I will not purchase any of the Limited Edition skins coming back to the store.

SaltyMouthful·10/11/2013, 6:44:24 PM·4 votes·1,104 views

Riot used exclusivity as a selling point when they sold these skins, stating they could be purchased for only a limited time and then never again. It was a stipulation of the transaction that if I bought this skin, Riot would bar it from the store forever. Now that I have bought said skin, Riot has re-released this skin back to the store. This is a blatant and intentional breach of contract.

Riot, a successful and professional business, has deliberately lied to me, a customer.

Riot reasons that since these skins are so rarely seen and so few people own them, they should be resold to give the newer players a chance to own them.

This is irrelevant. Riot, if you wanted to recirculate these at a later date, you should have made that a stipulation when you sold them, as you did for the Harrowing 2012 skins. When I bought Zombie Brand, I knew you could reintroduce the skin at a later date. It was a stipulation of the purchase and I agreed to it by buying the skin. When I bought Haunting Nocturne in 2011, I knew the skin would never reappear in the store because you told me the Harrowing 2011 skins would never make a reappearance.

Riot, you made the choice to never make a profit on these skins again when you told us you were removing them from the store, and you alone should face the consequences of your actions.

Players, many of you believe that you are entitled to a chance to buy these skins because you missed your opportunity or perhaps never had one because you only recently started playing the game. You are not. You were either not around when these skins were released or you passed them up. On either account, it is your fault. It is a tough pill to swallow, but have some self-accountability and be responsible for your own actions. Rammus is my favorite champion and I own all of his skins except for King Rammus. I was not playing when King Rammus was awarded, so I will never have it. And that's alright, because I do not deserve it. I missed my chance. I cursed myself for not picking up Definitely Not Blitzcrank when it was available, and again I missed my chance. But that's okay, because I have jumped on other opportunities Riot has presented to me. Other events have come around, and I have acquired other limited-time skins.

Riot: you are re-releasing skins you explicitly promised you would not back in the store. You are crookedly lying about a business transaction, and for that I will not purchase any of the Limited Edition skins when they are disclosed to the store. I will not support bad business, and I do not (nor does anyone else) deserve these skins.

Many have stated that we will be compensated. It is not enough and no amount will ever be enough. Talk of compensation is irrelevant because no amount of compensation will make Riot's decision honorable. Riot has still lied to us, no matter how much we are given in return.

Riot, you are better than this. You have always found new and innovative ways of making extreme amounts of money. This is not one of those ways. I will hold this against you. When you try to sell me something as promised, I will remember this. You have tarnished the most important thing you could offer a customer: your word.

8 Comments

Speedkat10/11/2013, 7:35:25 PM2 votes

Riot once said there were 40 Champions included in the League of Legends. Did they lie about that too? Or does lying involve intent to deceive?

If you want recognition of being the original skin owner, you're getting it. There's some debate to be had over whether they could give you a bit more (i.e. individual icons for each skin or something like that), but the unique recognition is still there.

If you feel your money was wasted when you purchased those skins... you're getting it.

If you feel like others should be denied the opportunity to have these skins simply because they weren't around (or didn't have the cash on hand) to click a purchase button on the client.... then you're acting like an entitled tool.

If you feel like Riot lied to you... have you ever said something, looked back on it, and decided that something else was a better decision?

If you feel like something else entirely, then let's chat. I'd like to pin down why people are actually upset about this.