If you're familiar with the history of Classic World of Warcraft, you might know the name Nostalrius. This lead many to hope that the shutdown could, eventually, lead to an official classic League of Legends server. While we don't know the full story of what happened afterwards, we do know that on at least one occasion Riot demanded the developers hand over the code used for Chronoshift. " Chronobreak" was coming.Ĭhronoshift was served legal notice by Riot in Summer 2021 and was forced to shutdown. That is, until Riot told them that the uh. It had a fully functional client and game: Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline (original), Proving Grounds (tutorial), champions, runes, masteries, summoner spells. I had the absolute pleasure of playing my favorite game again somewhat recently.Ĭhronoshift was an invite-only League of Legends private server based on patch, if I recall correctly, V1.0.0.126 (Xerath release, towards the end of Season 1). The game has evolved and, regardless if you feel it is for better or worse, League is largely unrecognizable from what it once was. I started playing League during Cassiopeia's release in December 2010/January 2011. Nostalgia: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Isn't it just nostalgia and rose-tinted goggles?īut if we look at the actual definition of nostalgia. The investment burden is solely on making the old game work on modern tech. There was no Hextech Crafting to get these items for free, everything you wanted you bought.Īnd all of this content already exists. Accounts would need to be releveled to 30 to participate in ranked (XP Boosts). Runes would need to be farmed out once again (IP Boosts). Champions, skins, and rune pages would all need to be bought anew (Riot Points). To my knowledge, this is the first and last direct information we've ever been given on the subject. Ghostcrawler's response essentially came down to "it isn't super easy and probably isn't worth the effort." He left his position around one year later to work on the Riot MMO, and has since recently left the company altogether. This post was made six years ago by then Design Director Ghostcrawler.
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