Riot Games has given its esports platform, lolesports, a new look for the 2019 season. The platform has been integrated with the League of Legends blog platform Nexus and has its own watch page. However, one important feature seems to be missing – the match histories of pro leagues from around the world.
This change has raised concern among notable creators in the League community who rely on the match histories for their own products. Rheingold River at Leaguepedia and the team behind the popular post-match threads on the League Reddit community have spoken out about this issue.
According to these creators, the match history pages on lolesports are crucial for gathering real-time data and information for their products. Without this feature, it will be difficult to keep everything updated in real time, and some things may not be updated or posted at all.
Many in the community have voiced their concerns on Reddit, with one user stating that the match histories made their lives “significantly easier”. They are urging Riot to reinstate this feature on the new lolesports platform.
In response to the outcry, Riot has announced that they will be reinstating the match histories at some point. They mentioned in a Q&A post on the Nexus blog that the official match history team is still working on how to approach this feature for 2019, and they will provide an update later in the year.
It is clear that the match histories are a valuable resource for the League community. Hopefully, Riot will find a solution that allows creators and fans to continue accessing this important information.
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