So Gragas gets to smoke?!?

WwG Wolf·8/29/2015, 6:20:57 AM·2 votes·467 views

Riot, Riot, Riot. I love you. I know many people love you. But you f#@ked up just a bit. Gragas, Esq. gets to smoke, but graves CLASSIC SKIN does not. What in the actual f%$k. On top of that, there's a pipe in Gentlemen Cho's skin. Riot. Why do you have to take all of the love from Graves? I've read the forums on this before where everyone in the comments start freaking and talking about how it "Promotes smoking", but then if Riot took out Graves cigar because it "Promoted smoking" why haven't they ridded Gragas and Cho of theirs? You literally stole Graves thunder right out of his mouth! Just having the cigar there made him look like more of a bad%#@! AND YOU JUST TAKE IT! NANANANANNANANNAH GIVE THE MAN HIS THUNDER! THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO BE GONE IF THE OTHERS AREN'T! NO EXCUSES RIOT.

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SmokedAlmonds8/29/2015, 7:02:24 AM1 votes

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Hey all,

I can give a bit of context on why the cigar was removed. Essentially, there was a significant risk of censorship or age rating problems in various regions based on the depiction of tobacco usage. This kind of thing is pretty strictly enforced in parts of the world, and in this case it became clear that we needed to remove the cigar in his splash. The relevant laws sometimes apply differently depending on content type, which is why something that might work in peripheral content like a cinematic may not work in content like splashes that are tied specifically to the core game.

I can also speak a bit as to why we wouldn't create multiple splashes in response to this kind of issue. One of our goals moving forward with splash art, compared to how things have been done in the past, is to create content for all regions. In the past we've created modified or entirely different splashes based on the needs or appeal of certain regions, but this is something we've been working to change moving forward. Where possible, we want to stay away from sharding the game unnecessarily for different regions. It may seem like a small thing in this case, but we believe that being consistent with this artistic approach best allows for a common community and common stories for players to experience and share with each other.

-Silver