@Riot, What Problems Have You Observed With The State Of Lore?
I Think we can all agree there are some problems with RIot's Lore.
This thread is about hearing Riot acknowledging the problems with it's lore in an attempt to make things better.
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Honestly this
is about hearing Riot acknowledging the problems with it's lore in an attempt to make things better.
sounds more like a "riot i want to bash you because i don't like the current lore direction" They said already multiple times that they did screw up,especially when it came to the missing long lores and they are fixing it currently(several long lores are on their way and will likely be released this week)
What are the problems that you think need to be acknowleged?
Every single person in the lore fanbase has concerns about the state of the LoL lore, but they vary wildly from one individual to another. It would be very helpful to know where are you coming from.
It's like writing a deeply detailed fantasy novella. There's plans and places for each champion, area, etc. Sometimes those plans don't work out with the vision Riot are trying to bring to us and as well as establishing the value of the League identity as a valuable domain. Everything needs near perfect timing as well as influential styles. There's also chances that the Lore developers also probably have their own side-projects going on at the same time, so things can become muddled if everyone decides to jump in at the same time.
A melting pot like that as good in general, but there's also certain things that can hinder lore development such as a disagreement or writer's block or anything of that level, which is pretty severe because it leads back to the drawing board so another idea can be concepted. That being said there are a couple of Warhammer writers working on the lore team, so there are great minds working behind the scenes. Writing a good story takes time, and when a story has problems, it's going to delay the entire thing so the author / creator will have to wind back first to see what's wrong, what they want to tackle and so forth. For example look at the Harry Potter series. It took J.K. Rowling ten years to fully complete the main story, and even more time for the extra stuff like the Pottormore series, and so on.
And as another opinion, as someone who also does writing on the side, it's fun, but it's not easy. Ideas come often, the challenge is establishing those ideas into something more. I've often had cases of writer's block myself which has managed to completely kill my passion for some small projects. I still get a constant flow of ideas, but putting it down to paper and working on it takes the right time or moment, because if I rush it I'll more than likely burn myself out.