There's quite literally no purpose to just locking an icon away that's already been drawn and put into the files just to throw it away. Some people like the icon for if Garen won.
ModCaptainMårvelous18 votesMake it 1k. Exactly enough for the winning side to get it for free while the losing side has to shell out.
AirKingNeo5 votesThe price was just based on previous icon prices.
the losing side has to shell out.
exactly
PaladinNO1 votesYou, eh, wouldn't happen to have anyone to poke over at their HQ to actually make it happen? Both for the Garen and Riven icons, yeah?
1 K BE or 10 K BE, I'm game either way.
kda akali12 votesRiven too!!!
ModAcademy Kayn4 votesThere's quite literally no purpose
I mean, there is. It's to put stakes on what team you'll choose, in hopes that you win. If there wasn't an exclusive reward for picking a side, in our example, let's say that there's no reward at all, than what's the point? Any sense of stake is thrown out, since you're not invested into the Event, there's no real reason to fight when there's no reward past that of tokens that each side receives anyways.
At that point you're fighting for tokens, not the two God Kings.
The stakes of an exclusive icon, force the players involved to actually feel invested in the event, instead of just passively waving their hands about doing missions. There's something on the line, that pushes you to want to win, not just collect all the tokens. If you Win, you get this awesome Icon that shows you're the winner! It's history, from then on, that Icon shows you won.
Giving the losers the same Icon just to make them feel better about losing kills everything above. There's no value in fighting for an Icon, that doesn't mean anything. It becomes trivial.
Chembaron Yamada1 votesCompletely agree and you phrased it perfectly here.
AirKingNeo2 votesThat's a superficial purpose then since there is no real stakes, no real war.
ModAcademy Kayn1 votesWell, yeah. It's an AU event, not anything in Lore. Stakes are stakes, no matter the situation. You want something, fight for it.
PaladinNO3 votesThat's what I said last time. https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/uE3G94nX-now-that-the-vs-event-has-ended-order-icon
And here I thought they proclaimed they would no longer release limited content...
Chembaron Yamada2 votesI prefer not. It's a good thing for me that the results of these competitions actually have some kind of impact.
If we just give out the icon for BE anyway, the whole voting has absolutely no meaning anymore. And a Rioter already commented that this is not going to happen.
Unstoppable Monk2 votesfor 1000 can i have the darius wins icon removed, thx
LightningShado2 votesAlso the Riven one.
Krigjer2 votesI mean, there is. It's to put stakes on what team you'll choose, in hopes that you win. If there wasn't an exclusive reward for picking a side, in our example, let's say that there's no reward at all, than what's the point?
I personally didn't give a crap about whatever 'stakes' there are. I wanted rewards- I wanted icons.
And I'll forever be salty that there's an icon locked away that I can't get because some silly 'faction war'.
remakoro1 votesSalty Garen's sheeps
Prestige AkaIi1 votesI'll never forget that beautiful Riven icon that I couldn't get because of Yasuo's popularity.
It's the only reason I was bitter after riven lost, i just wanted that sweet icon.