Why did they remove champion quotes from new champ select?

Jesus is Savior·Mar 10, 2016·21 votes·15,282 views

Instead of just adding an "opt out" button?

It was nice knowing what everyone was picking while I was alt-tabbed. Plus, if you have never owned or played a champ, that can be the ONLY time you ever hear its voice.

30 Comments

RiotmoonstonesMar 10, 201627 votes

I m bug - I can confirm.

EDIT: Not a bug.

Hey dudes, we removed these from champ select. The issue was we had overloaded champ select with too many sound effects, making it hard to tell when key things were actually going on - like when it was your turn to pick. You'll still hear your own champ when you lock them in. The upside of this is that since the recent patch we're seeing some of the lowest dodge rates ever.

Source.

SolerianMar 10, 20165 votes

Thank you so much for confirming this! Was super worried we lost a great feature.

warpenguin555Mar 11, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-03-10T17:44:07.177+0000)

I believe this is a bug - I can confirm.

will it be back this patch? also sometimes the announcer doesn't say her lines on kills

RiotmoonstonesMar 11, 20161 votes

I don't believe so, no.

BudoBoy07Mar 11, 20161 votes

I actually enjoy the silence, they are getting quite repetitive. Have you considered selling additional quotes to mix things up?

RiotmoonstonesMar 11, 20161 votes

Nope, not at this time, at least.

ShadownedByZedMar 11, 20162 votes

Have you guys ever thought about adding the death sounds of the champions in champion select when they get banned?

RiotmoonstonesMar 11, 20163 votes

I'm on skins, so I don't have a ton of context into future plans, but I think this would be amazing. -

DecritMar 11, 20161 votes

dude, you can always lower the volume of the client and listen to this instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

warpenguin555Mar 11, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=000100010000,timestamp=2016-03-11T18:04:33.796+0000)

I don't believe so, no.

aw. well ok. thanks for the response

Jesus is SaviorMar 11, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=000100010000,timestamp=2016-03-11T18:04:33.796+0000)

I don't believe so, no.

Can confirm announcer doesn't say stuff on kills (sometimes).

I thought it may have been because of my sound-mods, but I guess not (I delete the HUD soundbank every patch)

runedaraMar 11, 20163 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-03-10T17:44:07.177+0000)

I believe this is a bug - I can confirm.

I would like an option to turn it off

Captain AishiMar 11, 20162 votes

will we have an option to keep it as it is now? hearing every champ's select quote is very irritating

RiotmoonstonesMar 11, 20162 votes

I don't work on this particular team, so I don't have a concrete answer. Based on it likely being a bug, I don't think so.

Jeddy017Mar 11, 20163 votes

I just like to post this link to Riot Socrates posted over on reddit.

Hey dudes, we removed these from champ select. The issue was we had overloaded champ select with too many sound effects, making it hard to tell when key things were actually going on - like when it was your turn to pick. You'll still hear your own champ when you lock them in. The upside of this is that since the recent patch we're seeing some of the lowest dodge rates ever.

Yeaaaaaaaaah,that's what happened.

Captain AishiMar 11, 20161 votes

what a relief :D

ArcticSiriusMar 12, 20161 votes

Do you think you guys (I know you're not part of that team) can look into other alternatives? I miss their voices when picking :<

Mister ModestyMar 14, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-03-10T17:44:07.177+0000)

I m bug - I can confirm.

EDIT: Not a bug.

Hey dudes, we removed these from champ select. The issue was we had overloaded champ select with too many sound effects, making it hard to tell when key things were actually going on - like when it was your turn to pick. You'll still hear your own champ when you lock them in. The upside of this is that since the recent patch we're seeing some of the lowest dodge rates ever.

Source.

^Not to mention everyone could hear Sona say, "Only you can hear me summoner..."

KraaganMar 15, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-03-10T17:44:07.177+0000)

I m bug - I can confirm.

EDIT: Not a bug.

Hey dudes, we removed these from champ select. The issue was we had overloaded champ select with too many sound effects, making it hard to tell when key things were actually going on - like when it was your turn to pick. You'll still hear your own champ when you lock them in. The upside of this is that since the recent patch we're seeing some of the lowest dodge rates ever.

Source.

I suppose I should come up with something nice but that conveys my disapproval of the feature's removal. Ahem

takes a deep breath

Scumbags :D

AkineroJun 14, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=weJzEjtq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-03-10T17:44:07.177+0000)

I m bug - I can confirm.

EDIT: Not a bug.

Hey dudes, we removed these from champ select. The issue was we had overloaded champ select with too many sound effects, making it hard to tell when key things were actually going on - like when it was your turn to pick. You'll still hear your own champ when you lock them in. The upside of this is that since the recent patch we're seeing some of the lowest dodge rates ever.

Source.

While I understand the reasoning, League is more than just a fighting game and I feel that hearing (or at least having the OPTION to hear the voice over lines) was a nice part of that. People who have a small champion pool will never hear other champions line. I just personally don't like the idea of being a new player and going into champ select and not hearing any of those lines. The first time I ever played some champs was because I thought their champ select line was awesome. It just takes the "Rune Tera" League of legends world out of it for me. I hope sincerely that they return. Maybe Riot could remove some of the other sounds instead. I bet not ALL of them are necessary.

SoundChaosDebugMar 10, 20162 votes

I almost always just mute my pc when champ select is happening so I don't have to hear that.

A BanditoMar 10, 20161 votes

Ok.

Jesus is SaviorMar 11, 20164 votes

{quoted}

Ok.

Rammus

SoundChaosDebugMar 13, 20161 votes

I like how I get downvoted because I stated I don't want to hear the sound spam so I mute, but then a rioter comes in and literally says it's because of sound spam and every one is fine with it.

MerxamersMar 10, 20162 votes

I noticed this when i was playing last night. Felt sad when the enemy team picked Jhin and i missed his sultry voice :(

Gyges SkyeyeMar 14, 20162 votes

I really would like to see the quotes come back at the very least as a toggle. Hearing the quotes really aided in the narrative/world building for that match. Most people play a small set of champions with any regularity. We don't often get to hear the voice overs of the other champions and it is often a treat. Hearing the voice overs of "Tonight We Hunt!" followed by "Feel the Thorns Embrace" gives me a sense of where the other team comes from. It anchors the match with a sense of place and not just it being a contrived something from nothing.

To put it concisely, League with the broadcasted champion select quotes is much closer in immersion to the "A New Dawn" cinematic than a League without them! If reaching that level of immersion is your goal -- then these broadcasted quotes need to come back.

Variks the LoyalMar 11, 20161 votes

I really hope it's a bug, I liked hearing all of the quotes.

That said, I wouldn't be opposed to an option to turn them off. I'd never use it, but for people that don't like it, it'd be nice for them.

GuisonMar 15, 20161 votes

Wow that was such a cool feature why would they turn it off. Whoever the guys are on that team they are soooo backwards. They remove a really cool feature that makes every pick in the game stand out and seem like a really cool champ. Like everyone picked a badass. But they remove it cause they thought it's confusing people into dodging. This leads to the main issue. They don't realize the biggest problem causing these dodges is the stupid incredibly backwards decision to force people to lock bans and picks. I've seen so many dodges and dodged many times because of it myself completely ruining 30min of fun that my party had to wait. We played rocket league instead. Remove the dumb forcing people to lock bans and picks, and add in the pick voices, and also add death voices or some kinda voices for the banned champs.

AkineroJun 15, 20161 votes

{quoted}

Wow that was such a cool feature why would they turn it off. Whoever the guys are on that team they are soooo backwards. They remove a really cool feature that makes every pick in the game stand out and seem like a really cool champ. Like everyone picked a badass. But they remove it cause they thought it's confusing people into dodging. This leads to the main issue. They don't realize the biggest problem causing these dodges is the stupid incredibly backwards decision to force people to lock bans and picks. I've seen so many dodges and dodged many times because of it myself completely ruining 30min of fun that my party had to wait. We played rocket league instead. Remove the dumb forcing people to lock bans and picks, and add in the pick voices, and also add death voices or some kinda voices for the banned champs.

I will agree with you that it seems weird that they thinking champ select voices are related to people dodging? I'm fairly certain that has nothing to do with it... Having an option for the voices seems like a very, very fair thing to do. Some people like it, others don't. Maybe implementing an option for it is incredibly difficult, I don't know. But I do know that when I pick my champ and hear their voice it isn't confusing to me at all, and it doesn't sound cluttered. It make sense.