Lore doesn't need to be tied to Champ Releases or Events, JUST DO YOUR OWN THING, NARRATIVE #mappls

Darrosh Jewfist·5/21/2015, 12:25:52 AM·9 votes·1,150 views

It's been EIGHT MONTHS since the Great Retcon. And Riot continues to churn out content with zero follow-up, fails to update the now-obsolete lore, and ignore a swath of its fanbase.

The only time lore even pops up is when it's tied to champ releases. And even then, it's pitifully small.

There seems to be this painfully stupid attitude of -we'll wait when the time is right- mentality pervading through a lot of these comments. Whether it's quality or champ release timing I'm not sure but man, some lore is better than no lore.

Hell, you can do a BUNCH of nonconsequential stories on various champions. You know, just keep churning them out en masse. Stories that are really just snippets of their lives, kind of like a champ Slice of Life.

Instead, there's this desperate need to be COOL and EDGY.

Maybe it's Riot's corporate culture. That desperate need to tell other departments "Yo, look at this cool stuff I'm working on." So now everything's summoner 4 y and gimmicky. It's like some kind of spectacle creep in real life.

Then there's the fact this Narrative Department can't get their crap together TO EVEN GIVE US A GODDAMN MAP AFTER EIGHT GODDAMN MONTHS. I MEAN - COME ON. WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? The release of Carto, the Uppity Mapmaker?

8 Comments

Vistha Kai5/21/2015, 7:41:19 AM2 votes

Yeah, basically Shadow Isles were on the opposite side of the Valoran compared to Bilgewater and then it magically appeared next to it. Yeaaaah.

I mean, if you can't even trust the map then what the hell should you trust in?

Celindrea5/21/2015, 8:00:11 PM2 votes

Ezreal WHO NEEDS A MAP?!

Legacy of Xion5/21/2015, 3:39:33 AM1 votes

So, you want the Journal of Justice back.

Sincarnation5/21/2015, 8:26:13 AM1 votes

I feel the same way mostly, champion tidbits and short stories would be nice

Motajo5/21/2015, 6:09:20 PM1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Darrosh Jewfist,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=lhdOUGOu,comment-id=,timestamp=2015-05-21T00:25:52.653+0000)spectacle creep

I like this term. Like power creep, but with flashiness and theatrics