Riot needs to figure out what kind of direction they want to take their lore in, and go with it.4
Retconning most of the lore isn't a solution.
Every champion should have a backstory and lore that co-exists with every other. RIot's a long way from that, and I hoping to see more progression from them.
Variks the Loyal3 votesSo far, since the retcon, LoL's lore has been spot on.
There are some weird parts. Abandoning Atreus, for example, but a Rioter already said it's all subject to future development. I think they're handling the lore very, very well. Maybe the big retcon let them do that.
ModWulf Helhammer2 votesBackstory and lore are the same thing. There are over 120 champions in this game; having well written stories for all of them is going to take a while.
Impetual1 votesBackstory and lore are the same thing. There are over 120 champions in this game; having well written stories for all of them is going to take a while.
I disagree,** backstory and lore are not the same.**. Backstory is specific to an individual champion, as it is simply, their origin story.
Whereas a champion's lore is about how that champion has has interacted and affected the world it is in, that world being Runeterra. A champion's backstory doesn't necessarily affect the lore of it's world, it just informs players on aspects of that champion.
Backstory is just an explanation of something that has already happened.
Champion lore is when we see champion's interact with other champions, that they aren't necessarily connected through their backstories, with to actually affect Runeterra in inconceivable and interesting ways...which I wish Riot would do more.
In my opinion, this event lore is playing it way to safe and hiding inside of the box.
ModWulf Helhammer1 votesBecause of the way champions are linked together in story, very few of them would have back stories that don't interact with anyone. Hence, they are the same thing.
Lore has nothing to do with Runeterra, that is something you are attributing to it that has never been stated. Lore is about the champion. And if that champion has a story that is only minimally tied to the rest of Runeterra (like Burning Tides for example), it is still lore. At its central core, lore is about characters, and if necessary, interactions.
And besides that, the current lore that they are putting out has both a history and a current story.
Impetual1 votesI'm almost speechless at this moment, when I'm trying to figure out a response to your idiotic post.
Your first sentence completely ignores my premise that "backstory and lore are not the same" and yet you try to say: "Because of the way champions are linked together in story, very few of them would have back stories that don't interact with anyone. Hence, they are the same thing."
IMO you are making a pretty huge nonsensical logic jump here that doesn't really make sense. I just don't get what you're trying to say.
Champion's have always had loose connections with one another through storytelling...I never tried to dispute that.
I also disagree with you when you say "Lore has nothing to do with Runeterra, that is something you are attributing to it that has never been stated. Lore is about the champion."
When we talk about lore, we are talking about worlds as a whole, not just single individuals within those worlds. In this case, you are just plain wrong.