A book in progress :-)

Multisingularity·1/6/2015, 8:02:21 AM·1 votes·1,746 views

You know, I've read a lot of comments about the lore of lol now. Many of them not so positive about all the changes that have been made, and understandable. But I will say that I look at the whole thing like I am reading a book that is in the process of being written. With LoL being the game it is, and things coming out as they have, it is pretty clear that the lore has always been a work in progress. I remember reading a quote by one of the makers a long time ago about Eve, basically saying that when they made her, the shadow isles were just a thought and nothing more. With that said, it can be both an exciting and frustrating process to be keeping up with the story. Frustrating because of all the changes, but exciting in that we are actually being given the chance to not only watch, but be part of an entire world being born. Any author while writing a book, is continuously going back and changing things. Adding characters, changing roles,, adding places, and just swirling around in the creative hurricane until somehow magically, it all comes together. I love that we are getting to see this process unfold. Very rarely does a story being written for publication as it goes, have no plot-holes. Not everyone can pull a Naruto out of their hat, and in fact, even that I am sure many would argue about plot-holes (though I personally love the Naruto story line as well as how it fits together). But Naruto aside, I can say I enjoy the lore of LoL, and am excited to see it continue to unfold more fully to itself.

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LANWhale1/6/2015, 8:31:34 AM4 votes

Honestly, I want to see were they take some champions such as Eve and Mord. But as well see what kind of quality the lore they are release is, frankly if we have to wait about a couple months to get lore as good as the new Ammumu lore, then I would gladly wait. I actually have a high regard for Riot but sometimes they make decisions that well aren't favorable by many. I've come to expect to have to wait for things to be complete, I mean you can't rush perfection right?

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Sneak Dog1/6/2015, 2:32:53 PM3 votes

Except that the world seemed quite set in stone. I got attached to some characters. We were already part of the world. Now all of that is gone. The very premise of the lore is retconned, one of my favorite characters is retconned, the immersion of the game is retconned.

Now Riot starts anew, with pretty much a blank slate. For all I know they'll start anew again in three years. Why should I invest my time and care in a story that probably won't ever get finished? In a character that probably won't get any screen-time or will just get retconned out? Riot is entirely willing to do this, I'm better of spending my time in other lore. Better for me not to care about Riots characters, lest I feel again as terrible as when Trundle got retconned.

The lore is like a book being written by a hobbyist in his off-time. He keeps on working on it, changing on it, sometimes going back and changing just about everything about it. It probably won't ever be finished. The difference is that Riot presents its lore like it is.

I can't trust Riots narrative department anymore because of all these retcons. I'm not excited, I'm severely disappointed.

StegosaurusToast1/6/2015, 8:14:12 AM2 votes

the thing is LoL lore is as consistent as Keyori's upload schedule.

Burn aside, Lore needs some updates