How Riot Games is Censoring League of Legends Tournaments

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  • Опубликовано: 24 сен 2023
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    League of Legends has been running professional tournaments for almost 15 years now. But, with time and increasing popularity, the developers have had to step in and make more and more specific rules to make sure everything is up to a certain standards. Most rules make clear sense, while others leave players wondering why they even exist.
    Today we're talking specifically about those kinds of rules.
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  • @NicolaiLol
    @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад +18

    Your browser is holding you back. Level up with Opera GX!: operagx.gg/Nicolai5
    Also! Apologies for going MIA recently, been dealing with the ranked queue of real life.
    But, should be sorted now and the frequent uploads will return starting now 🫡.

    • @Ggigothydra
      @Ggigothydra 9 месяцев назад

      If there is one thing I will remember from this video is that there is a farming game being played in pro (farming simulator?)

    • @DiabolicCrusher
      @DiabolicCrusher 9 месяцев назад

      Dogshit browser

    • @alyasVictorio
      @alyasVictorio 8 месяцев назад

      Bad news about LoL, sir Nicolai:
      According to theScore esport, LoL is so lonely due to limited communication in-game thanks to LoL players' toxicity
      Link: ruclips.net/video/CYexJFhwXzk/видео.htmlsi=xT2xJCNBXI8cDHpU

  • @Tonyrona
    @Tonyrona 9 месяцев назад +190

    Sounds like the HR team members have 200 years of experience

  • @abramho6307
    @abramho6307 9 месяцев назад +61

    imagine the commentator yelling “penta point”

    • @00MugenRR
      @00MugenRR 9 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂 that would be hilarious

    • @MrNo0p
      @MrNo0p 9 месяцев назад

      I#ve thought of the same. "First Point"

    • @kap1zel437
      @kap1zel437 9 месяцев назад

      im looking for this comment

    • @spuriusscapula6481
      @spuriusscapula6481 8 месяцев назад +1

      An ally has been pointed

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 8 месяцев назад

      He pointed him so hard his unborn kids felt that!

  • @duranburnett
    @duranburnett 9 месяцев назад +151

    These tournament rules will kill the viewers and more and more people will start watching stream-alongs. Especially the player name and Nickname rules is literally against gamer culture. I would literally have no clue who they are talking about if they would use these players' real names.

    • @tavla123
      @tavla123 9 месяцев назад +26

      These tournament rules will point* the viewers and more and more people will start watching stream-alongs.

    • @duranburnett
      @duranburnett 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@tavla123 haha

    • @sdfja3iu234j
      @sdfja3iu234j 9 месяцев назад +12

      It has less to do with the country/Riot and more to do that this is an official Asian games tournament that is being broadcasted on television. These rules only apply to the broadcast on live television in China, this is not controlled by Riot. It's the same rule that applies to any Olympic or Asian games sport where you have to refer to the player/athlete by their real name.
      I watched the Korean broadcast for the Asian games and they were referring to players by their in-game names, e.g. Faker. Please do not spread misinformation.

    • @no.4779
      @no.4779 9 месяцев назад +2

      They have already implemented it. If you’re watching Asian Games, all players are now using their real name as their in-game id

    • @sdfja3iu234j
      @sdfja3iu234j 9 месяцев назад +10

      @@no.4779 like I said, it's a rule that applies to all sports in the Olympics and Asian games and it's a rule that is only applied for the Asian games which is not a Riot tournament and has it's own set of rules. For worlds and other Riot tournaments the players will use their usual in-game names.
      I was referring to the actual casting. The Chinese castors on television are not allowed to refer to players by their in-game names, but must refer to their real names. However, the Korean casters can still refer to players with their in game names as it's not being broadcasted on national television.

  • @byeguyssry
    @byeguyssry 9 месяцев назад +21

    I feel like they could say "knocked out" or "defeated" instead of kills. Points in most sports is used for first-to-however-many-points wins, which gives off the wrong idea.

    • @icetea9092
      @icetea9092 9 месяцев назад

      Why not frags

    • @rollihd714
      @rollihd714 5 месяцев назад

      "an ally has been pointed"

  • @ahrivixen5594
    @ahrivixen5594 9 месяцев назад +34

    this will slowly start to push people away from being interested in anything for league . tho thats the least of riots problems people are already getting fed up with the company and game itself as well

  • @TheSangreT
    @TheSangreT 9 месяцев назад +79

    thanks china, we can't have red blood in the game, we can't have skulls/skeletons in the game, we can't have swears in the game, such a nice country

    • @P.H691
      @P.H691 9 месяцев назад +13

      The Chinese overlords are interfering with everything, but remember, Riot games is owned by a Chinese company, so they must bend over backwards to appease them at all costs.

    • @lussor1
      @lussor1 9 месяцев назад +9

      Mass surveillance and control

    • @SaberXLOVE
      @SaberXLOVE 9 месяцев назад

      but degeneracy are allowed xd
      just check the recent exclusive chroma on lol for china
      weird country

    • @OrangeMelon419
      @OrangeMelon419 9 месяцев назад +3

      Don’t forget the lame bs Skins. Imagine Ahri etc Skins if Riot would Not be owned by China. 😔

    • @jjfu301
      @jjfu301 8 месяцев назад +1

      tha'ts how Winnie the Pooh likes it

  • @cristinaguzman1604
    @cristinaguzman1604 9 месяцев назад +6

    justice for the discrimination against crocs 😔😔😔

  • @FlemetAeton
    @FlemetAeton 9 месяцев назад +15

    So, no more casters yelling "Faker! What was that!?" Disappointing. This is the rule that bothers me. I hope it's temporary while competing in China and will be reverted when worlds is hosted in other countries.

    • @sdfja3iu234j
      @sdfja3iu234j 9 месяцев назад +4

      it's temporary. Only applies to Asian games for TV broadcast in China, which is not a Riot tournament. Korean cast is still using in game names.

    • @aurelianspodarec2629
      @aurelianspodarec2629 9 месяцев назад

      I hope they will call players by character color xD@@sdfja3iu234j
      Annie X
      RED RED! What was that?!

  • @kenn-fucius
    @kenn-fucius 8 месяцев назад +2

    Eh you’re not suppose to smoke indoors in any work place it’s a law common in most places in general.

  • @odiseirekt5168
    @odiseirekt5168 9 месяцев назад +1

    Love your videos! They help me fall asleep. I have watched it multiple times already!

  • @notorious6863
    @notorious6863 9 месяцев назад +15

    There's too many rules that they have to follow and thus for me it feels like they have no personality. I couldn't care less about an individual LoL pro. At this point they're just like expert NPC's playing the game ... they should be able to express feelings/emotions and even be toxic at times to make the scene more interesting. That's just my take on it. Right now they all look like robots

    • @youtubeSuckssNow
      @youtubeSuckssNow 9 месяцев назад

      Thats China's dream for its citizens. They want NPC's

  • @hvseul
    @hvseul 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wait, where is his “Hey guys, Nicolai here” 😢

    • @NicolaiLol
      @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад

      It has since been retired 😔

  • @MCFalkenstein
    @MCFalkenstein 9 месяцев назад +6

    Are there rules written on other phrases you may not use? Pretty sure tiaman square or Uyghur would be insta perma ban in the asian league...

  • @JoeNathanWhite
    @JoeNathanWhite 9 месяцев назад +12

    Im proud of the fact that i havent spent a dime on League ever since Tencent took over. Every move Riot has done the last couple of years just further tells me that decision was 100% the right call. Im convinced Riot is abusing the monopoly they have (since its their game its their rules, no matter how unfair) further and further each year. People cant speak freely anymore, chinese teams get preferancial treatment, while Riots acting like a woke company in the west for publicity, they oftentimes show their real face (and its not beautiful). This will become so much more worse over the next couple of years up to a point where Riot will be used as a propaganda tool towards the west just like TikTok. Just like Blizzard with their Taiwan incident. Its scary how blind the west is because its a uncomftable truth, we all love these cheap and honestly nowadays high quality products from China, our phones (whoops, another scandal that our data has been scraped and given to the chinese government for social engineering), their games, tik tok. Its all so comftable, what are a couple hundred thousand (1,3 million) Uighurs in concentration camps in comparison to these wonderful things. I mean, concentration camps just have a bad reputation thanks to a failed Austran Painter, am i right?...
    Im lowkey concerned cause while the internet is connecting people all arround the globe, its original purpose of connecting is slowly getting turned into a cultural warfare and when it hits it wont be fun.

  • @menchoxe5544
    @menchoxe5544 9 месяцев назад +1

    lol years ago in CS 1.6 tournaments players were popping all kind of crap

  • @kiwi1076
    @kiwi1076 9 месяцев назад +1

    i think this is a great video i just dont agree on the point made regarding the raise of the miniumum age requiement in LEC, i'd much rather see a good prospect play in an ERL for another year and seeing some LEC orgs operate at a net positive instead of the other way around. Also an higher income for the org could mean better non tier 1 player development

  • @gallina02
    @gallina02 9 месяцев назад

    last seconds of video...sad memories

  • @kaitek666
    @kaitek666 9 месяцев назад +1

    the video was not only about league of legends, so maybe correct the video title. but it was very fun, I like the smooth transitions between topics you do, makes the video entertaining all the time. it's still unbelievable you keep improving! :)

    • @AliHassan-mk6jp
      @AliHassan-mk6jp 9 месяцев назад +1

      It's a title not a description, and it was about a league of legends tournament not league of legends like you're saying in your comment so maybe correct your comment :)

    • @kaitek666
      @kaitek666 9 месяцев назад

      @@AliHassan-mk6jp your comment sounds ai generated for some reason?

    • @AliHassan-mk6jp
      @AliHassan-mk6jp 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@kaitek666 I don't even know what to respond to this, it's not since it seems like you're asking if it is, and I honestly can't be bothered to keep up with chatgbt and all the fear mongering around AI. edit: if you say this also looks ai generated I swear to god

    • @psychokuca302
      @psychokuca302 7 месяцев назад

      @@AliHassan-mk6jp It does lmao, stop chattng like AI bot XD

    • @AliHassan-mk6jp
      @AliHassan-mk6jp 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@psychokuca302 It wasn't for conversation, it was a correction of how stupid his logic was and yeah of course talking formally would look like AI when everyone is brain rotted nowadays.

  • @skojuzija
    @skojuzija 9 месяцев назад +1

    Bruh if they can set up that they play on patch 13.12, they can make a retro game mode where we can play on lets say 3.10 patch

    • @NicolaiLol
      @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад +2

      They probably can, but they won't 😔.

  • @vladislavkaras491
    @vladislavkaras491 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the info!

  • @kevinwonart
    @kevinwonart 9 месяцев назад +1

    you can't use keria like that man at the end man

    • @NicolaiLol
      @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад

      They didn't let him wear his lucky shrek crocs :'(

  • @nothingummm1249
    @nothingummm1249 9 месяцев назад +3

    this is such a gamer moment

    • @NicolaiLol
      @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад +1

      a moment of all time for sure

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped 8 месяцев назад +1

    What do you mean you didn't download the tournament client!?
    Nah, bro. Sry... too busy 'n shiet...

  • @joshsolders5543
    @joshsolders5543 9 месяцев назад +5

    A ton of this makes no sense. Even the age restiction change. Its not like having the team be 18 instead of 17 will change that you are advertising stuff to an audience that includes under age people. And it won't change that these players can't use the products. You barely have an argument about having a 17 yr old advertising adult products because he's a player on an esports team, not the team sponsor rep. And even if you make the argument that he can't legally use the product and therefore the sponsor will not sign because everyone needs to use it or something, just exclude the underage kids and let them get their start. Its trying to avoid a boomer mental explosion or something, but even so, it doesn't make sense from even that standpoint.

  • @penguii1233
    @penguii1233 9 месяцев назад

    the streams never coming back init

    • @NicolaiLol
      @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад

      The idea crosses my mind every once in a while

  • @ArtzRSPS
    @ArtzRSPS 9 месяцев назад

    I love how ohnepixel just shows up randomly in videos nowadays

  • @christianl2024
    @christianl2024 9 месяцев назад

    But fr how could he play with snus that stuff blows one away how could he concentrate

    • @NicolaiLol
      @NicolaiLol  9 месяцев назад

      It would seem that's where they gain their abilities

  • @bobbytaraantino
    @bobbytaraantino 9 месяцев назад

    Inagine the casters shouting "PENTAPOINTS! PENTAPOINTS!"

  • @Zamoksva
    @Zamoksva 9 месяцев назад +1

    ENEMY PENTAPOINTS!, sounds awful lol

  • @step-gamer9245
    @step-gamer9245 9 месяцев назад

    I kneww that...... that crocks are too Overpowered

  • @thedeadliest4380
    @thedeadliest4380 4 месяца назад

    Can't wait to hit my fellow summoners with fluffy pillows for extra points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Seriously riot, keep yourself safe.

  • @skojuzija
    @skojuzija 9 месяцев назад +2

    Maybe tobacco and vape companies could be good looking sponsors like in f1. Imagine T1 Marlboro, C9 Rothmas, Camel Mad Lions, Wiip FNC

    • @Levi_Ackerman_005
      @Levi_Ackerman_005 9 месяцев назад +1

      I can already imagine the issue this could generate... they will be accepting sponsors from tobacco and vape companies... but the players themselves are prohibited from doing it? Doesn't seem right to me.

    • @skojuzija
      @skojuzija 9 месяцев назад

      @@Levi_Ackerman_005 fo wheel

    • @AliHassan-mk6jp
      @AliHassan-mk6jp 9 месяцев назад

      @@Levi_Ackerman_005 Your point is just bs tbh, they aren't allowed to do it onstage, they can in their free time or literally anytime not onstage, like some of you forget THIS IS A JOB, they aren't just playing games for funsies.

    • @Levi_Ackerman_005
      @Levi_Ackerman_005 9 месяцев назад

      @@AliHassan-mk6jp it does make sense though, they are basically saying they don't want people vaping, but yet they promote it? yeah sure; doesn't make sense

    • @AliHassan-mk6jp
      @AliHassan-mk6jp 9 месяцев назад

      @@Levi_Ackerman_005 First off not wanting them vaping on stage and vaping in general are 2 very different things, Secondly they didn't say they don't want people vaping you're making an assumption, they punished someone for wearing crocs are they also anti crocs?
      There are plenty of reasons they don't want vaping ON STAGE, like the crocs rule it could just be about professionalism on stage vaping could be viewed as less professional similar to the crocs rule, and with vaping specifically there are rules against indoor smoking in businesses in general cause other people don't want to deal with your smoke same goes for the players, and lastly an advertiser promoting something and a player promoting it are 2 different things.

  • @donkeykong1385
    @donkeykong1385 9 месяцев назад +3

    Gamers really do have it so tough

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped 9 месяцев назад

    Yikes, watching this makes me glad I haven't watched Esports since 2017...

  • @faby6515
    @faby6515 9 месяцев назад

    Free crocs.

  • @Sabrina_Liza420
    @Sabrina_Liza420 9 месяцев назад

    Ayo faker playing osu? 0:57

  • @agente9901
    @agente9901 9 месяцев назад +1

    Kind of a weird video ngl

  • @RhythmLP
    @RhythmLP 9 месяцев назад +1

    At this point FGC >>> traditional esports

    • @elven6148
      @elven6148 9 месяцев назад +1

      fgc is much more traditional than league

  • @slitzitv2875
    @slitzitv2875 8 месяцев назад

    In which world does the fact that riot fines players for vaping and letting teams autolose because someone didn‘t download the client fit the title?
    I enjoyed the video but please don‘t get into the „bash riot for everything“ rabit hole

  • @shotarokaneda3671
    @shotarokaneda3671 8 месяцев назад

    I sure hope you don’t chew on your snus 🤢😂

  • @ghostgirl2.052
    @ghostgirl2.052 19 дней назад

    Free the Shrek crocks

  • @00MugenRR
    @00MugenRR 9 месяцев назад

    China won MSI playing remotely 😂😂😂

  • @freakygenius10
    @freakygenius10 9 месяцев назад +1

    lol, because lucians nickname in china ls literally OBAMA. LOL hahahaah

  • @JPLX99
    @JPLX99 9 месяцев назад +8

    bro reaching

  • @Carriby
    @Carriby 8 месяцев назад

    Brother, I get it. Your videos arent easy to make and I understand that it takes effort, alot in fact. But having a sponsorship every damn video gets so annoying

    • @Cx1nchi
      @Cx1nchi 8 месяцев назад

      he also needs to eat

  • @croatianboy1997
    @croatianboy1997 9 месяцев назад +18

    Riot games became too wokey... one word gets you chat banned ingame

    • @taigashizuma3556
      @taigashizuma3556 9 месяцев назад

      not even a curse , people type 2 sentences like i played bad and inted this game and you can get banned if people report you jesus

    • @UntrackedEndorphins
      @UntrackedEndorphins 9 месяцев назад +8

      Trying to clean up their image to keep partners happy == being woke
      lmao

    • @tornation5609
      @tornation5609 9 месяцев назад +3

      Lmao woke= trying to make as much money as possible in every country

    • @aurelianspodarec2629
      @aurelianspodarec2629 9 месяцев назад

      @@tornation5609 That can be considered woke, yes.
      If HltIer tells you that X is bad, you're going to do it? Mother fucker.

    • @latinaparfait
      @latinaparfait 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@UntrackedEndorphinssay your an NPC without saying you're an NPC

  • @ether445
    @ether445 9 месяцев назад

    gg

  • @BowsettesFury
    @BowsettesFury 9 месяцев назад

    well i was going to watch this, but i want nothing to do with opera gx.

  • @nomadicfit
    @nomadicfit 9 месяцев назад

    No rules for China!!!

  • @johnnycage112
    @johnnycage112 9 месяцев назад

    First

  • @Clbull118
    @Clbull118 7 месяцев назад

    This is what happens when you hire snowflakes to design your game.

  • @tostupidforname
    @tostupidforname 9 месяцев назад

    If they have gambling sponsors in pro play i will not watch them ever again

  • @monelmonelmonel
    @monelmonelmonel 9 месяцев назад

    Isn't Riot owned by a Chinese company now?

    • @lussor1
      @lussor1 9 месяцев назад +2

      Since 2015

  • @GrimjowJJ
    @GrimjowJJ 9 месяцев назад

    This is why foreign companies aren't allowed on us soil like it's gross how they treat people

  • @sogeking1586
    @sogeking1586 9 месяцев назад +2

    As a Chinese, all I can say is get shreked guys. Respect the rules when playing in China. Imagine playing in California in a few years when they impose inclusion and diversity programs on stage. You will think this is actually not that bad.

    • @aurelianspodarec2629
      @aurelianspodarec2629 9 месяцев назад +1

      Inclusing and diversity programs would be anightmare! Will not respect the rules and hope it will go bankrupt.

  • @cryofigment4949
    @cryofigment4949 8 месяцев назад

    I'd say how bullshit these rules are.
    But players and watchers brought it upon themselves too.
    Always crying about "toxicity" and ither shit.
    Well, this is what happens when you abide for censorship; wanted people to stop mocking you? Well, guess what, now you can't say kill or wear crocs. Have fun with twitch rules being universal now.