More accounts are being created everyday, which leaves people with less options when choosing their summoner's name. Since this game is global why do we have to stick to English letters only?
I personally would like my summoner's name to be written in Arabic letters.
MagicFlyingLlama18 votesI see plenty of name using non-ASCII characters. The issue is they are impossible to type and cause a good deal of problems with external websites, friend requests (impossible) ect.
MyFootUrFace1 votesIf we have more options those people wouldn't use those characters to begin with. I see a lot of MMORPG games allowing many languages to be used for character names , why not the world's leading first E-sport game allow the same?
Clementine1 votesHey that's me!
Yaśuo Main1 votesYou aren't the only one.
SpookyNeedle3 votesI see plenty of name using non-ASCII characters. The issue is they are impossible to type and cause a good deal of problems with external websites, friend requests (impossible) ect.
You can type è by holding down e and pressing the corresponding number, it should show a list
MagicFlyingLlama7 votesOn what operating system? Because windows and linux sure dont do that on any version i have ever used. The only way would be memorizing altcodes, and who does that?
Sraeg20131 votesTechnically Android is Linux-based and that's how you write texts on Android phones, but...
Yeah. It's just that.
Photos of Ghosts1 votesIn Europe, we have a button for à, one for è/é, and a few variable ones
SpookyNeedle3 votesOn what operating system? Because windows and linux sure dont do that on any version i have ever used. The only way would be memorizing altcodes, and who does that?
Guess it's only a Mac thing
Sraeg20135 votesYou should get off your phone once in a while.
SpookyNeedle1 votesYou should get off your phone once in a while.
Guess it's just a Mac thing
Flawless Fetus1 votesThey are old. Once upon a time those characters were accessible. They "fixed" that quite some time ago.
Mira Arya Enthe7 votesBecause we want to actually be able to type people's names.
58697132DEL16 voteswhat is adding "69/420/xX---Xx" to what you have not GOOD enough for you!?!?!?
Wukong Airlines7 votesKills my IQ
BakedLotion4 votesWhy not just use the system Blizzard uses and do the 5 digits after the ign?
Cosmic Hamster1 votesI love that fucking system
Photos of Ghosts2 votesIt's unfair for the common language to be English, but it's normal for international affairs to be dealt in a single common language.
ChaoticPinecone10 votesWhy is it unfair for the common language to be English? Riot is an American company, headquartered in California, and run by primarily English-speakers. It would be weird if the common language wasnt English.
Just like how I dont chastise Korean companies to do their business in primarily Korean or Russian companies to do their business primarily in Russian, an American company should freely be able to use English as their common language without judgement.
ShaolinToilet1 votesRiot is owned by tencent a Chinese company
ChaoticPinecone6 votesLets be clear about how companies work - Riot is the subsidary, Tenacent is the parent. The parent company has a large say in how much influence they want to impose on the subsidary, whether its a lot or very little. Riot is still headquartered in the United States, run their operations through the United States, and run by Americans. If you wanted to sue Riot, you wouldnt go to China - you would go to California. If you wanted to visit Riot, you wouldnt go to China - you would go to Los Angeles.
Just because Tenecent owns the majority shares in Riot doesnt take away the "American-ness" of the company. Maybe if they completely revamped their audience, the board, etc the identity of the company would change, but they didnt. Its kinda like the situation Chrysler is in now - are Dodge, Jeeps, and Chrysler American cars? Cause technically they are owned by an Itallian company.
Leon Etoile1 votesYea, Tencent bought Riot (an American company) and left them in control of the process due to it's success.
They did fuck us with earning money though (no discounts on new skins).
ShaolinToilet1 votesEvery company is different. You act like you know what goes on inside of riot
ChaoticPinecone2 votesI dont need to know what goes on inside Riot to know where their place of incorporation, their headquarters, or their CEO is - thats all public information that you file with the state. I dont know how much influence Tenecent decides to exercise over Riot, but Riot still operates out of California.
ShaolinToilet1 votesWhich is the most important thing to know...
ChaoticPinecone1 votesWhy is it important?
If, hypothetically, Tenecent controls everything, what difference does it make? Riot is still headquartered in Los Angeles. Riot is still incorporated in California. Brandon Beck is still the CEO, and Mark Merrill is still the President. The LCS is still a limited liability company who is organized in Delaware. Riot has to adhere to California laws, are subject to lawsuits in California, and pay their taxes to California. Even if Tenecent controls everything, Riot is still an American company. Its an American company with Chinese ownership.
Photos of Ghosts1 votesRead again, I said "international affairs". This game is a tiny detail, I'm talking about economy and politics. There should be a single international language, but it can't be a previously existent one.
ChaoticPinecone1 votesYoure in a League of Legends board in a thread talking about Riot and the languages they use. If you want to talk about something thats completely beyond the scope of anything discussed in the thread, you better be sure than you mention it. I had no idea that in a League of Legends board you decided to talk about politics and international affairs of nations.
And I dont see why a standard international languages cant be a previously existent one. Whats so wrong with that? Is there something inherently wrong with an existing written language that makes it unusable? Theres no point in creating an entirely new language just for communication in international affairs when there are perfectly fine ones already existing.
Glory ln Death1 votesWe don't necessarily need a new language... but let's be honest, it's not a bad idea. Super complicated and a bit difficult to implement fully, but you could actually make a sensible language without all the garbage that comes with current languages.
Just look at English as an example - it's freaking retarded! Not even native speakers know how to speak it correctly.
Somebody go make a language that actually makes sense and doesn't have tons of exceptions to every rule, arbitrary rules that just make it more complicated to speak (formal language that some languages have, for example), and overlapping words and pronunciations. Please.
ChaoticPinecone2 votesI think there are pros and cons to having a separate new language for International Affairs.
On one hand, I can see it completely overtaking our "natural" languages. If this new "superlanguage" is the only langauge that matters in international affairs, I can see it becoming the primary language worldwide. Our language and dialects are part of our culture, no matter where you are in the world. This might homogenize our world, which I dont know if is a good thing or not.
On the other hand, I can also see it being strictly used for international affairs and nothing else. Then IA would be a separate kind of discussion for only the few educated elite - I would no longer be able to understand what the leaders from my own country are saying, and would have to rely on a translator. When I hear an English-speaker speak on an international level, its a lot easier to get their message when listening to them directly.
The problem is that Language isnt like math. Even in the same language you get adaptions, changes to dialect, changes to pronunciation, and changes to meaning. Language is first and foremost a method of communication - as long as the message is understood by others, the language "works". But because of that, Language is fluid. When languages first developed, do you think they had all these arbitrary rules? Of course not. but over time, the languages adapt, whether it was to incorporate a region and therefore create a new dialect, to borrow a new word from another language, or sometimes just because it sounds good.
Even if you attempt to create a formal language with no arbitrary rules, overlapping words, or anything else, it wont stay that way.
Glory ln Death1 votesThe world is already homogenizing due to technology - media, transportation, communication, etc. The discussion that needs to happen is: Is homogenization a bad thing? Would losing parts of cultures really be that bad for humanity? Would it be worth it for the entire human race to be unified in a single, global culture?
If you think about it, despite the idealism of preserving cultural identities and keeping traditions alive, most of the major conflicts of the world throughout history have been between - and largely due to - different cultures. Just look at the huge conflict between ISIS and Western civilization right now.
Language unifies - but it also separates. Ancient Rome referred to the Germanic tribes and others as "barbarians" and looked on them with contempt simply because they did not speak Latin. That was actually the root of the term "barbarian", coming from "bar-bar", the equivalent of today's "blah-blah-blah" - referring to the way their language sounded to the Romans. One of the issues with illegal Hispanic immigration in the US is the language barrier and the fact that many immigrants don't learn English. It limits their options and their ability to contribute to society and so paints a negative picture for native English speakers.
A common language certainly won't solve everything, but it's a step in the right direction. And it certainly won't stay the same forever, but it would be more stable than the languages we have now. We can see even now that languages are far more stable than in the past, where the language could change slightly even from one village to the next (despite being one "unified" nation, Spain actually has 3 separate languages). With a governing body to regulate a new language, it would stay stable for a very long time, especially with regards to its structure and grammar.
And don't forget - there has never been a language that was "created" by a group of people who set out with the intent to do so. All languages have gradually evolved from other languages through dialects and vernacular in particular areas. All of them inherited inconsistencies and arbitrariness from at least one, and often many (looking at you, English), other languages.
A language that was crafted by a group of specialists with the intention to last indefinitely and fulfill all of our communication needs could endure for a very, very long time.
ChaoticPinecone1 votesYou know, youre right - the world is homogenizing. Which is also why you probably see so much pushback, through terrorist organizations like ISIS who stay firm to their beliefs. If the world wasnt homogenizing toward "western" values, I dont think organizations like ISIS exist. Again, I dont know if homogenization is a good thing or not. Culture is unique and underappreciated. People in America, especially those of African-American descent, seem to put a lot of emphasis on culture and their lack thereof. Whether its really that important? I dont know.
I appreciate your thoughts that a single created language can endure. I actually think it might be possible - when "separate" languages like C++ exist in the programming world, they seem to endure. Of course, a spoken word is a lot more complex, but in theory it can happen. Whether or not it will endure? I guess you can only tell by doing it, because youre venturing into a new territory. (As a side note, I dont know why you single out English for having inconsistencies or arbitrary rules. Every language has inconsistencies, especially if they survive for a long time. English is nothing new.)
Glory ln Death1 votesI single out English because it seems to have more inconsistencies than most other languages and is also my native language, so I can tell how stupid it is more easily than other languages. Learning other languages, they are much more logical and consistent. Not completely, but more than English.
Photos of Ghosts1 votesBecause it creates a power relationship, or rather, the preexisting language gets picked based on power relationships. The US enslaves the rest of the world, which is why we're speaking English.
ChaoticPinecone1 votesIf you want the reason we are speaking English, its because of the British Empire. The US has only gotten into being a world power after WWI, about a hundred years ago. The United Kingdom was controlling the world since the 1500s. And remember, prior to the formation of the United States as a separate nation and our Revolutionary War, we were also controlled by the British.
And whats wrong with power relationships? Youre talking about International Affairs. Part of International Affairs is the power relationships between nations. What - you think that if we create a separate language for IA, suddenly every country becomes a world power? You think the powerful countries are willing to give up their status? Get real dude.
llIllIllIllIll2 votesIf you don't have the language packs for these languages installed they'll just display as [][][] either way - and forcing your players to download a language pack for all these random languages is kind of stupid
Terozu1 votesIt does though...
Wukong Airlines3 votesyou can have a korean/japanese name in their servers ofc. but in other regions, you can't choose different letters, they'll be unidentified and unaccepted by the system.
Sraeg20133 votesPlenty of people have names like that on servers that don't technically support them.
You should be able to, for example, switch your keyboard layout language to type the username.
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you can have a korean/japanese name in their servers ofc. but in other regions, you can't choose different letters, they'll be unidentified and unaccepted by the system.
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Terozu1 votesYeah, no anything you can type, or just copy paste, as long as it's supported will be accepted, and most things are accepted.
Terozu1 votesFor example, you could put this heart ❤ in your name.
Terozu1 votesIn fact, a good way to test it: type it in here on the forums, if it appears, it should appear in the client and be useable in a name.
Dolasaur1 votesIt's inconsistent in different fields. They're apparently all independent- entering your login info, typing in lobby chat, typing in in-game chat, summoner names appearing in in-game chat (in spectate mode), summoner names on the loading screen... they all follow different rules. I know there are some places I can type 日本語で but there are some places where it shows as the "unrenderable character" box.
Gregor Gysi1 votesThey are actually moving in the opposite direction, they just removed all those Russian letters from EUW which means that we only have half of what we had before. Apparantly they have some technical issues and don't plan on reverting those changes.
QuickenedBlade1 votesI had that. I was unable to turn off chat filter
An Undead brat1 votesI think I'm fine.
EpicPizzaMaster1 votesWhere are you from, mountain guy?
Snowplosion1 votesI think the is more of a keyboard problem than a Rito problem.
notice me Sin pi1 votesit'd be dream come true for a weeb like me