DisposableBrain
When I created my account way back you had to apply and wait, then IIRC they deleted plenty of accounts in order to "clean up" and you couldn't really register anymore, but that was a long time ago so it's possible (it's also possible that I'm misremembering). Also, I don't think they'll bother changing their anti-cheat from userland like people were afraid of years ago, but userland could still create problems as any attempts to bypass their new stuff (if they exist) could flag your account, and it's something we'll never know until the ban waves start coming in.
Oh, nice. I think that's a good start as reading old posts on the Wayback Machine has its limits.
As for everything else, it's unfortunate. I'd be glad to help troubleshoot but my PBE account was deleted back when they removed a bunch of old accounts. Let's just hope the problems aren't anti-cheat related, even if they make it to live.
I believe this is a good suggestion, though I think @redditisalsobad is correct about post involvement and discoverability. In any case, it's a good idea to check what everyone thinks when it comes to moving the community back/elsewhere. IMO something like an IRC (or anything more "direct") could go a long way when it comes to communicating about such things, but that's a whole other can of worms as it's not open to the internet, and can completely kill discussion in other platforms that are.
I'm afraid I have to agree that reopening the subreddit might be a sensible choice when raising awareness for these kinds of issues, as there doesn't seem to be any other place to discuss this sort of thing other than r/linux_gaming where there's not much attention given to general LoL posts, let alone troubleshooting ones. This Kbin is also sort of obscure, even though I can't seem to think of any way to advertise it more than it already is, basically on r/leagueoflinux page and the website.
BUT, there are some issues.
- No real way to poll the community on whether the subreddit should be reopened. A lot of people did agree to lock it indefinitely before it closed, but opinions may have changed.
- Should the idea of an alternative be abandoned? Or should that exist alongside the reopened subreddit? Both are suboptimal because a) the community on reddit is probably not sustainable in the long term (as the smallest but most probable-to-happen example, Kbin isn't the most intuitive thing to use but it still feels better to use than the new Reddit UI, so what happens when old.reddit closes?) and b) splintering the community is a bad idea and besides, all alternatives will be eclipsed by anything on reddit anyway.
Kbin is a wasteland compared to the old subreddit and the discussion on the "state of the community" here proves there are huge issues (all the old knowledge that's been lost is huge), but I don't think the idea behind abandoning reddit is a bad one. Still though I think opening the subreddit even temporarily should be considered, first to help resolve the problems with 13.22 if those do exist, and second to discuss the state of the community with as much exposure as possible.
I see. Wouldn't hurt to have one for future patches regardless.