AWKWARD ZOMBIE

I'm thinking about changing from maining Garen when I run Blind Pick tank top to Nautilus. Is the chain as fuck CC and teamfightability worth losing a four second silence and amazing execute? Not to mention the damage reduction/tenacity buff. Changing to a mana champ does open me up to some new items as well...

I have to admit, I don't agree with all the analogies people are making to sports. You can argue "this is like the NFL or whatever firing a player for playing a friendly game of soccer in their free time", but that's not true at all. Pro video game players are not restricted from playing other games. They're only restricted from advertising them on their stream. A more apt comparison would be saying an NFL player goes and participates in MLB games while being paid by the NFL.

Dota 2 is not the only direct competitor. Smite, HoN, and Dawngate all have established tournaments and streaming venues (popularity pending). Blizzard will soon be releasing their All-Stars MOBA. Starcraft II and others would be competing with Riot for stream viewers. If one of League's pro players gets into Starcraft II, who's to say they won't suddenly want to start watching Starcraft II?

Also I've never seen that "there's no need for games to compete" mentality, even with the budding of esports. It's always been who can get the most viewers, the best sponsors, the largest tournies.

For my personal stance on this issue: it's business. I don't like it, and I don't necessarily agree with it, but I understand why Riot has it in place. Granted, I don't like the idea of LCS anyway because it's a) kind of boring and b) easy to manipulate/strong-arm people into doing what they (Riot) want. I'd rather they went back to their old system. I would be happier with the restrictions if they were only put in place when said streamer is "scheduled" to stream League of Legends, i.e. they can stream whatever the hell they want during their off hours.

okay so vi, aatrox, shyvana, olaf, and gragas are the raddest fucking teamcomp I've ever seen

Right, so now someone watches two games instead of one. How is this hurting any one again? This would only become a problem when two huge tourneys happen on the same date, which is rare enough that it shouldn't be a concern.


Yeah, but there's a difference between companies who make cheddar by making a quality product, promoting it and letting it speak for it self, or companies who uses ruthless marketing to keep customers uninformed and sabotage competitors.


Yeah, but Riot doesn't sponsor every player's personal stream do they (ie. do they pay every streamer for the stream numbers they get)? If they don't, they don't really have any business with what's going on on the personal stream.

I think the point is that Riot is indirectly or directly providing the LCS players with jobs, and since many of them make cheddar while streaming, they are considered to be during their work hours. Just think of how many companies don't allow you to browse facebook or similar websites while earning cheddar for job hours.

And then there's another comparison in that most gaming companies don't like you making cheddar off of their game, especially in certain ways, for example selling your account. You are making cheddar off of their game, and many companies would prefer if that cheddar went to themselves.

Their not on their job though while streaming. As I said, Riot doesn't pay them for streaming as far as I know.


I don't get what you're trying to say here, Riot most definitely doesn't mind any one streaming LoL, that would be very stupid.

http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends ... ng_policy/ Then comes the question "Why didn't you do that in the first place? Oh, because you didn't want to show pro league players enjoying those games at all? Okay then."

Yay, my idealistic view of Riot as not totally cheddar-hungry is not unfounded.

I imagine the overreach was to cover any loopholes other game companies might find in the policy. Thankfully the Rioters in charge realized it wasn't worth it once it became a PR problem.

.....I guess that makes sense
I am pop flyin' that they're changing the contract but honestly it seems more like a PR move due to the backlash
it's much more reasonable than "can't stream any rival games"

Why do people act like disengaging from baron is the hardest thing ever

because WE NEED TO GET BARON GUYS IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
DOESN'T MATTER THAT THE ENEMY JUNGLER IS LURKING AROUND
OH HE'S bodaciously IN THE BARON PIT WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SMITE STEAL BETTER GIVE IT TO HIM :(

I just had so much fun with Talon in an aram. I wish I didn't suck with him in SR, but dat kill potential

Why am I enjoying playing Karma