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Riot is now Element

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550 points J_tt | 3 comments | 15 Jul 20 07:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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subroutine ◴[15 Jul 20 09:13 UTC] No.23842874[source]▶
Discord is next.
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1. holler ◴[15 Jul 20 13:10 UTC] No.23844653[source]▶
I think they'd have to change more than their name. The entire nomenclature of their app is gaming focused. That would also expose them to great risk of losing their core user base, at a time when another company Guilded has just launched a strictly gaming-focused chat app.
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2. jjice ◴[15 Jul 20 13:39 UTC] No.23845032[source]▶
They've started to make changes, like changing their TLD from .gg to .com, and they removed the game store. They had a popup after a recent update describing the changes and why their doing it (to appeal to more than just gamers). I think that other than those bits of branding, it can be pretty gamer agnostic, though I haven't used it in a workplace to actually catch the inconsistencies.
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3. holler ◴[15 Jul 20 14:06 UTC] No.23845387[source]▶
> they removed the game store

seems like that might be because no one was playing? https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/13/20864278/discord-nitro-ga...

It certainly can be gamer-agnostic, but if they lose the gamer base, it could be significant for their success.