RIOT JUST KILLED THE LPL...WTF?!

[@thekazzu1393]

Remember when riot was explaining that the 500$ skins will help with the funding so we can get new interesting stuff and this is what we get :)

[@falaflani4831]

they celebrated the success of those skins and arcane by a round of massive layoffs (they fired the lead designer for the ahri skin)

[@nnavu99]

​@@falaflani4831 tbf if he was the one who approved the price tag and the concept, he should be fired LMAO. Riot received so much negative feedback from that skin

[@falaflani4831]

@@nnavu99he was just the lead designer. he did nothing about the pricing. that's the marketing department

[@nguyentri3608]

​@@nnavu99 in what world is the lead DESIGNER in charge of the cost of their product? Be serious

[@legendaryhumper]

Wasn’t that person fired because it didn’t fit any positions lol.. they even have like 6 months of severance pay.

[@Elena-gj6ow]

It's so disgusting that they portray it as a new, innovative thing when they know full well they're just cutting costs. Do they think they're fooling anyone with this?

[@ryanmahon1]

That's what annoys me most. Just say what it is, people aren't dumb

[@Weiinerman]

They're talking out of their asses as of late, from champion releases to bad business decisions and constantly cutting costs What's the point of pro scene if it's not worth it

[@MrRonixi]

They are like the king of gaslighting.

[@ronlanders7354]

This is how most businesses or politicians talk.

[@stone_pilot]

@@ryanmahon1Literally, I can respect actualities to a degree. It’s a business, not a charity. But lying to me? Fuck off, seriously.

[@fathertime7864]

The LPL glaze that I agree with. LPL casters are amazing. LPL is the best in introducing players to fans. Some regions tend to only focus on popular and hyped players but LPL will introduce great players that non LPL watchers have never heard about.

[@darrenfleming7901]

yup that’s another important point, now there’s zero LPL casters in english so at internationals even if it’s LPL vs LPL final we’re gonna have casters who don’t know the players.

[@nuraby_9228]

@@darrenfleming7901 Like it has mattered before. Even when there were LPL english casters, Riot never included them and just let their NA and EU casters openly disrespect LPL on stream.

[@brauliosalcedo5418]

The most goated thing about the LPL is their tiktok editor tbh

[@fughgiu]

Never question who publicly traded corporations are speaking to, it is never the customer, it's always the shareholders.

[@Jon14141]

Damn

[@tuulituuli3184]

Sad but true.

[@ruruisu]

Riot is not a publicly traded company

[@spudcoconut]

bigger problem is Riot is not public. They have zero obligation to release financials to people so we cannot actually see what's going on

[@cmillertime7477]

@@spudcoconut Riot isn't but their parent company is. They are absolutely talking and answering to shareholders.

[@maisafwa]

We will never get a GALA GALA GAAALAAA moment ever again

[@TheSleyar]

It’s a miracle. He didn’t mention piglet once in this rant

[@Graahk-r8u]

the disdain of the shrewd evil that is Riot Games eclipses the hatred Dom has for piglet

[@Amplefire]

@@Graahk-r8u I'm out of the loop, why does Dom hate Piglet?

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

​@@Amplefire Because piglet was a manchild when they played together.

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

​@@Amplefire If you are really interested in it, i can recommend the video in which dom reacts to the team liquid breakpoint

[@limitedbom2206]

@@AmplefireI’ll try explaining it in a way that assumes you have 0 info on piglet whatsoever. Piglet was the ADC on the first skt world champ team. Eventually skt went with someone else, so piglet left and went to NA where he ended up on the team Dom was on. Again, this is early 2010s so this was peak western teams thinking “import korean = win” and since he was a world champ, it was even more of that. Then Dom played with him and he talks about him being a huge headache to play with. He wasn’t that good for starters, then on top of that Dom describes him as someone who was mentally checked out and was just collecting paychecks. He wouldn’t put in the work like his other teammates, he would make poor decisions in game on a regular basis, etc. Combine that with the fact those team liquid teams were very close to making worlds year after year and Dom basically got to the point where he just accepted the fact if they had someone who actually cared, they probably would have made worlds. If you want it in other terms, it’s like having a school project that you and 4 of your group members work hard on to try and get an A, but you get a B- because the fifth member of your group does the bare minimum. That’s why he hates piglet.

[@GD23581]

3:05 Dom's top tier analogies😂😂

[@darkin1484]

I mean they are killing the LPL production with this so yeh. Thats equivalent really.

[@yihadistxdl951]

Dom has the best analogies I swear, they're hilarious, make me laugh, and they're also spot-on accurate most of the time XD

[@samuelhan2353]

Riot should take the Costco approach. Costco knows it loses a lot of money with their rotisserie chicken prices being so low, however, they know it is a huge magnet for people’s membership and in the gets people in the door where they spend money that recoups the losses. The broadcast is essentially the same thing for English viewership.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

Riot always loves to explain things that are clearly terrible for the community and horrible moves that hurt the game and doing it positive "WE GONNA PULL THE PLUG ON LPL AND WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH. WE ALLOWING COMMUNITY TO BE AROUND ITSELF BECAUSE IT'S BETTER GUYS. This will make passion growth and make them more money ". I hate those fake positive excuses Riot put in all their post went they are doing a clearly bad thing. Like just say "We aren't making money out of this. We shutting it down " instead of pulling bullshit out of their asses. People aren't imbecile... Well Redditors might be, but most of the League watchers are not.

[@theduker5926]

So I understand if the cost is outweighing the views and you have to cut back, that's business. I agree that keeping the cast is better for the esports ecosystem, but maybe they have numbers that contridict that. But to try to frame it as a positive is so lame, just be honest.

[@nickdaboss03]

It's unbelievable, right? They genuinely think people are idiots

[@theduker5926]

@nickdaboss03 yeah, it's crazy. You've got guys like Dom and Caedrel that are paying their own money to push the esport forward with extra interviews, costreams, league awards, and even a new team. But Riot won't cut their own paychecks to benefit the game and maybe make more in the long run. I think they've thought league has been dying for years and is trying to move on. Guess that's business...

[@adamszabo2874]

@@theduker5926 when EU tier 2 leagues are more watched than your Chinese tier 1 broadcast you simply dont commit to something that just takes away your money. Remember that Riot is not a charitable organization but a business that exists to profit

[@theduker5926]

@@adamszabo2874 I get it. It's just a bummer, I watch the English cast, and I'd hope that more would as well but if the numbers aren't there over the course of time, then you've got to do business. You've got shareholders to talk to.

[@TooEasyL2P]

@@theduker5926 wake up. Like they are doing to push esports and not for their own benefit.

[@Pyrrha_Nikos]

The incompetency from Riot strikes again. Has the broadcast talent, has the money, has people that love and know more than anyone else about the region, refuses to use it, lets the product die, tries to turn it into sunshine and rainbows. It's insane. They made the biggest pc game of the last decade, got the biggest esports scene by a country mile, and they don't want it to live? How stupid do you have to be, brother?

[@TVVictor]

Hey Dom, a nice idea if you're gonna be the main LPL broadcaster going forward would be to crowdfund a Mandarin/English interviewer to go to the events (if allowed). I'd contribute to that

[@KennyE21]

even better, we pay to have don jake learn mandarin

[@ThePolarpop]

Actually the most banger idea ever posted in youtube comments ​@@KennyE21

[@ashifkaredath841]

he did mention it last year he would do that, it would require sponsors though...

[@Graahk-r8u]

lol that’s exactly what Riot wants. Anybody else to pick up the bill for interviewing and broadcasting.

[@ArthurAtlas]

​@Graahk-r8u Yeah, they looked at costreamers not as an opportunity that grows their ecosystem, but rather as someone they can offload the responsibilities to. Once every caster has tired of costreaming the League due to viewership declining, that's when they'll realise, that non committal promotion is not as reliable and it'll be too late

[@THEkullerpuller]

Gotta love Riot laying off a bunch of people because they 'aren't making enough money off the broadcast' after doing absolutely NOTHING to monetize their viewers.

[@Marty51416]

Arcane 250 mill budget has taken it's toll lol

[@stormsniper4765]

Personally I’ve slowed down playing league and really only kept up with patches and Proplay through LPL and Doms channel. This might be the nail in the coffin that allows me to finally step away from this dogshit game and be able to fully dive in to completing my backlog. I’ve never said it but I’ll say it now. With this announcement it finally does feel like league is genuinely dying.

[@TheLOLpl0x]

I started watching LPL streams cause of Spawn, you could tell they really put in the work when casting. He is now head coach at TL.

[@tigres102]

I love Dom passion for the league, he really understands how a sports works, riot needs someone like him to run the esports part of the game

[@IAMDESEN]

It’s his job

[@flamekite1679]

@@IAMDESEN its riots job too and they suck at it

[@Unplayed]

dom has passion for league but he has only ever been in contact with the frontend of how esports works. He has no idea about running a business or anything like that so riot would be ill advised to employ him ... sitting in front of a camera talking smack doesnt do jack shit when you get the cold numbers put in front of you and you suddenly have to do decisions that impact the livelyhood of a lot of employees.

[@JemDew]

For Riot the esports it's only to get new players, if esports didn't grow as they expected, they just adapt or pull the plug. Now only LPL Eng broadcast is gone, they deleted OCE and LLA, removed several teams, LPL will have 1 team less, 2 may leave in 2025. It's a company with a lot of laziness and short-sighted vision.

[@rkimeyy]

when I heard the sister comparison I have to drop working and lock in on this vid. Lmao Dom chill

[@abadida]

Riot and not capitalizing on peak popularity is a story as old as time

[@ChickenCurry-w8s]

Peak popularity, but LPL viewership always been bad for english

[@yey862]

​@@ChickenCurry-w8s riot didnt do shit for the english broadcast when lpl was dominating in 2018-2022

[@dennit1221]

@@yey862not to forget riot continued to patch everything that made lpl strong xd

[@abadida]

@@ChickenCurry-w8s I agree but it's not like Riot has put much effort into promoting it like LCK does.

[@ChickenCurry-w8s]

@@yey862 did you forget riot making english broadcast to cast from stadium back in days? Or we are just gonna blame everything on riot. Truth is LPL fanboy is just talk but doesn't show up on game day.

[@randomhero6365]

Crazy how riot is makin all these changes now. They didnt do anything for like 7+ years

[@aardee175]

Maybe Dom could duo cast LPL games with different casters that were let go

[@ThePolarpop]

Jamaica costream w dom would go hard

[@CoachEd]

I wont mind a patreon for lpl cast. Ill sub just to keep ot alive. Why did they block Dom and Caedrel funding the broadcast last year anyway if they want to do this anyway.

[@ArthurAtlas]

They did?

[@darkin1484]

Yup

[@darrenfleming7901]

because Riot is a nepo club that can’t admit any failing or mistake even when they run things into the ground

[@givechapohead]

Nymera is probably the most underrated was really hoping he will come to the lec eventually

[@dirtydard4870]

He was on LEC

[@givechapohead]

@dirtydard4870 Exactly was

[@pentagr2432]

Well , there is always a counterplay a LoL caster union or something , that will fund a small studio where casters and any one else involved can still operate and people can contribute through subs/donations. They will still produce the same results but they will technically co-stream it. I am 100% sure people would support it.

[@rr9674]

Lol caster union 🤣🤣🤣 bro if there's no jobs go do something else

[@James-pb8xu]

​@@rr9674 unions are a net benefit for society nearly every single time.

[@masaboih]

Of course it sucks that LPL broadcast got shut down, but for most people who are angry about it could also take a look in the mirror. Avg viewership this year was 8k. No one sadly watched it. But yeah if anyone should be fired, it should probably be some people on the PR team for the ridiculous way they tied to spin that, instead the the casters...

[@roachdoggjr4648]

Even on the LoLEsports post on youtube, where its normally just pure riot glaze and mouthbreathers clapping for anything they do, everybody was calling them out for this.

[@harsimransingh8509]

Despite being an lck fan by far, this is super depressing overall. League needs lpl to be strong for it to be a growing esport. Without lpl being a highly viewed region it will likely stagnate.

[@jonahb5629]

How does the english Broadcast contribute to this?

[@TwoToo_]

Nobody cares if you're an LCK fan btw, you weren't watching, it's like saying despite contributing to the LPL downfall by strictly supporting korean teams i am with you brothers. Like wtf are you all smoking in here. You are avoiding regions and then talking, i was watching both, and lpl has been way more fun than watching the same 3 lck teams win

[@harsimransingh8509]

@@TwoToo_ wtf... so you believe that somehow me preferring lck over lpl (and most english viewers doing the same) means it is my fault lol? Maybe lpl should invest in their english broadcast and make it good... lck heavily invests in the english cast. The idea that you are trying to blame lck for winning is just funny. You think lck teams should just roll over for lpl teams? Also, i dont care about lpl winning - i care about league itself stagnating becuase riot heavily invested in china and that viewership is dying.

[@theduker5926]

​@@jonahb5629I think the idea is less viewership in LPL means less money for the LPL, thus less super rosters to compete internationally.

[@Jppanp]

​@@TwoToo_holy you really wanted to be mad today for no reason LOL

[@KuoOwen]

The random shots fired at Moe lol 18:36

[@jaypeterson1324]

Deserved for teaching children to gamble

[@Reste__]

Riot acting like T1 on Worlds

[@th3summoner]

Thumbnail image is Dom whenever Piglet gets mentioned

[@andrewlaurie3167]

no broadcast makes Riot money its all an add for the game. Having said that i think the lack of effort to promote and grow the LPL is what people are upset about. the amount of money that riot has thrown at the LCS and for that league to die despite this shows how badly they fumbled the ball. the LPL has been a stronger region with a larger current (native)fanbase than the LCS but as Dom mentioned talent feel like they have to leave the LPL to grow their careers in the LCS a dead league. so in a way riot killed 2 birds with 1 stone.

[@Hitoridoodles]

It wouldn’t surprise me if this same thing happens to the other regions eventually. Feels like League Esports has little time left

[@itsharuko1538]

Btw this is probably great for Dom and his costreams but he genuinely cares about the scene and this is proof

[@powerfuljones]

Wow that’s so disrespectful I hope they are the ones costreaming and they make a shit lot of money like cadreal

[@andrewtan7469]

100%. Well said. Only one comment: where is piglet in all these?

[@tobiasladdarn1959]

Imagine going from casting non stop acting, quite damn high level league(even the lower teams that is). Then like Dom said, go to casting lower tier LEC/NA teams. Hilarious, it must feel so bad and weird

[@damionallen938]

But daddy riot always knows best, remember how the viewership dropped after they banned co streamers. They couldn’t understand why

[@mrjadelee]

you should do a podcast with someone who has experience with running esports and knows the business/numbers

[@Littledunc1]

Yea let's keep LPL around to train casters even tho the english broadcast gets no views. So them casters can be eclipsed by caedrel on a worlds co stream. IWILLCHINAMAN is lost af. Imagine if they announced he was the solo co stream. His little attitude would change very quickly. He even says himself, "If you give me more resources". diesofcringe.

[@darkin1484]

Its crazy they made all these promises that these absurd cost skins would fund all these other stuff and now cut it all and pretend its good move. Rito

[@jzriw]

Pretty shitty thing for Riot to do. Unfortunately this was probably inevitable and co-streaming potentially sped up the process. Just really really sucks for everyone involved.

[@NatraPutraEsa]

from frosskurin until atlus, both my fav LPL caster

[@zobtastik]

Well, its time to start casting Dom, could you hire them and cast alongside them.

[@fsonetwork]

lol, the LPL Chinese zoom thing sounds like a RecRoom VR Leagues stream... and those are all amateur at home casts.

[@jeremyj8153]

I think viewers of a foreign region have a subconscious feeling of “that’s far away/that’s different/that’s less worthy of my time”. There is a higher barrier to connecting with players in the LPL, but doing so is rewarding and riot’s raising of the barrier even further is disheartening

[@blisswinters2527]

If they do this successfully to LPL they'll do it to other regions next

[@Verlisify]

Would be funny if every co streamer protested and didn't stream Also Dom says "How stupid do you think we are" when most of LFN and Dom's content is responding to the idiocy in the community

[@mrfoodfrostfiend4100]

Plot Twist: Riot did it because Dom said he would personally fund an English LPL broadcast a long time ago and are trying to cash in on that deal. Also Riot: We're doing this so people can stop complaining about not having LPL casters at international finals. *LCK caster start sweating.

[@aliasbeats308]

From getting streamers in trouble for streaming their games to solely relying on Them lmao. I hope all streamers unionize and get that bag or they wont stream it simple.

[@theredpep6744]

Dom, youre the LPL's only (broadcast/content) hope now.

[@chamway3472]

I fucking love you Dom, your personality and takes make my day!

[@tenarmurk]

Look at me. I am the LPL Broadcast now

[@yasuomain3902]

The LCK network sends it's regards

[@phamcuong9183]

Riot is killing League. Faker will soon be retired. The LCK viewership will drastically drop for sure after that. Right now should be the time for Riot to invest more in LPL and not withdraw resources from it. LCK and LPL rivalry is literally your bread and butter now.

[@zkwalban5288]

the LoLEsport post looks like an AI generated post and the person who put it online didn't even read it.

[@rvndre8601]

This is so sad... the LPL eng casters are so insanely underrated and it makes me so sad that so little people cared about LPL that riot would just cut it. Especially after the sheer amount of passion the casters put into it. It is actually really easy to become invested in the LPL even the bottom feeder teams.

[@noahkramer942]

Classic Riot to piss in your face and tell you they’re hydrating you

[@roberto789shadow]

This is really sad, LPL is the region i enjoy the most, and not having an english cast of it is going to take me out....am i supposed to learn Madarin for this shit?

[@johnnyapplepiel3788]

This marks the beggining of the end of LOL esports

[@ak3nodxd674]

Lpl was having like 5K viewers for English anyway there wasnt much to begin with

[@5H4D0WK1LL3RA55A551N]

Why would a corporation do somthing like this :(

[@cap-ml7ky]

Im not sure you've realised, but everyone in charge of corporations are all dumb. I mean just look at Elon musk and twitter, those guys have no idea what theyre doing.

[@DaTankkBusta]

Time for IWD to fund LPL cast 🤣🤣🤣 The GOAT himself 🤗

[@JPLX99]

Riot somehow shooting themselves in the foot by straight up nuking LPL English broadcast which has been leagues 2nd most competitive league behind LCK. Did not have this on my bingo card for 2024 ): Storytelling & context is never going to be the same for LPL let alone all the international events. We can only hope that those like Emily,Raz,Hysterics,Aux,Dagda,Dom,Caedrel, all of LFN & others to carry the torch for the community. We appreciate you Dom keep preaching we're right behind you ❤💪🏻 LPL4Life

[@frosta_vt]

Its never gonna work for LPL English broadcast because they are always on at the same time as LCK and they already established their international viewer base

[@tehAmbi]

it doesnt matter you can still do a low budget production like they did this year.

[@yuhan4469]

lck didn't always have this many viewers as well, they will naturally get a boost cause its the region considered the "best" and faker is there for 70% of the year. regional watchers boomed only recently and worlds was the only esports tournament your average viewer watched. even in 2018 no one knew who tf ig was when they reached the finals cause nobody watches the lpl, but that changed as ig won and the region gained their own fans and developed their own narratives and players had eyes on them for the first time ever. the region was still growing sams way worlds keeps getting bigger and bigger every year, riot's been taking a loss since day 1 of the esports scene, tjis eng broadcast is a mere drop on the amount of money they're dropping off for the esports scene

[@Zwijger]

@yuhan4469 Your argument is just wrong. LPL was the best region from 2018 to 2022, yet viewers stayed on LCK, because it was already established and popular just like the first guy said. Not even reading the rest if you lack that basic comprehension.

[@CoachEd]

​@@Zwijgeror maybe they also didnt get the support they deserved from riot. Hard to bring quality product that will pull people in when youre busy making ends meet.

[@carlariesmanansala337]

2020 and 2022? 😂​@@Zwijger

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

No more casters 😭😭😭Where are they gonna get their starts?

[@jeremiemarion3966]

I like LPL because of Dom, it's the best format, it's the best games and overall the beast league. So it doesn't change anything cause i will watch LPL with Dom anyway.

[@queensforever7498]

It's definitely the best league proven by the fact that they continue to be successful against t1 at worlds!😂😂😂

[@jeremiemarion3966]

@@queensforever7498 Who cares about t1 i'm talking about the league itself.

[@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV]

​@@queensforever7498🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@TheDGDeagles]

So what's Riot's plan if all the costreamers just boycott the LPL broadcast because of this

[@SuperRainbol]

20:24 Riot explaining why they are cutting investment on the professional scene

[@litahuns4615]

Why does lpl give the best caster? Cause euw and NA HAVE TO FAKE REACTION SINCE THE LEAGUE IS SO BAD while lpl gameplay is either so crazy or so well calculated u can just react like a normal impressed guy

[@levislevitas]

time for dom to learn jackson hinkle and get on bilibili

[@karlosalaw4115]

I try to watch as much LPL as I can, LCK will always come first but the LPL is the 2nd biggest region. Nothing surprises me with RIOT, I knew they would go downhill when they took their forums off years ago....

[@yashA.456]

I think we should all realize that at this point in time not League as a Game is dead, but League is 100% dead and abandoned in the minds of everyone working on it. Feels like all they do is cut costs, drop more cashshop scams and continue everything that gets a quick buck and still lay off people in the end. Riot mentally abandoned League 2-3 years ago, even while putting in so much effort to the eSports scene. The only reason they do that is because publicity for that specific event is too big, which is why that is the only constant with high quality in a whole calender year. Riot Games also doesn't know how to do liveservice anymore. Riot Games as a company is currently searching for the next big boom, like they had with League back in 2009-2012. They try their Fighting Game, the MMO they even go into completely different fields with the making of a Series like Arcane (which is 100% a huge success), but in doing so they (at least the League Branch of the Company) lost it's touch with the community and are also just searching for the big profit boom. Look at how they balance the game, look at how they STILL continue to dish out champs year after year, even though no one wants any more new champs. I've been saying for YEARS that the game needs FEWER champions, more reworks to put everything at least into a comparable state. The weird changes they always introduce as big new features, like the Change of the amount of times you can ping etc. They can't listen to the community, they absolutely hate to do what the community tells them to do, they always have to put their own idea onto the things. What has become of the Devs that simply just entertained the ideas of the people who actually play the game instead of always trying to push their own agenda onto something.

[@queensforever7498]

This makes sense to me and makes me sad

[@kaykavoosmoridi5673]

But, but, does that not mean we will get more Lux skins? That SURELY is better for everyone. Right?

[@NoradNoxtus]

Dom needs to get on Four Horsemen!!!!!

[@Lexxuslol]

Would love LFN LPL broadcast

[@红丝绒精]

Dare you to question if people remembered the shutdown of co streaming, that sht literally killed my passion and the habit of watching and caring about professional LOL scenes. A lot of my friends quit league because of that. I remember there were a big drama in China when the underdog Chinese team won worlds and Riot didn't even have a celebrative winner's page on the Chinese client.

[@darrenfleming7901]

Personally when I watch co-streams for any game not just league I’m still listening to the casters almost as much as the costreamer. Most people don’t want the costreamer to replace the caster, they want to feel like they’re watching the broadcast along with someone else. I think Riot doesn’t understand costreaming and this is probably gonna backfire. Also, I don’t understand how there isn’t any way to make it work. How expensive can it be to pay two casters and an observer to work form home and cast all the games, or even have one of the casters also observe like they do in some Dota matches. Surely there has to be some level of ressources put into it that is appropriate without just cutting it entirely. Feels more like Riot getting greedy at how much money they can save with costreaming and I don’t think it will work as good as they think.

[@alexg4711]

froskurin is a complete witch when it comes to politics but her voice is fire and her casting was great too.

[@forestcaine]

Dom is literally the lpl english stream now. 😂

[@dananicolasmartinez-cheng5338]

Bro, you got a windows update pending.

[@alexs.9903]

I honestly think the worst part is the casters didnt have a studio, they casted mostly from their rooms... how much are you really saving?

[@hoanganhsmp]

When I saw people tune in more to streamer than official stream I know Riot would do this, why the fck do I have to rent whole arena, whole set up teams, whole equipment, bunch of contractors, make event campaign sales, just to be outnumber by some dudes set up by camera. People dont want to admit it, but would you do it yourself, truthfully ? " But you made 300 milion ? " Okay, so imagine you take 100 hours and money to set up and event for people to watch other dude with basically no set up, would you still do it ? I'm not taking side of Riot, but unless the community actually see how they see it, they just keep doing it and fan wonder why ? People said streamer have nice personality so they watch their stream, well now you can watch their stream with no Riot set up too to see how well their personality can carry the whole event.

[@mikelytou]

Thanks for calling out Riot's PR BS!

[@gusti14]

Dom time to co-stream T1, give up.

[@12ARedSon]

Well, I guess it’s time for Dom to buy the exclusive English broadcast rights for the LPL from Riot for a tenner.

[@himurakenshinbattousai1670]

It's T1's fault 😏😏

[@Snowlili]

Almost all of my favorite commentators started with LPL and to see Riot do this shit is extremely depressing. Maybe if they were more honest about the reasoning behind it I could forgive it cause at the end of the day they're a business, but maaaaaaaaan it feels like such a slap in the face to do this while putting on this fake positivity about it.

[@TheSleyar]

maybe the english lpl co-streamers should make their own broadcast lmao. like a union XD

[@d0nner96]

Thats what they want, so they have to spend no money and would probably promote it to take the credit

[@cakecheese4569]

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s more of a political/foreign relations headache that Riot doesn’t feel like dealing with. Not that they shouldn’t just that they don’t have the drive to.

[@Subchesire]

Thats tough but the writing was on the wall. They already hit LEC the same no? Didn't LCS also get hit too? The only one that somehow passes barely is the LCK. For now anyways, as long as the LCK brings in those numbers Riot ain't gonna destroy them. Damn though, you'd wouldn't expect the LPL to get hit though

[@teddybagley491]

What do you think of making an LPL broadcast that you host yourself? Wouldnt compete against yourself and might reduce overhead and audience split

[@amirnezamamini5142]

Atlus in LPl was some good time

[@Ibm19000]

i only think of they want to cut cost and the chinese LPL is enough for the viewers.

[@Ibm19000]

or the other part that maybe tencent wants an exclusive chinese broadcast and doesnt care others.

[@fatih5930]

It's not the same but this sounds like Summoners Inn from Germany back in the day.

[@bob11715]

Riot games and riot platforms are 2 different companies, and the revenue you mentioned is incorrect. Revenue isn't profits. For all we know, they could be hemorrhaging money, which is in line with all these cuts to esports. Not supporting what they are doing by any means, but we don't have access to their financials because it's not a publicly traded company.

[@ku0n-zo5uf]

The way they said it it's the most disgusting thing here, because if you really wanted to bring streamers into this, you invite them to a call every important match and even to do some casting and analysis in game. And if they wanted to save costs, you move the English broadcast, changing casters to some other country with lower salaries

[@theburden9920]

LCS is just the first domino to fall

[@Slashresto]

LPL was already dead since last year, they litterally introduced a caster WORSE then Froskurin… like the female caster they had in summer made me stop watching due to her extreme incompetence.

[@ralaggung2500]

I do agree LPL casters are great and it's sad to see it go but who are we kidding with passion and love for the game? It's a company. Company doesn't care about passion, love for the game. They gave LPL a chance for few years and it's not bringing enough attention from English speaking audiences and viewership is not good enough. They just don't see a future where spending and investing money in LPL will ever be profitable even in the future and I see it the same way.

[@Shrek_Holmes]

lmao that analogy

[@Gremlinsbeabout]

you cant expect an indie company that cant update their game client to possibly have the funds to support a full english broadcast to the most competitive pro league in the world. Where do expect the funds to come from???