schematically? Yes. Is it a reddit-style layout? Absolutely. Did I hate it at first after moving from GD? I did.

However, there are obvious advantages as well. There are notifications to tell me when my post has been replied to or quoted. I can see all the interesting content on all genres of forums, not just GD. I can see what is popular. There is no porn, no swearing, the forum moderation feels for the most part, more smooth.

The new boards are not perfect, but after using them for 2 days, and getting to find my way around the layout, I applaud you Riot for a job well done. And I think if you are honest with yourselves, you will too.

item 3026 you have revived my hope in you as a company.

37 Comments

FF122410/10/2014, 1:09:15 AM16 votes

You created a forum system that almost completely void of all sh*tposts

Too bad you made this thread.

Zielmann10/10/2014, 12:31:34 AM9 votes

One of my absolute favorite things they've done is make it so threads in GD don't show up if you just pull up the main Boards page. I get a nice summary of activity from across all the boards that actually discuss League. A lot of the issues with GD still exist, but they're contained within the new GD section, which we don't ever have to open up if we don't want to.

weihe12310/10/2014, 2:08:43 AM7 votes

I actually like the boards... now only if they put back Senior, Member, and Junior

TenSlashTen10/10/2014, 12:06:29 PM7 votes

IGN: its complete shit i hate it... 10/10 this is my feelings towards the boards and its reddit style layout while at the same time prefering to use it over GD for a few months now.

I don't even think I can post on GD anymore. Its an archive or something..

MadDoughnutz10/10/2014, 1:57:21 AM7 votes

After thinking about it...

You're absolutely right.

Gj, Riot, despite everyone hating the new boards, they turned out for the better.

Ripamon10/10/2014, 4:12:08 AM7 votes

absolutely awful

Aristinn10/10/2014, 4:15:11 AM6 votes

Upvoting yourself on multiple smurfs does not mean anyone agrees with your thread.

new GD is awful and everyone knows it

ohcooL10/10/2014, 5:07:53 AM5 votes

The dark color background seriously bothers me though, especially when im on my phone

FantasySniper10/10/2014, 10:31:08 PM5 votes

I'm getting used to it day by day.

The color scheme is still a pain in the membrane.

Pentakill Prince10/10/2014, 5:06:09 AM5 votes

Reddit blows, Boards blows, yet there seemed to be more blowing going on in GD.

GD was still better.

Daddy Space Lion10/10/2014, 5:03:05 PM4 votes

Let's see here. Assuming everyone that voted up OP was here during Furry NA's thread that has the most up votes on this entire site (see "Best"), that would tally up the up votes to almost 700 votes instead of 660, which means that this thread is based on the "minority", not the "majority".

That means... Spoiler Alert: This thread IS a circle-jerk.

LeviathanElite10/10/2014, 11:56:50 AM4 votes

yeah, forcing everyone onto the incomplete Reddit knock-off did wonders to restore my faith in Riot.

i miss GD, but i was willing to give the boards a chance. However, I feel the transition was about as poorly executed as it could have possibly been, and the welcoming we got from Tamat on the first night just furthered my disdain for it.

Amachy10/10/2014, 4:06:59 AM4 votes

Gosh, dont riot employees have anything better to do then to create threads to make it look like people actually like these boards?

Go ahead riot employees downvote me. Alpha male out!

Nucleophilic atk10/10/2014, 2:11:29 AM4 votes

I will say one thing about them that I don't like. I dislike how they removed things because it was "posted on wrong board", but they don't tell you which post them removed or what board it should have been put on. This is slightly frustrating.

BeatzBoyFTW10/11/2014, 6:23:52 AM3 votes

The moment when you wrote down like a 10 paragraph text which means a lot to you (eg. a champ balance or some recommended settings), then few minutes later, Riot completely deletes it just because "Wrong forum bruh, sorry".

HappyFunTimeHour10/10/2014, 6:32:45 PM3 votes

You really seem like someone who's part of the problem lol.

Says he's happy there's no cursing, curses.

tryinddng10/10/2014, 11:52:30 AM3 votes

the boards are so fukin dark fuk u

303Devilfish10/10/2014, 7:29:36 AM2 votes

yeah, forcing everyone onto the incomplete Reddit knock-off did wonders to restore my faith in Riot.

i miss GD, but i was willing to give the boards a chance. However, I feel the transition was about as poorly executed as it could have possibly been, and the welcoming we got from Tamat on the first night just furthered my disdain for it.

HandsomeStreamer10/10/2014, 4:42:06 AM2 votes

Yeah, except it's geared toward right handed people. I can't have this thing on the left of my screen, on my right, or not there at all..

nunuman7710/10/2014, 6:48:19 PM2 votes

no it sux go back to le leddit

Lazlow10/11/2014, 5:08:16 AM2 votes

yeah, forcing everyone onto the incomplete Reddit knock-off did wonders to restore my faith in Riot.

i miss GD, but i was willing to give the boards a chance. However, I feel the transition was about as poorly executed as it could have possibly been, and the welcoming we got from Tamat on the first night just furthered my disdain for it.

G0atsebusters10/11/2014, 6:49:37 AM2 votes

It's like reddit xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

ImpendingDeath10/11/2014, 2:09:38 AM1 votes

Give it time.

Pisang panas10/11/2014, 5:24:02 PM1 votes

Im still trying to get used to it Anivia

StabbingOasis10/10/2014, 12:57:40 PM1 votes

help i cant see any comment

dialMARK4acti0n10/10/2014, 6:50:45 AM1 votes

See? I told y'all that the Boards deserved a chance! I never did use forums much... But I think the Boards still fulfill the Forum's purpose: to join us together as a community! ^^ If it's a good or bad one... it's not up to us. But it is what it is!

Washing Bear10/10/2014, 7:24:06 AM1 votes

Yeah, other than the really dark colors of everything, I really enjoy it.