From reading the posts and comments here, it’s clear that not everyone knows the situation. It’s frustrating that most discussions are gated by two narratives:
- “Players don’t know balance, so why should Riot listen?”
- “Players just abuse Riot, so how could they find good feedback?”
What Vel’Koz mains have done is provide a lot of civil and detailed feedback.
Now, here’s the issue: it’s not even that the suggestions are bad, it’s that Phreak (in his video) pretends no one has ever given suggestions, and that players just say that Vel’Koz sucks. Even the most biased people here can see, from the posts, that this is just untrue.
This is complete disrespect by Phreak against his players, and is what people are angry about. It’s such an insane attitute to have, which hurts communication and relationship with the players.
So I hope you can better understand the case now, and make your own judgement.
How about we reframe the problem.
Phreak’s videos aren’t scripted. He does a little bit of powerpoint work, but the video itself is usually one take with him going down a list of changes for the game. People are treating it like it’s a carefully scripted lawyer speak that’s been reviewed until it says nothing. If you can’t handle that, then don’t engage with it. If you can handle someone being a little unfiltered, then watch.
But people are looking to take offense and Karen their way around reddit in an attempt to cancel people.