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Hey u/RiotSirhaian congrats you got it in there! I’m glad, hope this clears up gut reactions in the future again I love the new effects been playing both champs way more!
Hey u/RiotSirhaian congrats you got it in there! I’m glad, hope this clears up gut reactions in the future again I love the new effects been playing both champs way more!
Communication has been a bit harder since the boards got removed, but I hope this helps clarify our goals and how we work for these updates. And now I can always point to one article in case there are some misunderstandings again!
Could a rioter clarify if these VFX devs are being paid for these passion projects? I would feel terrible if they aren't
So my own two cents on this: as many mentioned yes we're salaried, and these updates aren't done outside of work hours and it's never expected of us to do so (like, I'm actually often told NOT to do that), it's more like in-between projects or during lunch. Basically whenever we have a bit of free time and wanna work on them, which is why these can take a long time to make. It's completely opt-in, nothing's required of us for these updates. We do them only cause we care and want to improve the game in our own way where possible.
EDIT: wording, my english's dying
So you aren’t being paid to do this and being persuaded not to improve the game in this way by riot
Great.
That's.... exactly the opposite of what I explained: I'm told by Riot not to work outside of work hours.
Expect as you said in your post Riot says not to do this stuff and the only time you get to work on it is between projects on during your lunch break
That ain’t right. These are major improvements to the game they should be directing people as talented as you to continue to do this and give you scheduled time to do so. Not rely on you giving up your lunch break.
Well I obviously cannot disagree with that, but afaik, we simply do not have the resources for this currently, as you can see that we are hiring multiple VFX Artists at the moment if you check the Riot website. And we're already doing this simply because we do enjoy doing it, so honestly for me, this is fine. But I definitely see your point and agree with it.
like i told you before, the art updates are something that he can do if he wants, but isn't a direct requirement of his position. its like a cartoonist working on sketches to improve themselves, and realizing that "hey, I can take this further and do something official".
u/RiotSirhaian here was saying that his higher ups were telling him that it's fine to work on these projects, but not to take work home with him. It's fine to work on the updates independently while he's clocked in, but outside the office/times is a no-no.
Basically exactly this ^
Ty for explaining, I'm bad with words. <_>