Riot staff should stop trolling
I understand that the crew at Riot is probably a little miffed at all the negative feedback surrounding the launch of Season One. Despite the problems, LoL is still a free game with an impressive feature list, and I’d probably be a bit peeved if people were constantly bitching about this thing I was offering up for free. But trolling isn’t the way to deal with that frustration, and it’s probably going to make things a whole lot worse.
Take this most recent troll post from Zileas, the game’s design director wherein he claims they’ll be making Xin Zhao’s ultimate refresh any time he gets a kill or an assist. It’s a joke, but if you weren’t reading the forums regularly and didn’t know that they were planning to nerf Xin’s ultimate you might easily assume this is real and get fairly pissed off.
Now, some would say it’s the responsibility of the reader to find out what’s real and what’s not – can’t trust everything you read on the internet. I would say, though, that it falls to Riot to keep its forums safe and enjoyable for old and new members alike, and making troll threads just to get a laugh out of the council and the forum regulars doesn’t do any good for the community. If Riot wants new players to get involved in the game and the community on the forums, it has to put an end to this crap.
Posted in: league of legends
Tags: flaming, riot, troll posts, trolling, xin zhao buff, xin zhao nerf, zileas
Or at least make it a little more obvious to folks who don’t frequent the boards – although I thought the shirtless skin was a pretty clear signal.
Semi-related… anyone know what’s up with the delayed (page of whitespace) then “bro” meme?
If I remember correctly, Phreak kinda popularized the bro thing by making fun of a few forum trolls with it and now it’s this whole big thing. Spinoff of the ever popular “cool story bro.”
Ahh, interesting.
Yeah I figured it was tied into csb, just wasn’t sure who/what started it.
When forum communities start getting their own in-memes that step outside of in-game references that one can eventually figure out based on the game itself… that’s usually about when I start pulling back as things can get difficult to follow for those of us without the time to really devote to forumhugging.
I don’t frequent the forums, so it’s going to be hard for them to troll me. XD
Mate, i dont know what is the last time you played xin zhao, but at the moment it is about which team has the best xin zhao player. thats all.
he beats almost any player and everyone plays him << played 15 games straight and there was always a xin zhao