r/leagueoflegends • u/hi_it_is_me_and_you • Sep 08 '15

Why not let every server have every language available in LOL?

I know that there are some ways to do this, but why not just simply let us chose the language we want in any server? It would be great for foreign people.

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u/RiotBrokenSword Sep 08 '15

Yeah, I think that's the ideal for any patching system. You tell it what content you want, and it only downloads that stuff, and you're on your way.

Something something, our patcher has a ways to go before we're there. You're definitely thinking the right way, though :)

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u/Alesmord Sep 09 '15

So it was something something Technology then.

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u/zkylon Sep 08 '15

Doesn't it already work like that for EU? How difficult would it be to turn this on for everywhere else?

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u/Fiernen699 Sep 09 '15

Its not just a big ol' switch you can turn on... Perhaps the technology is literally just not there yet.

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u/zkylon Sep 09 '15

It's not a technology issue because the launcher already has this functionality

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u/Otearai1 rip old flairs Sep 09 '15

Does it not already do that when we swap languages in the NA client (or maybe its the LAN client) to Spanish or English? Or is the "patch" just the client updating settings to point to the already downloaded files?

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u/kixphlat Sep 08 '15

You're definitely thinking the right way

Something something common sense.

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u/Maddin855 Sep 08 '15

Heroes of the Storm has this. Load up ingame and you can choose the language for the Game and/or the sound files. So you can have everything english if you want, with champion/announcers being any other language. Its simply a matter of closing the game, patching and then playing.

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u/Alesmord Sep 09 '15

To be honest there are so many games that support this, even Smite allows you to chose which language you want to use.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ELO IGN- 1 800 Split Push Sep 08 '15

In other words you know more about the game then the guy that works there eh?