The new patcher update - Replay sooner?

[quote=hypershatter]Entry from my blog link below ------------------------ "Secondly, [b][i]the new Patcher represents the first stride forward on the road towards a[u] polished[/u] replay system[/i][/b]. Replays are processed by the game through saved command sets. [color=red]With the League of Legends game engine being updated so frequently, replays would currently break every two weeks.[/color] While there is still work to be done, this new Patcher will be able to launch older versions of League of Legends, allowing successful replays regardless of how long ago the game may have taken place." [b]Does this mean we would get the official replay system soon? [i]Probably not.[/i] [/b] Riot responds with the new patcher update after being one-upped by a random group of programmers who created the first working replay function for League of Legends (leaguereplay) last week. In this announcement, Riot claims this new version of patcher will be "the first stride forward on the road towards a polished replay system." Riot included other features such as faster patching, installing, and error fixes, but they are merely dressings to the main course. [i]Riot could have fixed these known bugs in any of the previous patches.[/i] The first stride, however, has already been taken by someone other than Riot, though the privately created replay system isn't "polished". Leaguereplay is currently buggy; the biggest problem being it isn't designed to be forward compatible with future patches -meaning every client version update would render old recorded replays obsolete. There isn't much the developers can do because official client modifications (without major bugs) can only be done by Riot. In order to instill confidence in the LoL community, Riot would likely release the replay system sooner, but not way ahead of its scheduled month just to "catch up" to Leaguereplay. Therefore, I believe that Riot is trying to bide time, taking advantage of Leaguereplay by granting the possibility of forward compatibility with replays, thereby satisfying the increasingly impatient community by allowing them to use a temporary replay system. What is Riot really saying? "Use Leaguereplay until we release our polished version - eventually." For those who are saying this is not Riot's intention, I ask this: why haven't Riot taken the first step in implementing the replay system since LoL release UNTIL someone else done it? I believe there is too much coincidence here. Original thread link: [url=http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=506045]http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=506045[/url][/quote]

[quote=cammm]Correct, so although the beta patcher has initially broken LOL Replay, it looks as though we'll be able to use it to provide backwards compatible replays with the 3rd party tool. It's almost as if Riot were saying "until we get our shit sorted, you might want to use this". Expect an update to LOL Replay in the next week or two with an attempt at properly versioned replays. -- http://www.leaguereplays.com[/quote]

[quote=PFP]I WANT REPLAY SYSTEM NOW![/quote]

[quote=PotatisFarfar]They shuld have replay ages ago... Gogo competitive ![/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]They've been working on this version of pvp.net for about 3-4 months now (it's the one they were beta testing on the mac), and technically they've been working on a replay function for even longer. I'm going to have to side with Riot on this one, I'd rather have a quality replay system with everything working and all the features we want than a rushed piece of shit. Sigh, most people are so impatient. From a business standpoint Quality>Quantity.[/quote]

[quote=hypershatter][quote=Zeprido] Sigh, most people are so impatient. From a business standpoint Quality>Quantity. [/quote] not always, depends on what area of business you are talking about. the famous catch phrase for marketing is "it's better to be first than to be better". but for this post i am not really impatient. i am just a heavily critical writer[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]Riot seems to be almost threatened by a third-party company providing something that the community wants that Riot itself hasn't gotten to in a while. I won't comment on the morality or practicality of this new launcher - I'm just glad that something's forced them to make progress.[/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]Well just putting this out there, if someone else was able to make a replay program, then technically most of the materials were already in place.[/quote]