So, lets say that I want to make a skin. If it meets your quality standards and fits with League, would you be willing to put a skin on the store for everyone to buy and see? I mean, custom skins are great and all, but it's not like anyone can admire some of the actually good ones. Anyway, if this is possible, I, as well as many others, I'm sure, would be willing to make a skin for a champion I very much enjoy.
Maszii1 votesHeadhunter Caitlyn is from a player design
The Quinndred1 votesAs in, a player made it, or a concept of it? Honestly, I see far too many GOOD concepts not used because Riot is making other skins or they recently made a skin for that champion so they will look bad for releasing a skin of that concept.
Maszii1 votesWell he drew the Caitlyn. Riot did tweak his design a bit, but yeah the concept comes from a player.
Lonely Flame1 votesNo. Understand that Riot make a huge chunk of their profits off the sale of skins. By using user made skins, they would have to give a percentage of their profits to the original creator, and why do that when they could just release the skin themselves and keep all the profit? This isn't a faceless corporation thing, this is just a basic business practice.
The reason why Valve are able to do something like what you're asking for with DotA is because it friggen Valve. They have more money than Riot could ever hope for. The money they don't make on their skins costs them nothing in the grand scheme.
The Quinndred1 votesExcept for the fact the fact that I didn't ask for money for doing so. Most who make custom skins don't. I just want to make a skin that someone else can see and use. Besides the fact that even if Riot does do this, there is no way that they could lose money because of the fact that the model and particles would be already completed by the person who made the skin. Maybe a few touch ups or a bit of a voiceover change (like the PROJECT skinline which is basically just a filter), but other than that, there is a LARGE lack of reasons not to.
CrazedPorcupine1 votesyou have to give them explicit instruction that you forfeit all copyright to Riot Games and ask for no fees whatsoever. You'd also have to do so in writing with your signiture so that you can't sue them later.
The Quinndred1 votesFair enough, though I would like to say that I don't think people would intend on copyrighting a skin they are making FOR RIOT to release, at their discretion.
Onimarus1 votesThat's like saying you're surprised with people who sue restaurants because they themselves spilled something hot on their lap and got burned.
CrazedPorcupine1 votesThe thing is, unless you give Riot sole ownership over the skin, including the idea and concepts, They're required to pay royalty fees to the original creator as a % of all sales.
That's how the Valve Workshop works for TF2 and Dota 2. Cosmetics/weapons made for those games, are not given fully to valve, and valve pays I think 20% of the money each item makes to the creators.