Harrowing is a Lore/Narrative based thing, with the Harrowing Skins residing with the Skins Team. So how does the Esports portion of everything, decide to run out the Harrowing? It's not like they're saying "Hey Narrative come over and work on Esports". They're separate factions of work divisions.
Unless im missing the point, as then please kindly point out my flaws.
So the Shadow and Fortune piece never happened? Okay cool.
Also, the main point is that Riot doesn't want to overload themselves or the players with tons of stuff on one day, and having the Worlds finals scheduled for Halloween kinda messes that up. People are getting upset that Riot prioritized the one that had pro players, and somehow that relates to Riot being greedy (I mean they would get more money from holding the Harrowing and selling the skins...).
I think the controversy stems mainly from Riot not communicating their intentions well enough. People were expecting their holiday skins to be shipped (or made available from the legacy vault) on the celebration day. However, for some peculiar reason, Riot decided to only release the Harrowing story and not tell the out-of-PBE fanbase that the holiday skins will be delayed. Certain people seem to get very upset when their holiday events don't arrive on time, as one could experience two years ago. It might seem that the Worlds were the main reason why Riot missed the Harrowing date this year, and I am afraid that actually could be the reason. Tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if Tencent, a Chinese corporation, directed Riot to ommit the Halloween event in favor of Worlds, as the holiday isn't very popular in the Far East and could theoretically affect the amount of people watching the finals. I'm not an economist, but I could say China and Korea are a pretty big market for computer games.
Hey, be nice to narrative, they just wrote a story, everyone needs a break from time to time. (Sarcasm)
i don't understand why riot couldn't do the harrowing during Esports this year's worlds so was fucking boring.i honestly dislike that i started watching worlds this year since it was so disappointing especially since this is the year double teleport becomes a thing and ruins the game.i would have loved a good harrowing and the story as ok i guess but it wasnt big enough that i wouldnt want a harrowing event as well they didnt even bother making icons for the event.so much missed opertunity lol all for fucking Esports? that's not possible that's just dumb i like riot but they sometimes really make me question their competence or if not that at least their priorities....
They have lost touch with their average customer.
Who needs keep on buying http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/hmwikia/images/3/39/Chickensnes.gif/revision/latest?cb=20120505224313
When you can buy http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/hmwikia/images/6/68/Ajsbkg.gif/revision/latest?cb=20120420032751
Riot/Tencent Ideals.
