The XP boost I received when I bought the retail version disappeared after this update. I had 20 something days left..was it only supposed to last until the store launched or something?

Correct. It was to compensate for lack of store.

The amount of sheer deception that has gone into the launch of this game is rather commendable.

Peace offering, what an ironic thing to call an indian gift.

There was no indication that it was going to be removed before the time limit was up. Even if it was supposed to make up for the store being offline (How am I supposed to know this before buying exactly?), there's no reason to take them away before exhaustion simply because the store is up. How on earth is that trolling? Lower the shield, I didn't attack you.

Riot somewhat mishandled the messages on the XP boost: apologies for that. When the store was delayed originally, they wanted to compensate preorders that would've had the XP boost run out before the store was implemented. So they changed the XP boost from a set # of days to 'until the store goes live'. Of course, for those of you that bought it very close to the release of the store, this was not nearly as much of a gift, but you also didn't miss out on your purchase for nearly as long.

Catchphrase: I don't think Riot is intentionally malicious in any of its dealings with its community. Sometimes it messes up, and sometimes they are too busy and something slips by, but they are very big on transparency and make an effort to do so at every opportunity.

Give em a break, they finally got the store out and the problems are slowly getting resolved. I can't wait for all the PVP.net bugs to get fixed in the near future .

Yes, Riot REALLY did mishandle the message. I was under the assumption it was a "thank you" for not having the game out on time to those who preordered, not that it would go away when they finished it (even though it is still buggy and not finished).

I would have grinded a lot more if I knew that was the case... seriously, this lack of communication is KILLING the game.