[2020] Discussion with Rioters

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What happened to all the rioters on forum boards. They used to populate the League Boards and Reddit, but now I barely see them posting on real discussions. For a game that is maturing, it is as important as ever for a gaming company to be connected with its base.

It also would just be amazing to feel like we have an actual impact on balance. OF COURSE, we don't have all the data, but I think some posters are actually pretty knowledgeable about the subject, and their opinions should be heard. It just doesn't make since for a game played by millions to be regulated by a handful of "designers."

I saw a post a long-time ago about why rioters don't post is because of the toxicity of boards. However, I feel like that is a part of the internet. Many of us deal with toxicity in the game, and on here. We are only asking them to be apart of the posting community.

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almost 4 years ago - /u/phroxz0n - Direct link

For me, part of it is that I need to be in the thread almost immediately when it goes up. After a thread has been sitting for a while, there's not too much point posting, especially since you have to be extremely careful with what you say. That's mainly because things you say get dredged up again years later or snipped out of context. The other thing is to consider the value that I could add to a conversation. When it's primarily a complaint post, there's usually not much to add outside of "I acknowledge your post and read it".

almost 4 years ago - /u/phroxz0n - Direct link

Originally posted by czartaylor

yeah the way reddit works if you don't get a comment in the first 5 or so comments that aren't gonna get downvoted to oblivion your comment is just gonna get buried. It might be a little different for a rioter because you have the name brand power that gets people to notice, but for me once you get into a thread an hour or so late the only way to get a discussion started is to ride one of the top comments. Reddit threads very much have an early bird gets the publicity problem.

Also I don't remember how bad the boards got, but feedback on reddit is almost exclusively negative and usually not constructive (90% of them are essentially 'this is what a champion does phrased in a way to make them sound op, so where nerfs) so it's hard to come in and say something meaningful every time.

I think a lot of it is spillover from the boards, I'd imagine a lot of those posters are now making threads on reddit instead.

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