Riot: Stop the War Against Your Community - Let creativity thrive. Let people play with friends.

Professor Hartman April 28, 2026 2:18 am

Riot bizdev folks are at war with the community. Banning people for off-meta picks, bans or rank removals for people who play with friends, automated punishments that are insane, pros being banned for off meta picks they dominate with, and staff trolling and abusing users online. This needs to stop.

0:00 Please Stop the War Against Your Community
1:38 Who the hell am I to judge?
3:10 The Holy Meta
5:29 Creativity is Everything
6:54 Playing with Friends
8:45 Friends Grow the Game
10:00 The Empty Calories of Rank Obsession
13:03 The "Well Don't Play Ranked Then" Canard
13:48 Where Has This Gotten Us?
14:42 Solutions
15:54 My Final Plea: Listen to the Community ...