I see an inherent problem with the VS lore.

Electro522·Jun 18, 2017·5 votes·670 views

This event is cool and all, but the potential ending has me a bit confused because, well.......

Neither side can win.

Come on, we've all seen it. From Diablo to Marvel, the whole "Order vs Chaos/Light vs Darkness" thing always comes down to there needing to be a balance at all times, and if this balance leans to heavily in one direction or the other, all hell breaks loose (even if the "good" side wins, and even worse if the "bad" side wins).

So, why are we competing with each other, if the inherent outcome will be overall negative?

I don't know. Riot's planning something, obviously, so, we'll just have to wait and see. It was just a thought I had.

12 Comments

GapyboJun 18, 20179 votes

This event doesn't really have a lot to do with the games lore and world building. It's basically a fancy promotion for the skins and the new missions system. They can have one side win since it would affect basically nothing and when the event is over it likely won't be addressed again in the future.

MarshbouyJun 18, 20175 votes

So, why are we competing with each other, if the inherent outcome will be overall negative?

Cause marketing.

CytheGuyJun 18, 20172 votes

This kind of event will never make sense. There will always be the people that want more freedom; those who love revolution. These are the people that follow the path of "chaos." There will also always be those who are more controlling and demand "peace" and order. If Order wins, the revolutionary will overthrow them. If Chaos wins, it will slowly dissipate from civil wars and order will slowly assert itself into rule. There won't be a negative outcome because these forces will automatically balance themselves. Because of this, Riot probably doesn't care about doing anything to make the repercussions make any sense at all.

[slayer-jinx-wink]

OkamikaziJun 18, 20171 votes

What if order wins the new world could be dominated by the cultures that value order like Damacia and Piltover? and if Chaos wins, cultures like Noxus and Zaun are more dominate.

ArakadiaJun 18, 20175 votes

Noxus and Zaun do not value chaos. Your associating chaos with negativity and negativity with Noxus and Zaun.

OkamikaziJun 18, 20171 votes

Noxus is a war culture, War does not cause chaos? Zaun is where scientific experiments go unchecked and cause chaos like Warwick, is Warwick not a chaotic beast? I know chaos doesn't mean evil. Like Ekko, he messes with time, do you not think one day his actions won't cause chaos?

ArakadiaJun 19, 20171 votes

War does make chaos. But Noxus is not a war culture, their an expansive culture.

By your logic, if a women weighs as much as a duck, and both ducks and wood floats, than she must be a witch because witches are made of wood!

Zaun might cause chaos, that does not mean they value or want chaos. It means they have bigger priorities. Same with Ekko, he has bigger priorities.

And Chaos is not by definition evil or bad.

mr Boombastic787Jun 21, 20172 votes

Chaos is neither good or bad, the same for order. Chaos basically means total freedom, in Zaun's and Noxus' case too much freedom. But order is just as bad. It is total control. You could call too much order communism. For it to be good you need balance, even how cliché it sounds.

mr Boombastic787Jun 21, 20171 votes

No it is more like order=total control of everything vs chaos=total freedom. In Noxus and Zaun you're more free then in Demacia and Piltover as long as you can take care of yourself. Neither side is necessarily good, even though it always seems at first glans that order is good and chaos is bad. Though it is kinda like communism and fascism. Gotta find that balance to actually be good

Pandemic PunchJun 18, 20171 votes

Well, they could always do a sequel event to where we have to restore balance. :D

RebonackJun 19, 20171 votes

Balance?

Hardly.

Darkness isn't a thing. It's just a less than comfortable level of light.

Likewise, chaos isn't a thing. It's a less than comfortable level of order.

mr Boombastic787Jun 21, 20171 votes

Well why would it matter? It is a spinoff fantasy universe of another fantasy universe. It is more of a fun thing for the community to pick a side and compete. I loved this event and think it is fun to be a bad guy chaos person. I have friends who always is the hero, good guy, protect the weak, follow every rule and justice person, but to me that sounds kinda similar to communism. xD