[Patch 3.07: Nerf Everything Not Nami] General Discussion…

On June 05 2013 11:26 cLutZ wrote:
I dont understand why Riot thinks people want IP boosts.

Even me, a person who has only like half the champions doesn't want an IP boost. I mean, if they actually worked...aka like each game worth 500 IP...or just give me 10k ip, srsly.

Edit: To clarify the IP boost is dumb for 2 reasons:

1. It feels bad for the players, thus Riot gets absolutely no PR out of it. They get more backlash than good pr.
2. It costs them money.

On June 05 2013 12:26 Shotcoder wrote:
Aren't IP boosts more efficient than purchasing champs with RP money wise if you play enough games?

On June 05 2013 11:53 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:

Except

1. Their playerbase is quite resilient and has a lot invested in the game, making it quite slim that said "backlash" will result in significant amounts of players leaving the game
2. I'm not sure where you're getting this idea that it costs them money from (prove that it costs money to put fake money into people's accounts?) but even if it does it's an investment which further entices players to play, which has multiple effects


If you look at it from a business standpoint and not an "I'm a player and I don't understand business" standpoint then it's a lot easier to see the potential rationale

It's not about giving people what they want, it's about making people do what you want them to do

On June 05 2013 12:09 Gahlo wrote:

I like the IP boost. I've been buying a lot of runes lately and IP boosts are the only way to get them faster. That and if they gave me RP, I'd have to break out the algorithm to get back to 0 again, because they'll probably give the most asinine amount if they were to.

EDIT: Ready to roll out!

On June 05 2013 14:17 Fionn wrote:
All this Team Siren stuff shows how short sighted a lot of the community is. They don't realize that the Sirens are getting exactly what they wanted when they made that video. They have people making thousands of threads about them on Reddit, tuning into their games against guys like Hotshot and company, and now have a huge group of people who will tune in to see them lose any time they stream.

Do people realize that everything they said in their video was bullshit? Do people actually believe that they think they are going to challenge for the LCS? They're a fucking Gold league 5v5 team. They are a glorified e-sports personality team that have no intentions of winning the LCS in the next ten years. They're going to make all their money from their streams that will get thousands more viewers now because they want to see them lose.

If they had made a video based on reality, do you think anyone would give a shit? 'Oh, we're kinda decent players, and we're going to try our best to win amateur tournaments!' Fuck no, so they went on and said hyperbolic stuff like losing isn't an option and that millions of dollars are on the line. Their end game isn't winning LCS, but to get more and more people to tune into their streams and pay their revenue through that source.

The video was extremely cringe worthy, but it's working out beautifully for them. Five gold league players are now getting more attention than Korea did for destroying everyone at all-stars. Now anytime Team Siren wants to stream or play a showmatch, tons of nerds are going to make threads, watch the games, and then act like they "won" when Team Siren gets destroyed.

On June 05 2013 14:17 Fionn wrote:
All this Team Siren stuff shows how short sighted a lot of the community is. They don't realize that the Sirens are getting exactly what they wanted when they made that video. They have people making thousands of threads about them on Reddit, tuning into their games against guys like Hotshot and company, and now have a huge group of people who will tune in to see them lose any time they stream.

Do people realize that everything they said in their video was bullshit? Do people actually believe that they think they are going to challenge for the LCS? They're a fucking Gold league 5v5 team. They are a glorified e-sports personality team that have no intentions of winning the LCS in the next ten years. They're going to make all their money from their streams that will get thousands more viewers now because they want to see them lose.

If they had made a video based on reality, do you think anyone would give a shit? 'Oh, we're kinda decent players, and we're going to try our best to win amateur tournaments!' Fuck no, so they went on and said hyperbolic stuff like losing isn't an option and that millions of dollars are on the line. Their end game isn't winning LCS, but to get more and more people to tune into their streams and pay their revenue through that source.

The video was extremely cringe worthy, but it's working out beautifully for them. Five gold league players are now getting more attention than Korea did for destroying everyone at all-stars. Now anytime Team Siren wants to stream or play a showmatch, tons of nerds are going to make threads, watch the games, and then act like they "won" when Team Siren gets destroyed.