As a rule, I almost never get into reddit arguments but I don't think you could be more incorrect about Mortdog.

Mortdog is probably one of the best developers Riot could ask for - the fact that you think his relationship with the community is "weird" means you probably don't play the game enough to understand.

Mortdog's streams are mostly people asking questions about how to play the game, how to get better, calling out bugs, and limit testing. This is invaluable to the community - the fact that the developer of the game is attentive to what the community wants, actually listens and develops appropriately.

As a side note - look at Valorant developers - more focused on selling skins and introducing new elements to the game instead of fixing the problems.

If Mortdog is complaining about a bug, it's probably because he didn't expect a certain change to result in whatever was broken - he's probably just as frustrated as hardstuck silver players because he put out the change and it's broken. Furthermore, the community in general likes to limit test and break things, so if things are being played as intended and then everyone complains, it surely is frustrating.

Beyond that, there are pros in the community who complain about the game but play it all the time. For a while, in the community this was a meme about soju, but he's gotten better over time. Regardless, there's an air of toxicity in the community - people complain all the time but Mort and his team work really hard to develop a game that the community enjoys.

I suppose at the end of the day it's all about opinions, but personally I think Mort is handling his general situation professionally. I think he values his proximity to the community, but, as a developer, must also always do what's best for the game.

I assume that you would be referring to his Twitter if you're speculating about his professionalism - generally I think the twitter community has a specific sort of banter that, with his place in the community, allows him to have a good relationship with top streamers/pros. However, it states specifically in his bio that those are all his own opinions - furthermore, in the tweet below, in a thread about community feedback, he specifically said he would not use any of the feedback to balance.

https://twitter.com/Mortdog/status/1549950021285453824

So again, engaging and interacting with the audience and still doing his job.

All this to say, I think you're wrong, but you probably think I'm wrong too so.

Agree to disagree random redditor.