Do not write heavy-handed exposition, but please tell us exactly why champions join the League.

EDIT: Knew I'd get downvotes for this. Still had to be said.

lol. Riot is so bad at the basics of writing that ff8 sheds tears in jealousy

I agree with OP's original point: it feels a little too much like Quinn is telling me about her life in an unnatural way. It seems like the Quinn creative team is trying to deliver lore in a more organic way (reading someone's journal), which i think is fantastic! But I feel it's counterproductive to then have the writing in that diary be so contrived. I say: leave in-depth backstory in the champion lore page, and save this awesomely immersive format more for exploring personality and character development.

I agree that the brother thing was kind of off.

It could have been conveyed differently, like maybe an image of his simple grave, maybe with her crying near it, although then we wouldn't be sure who he was it adds some depth to her story and mystery. Who was this 'caleb' and why does she care that he died? Well maybe he was her bf or friend or whatever, that part isn't as important- she lost someone, that's the point. As for her commoner background you could have had a letter from garen or jarvan saying something like, "you're pretty good for a peasant" (though perhaps phrased in a more tactfully condescending way)

Honestly I think the 'a picture's worth a thousand words' thing would have been perfect here.


but uh, are these images going to be released in another way? I think it's pointless to only post them on the forum where hardly anyone will see. Have them in game like the joj used to be- "a new page discovered" etc. And the main page. Speaking of which, obligatory "i want the joj back." There's no reason why we can't have that AND this sort of stuff, and why this release teaser stuff doesn't happen for every single champion. Personally I think an intro video would be the ideal way to show lore, like a cartoon or w.e, maybe a few minutes.. even fighting games get that for their excuseplots.

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Originally Posted by RCIX Somehow I doubt you could do better...

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Originally Posted by Zerglinator Do not write heavy-handed exposition, but please tell us exactly why champions join the League.

Be nice, this is just an experiment. Hopefully this is a sign that more lore is to come.

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The connection between J4, Quinn, Garen, Talon, and Demancia is what's very awesome about the diary. For me, lore is not just a bio. It is created when things interact with each other. Viktor and Jayce's conflict is lore, Diana and Leona's conflict is lore, even Rengar and Kha'zix is lore. When champions interact with each other, this is when lore is created. Without this, champions are just cool game units instead of characters and League of Legends is just a name of a video game, not this substitute for war and conflict meant to prevent another Rune War.

I really hope that League of Legends is getting back into the lore at full force soon. I have friends who believe the lore is dead. By dead, I don't mean it doesn't have a creative design team or anything like that. By dead, I mean, it's already too late. I don't believe the lore is dead, yet. However, once the lore dies, I apologize but the people who write the lore would just become parasites to Riot Games and should be removed. Bio's should be removed and the creative design team should purely focus on creating champions with fun kits.

I DO NOT want League of Legends to go down this route. But I am always curious why it seems like Riot Games neglect so many aspects of League of Legends and letting it decay to the point where people are starting to give up and just move on? Twisted Treeline, Dominion, the Lore. All three sub-communities feels abandoned by Riot Games and a lot of them are just losing hope and moving on. People are only willing to wait so long before going "it's no longer worth the stress of waiting. Let's just move on to something we know Riot gives attention to, Summoner's Rift Ranked."

I've always believed that time in the technological world moves ten times faster than time in the real world. If Microsoft came up with something incredibly innovated, then they can gain a lot from it. If Apples came up with something incredibly innovated, then they can gain a lot from it. If Google came up with something incredibly innovated, then they can gain a lot from it. If any of these three giants decided to work on something for over a year without really cluing their audience about it or plan something where they know they will get clued in, they're gonna jump ships.

Anyways, I apologize for the negative attitude I am displaying. I just wanted to display some of my frustration. I apologize I was not able to completely keep a level head but I do care a lot about all aspects of League of Legends. I want all three things to be completely revived and be something anyone who plays League of Legends to be proud of. Every time I hear "lore's dead, Twisted Treeline is an imbalanced mess, Dominion's a failure," it hurts me.

Anyways2, I know that you probably won't respond to this wall of text. But thank you for at least reading it and trying to understand my frustration. I know Rioters do, and I've been here long enough to know that you do care what we think. So, thank you.