The Community Rollercoaster

Manwalrus·Aug 4, 2015·2 votes·995 views

Anyone else notice that the community was clamoring for new, more immersive lore for ages, then when we finally get what we've been yelling for since forever. Then people see that GP was disabled because his ship exploded and he was thought dead. The epitome of immersive lore. Then the community immediately starts QQing over how 1 champion was disabled and that this was Riot's way of masking some bug and not because of lore (how that conspiracy theory happened, I still don't know). It was then revealed that it WAS actually because of lore. Everyone shuts up for a few hours. Then posts complaints about how it's bad that everyone with GP that plays him during the event gets a free skin and that his new base skin is fat. It's honestly kind of funny how ungrateful the community is most of the time, we got what we wanted and complained about it. Riot I apologize.

13 Comments

kitcat300Aug 4, 20154 votes

The lore fans were (and are) happy. I think it was mostly the non-lore fans that are angry that a champion is disabled for, in their eyes, a poor reason.

The Anagram KingAug 4, 20154 votes

Several people, I'm sure, play Gangplank with a fervour similar to which I would play my favourite champs. If Riot disabled Viktor or Urgot, I would dread it. I wouldn't even be playing the game until they came back online. ;p

I suspect that disabling a champ isn't the way to go about things. But it's cool that they did do it at least once - because now everyone can look back on and talk about it. That's what lore's all about.

PeriditionAug 4, 20152 votes

There really weren't that many people complaining about GP being disable. I am sure Riot knew no one was going to quit the game over it either.

ManwalrusAug 4, 20151 votes

I know it was a vocal and annoying minority.

ShénzhìAug 4, 20152 votes

"It's honestly kind of funny how ungrateful the community is most of the time."

feelin' that...

SharjoAug 4, 20151 votes

The community isn't one giant ball of happiness and sunshine; there's a lot of views and opinions. Some people like things, some people don't. At the end of the day everyone plays this game because they enjoy it, and they complain because they care, not because they're ungrateful. We want this game to be the best it can be, which makes it seem like we're a bunch of ungrateful arse wipes from time to time.

Darrosh JewfistAug 4, 20151 votes

I think part of it is the idea of 'added' experience.

If they implement Black Market Brawlers, throw in a new map, and have some new icons to earn - that's great. They're ADDING material.

But if you're disabling a champion for a prolonged period of time (for lore reasons - which is ridiculous considering the retcon blogpost and all that) then they aren't adding material, they're removing stuff.

I imagine that's how some people would rationalize it.

SAPIAS PUGNANTISAug 4, 20151 votes

Most players did realize that although Gangplank was taken out, he would return, and he would bring something new with him--whether it was new lore or a new story. We were lucky enough to receive a new skin, and the possibility to earn the original skin without paying money.

So in that way, Riot was always adding new content. And most players saw that and didn't flame. They had enough of a brain to understand how a business operates and see that Riot would never put money into a perfectly fine product just to remove it forever.

NarasimhaAug 4, 20153 votes

...Wait, what? I don't think anyone seriously thought he was being removed forever. That's just retarded. People were pissed because they removed a champion for a reason they didn't really care about. Most people don't have a vested interest in lore. They just want to play a champion they like. And removing a champion JUST for the sake of lore is a blow against them. It's a hit to everyone who bought a GP skin the day before. It's a strike against every GP main that wanted to climb ranked. It's something that should never happen unless a champion actually has something wrong with it. A day was fine. It was amusing. Two days was pushing it, but still acceptable. Beyond that, it should never have continued.

Darrosh JewfistAug 4, 20151 votes

Yeah. If they had replaced all the GPs with like, the Spooky GP skin for a week, nobody would bat an eye. People might think it's funny or neat but ultimately doesn't change the game in the slightest. Even people who may not be into the lore might get a sensible chuckle out of it.

Disabling a champion for implied death is pretty novel in LoL, but doing it for as long as the Narrative has currently decided is a bit much.

YCitizenSnipsYAug 4, 20151 votes

Not really a roller coaster, these boards are pretty consistent in crying their eyes out over any and everything Riot does. But if it makes you feel any better op, this place isn't a really solid representation of the player base so don't take the QQ here to heart.

ManwalrusAug 4, 20151 votes

Actually come to think about it it's more of a seesaw, there's weeks of QQ then a day of good posts then a few more weeks of QQ then some more good posts.

Sneak DogAug 4, 20151 votes

Then people see that GP was disabled because his ship exploded and he was thought dead. The epitome of immersive lore.

Being unable to play a champion isn't immersive. The epitome of immersion would be you being in the story, either as existing character or your own. Currently, the games immersion extends to using characters from the lore and stops about there.

I'm fine with that, but it could easily be more. It has been more.