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It shouldn't be completely impossible to retain the League as an institution

Cyclosarin··3 votes·1,134 views

We all know that the physical League of Legends was removed from the lore because it forced every champion to have a reason for joining the League.

But there's no reason to scrap the concept entirely. Without the League of Legends, the lore of the champions is literally just a random story with nothing to back it up, which is why a lot of people didn't like the change.

The League of Legends could be retained as a method of resolving conflicts on a small, controlled scale, without requiring that champions live on-site at the Institute of War. Instead, when two nations have a conflict they would simply choose representatives to go fight in the League, but at any other time the champions can just run around and do what they want. This makes the League actually relevant to the lore and answers the question of why you have these 10 people randomly fighting on a magical field that respawns you.

I feel like this is a nice compromise. Thoughts?

8 Comments

ZeesBombi2 votes

I mean at this point every solution and idea is better than just having League of Legends itself being removed from the lore. I really think they should readd it to the lore, it makes the game itself just ruined. It doesnt have a proper story anymore...

Sharjo2 votes

My thoughts? Doesn't really matter. We're practically a year in to this now; I don't see the IoW ever coming back.

Kadavik1 votes

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TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

I like the idea. The only small problem I have is that random champions like Tahm Kench or loner champions like Yasuo or "unimportant" champions like Ekko would really have no reason to ever go to the League. Okay, maybe Ekko because of his pride in Zaun, but otherwise, no. They really wouldn't be representing anything, so why should they even be there?

Cyclosarin1 votes

Many of the old reasons still might apply.

Participation in the League might award prestige and influence (it would be similar to being selected by your nation to compete in the Olympics).

Then there are a group of champions that literally only go to the League to have an area to kill/fight/eat/test inventions without consequences, like Wukong, Singed, Viktor, Cho'gath, Kog'maw, etc.

Not every champion could be adapted like this though, that's true.

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

It would be interesting to see what happens to these champions before and after the League happens. Ekko would be interesting to watch, as his status would grow in Zaun, but would he like that? Things like that would be interesting to look at.

Tesla Effect1 votes

IOW still has a chance to get back into the lore, butt it would have to be and would be drastically different from the original. Less NATO and more UN, which is to say less military power and influence.

hexarte1 votes

I actually thought this is how it is now. Kind of like a branch of non-bipartisan individuals that remain anonymous to the rest of society and are like Judge and Jury on complications that occur in Runeterra.

summoner 6

I'm out.

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