Riot Skill Issue
The failure may have had another cause
Aug 26, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min · 13 segments
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For me, I, I definitely want to say, you know, I was wrong.
I'm not usually wrong.
[laughs]
But I was wrong this time.
I definitely thought it was gonna last at least two years.
I do think it shut down pretty early.
I thought we had-
Mm-hmm
... like Lux and Samira's gonna come out, and then we'll have one more, like-
Yeah
...
But I'm a bit surprised.
I feel like they jumped ship before you even got, like, halfway through.
Maybe you could have fixed the game after a season or two if there was, like, that many problems going on or that little players.
Mm.
I feel like you could have reinvented yourself or-
Yeah
... tried something new.
I feel like they just got rid of it too fast.
Right.
And now, now we're already done.
Yeah, I will admit-
Yeah.
For me, I, I definitely want to say, you know, I was wrong.
I'm not usually wrong.
[laughs]
But I was wrong this time.
I definitely thought it was gonna last at least two years.
I do think it shut down pretty early.
I thought we had-
Mm-hmm
... like Lux and Samira's gonna come out, and then we'll have one more, like-
Yeah
...
But I'm a bit surprised.
I feel like they jumped ship before you even got, like, halfway through.
Maybe you could have fixed the game after a season or two if there was, like, that many problems going on or that little players.
Mm.
I feel like you could have reinvented yourself or-
Yeah
... tried something new.
I feel like they just got rid of it too fast.
Right.
And now, now we're already done.
Yeah, I will admit-
Yeah.
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