Have you tried playing Valorant? I’m not usually an FPS player but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much fun I have been having playing. I play deathmatch a fair amount and I don’t think there are that many shotgun rushers, and there definitely aren’t in the Spike game mode.
Riot has a history of poor treatment for workers, especially marginalized groups. They recently just settled a $100m lawsuit over it. And Gaywallet is also correct that League has one of the most toxic communities in gaming (at least that I’ve experienced). If I was guessing why, it has a lot to do with how complicated League is and how beginner-unfriendly it is. The game has so many champions and concepts that you really need to understand to play the game “correctly” that it is difficult-to-impossible for a new user to learn everything they need to by themselves and the tutorials are basically useless. So you have new players who don’t understand the game through no fault of their own being thrown into games with a very toxic community that prioritizes winning over fun or “treating your teammates like people”. Its a bad system that fails everyone involved. There’s a lot more to it that gets involved with the nuances of the different queues and such but I believe that gets across the biggest issues. I still watch League eSports because the game is theoretically really really fun, but the community pushed me out of playing and my involvement with eSports is mostly limited to watching and maybe discussions on Discord servers for a team.
To offer an opposing view to Gaywallet, despite all of this I still play Riot’s games. I totally understand where they are coming from and support them in their decision. If someone doesn’t want to support Riot they aren’t going to get any pushback from me on it. Anecdotally, I have friends who work at Riot in various departments and they have said that since the original story broke they have noticed a distinct change in company culture. It is still a long way from perfect and who knows if the improvements are only temporary, but its the closest I’ve seen to actual change from a major game studio with a scandal.
They have a history of being a very toxic workplace (have been sued more than a few times by different minority groups) and league of legends is notorious for being an incredibly toxic community.
Have you tried playing Valorant? I’m not usually an FPS player but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much fun I have been having playing. I play deathmatch a fair amount and I don’t think there are that many shotgun rushers, and there definitely aren’t in the Spike game mode.
No I don’t want to support riot games in any way
Fair enough. Can’t criticize you for that one.
What’s the deal with Riot games?
Riot has a history of poor treatment for workers, especially marginalized groups. They recently just settled a $100m lawsuit over it. And Gaywallet is also correct that League has one of the most toxic communities in gaming (at least that I’ve experienced). If I was guessing why, it has a lot to do with how complicated League is and how beginner-unfriendly it is. The game has so many champions and concepts that you really need to understand to play the game “correctly” that it is difficult-to-impossible for a new user to learn everything they need to by themselves and the tutorials are basically useless. So you have new players who don’t understand the game through no fault of their own being thrown into games with a very toxic community that prioritizes winning over fun or “treating your teammates like people”. Its a bad system that fails everyone involved. There’s a lot more to it that gets involved with the nuances of the different queues and such but I believe that gets across the biggest issues. I still watch League eSports because the game is theoretically really really fun, but the community pushed me out of playing and my involvement with eSports is mostly limited to watching and maybe discussions on Discord servers for a team.
To offer an opposing view to Gaywallet, despite all of this I still play Riot’s games. I totally understand where they are coming from and support them in their decision. If someone doesn’t want to support Riot they aren’t going to get any pushback from me on it. Anecdotally, I have friends who work at Riot in various departments and they have said that since the original story broke they have noticed a distinct change in company culture. It is still a long way from perfect and who knows if the improvements are only temporary, but its the closest I’ve seen to actual change from a major game studio with a scandal.
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They have a history of being a very toxic workplace (have been sued more than a few times by different minority groups) and league of legends is notorious for being an incredibly toxic community.
Geesh!