@Riot, Can We Talk About The Lore Retcon? Or is it still "too soon"?

Impetual·Oct 19, 2015·8 votes·803 views

When Riot retconned Runeterra's lore, they stayed away from talking about specifics.

Prominent characters within Runeterra had their lore erased in a heartbeat without anything to replace it. - R.I.P. Jax.

@Riot, I'm tired and ashamed to say that I'm tired of fighting with you on your lore direction for Runeterra in which summoner's don't exist.

I thought the concept of summoners was awesome, which helped get me interested in this game.

Although it's a shame that you've removed a core part of Runeterra in order to make the lore easier to write, there's no excuse for making the retcon take so long.

The lore for League of Legends should make sense! If you want to retcon it, retcon it! Don't just retcon parts of it and leave the rest for later!

The retcon should have happened all at once.

7 Comments

SchaakaKonOct 19, 20154 votes

Too soon?

2012 was the last time the IoW was mention in lore or the League (from Jayce onwards there was no mention of them).

In early 2014 (i think) Riot officially announces the dreaded lore retcon, but every one knew long before.

Nearing 2016, we are all still waiting for this retcon.

(And yes Shurmia, Freljord and Blidgewater got some definition but it in no way fills the gap of the IoW being removed)

ImpetualOct 23, 20151 votes

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Too soon?

2012 was the last time the IoW was mention in lore or the League (from Jayce onwards there was no mention of them).

In early 2014 (i think) Riot officially announces the dreaded lore retcon, but every one knew long before.

Nearing 2016, we are all still waiting for this retcon.

(And yes Shurmia, Freljord and Blidgewater got some definition but it in no way fills the gap of the IoW being removed)

I'm sorry but I disagree with you. Despite the lack of support that Riot may have had for the old lore during the retcon preparations, the retcon didn't actually start until it was announced in 2014(?).

The point in time where Riot stated that a huge portion of Runeterra's lore was no longer cannon is where the retcon began.

That's when the retcon happened, and not before.

SchaakaKonOct 23, 20151 votes

You are confusimg something being official and something being implemented. The implementation of the retcon happened welllllll before the announcement. Show me a champion in 2013 who mentions the IoW or summoners.

The 2014 announcement only happened because the old lore forums were ablaze with questions like "why isnt the League of Legends or Instatute of War or even Summoners ever being mentioned in champ lores anymore?".

Sneak DogOct 19, 20154 votes

Too soon? Riot just wants to ignore the retcon, ignore that anything is wrong with the lore.

What Riot wants is a clean slate to work from, not some kind of "old lore" to adhere to. They have and old lore, so they're taking things they like from it, but anything they dislike will simply be ignored and overwritten.