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I have just one question about the new lore and event: Why should I care?

Roberick·7/26/2015, 11:37:23 AM·5 votes·923 views

Ever since the Summoners and the Institute got scrapped I have lost my ability to care about anything happening in the ongoing story (Assuming there is even one anymore) simply because there is no bridge between the game and the lore anymore. All the fancy writing might as well happen in another dimension because, at its' core, it has nothing to do with the events happening in the game. Questions such as "Why are they fighting?" are unanswered. And I'm not talking about individual reasons for fighting like Azir and Xerath, I'm talking about why specifically 5 guys who might or might not know eachother would team up to fight specifically 5 other strangers in a place based on an arbitrary set of rules that includes destroying a building and protected by an army. That is what the game is about and why are they immortal and coming back to life, but there is absolutely no explanation for why it is happening. And that, to me at least, leads to a disconnection to the rest of the events of the writing?

As good and groundbreaking as it may be, that one simple question is still unanswered: Why should I care when there's no context for what's happening in the game?

It might sound like I'm raging or whatever, but I'm really not. This is a question that everyone who cares about the lore should be asking. Why are they fighting on the Rift/Bridges/Shadow Isles/Scar? Seems to me like a lot of those heroes (I refuse to still use the term champions, as they are not championing anything anymore) would have better things to do.

8 Comments

Solideus7/26/2015, 11:56:19 AM2 votes

Because...its a good read? That's all it has to be.

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BlkStar1007/26/2015, 12:52:41 PM1 votes

I also thought about that once . Did you knew that minions are also summoned but by weaker , inexperienced , summoners ? (ofc , I am talking about the story , not the game itself )

DrCyanide7/26/2015, 12:57:07 PM1 votes

It may not be the perfect bridge for you, but what if you treat the new lore as what happens when they aren't Summoned, and ignore the removal of the IoW?

Peridition7/26/2015, 3:26:42 PM1 votes

There's always going to be a disconnect between the story and the gameplay when it comes to MOBAs. LoL is certainly not alone in that regard.

They're never going to be able to explain something like why Lucian is helping Thresh in SR without making a flimsy, convoluted story.

Melancholy Exile7/26/2015, 5:34:25 PM1 votes

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It might sound like I'm raging or whatever, but I'm really not. This is a question that everyone who cares about the lore should be asking. Why are they fighting on the Rift/Bridges/Shadow Isles/Scar? Seems to me like a lot of those heroes (I refuse to still use the term champions, as they are not championing anything anymore) would have better things to do.

It's a question you'll generally find people aren't asking because we know that the official line from Riot is that there isn't a reason: they aren't fighting on the Rift; the gameplay of League of Legends is completely detached from the setting. I can certainly appreciate if that's something that doesn't sit well with you and is more than a little immersion-breaking but it's ultimately the answer.

Personally I'm still very attached to the Institute-era lore but that doesn't mean that I'm incapable of appreciating material from a setting where it's been removed completely.