Wouldn't it be better for the lore if Riot outsources it?

abdollah56273··2 votes·766 views

Looking at some other franchises such as Alien and Warhammer, they outsource their lore and story to other people and companies, which makes it so that fans can regulary get their dose of lore.

Riot on the other hand, rarely and sporadically puts out some short stories (that I really enjoy), and it would be great if they could regulary put out some stories and advance the lore. But it appears that Riot's internal resources are directed elsewhere, with their main focus and priority being the game itself.

The Freljord thing is still unfinished, Noxus and Demacia hasn't gone anywhere Shurima might get some developments now, we still haven't seen Graves and TF ever since BT, Piltover and Zaun isn't as fleshed out as they could be etc. Too many hanging threads, a big backlog of lore.

And we see many succesful franchises like the ones I mentioned above, as well as the Warhammer universe and D&D having their stories and worlds fleshed out by people external to the main company.

I mean, sure it would be great if Riot could internally increase their quantity of lore production, but it doesn't seem likely that they will do that.

So do you think it would be better if the lore was outsourced to other producers?

6 Comments

Sharjo2 votes

Warhammer and D&D also have their franchise's lore nailed down to a tee. Right now that's not a luxury League has. You've gotta build the world before you let people play around in it, y'know?

Ralanr1 votes

As someone who has been enjoying the act of fanfiction, I have to agree.

There's just a lot of things that we don't know yet (cough Yordles cough) that prevents certain ideas from happening.

This playground is far from finished.

OurLestrade2 votes

The issue with that is that the lore might feel very fanfictiony... Although to be fair most of the new lore has felt like a bad fanfiction so far :O

Ethereal3114 votes

It's already fanfictiony as it is, and will likely go down from here.

OurLestrade1 votes

Still think that Taliyah thing was just an author self insert X Yasuo fanfic :P (Girl with mysterious powers beyond her control from a land far away X Hunky anime bloke. Typical Tumblr author avatar!)

abdollah562731 votes

It would be even better I think, because the Warhammer, D&D and Alien stories are written by acclaimed professional comics and novel writers. The key is to just put it in good hands and I bet a competent writer can flesh out and build the world. That way Riot can be more efficient with their resources

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