League Lore is An Epic Fail

RexZor·Jan 4, 2015·18 votes·2,319 views

I absolutely love this game have been playing since mid season 2. At first i had never been interested in any lore of any game. Then as i was purchasing 450ip champs i saw background and i read up on one until i had read them all. I was so engaged with it i felt like the game actually tired into the lore. Also im the summoner from the lore made me feel all the more badass. Now that the IoW is gone and summoners with it, its like a huge slap to the face of the people who have been following it for years. Instead of destroying it refine it cover your bases. If you feel like this is to much of a daunting task get community feed back majority votes etc. Let us create the lore we want since you guys seem to have trouble making it properly, without removing what made it so special in the first place.

16 Comments

MindspeakerJan 4, 20158 votes

and the fact they removed "summoners" from the lore .....isn't they the whole point of LOL .... and why most of the champs have made their "agreement" to fight?

Ironclad DragonJan 4, 20157 votes

Trundle Join the club.

MotajoJan 4, 20155 votes

Yep. I started playing in fall 2010, and I'm in the same boat. When Riot "announced" (they didn't even specify in the dev blog until someone outright asked in the comment section) the Great Retcon, it felt like the game lost its soul. I can't get excited for new champs anymore; I can only get excited for their kits, which had already happened rarely.

Divorcing gameplay and story this hard... I hope it doesn't set a precedent for other games. We don't need even more developers and players thinking of game stories as mediocre fluff when story can be so much more.

Daughter of NoxJan 5, 20153 votes

I migrated here from the recently-closed Dawngate a few weeks ago, and anyone who played Dawngate probably took note of the huge emphasis placed on lore by Waystone. There was great things such as interactive lore, where players could actually help shape the lore of certain characters and the world in general. It was a great system, and I honestly cried a little bit when I found out that Dawngate was being cancelled because I had grown to love so many of the characters, and not just for their kits, but for their tremendously amazing histories. In comparison, lore in LoL just feels so lackluster and mediocre. One of the biggest things that bothered me is skins. There is really no explanation as to why certain champions can look one way, and then look completely different the next.

Take the example of Yasuo, an East Asian samurai-themed character. In his PROJECT: Yasuo skin, he is suddenly a robot, or is dressed in a very robotic suit(?). There is really no lore-appropriate explanation for this. He just is.

MotajoJan 5, 20152 votes

[{quoted}](name=GoR Hecate,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=0quezAAz,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-01-05T03:36:50.566+0000)One of the biggest things that bothered me is skins. There is really no explanation as to why certain champions can look one way, and then look completely different the next.

The vast majority of skins are non-canon. A few are related to story (ex: Queen Ashe/King Tryndamere, Tyrant Swain, etc.), but most are not.

Daughter of NoxJan 5, 20151 votes

And this doesn't bother anyone?

EDIT: I realized as I wrote that last sentence that this is one of those things that Riot would probably never fix even if they took note of it and then decided it was an issue. It just seems like one of those things that should have been considered from the very get-go.

LordHippomanJan 5, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=GoR Hecate,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=0quezAAz,comment-id=000300000000,timestamp=2015-01-05T18:58:50.490+0000)

And this doesn't bother anyone?

EDIT: I realized as I wrote that last sentence that this is one of those things that Riot would probably never fix even if they took note of it and then decided it was an issue. It just seems like one of those things that should have been considered from the very get-go.

Not really. Skins are just for fun. Anyone from the DOTA fanbase remember the enormous shitstorm that was brewed over Ursa getting a hat? A giant protest over a bear in a cowboy hat, preventing people from taking the game that includes a robot punching a giant monster to death until he drops a wheel of cheese seriously.

Daughter of NoxJan 6, 20151 votes

Imo, it is super immersion-breaking and really talks a lot about the lack of importance placed on lore by Riot. I am just that sort of person though. But, like I said, I really doubt there is anything we can do about it now.

MotajoJan 6, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=GoR Hecate,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=0quezAAz,comment-id=000300000000,timestamp=2015-01-05T18:58:50.490+0000)And this doesn't bother anyone?

It's just like playing chocolate Mario in Smash Bros. People know that isn't what he really looks like; it's just there for fun.

Hell, I'd hate it if skins were all canon. It'd be just insulting if skins like Battle Bunny Riven or Kitty Cat Katarina were "real." If Pentakill was canon, everyone would be dead (with their hands stuck in that "rock on" gesture). If Heartseeker Vayne was canon, that'd be weird as hell. And so on.

Daughter of NoxJan 6, 20152 votes

I wasn't really talking about making all of the current skins canon. It is much too late for something like that. What I was saying, however, is that skins should have been canon from the very beginning. Not only would it have helped round out LoL's lackluster lore, but it really does give the skin a lot of more individuality, uniqueness. It makes the skin mean something whereas most are currently indulgent and unnecessary. A lot of people would see something like this as constrictive, but I would disagree. I have seen it done with incredible grace and skill.

Moreover, Riot's whole act of getting to pick and choose (sometimes changing their minds about things as seen with the Retcon) what is canon and what is not feels really lazy. It is like they are cutting corners, imo.

The SoulforgedJan 10, 20151 votes

{quoted}

It's just like playing chocolate Mario in Smash Bros. People know that isn't what he really looks like; it's just there for fun.

Hell, I'd hate it if skins were all canon. It'd be just insulting if skins like Battle Bunny Riven or Kitty Cat Katarina were "real." If Pentakill was canon, everyone would be dead (with their hands stuck in that "rock on" gesture). If Heartseeker Vayne was canon, that'd be weird as hell. And so on.

Pentakill is cannon...

MotajoJan 10, 20151 votes

{quoted}Pentakill is cannon...

It used to be

GenoXxJan 5, 20152 votes

I presented the idea of us created lore sometime last year. But Riot's Narrative team doesnt know how to do the job. It wouldnt matter any how. The lore of League of Legends now is a big joke. And so is it's Story tellers.

Xano501Jan 6, 20152 votes

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Daughter of NoxJan 6, 20151 votes

Can we talk about how Miss Fortune just looks like a blow-up doll in this video? Like, there is just a look of perpetual horror on her face. See the resemblance?