Thread:Tesla Effect/@comment-26252250-20150328051037/@comment-26252250-20150426004702

Agreed on all counts.

It's funny, like I said before, that CupcakeTrap preaches that LoL will lose its soul by getting "DARKUIR AND EDGUIR" but, if LoL was just a mishmash of pop culture references and whatnot, how can it lose its soul if it never had one, but rather a split personality disorder? If anything, the retcon was a long time coming, and rather than just keep adding duct tape and glue to hold a crumbling house of cards from falling apart (one that came with a lot of crutches for those who lived in it) they just did what was needed and tore it down, and in its place, a grander mansion will be built in its place, and will make celebrities' houses seem like shacks in comparison.

Likewise, and unlike Impetual, how can one provide "constructive criticism" to something that hasn't showed up yet? Or rather, if "constructive criticism" translates to "Rito I order you to undo the retcon and bring back the IoW and Summoners or else you'll fail miserably because I say so, the old lore was a masterpiece because I say so, we made you Rito you will obey us or else..." yeah... enough said. No wonder Riot decided to take the reigns back... "fans" are advisors, not bosses. They can suggest, but they can never command.

Another thing is objectivy (unlike Sneak Dog's "muh emotions", "muh investment", "muh I miss Trundle and Xerath got changed and I will repeat it every time I post Rito until you undo it Rito it hurt so much Rito I should probably seek psychiatric help but I'll rather be an angsty little shit and throw a passive-aggressive hissy fit until you do what I want Rito.") Apparently "passion" and "feelings" and "emotions" are the go-to excuses to act like a savage toward others, and "cynicism" justifies being an asshole, and "criticism" basically translates to "my way or the highway" (nevermind that "good" and "bad" are subjective as fuck terms).

"Old Xerath" was never gonna get anywhere, same with "old Trundle" (except fight in the League for all eternity, because really, Trundle only wanted to bash heads after he gave his tribe the finger, and Xerath was never gonna get to that nexus, and this was so obvious I'm not sure if these people are trolling or just in denial) and then you have the "Bio said A, Judgement said B, JoJ said C" syndrome (this is more than obvious with "old Trundle" and "old Xerath"). Many champs suffered the "oh so mysterious" condition, and when the mystery is revealed, people bitch because it doesn't meet whatever fantasy they had constructed in their heads (which is why I theorize while knowing I could be just talking out of my ass, I just use the evidence provided) and, as such, I say what's the point of not knowing anything about anything? "Interesting" is subjective as all fuck as well.

Never fear change, man. If things don't evolve, they get static and die. Just ask Darwin.

Not to mention the "IoW knows, sees, and hears everything, you only get info from them, and they can do no wrong ever." They tried to get away from that at the end of JoJ, but they probably realized the skyrocketed levels of contrivance they would have to resort to keep the pace going. Again, better to build anew. Not like they have a whole catalog of game sagas (like ME, DoA, WC, SC, AC, the Witcher, etc.) but rather just one game. Imagine if they had more.

I guess you could say that I got into LoL lore because of the retcon.