WILD RIFT is DYING IN 2023? Bad News...

[@HellsDevilwildrift]

For more information regarding this matter check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3SYZKJvlrWEa7c

[@illumintigaming3915]

Dying???? Its been dead for over a year I just dont get why u still play this game

[@illumintigaming3915]

Go stream some other game bro stop investing your time in this shit hole

[@youhaveligmaligmaballs9552]

They'll probably bring back esports in a couple of years maybe

[@jerickamiao850]

@@youhaveligmaligmaballs9552 yeah but after couple of years then where are their players? they will mostly be on another game or doing their own stuff... riot should do better

[@phoenix7402]

They have no ads on the game to let the players know what going on +Add Really rare skin in event cant be back or bay again

[@wildrift2872]

I'm so sorry for Wild Rift, I'd like Riot to realize how much potential it has. I hope they use the money saved from esports to invest seriously in wr. What's more, it's true that nobody knows WR, they have a lot of ways to promote it, taking advantage of Arcane, LoL and all the other brands with a huge audience, yet they don't even mention it. Furthermore, the audience that makes use of mobile gaming is huge but its true, i've never seen Wild Rift ads, only and always mobile legends.

[@PuroMew]

The cartoonish ads of Mobile Legends kinda sucks tho Not real in game

[@christof6809]

@@PuroMew doesnt matter, the flashier it is the better, people just have to try it, some will get hooked and stay, some dont

[@reformierende_person]

wild rift esports has no viewership, no potential at all, just accept that wild rift has been dead ever since its release because people JUST dont want to play it

[@PuroMew]

@@christof6809 Really depends on the person. The only advertisement that Wild Rift gets, is the WR youtubers that upload these type of videos.

[@wildrift2872]

@@reformierende_person I don't think this is true at all, most people just don't know the game at all. Look around yourself, ask everyone and take a poll, how many people know about Wild Rift? Among my friends, only those I tell about it know and some of them started playing thanks to me.

[@austinmiller7509]

Youre passion for Wild Rift and everything that the scene has is why i love watching your videos. As someone who has worked in multiple businesses and studied marketing and development, id like to give insight into what i think happened behind the scene. 1. "If only asia scene was profitable in the esports scene, why did they not just do 3rd party events or just start smaller and grow organically?" Its not all that complicated. Basically, Riot devs ASSUMED Wild Rift would just succeed "Because its a Riot product!" The amount of ego this company has is unbelievable. But since all their other titles has been wildly popular, they assumed too much about the mobile scene, blew threw their budget, screwed themselves by investing too much too soon (along with poor marketing strategies) and it cost people their jobs, both the players and devs. 2. "But they are a big company, how could they screw up that bad?" Easy. Marketers arent developers, and vise versa. As ive experiences in past jobs, communication is rarely done well in big companies. In fact, its usually trash. I suspect that the marketing team was used to promoting PC titles, not mobile ones, and just assumed that whatever worked before will work now. Obviously, its easy to point out failures after the matter, but it doesnt suprise me that such a big company couldnt figure out simple concepts seeing as they had never released a title on mobile. 3. "Is there hope?".... honestly? It really depends. I actually doubt we will see more esports development in the west until better promotion of the game is actually achieved. But seeing as riot has like 3 other games on the horizon and only care about the money,....its hard for me to be overly optimistic. Hope im wrong but ive seen many good games and companies get sunk on poor management and marketing strategies. Its a damn shame but i still love this game for what it is. Love you Mr Hells, i will support you regardless of what you do or where you go ❤

[@allthelenons]

thank you for the sober and deep analysis of the matter and I couldn't agree more. Riot just presumed and took for granted that, because they are Riot, anything they touch becomes gold just like that. Typical Riot being Riot: arrogant and money-hungry. On the other hand, we could use Blizzard and Overwatch as an example. Blizzard is as big as Riot and could just sit confortably on top of World of Warcraft, but they chose to maintain the relatively successful Overwatch by making puntual and smart investiments into the game, mantaining the fanbase and stable profit with it.

[@crisjohna.1950]

Also they are not just losing players through the game itself. I stopped because of school, the only way I support the game is by watching esports, so they really should watch this video and take your advice. It is a great advice especially the skin one

[@NearPlatypus]

In 2020 I was sooo hyped up that League of Legends Mobile was coming out. I am from India and I like watching League of Legends content because of the characters but I couldn't play because of the server issues. Hearing this was like a fresh breath of air. I thought finally I can enjoy playing League characters.Two years have passed since then and It's still not released in India. I have stopped expecting Riot to release in my country. I switched to LoL to play on the garena servers. I am happy with that. No hope left for wild rift from me.

[@dzhk143]

Same here but i still ply with vpn.. Currently emeral in rank

[@natsudragneel5371]

🥲aaisa Mt bol Bhai

[@dzhk143]

@@natsudragneel5371 aisa he hai bhai.. Still lot of ppl from India r playing WR with vpn..

[@natsudragneel5371]

@@dzhk143 ik bro abhi filal toh Mai nhi khelta 1 mahina hua mera phone ke problem ke vahaj se & I miss it a lot bro pata nhi kyu koi game dead bolta hai toh dukh hota hai🥲...3-4 din mai ek bande ke saat duo rank push karta tha vo bola muje ki wildrift ka eSports dead ho gaya bhout region mai maine itne seriously nhi liya usko Aaj jab ye video dekh bhout dukh hua ki infuture game dead na ho jaye...filal toh khelne layak condition nhi h phone ki still I have a what's app group of wildrift Indian community vaha se ye Video mila toh dekha🥲hope everything gets well with this game & 2023 mai launch ho jaye game India mai ♥️😇 & btw mai bhi vpn khel ke Master thak pucha hu Ye season bhi karta Gm thk ho hi jata but phone ne bt de diya😭

[@dzhk143]

@@natsudragneel5371 ok u seem similar to some one I know cn I know ur ingame name!??

[@beanasour7676]

I agree in most of your points. I really love the game, but it frustrates me how little recognition the game is gaining, wish they push their advertising more, to reach more people especially in SEA

[@zxcv97]

The problem of RIOT is they didn't embrace their Content Creators look how Warzone Mobile doing to their Content Creators now. The more watching Content Creator the more people hyped about it. RIOT really messed up.

[@yellow_flash813]

@@zxcv97 they expected too much because of their large LoL pc player base and name 🤣 they got what they deserved tbh

[@thetroydixon7283]

The reason is probably simple, it's still unreleased in some regions

[@zoneshift]

Calm down. Wild rift won’t die until they stop supporting servers. You’ll always be able to play. You can even still find games in vainglory and the devs had to abandon it

[@rofishy2]

@@yellow_flash813 I honestly hope that they fail because they rig ranked games to keep everyone who plays it out of worlds so they can have the worst pos’s like Tyler1 and Tarzaned represent them

[@user-kun2147]

I’m just so grateful that while the community is in this state, I have guys like you who are consistently pumping out more content for this game. I just recently started playing and I’m still adjusting, but I definitely agree that this is the best MOBA in the market in terms of mechanics, champions, and the overall fun it offers They made this game not as a Mobile counterpart for LOL PC, they developed this as an entirely different game. The devs definitely weren’t lazy and I want them to get the recognition they deserve

[@IgniteWildrift]

I think Riot knows that Future of Gaming is in Mobile Games and also Riot kinda has like Ifinite amount of resources so to give up Easily on Wild Rift which currently in my opinion is their most Important and Critical Game sounds Impossible. I hope this is a temporary retreat from Riot and they have some kind of plan in their minds.

[@hasanbinrashid4750]

Bro just play league pc it's better

[@Ouro3299]

@@hasanbinrashid4750 no it's not as convenient as mobile games.

[@hasanbinrashid4750]

@@Ouro3299 I know but if u make league pc content u get more views becz it has a wayy more massive player base better graphics more champs etc the list goes on

[@reformierende_person]

riot already lost money investing on this game especially on the esports side on other regions what are you on about?

[@reformierende_person]

@@hasanbinrashid4750 depending on where you are rn, SEA league pc is dead already that SEA league fangays coped that wild rift will save league where in fact its actually not, Dota 2 is the way to go for SEA pc then mlbb for mobile. cant topple down these two mountains

[@CloudyDay2513]

I am hopeful for the game. At the very least, Riot will invest in the game for China. That should mean that the other regions should still be able to benefit from the game being attended to, even if we don't get much attention in the esports scene. That may mean future balancing and reworks might be heavily influenced by how the game is played in China. In the meantime, I think you are right, if they invest in advertising/marketing, they could get a huge influx of new players from other regions. If/Once that happens, we may find our return to the competitive scene. As for the loot boxes. I personally do not like it at all and cannot see myself using it. But if it does fall with industry standards (however gross) and increases the money Riot receives from the game then it might show that the game is worth continued investment.

[@joshuabarnes7392]

I’m not 100% sure, but I think all the A+ tier devs are being shifted to making the riot mmo that is basically confirmed at this point. MMOs are hard to make and take a lot of man power, so I think they are moving devs there.

[@neelchaudhary8993]

This could be it

[@dzhk143]

Hahaha thts wht i say, I feel like they put the dumbest riot employees on wildrift so they good ones cn focus on other games.. Like valorent mobile probably 2023 for sure, and lol fighting game, and mmo and also Arcane2 in production, which is they had alot of projects to finish so in my theory thry took good devs n put dumb devs in wildrift.. So thtz the reason they fuckedup

[@Gigi-sw8tr]

Exactly the same thing Vainglory did. I'm a Vainglory player and i grow up playing that game it was a game so beautiful and polished that put the other game to shame. And it was the first time i was actually started playing games and following content creators in KZbin daily for a game. And i started to watch you Hellsdevil the Vainglory days you were the same age as me and seeing someone enjoying so much as i did playing Vainglory felt incredible and i was looking forward being in a match with you and playing together in Vainglory. I could feel the passion and the ambitious on the game that reflected to the players and content creators and even to this day i can say that Vainglory is a far more beautifully designet than those new MOBA. But unfortunately the lack of advertising the sake for making a better game and making skins and stuff attainable if you focused a bit of time you could get the skin that u wanted. Pushing the agenda to the Esport making the game competitive and fun to play even though they really never had those money to spend on as the income wasn't there. (player's would stick playing month for month and getting free skins and stuff). That's when the Vainglory devs dicided that they should to make harder to get those attainable and i respect that but the playerbase just was used to getting free skins and there was nothing that could fix that. Vainglory suffered by the lack of advertisement and managing the reward system for skins and stuff but they just wanted to make the best game ever Even though the Dev team was small they made a diamond of a game. That hidden Gem that i enjoyed and the Vainglory community enjoyed so much♥️♥️♥️ The same Hidden gem like Wild Rift is and being going unotice and is reminded me again of Vainglory legacy. I hope u see my comments Hellsdevil. Here is one of your old videos when i was matched as your jungler Rrona the breseker that was fun times. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmOufmqKadGtjZI Or look Hellsdevil blackfeather nightmare.

[@HellsDevilwildrift]

❤️

[@maximillion964]

Tbh, I'm hoping the game dies so that the devs will care for once

[@onthedre]

They care way more than League PC TBH

[@dave.8]

Hoping the game dies is like saying "oh yeah I hope hundreds of these people lose their jobs". Asshole

[@AikawaAyumu123]

Yeah, hope the game dies too. Viet players just inting and always 50/50 bot lane, junglers not doing drag, etc shit matchmaking

[@hungthanh580]

They won't

[@DronesOverTheMoon]

They care about the chinese community, if you do a little research they quite literally dont even look at this game globally anymore

[@metrius98]

Kind of funny announcement of the Death of Wild Rift is a Jihn gameplay. Almost like it’s the Finale but it will get a standing ovation from me. You know what will save Wild Rift the show Arcane. If Riot releases that show and advertise it correctly and really showcases the game and show the players who devote themselves and the amazing thing you can do in the game it can be saved. DO NOT GIVE UP MY FRIENDS. I still make shorts for this game no matter how many views i get. I’ll start making content too. Even if the game does end up not surviving I’ll know that I did everything I could to help. I love this game and I won’t turn my back on it just because the future is dark. Thanks for your thoughts and content Hells always a pleasure.

[@hasanbinrashid4750]

Arcane is a league pc based series

[@metrius98]

@@hasanbinrashid4750 Wild Rift is League of Legends

[@Valoric]

I agree. Arcane is marketing gold. They just need to push WR harder when it airs. Makes me wonder if they can port WR to consoles and add controller support. I feel like they could pull something like that off and it’d boost player count a ton.

[@metrius98]

@@Valoric I remember I tried to play on my TV with a adapter I had. It wasn’t easy to say the least. The game needs more time and attention but killing it dead before it’s had more time to grow and prosper is wrong. Wild rift is the only reason I didn’t push so hard to get a console. I love this game I don’t want it to just go away. I appreciate you acknowledging my info and adding to with your own thoughts. Let’s hope for the best and do what we can to push back against this nonsense.

[@Valoric]

@@metrius98 yeah controller adapters and casting onto a TV introduces lag and isn’t native support. If they optimised for dedicated current hardware with properly designed control schemes, it would work easily and look great. I’m positive WR is much more port-able than full League of legends. I’m just gonna keep playing it and hope for the best. No point worrying too much about it.

[@wanderlustitaly]

Know that everyone hates that cause they copy lol but i suggest everyone to play ml, is fun, to play and to watch, is growing more and more and is verter as a mobile game in my opinion(more adrenalinic that wr, a lot of fights from the start to end). I’ll like so much to see hell devil in mlbb

[@ilovecherries101]

I am disappointed with Riot for not keeping their promises about E-sports and it's sad how people invested in E-sports got stabbed in the back with that announcement. HOWEVER. E-sports statistically is a very small percentage of the playerbase. 0.1%? 0.5%? Even if Wild Rift just got rid of eSports entirely and openly stated that eSports are never coming back it won't affect the general playerbase in any way. VG is a good example of that. eSports was a complete failure and was abruptly shut down but the game was fine. VG suffered waaaaay more from SEMC just outsourcing the running of the game to different company and shifting their focus to their new project Catalyst Black. Unless Wild Rift devs just similarly abandon the game, it's safe. Gacha spree is a way more worrying signal imo. It looks like Riot are testing the boundaries of how scammy their monetisation can get without driving away the community.

[@KENSHIROez3260]

This must have something to do with Tencent based on my observation on Riot devs behaviour on social media like Twitter (I'm implying Riot devs really don't want to do this but Tencent is over them so)

[@sharkyzz2560]

Everything you said was spot on. Wild Rift isn’t a well known game. I’ve asked a lot if they know about it and they said no. I mention league of legends mobile and they say something like oh yeah I think I saw that advertised on the App Store. If they advertised showing off some bad ass pentakills or team fights it’d so much different. Everyone knows raid: shadow legends, but if they did the same advertising that raid did wild rift would be HUGE. It’s head and shoulders above any other mobile game. First you build the fan base, then when you have it you bring out esports. You highlight the esports on the game itself. Seems pretty obvious to me.

[@mubs-qs4tt]

Game is still not available in some countries i dnt knw why

[@zxcv97]

The problem of RIOT is they didn't embrace their Content Creators look how Warzone Mobile doing to their Content Creators now. The more watching Content Creator the more people hyped about it. RIOT really messed up.

[@madnessaverna8308]

It is noticeable that he is cleaning up the crap of the scarce as shit companions

[@millidanilli]

I quite don't understand that. Like if they did some lootboxes through watching events, made some integrated player within the client to prompt about ongoing live events and so on I'm pretty sure they would get way more audience and build more awareness within playerbase. It just seems like they didn't really take all the opportunities for easy viewers. Like 12:55 is so damn true and I can't understand how that could even happen. There was literally 0 effort to spread the information.

[@taurenbeggs5017]

First of all I love your content, how you do your videos, your humbleness, and your off topic things you talk about while you are playing. This is really sad, I'm in North America and I love this game. I will continue playing it and will continue to support you. In NA, there was 0 marketing and if I didnt watch content creators I would have never known about icons. They have such a gem in this game and the other games and shows they are making in the league of legends universe, arcane was amazing, the ruined king on consoles was awesome. I grew up playing on consoles, so was not good with a mouse and keyboard but still played LOL pc just cuz I loved the game, its characters, and its universe. When I randomly heard about wild rift I think on reddit somewhere, I was so excited and it was the first time I ever played a mobile game. I will hope like you are that this game will hopefully get support from riot in the future and not die off because it is one of the best out there. Thanks for your content, it is a gem as well 🙂

[@_Tuvi]

I'm experienced WR player i was playing in tournaments but never ever heard about skin giveaway by Riot (morgana skin as you said). I agree with you at all game hype media esport that's a right route to maximize probability of game success.

[@Jack-wm5ih]

All legal issues aside. MLBB is a better game for a mobile gaming experience despite the poor graphics. Wildrift is late to the party.

[@xoSplash187]

I definitely agree with the marketing perspective. If they dumped the same money they spent on marketing now as they did on e-sports previously, in 2-3 years we will have a mobile moba which will rival everything on pc. It’s just depends on where the devs believe the best option is, especially with the MMO in development.

[@anupamroy4488]

The main problem is LOL pc is not famous as MLBB or AOV in Asia but it is more famous in Europe, America and riot thought since lol is famous, wildrift will also be, which is the problem because mobile gaming is not famous in EU or NA as the asian regions.

[@pixie4674]

actually it's really sad seeing the game falls like this since the crystal rose skins came as gambleing system and now it's like a headshot canceling eSports wild rift above all that comes the match making problems i used to play like 20+ games a day now I'm barely playing 2 games i really love this game and i hope it's gets better 💜💜

[@ojamaking9885]

Same man, before the gacha and the esport canceling news, i play like 10+ games a day, but now it doesnt even close, i play only 1-3 games. Because i feel like there's something holding me back from playing.

[@ontheruntips7242]

To be honest, you can't expect something to be completely free. You must support the stuff you like/love. Whether it be viewership, buying a skin, or wild pass etc. I will be upset if this game dies like Vainglory. What's crazy is if Vainglory came back out right now it would be a top moba with wild rift. It's crazy to think the 2 best mobas lasted the shortest amount of time.

[@toshi8045]

i dont hate the game itself. i’m glad that the game is dying but this made the audience coming along together about its issue. i stopped playing wr due to its mmr matchmaking. Rn I only watch some videos to support streamers and those top wr streamers are getting aware how wr is becoming now. hopefully riot see this and take action or it wr will fail like the other moba games

[@rishavks4089]

The problem I faced with wildrift was just getting my friends into it... At first we all liked wild rift a lot despite it not releasing here...but after a week of playing they all went back to aov and ml... It's just really difficult to make people like us who have invested a lot to leave the game... What my friends complained and I kinda understand that wr is way more complex, slow paced and difficult to play than the 3 button systems of mobile mobas... Even though we all agree that wr is better there's not a whole lot of reason to play and invest time in wr... especially if it's not doing well...

[@kozmiic]

So basically your friends can't game and need there hand held with baby mobas

[@hitbox7422]

Bro thats the entire point. ML is a kids game, i was glory for 2 years now, the amount of utter casual garbage until mythic 3 is just absolutely mind blowing. MOBA's are meant to be complex, you need to learn the mechanics in order to properly play them, i just don't get how insanely dumb the average person really is. How hard can it actually be to sit down and LEARN something. If people just want to play a chill game there are tons out there that require no actual brain activity besides pressing a single button every now and then. Its called idle games, and they are successful for a reason. And then this insane self-elevating of mythic 5 players that got boosted with enhanced mmr-matching with 40% supp only from epic 4. Epics try to teach me ingame how shit works, i have more games with a single hero then over half of them in total, and they still throw around with the phrase "noob" like it means something. As long as ML doesn't get rid of half of their playerbase WR will remain the objectively better MOBA, period.

[@offynam8632]

In my opinion, this is a good step taken by Wild Rift, it's actually easy to make the game popular, namely dominating the SEA and China markets. If Wild Rift has already mastered these two regions, it will make it easier to expand outside of Asia. (actually it's quite difficult for wild rift to dominate the area, you have to beat AOV, MLBB, HOK)

[@wills2652]

Exactly!! SEA and China is where it’s at for tournaments! Happy to see more players start going!

[@dariusz1594]

Aov is pretty much dead tho.

[@BraderGeoYT]

I will still play the game 'with or without' e-sports(NA, EU & CR) but will still watch your content your Hells, why? because even you haven't played in SEA, you provide great analyst that's worth for newer subscribers because your first few wild rift contents helped me alot to reach platinum from Season 0. Nearly Three years ago, I used to play Mobile Legends alot until when Hypercarry META sticked for a very long time, that's why I moved to Wild Rift because the META shifting is too DAMN slow when I was addicted to Mobile Legends before. This is coming from a support main & tank main in Mobile Legends, & I discovered your channel for some reasons when JHIN was a VIABLE champion also as Nasus wayback season 0. Because of your content, it helped me alot brother. Also wayback season 0, tanks can do more outplays than MLBB that's why I moved to Wild Rift from MLBB wayback season 0.

[@Leah_Newton]

Devil, you get it wrong. Last time we were suggested by Riot in-game msg which was about Wild Rift Icon; there were drops for watching on Twitch. But NONE OF THE DROPs is a skin, the drops are Emotes, Portrait and Frame... They never promoted Icon properly till some of us WROTE that in the survey/KZbin comments. No one knows the background of all the players and no one knows what the format was etc. If the viewers know nothing related to the whole event beforehand, why would they even watch the matches...

[@JapPerez]

I still very much enjoy playing wild rift and still spend money on skins, I don't think the game is gonna die. Wildrift eSports did not go as planned but I still hope it will flourish organically.

[@fbhaidka]

Yep I dont think it will officially "die" either. But it's evident that they're not going to focus as much on this game any more. Maybe just In China because that's where majority of their player base is

[@dzhk143]

I think riot r still planing n they hv alot of work so many up coming games from riot so may b devs r change n so on

[@dimsonvenus684]

I remember when riot sue mobile legends and they paid a very large amount for that.i think they created wildrift to show that LOL can be better than ML in everything specially the graphics.And they made a good point.i think they will still support wildrift but majority will be on LOL.of course,that is their alpha game..wildritf in my opinion is agood game and you play this for fun / enjoyment rather than its competitiveness.we cant consider this as competitive like LOL due to its game restrictions wild rift esports is just a plus.I twill never be in par with LOL or dota 2.lets just enjoy it while it last.

[@NiseGen-13]

I won't be surprised that Wild Rift will be closed by the end of 2023 because Riot treat it as a PC game instead of a Mobile game. For a Mobile game, I hate the ranking system. Casual players play Mobile Legends because it is fast and easy while Wild Rift wanted it to make it slow and utterly difficult for new players. With that goal, Riot is not attracting Casual Players. Without Casual Players, there will be no Veteran Players.

[@neotrixvlogg1278]

Thats ok to be like pc that is the reason I play wr

[@Shiljamannn]

They need to incorporate Wild Rift tournaments in LoL PC tournaments.... For example, it should be like an earlier event that day when PC games are played.

[@RMX010]

What they need to focus on is 1) Crashing on 93% for some people its still a huge problem 2) Lag (ping etc) 3) q time

[@EdokLock]

The game in China is really healthy, I went to Huya to watch streams, nearly each top streamers has a minimum of 200k views + It's a healthy game there but in NA & EU the whole community it doesn't even come close to one Chinese streamer 😅

[@spamb0t]

I just went to Huya too, and I actually had to google where the Wild Rift category as I couldn't find it on the front page. There was League PC and Honor of Kings on the front page that had streams with 2-2.7 mil viewers (10x as much), so I'm not sure if 200k is a huge number for China

[@EdokLock]

@@spamb0t regardless if WR is the biggest or not, the point is that one Chinese streamer has more views than the whole Western region all togther That's why Riot aims for Asian/Chinese people. I hate it don't get me wrong, I love the game and I hope it gets the support it needs, but what can we do..

[@bogymanthedark]

@@EdokLock through 3rd party tournaments pros can make a name for themselves which might make official esports comeback but it's unlikely because riot wants large views as league on pc which is never gonna happen because mobile games is just not as popular in west no matter how good it is.

[@joshlimeofficial6618]

Tbh. collecting akali skins was one of my prios, but I was really disappointed when I didn't get the crystal rose because of the risky gamble. Unknowingly, I stopped playing WR and switched to ML.

[@joshlimeofficial6618]

But I do agree that LOL PC and WR. And I didn't know that there was Esports for WR already.

[@joshlimeofficial6618]

Mkay, you just made me decide to play WR again. Thanks so much!

[@ehrenbruderkylo7902]

First I want to say thank you for your time and your honest opinion which you present to us no matter what the topic is. I play wild rift since 2 and a half years now and I've been watching every of your videos. To be honest, I didn't only watched them for wild rift content, I watched them because of you Hells. I really feel sad for you about the bad news and it makes my heart breaking seeing you telling about your shattered dreams. You and your humor always helped me in rough times. It fells so unfair what Riot does. I wish you the very best for your future Hells, luv ya man

[@scottwallbank4794]

I completely agree with anything said. In regards to the European tournament, I've watched WR esports but had no idea about this. For EU, it wasn't even a skin reward, it was just some useless stuff like emotes and icon border. It baffles me how little marketing I've seen for this game considering the size of LOL. How did Riot not manage to take advantage of the huge hype/word of mouth around LOL that came out of Arcane? A mobile game was a perfect way to grab casual gamers into the world off the back of this.

[@dwshredder4870]

Riot was late to the party of mobile moba, it's sad if wildrift dies . But I am glad that they announced Valorant mobile as soon as valo pc release - they didn't repeat the same mistake again.

[@LeonDark1799]

Quit inflicting pain on yourself. Quit this game. It has the most manipulative and unfair matchmaking. You will lose most of the time especially if you perform well individually. It is designed to hook you in with few wins but later on it will pit you with experienced players but hard feeding teammates. Quit while you are ahead.

[@DreamCatcher8203]

And instead of fixing these issues they are going to leave us, because of a mistake that they made themselves we have to lose the game, money and time

[@Uwhwvwgwh]

Kainda not

[@zxcv97]

The problem of RIOT is they didn't embrace their Content Creators look how Warzone Mobile doing to their Content Creators now. The more watching Content Creator the more people hyped about it. RIOT really messed up.

[@m110zasz]

This is where the Community needs to help the game be known. Where the streamers have to do the advertising by playing and streaming it to get more players. If the community is very much alive, the devs will see it and they'll support it. If just a thousands of players will keep on streaming WildRift it'll get more players in.

[@agfroilan]

They're not saying that the esports will forever stop, lets just hope that in 2024 they can revive the esports scene

[@kentpcamo]

where abandoned regions can't compete with others, that'll be useless.

[@rupeniugavule3479]

Wr isn't even released global bruh

[@tainadeoliveira]

I only remember wild rift advertising when Arcane came out. I just got into the game, it's way more pleasing than LoL, I had no idea the game was doing so bad. I had no idea they were having tournaments. In LoL everyone complains that their main got a skin exclusive for wild rift but that's all you hear about the game. I really thought riot would put more effort into the game since mobile games are so popular for the general population. How was there no marketing???

[@LovelyNayru]

Your analysis is spot on, Hells… this is a shame, but there’s potential for a revival. I’m an average WR player & I didn’t know about the tournament. Maybe you could make polls on your community tab here on KZbin, asking “who knew about WR Esports?” “Who would watch WR Esports if they knew about it?” & if Riot sees the data it could inspire them to try again in the future.

[@Sayurawesome11]

this maybe... just maybe in my friend circle, but many of us hate league of legend because what one of their founder do to dota forum back then. we all come from dota allstar player, so something like this 15 years grudge that goes unresolved. when legue started on indonesia we all hating it , some of us tries and instantly leave because the hero are locked behind ingame currency. years all of us play dota 2, then when ml come out its like a new thing to us, yes its predatory system are worst than any moba we ever see but i think thats the first time we all can hang out outside of internet cafe. ml just root in our heart. when league make their wild rift i think its already too late, and most people here hate league so i dont think it fight with ml will result on their win in south east asia, and we are right but to think it fail too in their homebase NA its actually hillarious

[@maroofshah3276]

10:13 this is one of the many reasons why we watch you hells,keep doing what you want to do and we'll be here with you

[@paimog9233]

Ive been playing since beta, bough all wild pass and tons of tons of skins but i stopped playing since the supreme cells gacha event. I had hopes that riot would not make wr as a mobile cashgrab like what other companies does (moonton specifically). And now seeing that upcoming events will have gachas as well is sad and dissapointing at the same time.

[@gravesotp9965]

Likely WR exclusives Gacha only.

[@supershenron4688]

Nooo wild rift, please don’t die out, I love this game so much. This is a stab in the heart, you’re right😭😭😭

[@rupeniugavule3479]

I just joined like two months again and im hooked. I really don't want WR to die out too😭

[@Max-dy6lm]

He lies , dont listen to

[@supershenron4688]

@@Max-dy6lm no he doesn’t. Why does everything he says will come in future patch it is always true?

[@zxcv97]

The problem of RIOT is they didn't embrace their Content Creators look how Warzone Mobile doing to their Content Creators now. The more watching Content Creator the more people hyped about it. RIOT really messed up.

[@TheOtherClips]

This is the reality of esports that people need to understand. There's only room for a few winners. Look at physical sports - In the US at least you have baseball, basketball, American football, hockey, and (to some extent) soccer (EU football). esports is definitely here to stay but this notion that there's room in the market for new games to show up and be successful is wrong. I'm sure something will overtake the current popular ones some day but most will fail. So wild rift needs to stand on its own as a fun multiplayer game for non-pro esports people to play and people need to stop getting into games expecting them to be the next big esport.

[@YoutubeUser01]

I miss the Wild Rift hype when we saw faker in one of their ads. 😭😭

[@dmitryche884]

Coming to Wild Rift from another dying moba game (Heroes of the storm) - it is a very sad day to see it. I really don’t understand why they like “go all in or drop it”. The growth takes time and persistence. Imagine if Arcane producers dropped the series after first attempt didn’t make it… I am surely not investing hard in WR for now, but will keep playing for a while. And will try to improve further with your videos ✌🏻

[@AlexRyder725]

Hells is talking facts at this point. I only found out that Wild Rift existed only because I was looking to get Mobile Legends and the sad part about it is becoz I only started WR like a month ago

[@gmvs62]

The game isn’t gonna die because theres no official esports. This is an overreaction.

[@reformierende_person]

@@gmvs62 its 2022, when u talk abt moba, esports will always be a topic

[@gmvs62]

@@reformierende_person Understandable but i dont think it’s possible a casual mobile game like Wild Rift will die because there are no official esports. Marketing is more of a problem for this game.

[@McCreepeh]

@@reformierende_person The 90% of Wild Rift players are casual players, they don't care about eSports and never have, never will, this is an overreaction for as eSports never mattered in Wild Rift

[@_KnightOfRounds_]

Assassin Dave basically made this same video before WR even released, saying how the patterns were similar to AoV & hoping that the same fate doesn't befall WR & the people who went to WR (A lot of ml content creators went to AoV upon release, then the game crashed. Which is why a lot of ml content creators stayed put this time, like MobaZane who switched to AoV before but not WR) Man what a prediction. If only the devs & WR fans had taken his warning seriously. He made a lot of points how to not repeat the same mistakes. But people just called him a WR hater & ML fan 🤦

[@SliceandDice69420]

Mad Respect to ya Hells! 😢Just so sad to see that Wild Rift is in this state right now😢. I am honestly not that big of an esports fan but I still do watch it from time to time. I mostly play the game for fun and seeing that WR is in this condition really breaks me. What you said about wr not getting enough views and notice is already a red flag that Riot isnt doing well in their promoting ways. I really like what you said about how people dont know what “Wild Rift” is but when you tell them that it is the Mobile version of league then they would know right away. I love this game and I dont want it to die so soon so rn, Im just hoping that Riot does something in order to save their precious golden baby☺️☺️

[@joebowl8315]

I haven't watched you in ages, and man is this a bummer to hear I've been playing wild rift since launch on and off and man this really bums me out Grandmaster gonna be a real chore this season....

[@tamerlanibragimov6351]

Man, I strongly recommend you and Darkbreaker, open a separate KZbin channel and start organising online WR tournaments with the prize pool based on donations from streams created especially for this goal. You guys are the only ones who can make it work. It will help the community to become more competitive and keep them in game. Also to encourage esports, Riot could have created a special event every week or two, like in-game tournament etc, with pre-registration and all the things needed for that, where the prize would be, again, wild cores, or smth else, a champion title you can see in your profile, some rare exclusive skin, or smth else. Just think about it.

[@Jooohnm]

Someone from the Philippines named Sh1n Boo does that. And guess what? Riot doesn't want it, they restrict him from doing small tournament.

[@Bingcom-fg1ev]

My take of why wildrift didn't pop off is • Wildrift isn't beginner friendly, when I first started playing wildrift, when playing normal games I was getting teamed with ranked players while being unranked which makes it hard for me to actually enjoy the game, because of unbalanced math making it made it very hard for new players to enjoy the game itself which stops a lot of casual gamers (which are majority of mobile gamers are) from staying playing the game and only hardcore gamers are the one that stayed. • Gatekeeping, In my country a lot of people Gatekeep the game itself saying that only LOL players should only play this game and any content creators that played the wildrift were bashed especially if they play Mobile legends, based on experience a lot of toxic players where bashing new and bad players and saying to stop playing the game and go back to playing mobile legends • There is no casual games at the beginning for wildrift and all game modes were very sweaty as even to this day playing normal games is so sweaty as I'm always being paired with high ranks players which is hard for me as a casual players to actually play which caused a lot of burn out when playing. • The reason why riot is trying to rush wildrift is because of the market of mobile moba, as we know Mobile legends is one of the biggest mobile moba outside of china and because riot wants to complete with them they try to rush as much as possible to complete with ML, causing them to spend millions of dollars to a developing community, as it takes time for a community to grow, causing low amount of views in streams as there's not a lot of people played the game still. • the lack of advertisment for me is not really the reason why the game didn't pop off, because a game has only a small window for a game to become big if they miss this window they will have a hard time actually growing. I think what they should have done is invest more in content creators as they bring the most attraction of new player to the game but sadly they didn't really invest that much I remember when the game was released I only saw a few content creators actually making the content about the game. •The reason why eSports in NA and Europe have small viewers because mobile games are generally not popular in these countries as they are heavily dominated by PC and console games, so because of this people would rather watch and play LOL than to play Wildrift.

[@Nightcalllll]

I said this before in another channel and I'll say it again I'm playing this game for 2 years and I still gonna keep going no matter what Hope riot changes he's strategies cause this game has a lot of potential i see even pc league of legends players admiring this game and i hope you bring us some good news next time ❤️

[@chillNinjaLowSkill]

And here I was… all about to waste approximately 30$ on new skins and right before I did that, I saw your video…this gave the most bitter sweet feeling ever 😢 I really hope this a temporary situation also since they are keeping e sports for southeast/east Asia I don’t think they will give up entirely on gameplay design and balance. I see where you’re coming from because you had very similar experience with SEMC of vainglory. I have decent hope in riot to change everything still, all I can say for now, we have to wait for India release it if fails we are for sure doomed…

[@April_Mendi]

Finally a video on this, been hearing rumors about this just needed reassurance on this channel 😥

[@gravesotp9965]

Game wont die anytime soon.

[@zxcv97]

The problem of RIOT is they didn't embrace their Content Creators look how Warzone Mobile doing to their Content Creators now. The more watching Content Creator the more people hyped about it. RIOT really messed up.

[@Yeda-jg7qh]

The community needs more people like you who are passionate about the game through ups and downs and is not money hungry. *edit Also really saddening to see Wild Rift being known as the "Mobile Legends" Killer got backfired, the fact that Wild rift is also copying ML money generating strat by forcing players to buy RNG boxes for a chance to get the latest exclusive Crystal Rose Skins which is not available to be bought using Wild Cores. Maybe it's about time for Wild Rift to 'copy' ML instead on how they market themselves, make players stay loyal to the game and has large esports viewership instead of wasting money on investing the wrong areas of wild rift and suing mobile legends for 'copyright' reasons

[@devilkazumi578]

Tower of fantasy did the same thing they called themselves the "genshin impact killer" but ended up flopping

[@PikachuPolice]

@@devilkazumi578 tof never called themselves genshin killer ..it was all the yt and Twitch stremers

[@devilkazumi578]

@@PikachuPolice regardless the game still pretty much flopped

[@code066funkinbird3]

Mlbb is the onewho being a copycat

[@JulyYunico]

@@code066funkinbird3 Yes but look who's dying now? Wild Rift or ML? Normal people doesn't care about copying or any issues because normal people just want to play what is popular mobile game

[@mangotar0]

Honor of Kings (China) which is the most popular mobile game and MOBA in China (yes its even more popular than PC LoL), Mobile Legends (SEA) and Arena of Valor (SEA, mainly Vietnam and Thailand) have already taken the majority of MOBA mobile gamers before Wild Rift came out. Wild Rift was just too late to debut. Plus those games I mentioned are more casual friendly than Wild Rift, so its gonna attract more people. Since those games are already so established, its just gonna attract more people (E.g. Honor of Kings has its own Chinese drama series with one of the most currently popular Chinese actress Dilraba Dilmurat, Mobile Legends is promoted on Head and Shoulders shampoo in SEA, they got SEA celebrities/athletes such as Pacquiao, Iko Awais promoting ML, in South America they got Neymar promoting the game and have him his own skin, ML matches are televised on local tv in SEA, Mobile Legends is pretty much a household name in SEA) You just dont see that with Wild Rift. Honor of Kings and Mobile Legends are also used like a Dating app in Asia 😂 Im not lying with that one. Mobile esports in the West is pretty much looked down upon (E.g. youre too bad at LoL so you play WR instead cos its easier, with quality of life being higher in the West, most people can afford PC/console gaming, which leads to "you must be poor for PC/console gaming if youre a mobile gamer"), most people are not take mobile gaming seriously. I dont see mobile esports being successful in NA and EU anytime soon. In regions such as SEA, South America, South Asia, mobile games are popular cos most people cannot afford PC/Console gaming cos the quality of life is lower. In Japan, mobile gaming is popular cos it suits their busy lifestyle. And ofc China just loves mobile gaming in general. I do still think WR is the better mobile MOBA gameplay/mechanics wise, but its gonna continue to die (I personally think its been dead since the beginning), especially if its not doing well in mobile gaming regions in the first place.

[@Sara-cj6gb]

I absolutely hated the fact that they introduced the gambling system, it’s annoying. One of the main reasons i chose to play ONLY wild rift and stop all the other games altogether is because of their buying system, it was honest and direct, you want something, you buy it. It’s so sad for me and if they will continue with it than I’d have no choice but stop playing it too… 😢

[@gravesotp9965]

Same

[@taahirdavids4661]

I totally agree, not many people know about wild rift. How I got to play this game was because after I watched arcane, I checked if there is a league mobile game. I tried it out, been playing ever since

[@LovelyNayru]

I hope some of the Chinese teams challenge the NA/Brazil/European teams, so if Riot sees that they can keep up with them, they may reconsider investing in those regions’ esports

[@htetaungkyaw5660]

Its sad that WR esport is not actively going on the social media and even in game itself. I am from south east Asia but I do not see any potential regarding the esport. They should have waited to put on esports. I love playing it since it’s started. I have even waited so long to start playing the game but its hard to find friends to play together around me. Ever since I am playing solo for very long time. Hopefully they will advertise the game more in the future.

[@nikocanindo2330]

I think this is the main reason why wildrift is almost a dead game..a little want to play it and hard to convince even our friends they are still sticking to MLBB. Playing solo in wildrift is very boring that's why a lot don't like it and quiting,,and back again to ML

[@Jay-p3p]

Already quited when villain jhin skin release and i dont play any moba anymore and my life had gone better 😌

[@joe.eatsbroccoli]

I'm feeling exactly how I was feeling in those last weeks of VG. I hope I'm just being pessimistic now. After VG, I NEVER played ANYTHIN on mobile but when WR was released, I was that same kid saving up for a Krul skin, Skye skin, Lance skin, etc. I hope Riot would reconsider their decision.

[@whocares.u3024]

Dave was right this whole time.

[@g3dcv]

The Western side of the world doesn’t really care for mobile gaming, mobile games get laughed at and are “cringe” to everyone on this side of the world. I know so many PC league players here in the states that REFUSE to even touch WR because it’s a mobile game.

[@awisintaro]

The only thing i love about Wild Rift is there are no kids playing the game like Mobile Legends

[@bulaloitech]

Did they fix the match making?

[@QuantumChrist]

Cause you play bots not even real playet 🤣

[@skyeguy7914]

I started playing wild rift a couple days ago after my PC died. And I have to say… I love it. Like, it’s more accessible than league ever was. It has a fairly comprehensive tutorial that league never had back in the day when I played it. The controls, although difficult to get used to, feel pretty intuitive. And it fulfills what I was expecting it to fulfill. It’s league in your pocket. It’s easy to jump into a game. It’s fun. Like… the only thing I think is actually holding it back from being worth playing is that veteran league fans would probably find regular league to be objectively better for one reason or another. My experiences so far though have been altogether positive to the point that I prefer wild rift over league. And will absolutely continue to play it.

[@makaladt5129]

It's right in India still game is under pre-registration and I register this game 3 years ago now I play this game by vpn but I got high ping but I keep playing this game 😢

[@floki0407]

Me too but i think after garena Agreement is over in jan..... We might get game in India..... Coz india has 2nd most mobile gamers after china...

[@Schlafmohn44]

Wild Rift have extreme potential for ingame shop Champion voice maybe from stars , music , or cooperation……

[@luis-gg9yh]

I love competitive tournaments, and this is a hit of course, but I actually think this had to happen. The level of audience that these competitions have in our regions is nothing compared to the one they have on Asia. Riot also said that they would be promoting third party tournaments although they did not say how they would help the community and I think that is necessary so the game can grow up properly in audience and of course in level of competition

[@Marco-kl8nf]

Tencent and Riot forced themselves into this corner and they failed. This was inevitable. They failed on multiple things starting from Wildrift's conception. 1. They were late in making this game as ML already had the foothold to the mobile market 2. They underestimated SEA and Asia's mobile gaming market and overestimated the West's market (except Latin America) 3. They blew millions of dollars forcing Esports into this new game for a market dominated by kids and teens who won't spend that much time watching and supporting Esports. 4. Now that Esports failed, they have to pedal back, and now they lost the trust of the competitive playerbase. They should have started small with only 3-4 regions. This issue exposed Riot's complacency and lack of oversight. The game won't die, but people's opinion to WR might as well be dead especially with how badly they timed this announcement while they dropped a gacha event on our heads

[@Jhayzt19]

I can't really blame Riot here. They needed to back out to protect themselves. Its the criticism in the west or eu(NOT ALL) on mobile gaming that's killing something with potential. No matter how much you shove mobile gaming in those places, you'll get discrimination. Here in SEA, its still strong. WCS Philippines is still going on sooo, yeah. Its these 2 regions that's uninterested in mobile gaming.

[@mohitdehankar550]

Finally Hells.. The video I was anticipating came out after 2-3 months of waiting. Really liked the way you explained Marketing and Esports however it is just not the marketing which is at problem. Even word of mouth didn't spread. There are reasons for that and although the game is objectively very great but it isnt suitable to mobile tbh. I have played Mobile Legends and the game that was in stream was going on for about 30mins.. It's too long, if My ML game goes more than 15mins, I used to loose my patience and what Dave Assassin mentioned, the game feels slow and time consuming due to its complexity, mobile games are casual and FAST PACED in nature that is the reason the public left. Look forward to watching more videos on state of Wild Rift, soon we are about to receive 'AutoChess MOBA' and 'Honor of Kings' who already have promised and set up huge esports tournaments in next year, my guess is WR players from EU and NA will migrate to them soon. P.S: WR is still in beta and have no plans yet to launch in South Asia.

[@dimePS]

Isn't WR coming to consoles? I would think that adds a ton of players, especially on Switch. I hope it does because WR is, IMO, the best MOBA and the only one I play. Edit: In the long run if WR sticks it out and stays around they will continue to grow. Does anyone think this game will actually die, like Riot stops updating and it's removed from the Appstore?? EDIT EDIT: Don't kill the GOLDEN BABY!!

[@akagami789]

They should've launched the game in India esports would've gone skyrocket 💪

[@rupeniugavule3479]

Good example is free fire. India litterally just boost the game

[@nikocanindo2330]

Correct,,like for example even MLBB was banned in India,,there are still a lot of players playing especially in northeast india..I wonder how can they install without using VPN

[@key.2358]

Agree with you man, Hardcore player will know game news related to riot especially pc gamer, but for mobile gamer most of them just a casual gamer that wont get any info without huge advertising, Marketing for mobile game is the most important aspect to grab player, just a big name company is not enough, Also one important aspec is game size and minimal req, especially in SEA region, most of player don't have descent phone to play, like most of my friend playing MLBB, they can afford to buy hella expensive skins from gacha, but they don't willing to upgrade to better phone because low spec phone is already enough to play it.

[@akashkabiraj5861]

At last you made a video as clear as water though all your videos are awesome but this was needed earlier. This game needed to be released in india as i feel we got potential to change the scenario

[@sarthakkumar895]

Yeah actually i agree

[@devikarotra5170]

But still releasing this game ( best moba but highly skilled comparatively than other moba) in india is highly risky according to me because ...they will get insanely more players for sure but that will also change the rates(pickup, win,loss,etc) of champs by huge difference as there may be many afks ...and this will change the whole balance between champions...and eill affect the quality of game....

[@kentpcamo]

Riot Games isn't really gonna focusing on Asia as what they say in their statement, they didn't really focuses the game in different regions. Start from its launch Riot really focuses on China, from tournaments to advertisements, they spent massive amount of money in advertisements and tournaments in China. Focusing on "Asia" isn't true and just a sugar coated term as they really wanted to full focus China. In their statement as well, 12 teams are coming from China (WRL) and 8 are from Southeast Asia maybe KR and JP regions are included in SEA? We don't know. Riot don't really advertised this game outside China yet they wanted this game to be the top tier moba in mobile platform. This game is gonna die that's for sure, instead of looking for more ideas to promote their game here they're abandoning regions. They didn't spend their money and ideas really well. It's only one way around, League of Legends : Wildrift is about to die. RIP Wildrift, your Devs started its self-destruction.

[@cedrix9105]

The irony is that Riot not hugely marketing and advertising for Wild Rift and waiting for it's popularity 🤣

[@eijidavidson1393]

I appreciate your concern, I wouldn't like it to happen. The game is amazing, and they made over 5 mil $ last month. I don't think they're doing bad, wild rift is more casual than PC LoL I understand the concern, but they can do many different things in the future.

[@Tenz220]

Considering wildrift didn't explore the Indian and Chinese market which are 2 of the largest mobile game scenes in the market I saw this coming from a mile away. Edit: mb considering the fact that the world events etc were held in Europe and the lack of Chinese events shared thought China's scene was miniscule

[@myst7383]

Wild rift is in China too. What do you mean?

[@jaysonosrs]

i play on chnese server what u mean?

[@gerardlardizabal]

Wild Rift is literally successful in China thats why theyre focusing on Asia

[@wurutana]

I was not very engaged with the esports because it was only on Twitch and didn't have a channel on LOLEsports or other Riot channels. It was hard to find schedules, brackets, rankings, etc. I had no idea there was a skin available for watching something. All that said, if new leagues are created (similar to LCS, LEC, LJL, LCK, etc.) then this could be great news for Wild Rift.

[@Kiwigigante]

Again, you uploaded a similar video a year ago and right now wr is still alive

[@freshnesbro3792]

watch the video dummy, u didn't even watch.

[@jannerusi9265]

I've noticed big decline in player base when it comes to dia+ ranks, even playing on primetimes you just dont find rank balanced games anymore.

[@Sirgo_07]

@@dravendraven1471 Jesus your ego bro.

[@Sirgo_07]

@@dravendraven1471 yeah but you just told that guy that he sucks. Getting bad players on your team isn't the fault of you being bad =)

[@jannerusi9265]

@@dravendraven1471 So I started only sucking these past couple of months since I didn't have this problem before? Good to know, back to practise it is

[@GDPerdon]

I used to play Vainglory and it was really a sad moment to have seen its collapse. Mobile Legends became popular but I never really played. I didn’t know about League of Legends properly until Wildrift’s debut. The moment I saw the trailer on the app store, I downloaded the game with no hesitation and played it right away. And true enough, I found it to be the best game and always played since. Spending money on skins was never a tough decision to make. So watching this video breaks my heart. I always wondered why Wildrift wasn’t getting the attention it deserves. Wildrift is truly a gem of a game and I hope Riot re-evaluate their marketing strategy. As for you Hells, I like you bud so you have my support. Please please continue creating Wildrift content because you are great at it and I hope Riot finds a place for you in the game. God bless

[@humanizedkun6488]

HAHAHA if wild rift is the best moba in mobile why he lost to MOBILE LEGEND IN LAWSUIT? JAJAJA

[@iAPlayMakerZ]

Esports is what keeps a game alive past it’s time, I’m an ex Warcraft lll player, and due to the esports scene, the game is still alive 20+ years past it’s time, due to the community taking a grassroot approach and propping the game up. as a hardcore gamer with hopes of growing the mobile gaming community- it seems as if Wild Rift SKIPPED a lot of the grassroots build up to the esports scene and just jumped directly into coordinating with professional and established teams, this puts a 4th wall up since it doesn’t give a-lot of hope to the average gamer, they need to leave room for players to aspire to be better, otherwise they’re just going to leave because it’s “just a mobile game.” If I wasn’t running a large level 18 guild in NA, I would have been gone too. If wild rift would help community leaders grow their base with online tournaments open to the public the game could take off again. But that would take a dedicated team to do so. I really wish that Wild Rift could bridge that gap in the esport scene by helping some of us in the trenches. This game STILL has a ton of potential, I hosted 2 duel tournaments with great success and was gaining momentum, then they took out duels to add another troll mode..all for one. If they would allocate their money to the right areas, they could accomplish A-LOT more for less. I have faith in you Wild Rift.

[@DualswordGod-KEY]

look like Dave is right about wild rift😢.

[@MetricMod]

Here’s the bottom line and you can find any of this info online with a simple search. WR made 500 million last year, but that was mostly in CN with some flow from SEA, but very little from NA, EU and SA. Player base continuously dropped from the drop date in every region except for SEA and CN. Now, before all of this Tencent refused to let Riot release a mobile version of LoL. They said no for 5 years straight, but they realized that if they allowed Riot to release WR, they could go after Moonton for MLBingBong copyright and harm done and that is EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. They couldn’t sue Moonton without a game on the same format. This has been in court in the US since WR released. Tencent/Riot sued for everything right down to the fonts they used in the game. Now, as of Nov 11, 2022, the US courts decided that Tencent/Riot could not pursue this law suit, because there was no clear way to define Tencent and Riots role in the development of WR. They were told they needed to sue in CN and therefore there was no way to get the billions they were trying to get from Moonton in NA. NA, EU and SA are all dead regions monetarily to Riot and even more so to Tencent and within one week of this lawsuit being shot down, Riot pulled comp from NA, EU etc They never took this game seriously. Only reason they’re keeping it in CN and SEA is because they’re actually making money. Full stop, end of story. It will never leave beta, because it was never meant to. I’ve known you since VG days, Hells. That’s why WR was basically all interns and no marketing. It’s quite clear.

[@bookyodaianimate8982]

Wow the game is dead even before it is released world wide

[@seangen]

You can thank Riot for their arrogance and incompetence.

[@Apiliar_bolapanas]

Bro, wildrift made more money than pc League…they even got the top 7 highest earning mobile game fron jan-nov 2022…how is the game dying?😂

[@bookyodaianimate8982]

@@Apiliar_bolapanas i watched the video

[@Bunnie3322]

It’s unfortunate that they did what they are doing. Hopefully it picks back up bc I really do enjoy that game and I don’t want it to end and I was hopefully hoping I can become more pro one day.

[@voltage3208]

Wow this gives me vainglory flashbacks I hope we aren’t on the same path

[@Ouro3299]

Omg really bad news for WR eSports.. I hope that they will quickly comeback and investing on this beautiful and addictive mobile game. Everyone have a decent phone and can play this MOBA with friends or/vs ladder. I will continue to play everydays, this game is one of my favorite on my phone, I recently bought a gaming phone specially for WR session, thanks hells to not leave this game, I will follow your amazing content !

[@dwshredder4870]

One thing i don't know why they are not releasing in Indian subcontinent ( may be govt. issue) . Their Valorant is a massive success in india in terms playercount ( in fact no other pc games have reached that much playerbase in India)

[@symphonixblades]

Think it's because of the government yes. Wild Rift have lootboxes and some governments ban games with that

[@charlesabrea8957]

I'm also a player of wildrift not a pro but I love playing wildrift, because I was also a player of LOLPC, and yes there are a lot mistakes RIOT made in terms of promoting the game. And you're right as well that in terms of promoting the game, we wildrift player didn't know that there's a WORLDS going on we knew that on your channel in this particular video, it's just sad that this prestigious company, game might fall faster than we think. Don't get me wrong, I love this game more than any MOBA games, I even stand up with RIOT when MLBB is copyrighting the game. I feel you man this really makes a grown-up man sad and cry.