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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On September 01 2015 07:05 Alaric wrote: I know newcomers were really put off during TI5 though because the cosmetics made the models so different for some of them that they woudn't recognise the same hero between two games. Hero recognition is harder in Dota, in general, though. | ||
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Kaethis
Netherlands112 Posts
Well, yeah, a guy from EA came out publicly and said that Riot could be making a fuckton more off of their players and Riot basically shrugged and said "Yeah, but that's not the point." They still made $1billion+ last year. The more oppressive the monetization becomes in League the more likely players are to leave for games that have more free stuff. Riot creates consumer loyalty exactly through this. Don't get me wrong; I think Riot's absolutely great in what they do for E-sports (if gaming is ever going to be become an olympic sport like I think.. Ryze? at one point said was their dream the LCS is the way to do it). There's a long-term view here that's rare for a company as large as Riot. If they were to ever make a new game and it didn't blow they'd make billions in the first week because people believe they are gamers rather then businessmen like the folks at EA. I also read a report at one point that guessed Riot was running at a net loss but it didn't matter because they attracted insane amounts of investor money because of this long-term view. Don't remember where it was though. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
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Slusher
United States19143 Posts
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
On September 01 2015 15:44 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: There is zero chance Riot is running at a net loss. Oh most definitely. The only aspects that are running at a loss are doing so because of accounting trickery. LCS does not run at a loss. Its profits simply show up on the books under skin sales. It would be like claiming your marketing division was making a loss because it move any merchandise. | ||
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
On September 01 2015 16:15 Slusher wrote: riot has said in the past that the league specifically was, not them as a whole, although with coke and whatnot involved at this point I'm not so sure about that even. If they don't count their own adverts for League then I'm pretty sure it still is. | ||
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Kaethis
Netherlands112 Posts
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
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M2
Bulgaria4132 Posts
I am not sure I can explain what I am trying to ask, but what provides you the right to point someone as a troll pick formally, a particular - official rules that you can judge based on? | ||
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kongoline
6318 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On September 01 2015 20:39 kongoline wrote: is riot ok with current state of devourer ? i still think this item is bonkers on certain champions -.- I think it's fine. Some champs it's strong on, some champs its not. The key thing is the champs that it's strong on don't automatically dominate the whole game like Feral Flares first iteration did. | ||
GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On September 01 2015 16:33 Goumindong wrote: Oh most definitely. The only aspects that are running at a loss are doing so because of accounting trickery. LCS does not run at a loss. Its profits simply show up on the books under skin sales. It would be like claiming your marketing division was making a loss because it move any merchandise. That's not accounting trickery. That's just a loss leader. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
On September 01 2015 19:36 justiceknight wrote: is the nerfed viktor worth to play now? currently theres a creator viktor skin sale for me and not sure whether to buy. @justiceknight It depends. In terms of win rate? Absolutely not. Viktor has a 47% win rate. This may change in the future but i sincerely doubt it. Viktor has never really been above a 50% and i don't expect that he or the meta will change in a way that makes it so. His advantages are hard to use in competitive and even harder in soloqueue. In terms of play style? Maybe. Viktor is one of the few hard clear mid laners and so this can be valuable, especially if you're generally not a good mid player. Specific to the current meta; Viktor gets bodied by Ahri and Ahri is the most picked mid champion right now. But other champions like Kog and Anivia can probably fill that area better than viktor can. In terms of aesthetics? Maybe. Creator Viktor is a skin I like a lot. But all of the skins for Viktor(including the base skin) are really good.Creator is full "Von Doom" while the others are all very "leaguey" so if you like that aesthetic then its a good pickup. Worth noting is that creator Viktor loses the hand. And so cannot do some of the staff grab animations | ||
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Gahlo
United States35165 Posts
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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NeoIllusions
United States37500 Posts
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