Taliyah and Trypophobia

Sauvagess··7 votes·2,426 views

The visual effect for E: Unraveled Earth really fucks with my trypophobia. Could you PLEASE do something to change that? I really don't want to have to sit in the tub and scrub myself with a wire brush every time I see her in-game.

This is not a joke, I am 100% dead serious. Please do something about this. If you don't understand, then perhaps checking http://trypophobia.com/ might show some insight. After all, over 900 million people suffer from this, last I checked the numbers.

32 Comments

Trylobyte5 votes

Surely if this was as common as you think SOMEONE on the design team/PBE would've mentioned it.

Besides, arachnophobes don't complain about Elise or Vilemaw, and coulrophobes don't complain about Shaco.

I sympathize if you do have this phobia, but we can't tailor the world to ourselves. Just because I'm afraid of needles doesn't mean I can avoid getting my vaccinations.

Sauvagess2 votes

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Besides, arachnophobes don't complain about Elise or Vilemaw, and coulrophobes don't complain about Shaco.

Yyyyyeah they do. I've heard stuff about Riot, say, flagging an account to swap out the models/splashes of Elise to Cho'Gath for those with arachnophobia. I figure voicing concerns now while she's still in PBE mode would be a lot easier to address the visuals of a simple spell. One that possibly doesn't even need much tweaking to fix.

Kallian4 votes

still cant tell if troll..

Sauvagess2 votes

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still cant tell if troll..

I've also sent in a ticket to Riot about it, just to make sure I got the point across. I will legitimately perma-ban Taliyah every game or dodge when she gets picked, even if I get hit with low priority queue I don't care.

Automatis1 votes

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I've also sent in a ticket to Riot about it, just to make sure I got the point across. I will legitimately perma-ban Taliyah every game or dodge when she gets picked, even if I get hit with low priority queue I don't care.

Sounds like you've found a good solution then.

Hildebrand4 votes

I think your claim on the prevalence is highly skewed, you number of 900 million would imply that about 1 in 9 people would suffer some level of severe irrational reaction to this visually. Judging by the lack of anyone else voicing their concern over this, it does not seem to be the case.

Icestar11861 votes

Math checks out. OP's numbers would imply that about 12.6% of the world suffers from this "condition" (quotation marks because it is not officially recognized).

Little Stick Man2 votes

ban the champ nerd problem solved

Strawberrycocoa1 votes

Did you make a second thread for this? -_-

Weathered1 votes

Isn't there a problem with fear of needles (Mundo) and spiders (Elise) then?

Tsylent1 votes

OP is not the only one who has Trypophobia. I do as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia can give you more information about the condition. Read all the way to the end. The part about anxiety and nausea.

Essentially the shape, spacing and uniform color give me anxiety and I become nauseated. Her e ability in the skin is not nearly as bad, fyi. The response is still present, but not as bad.

If the visuals aren't changed I will legitimately have to dodge every game with her in it. If that's how it has to be, I understand. Also, I understand that someone else may have phobias/discomfort associated other champions. In my opinion that doesn't invalidate my own or OP's. It all sucks. Not saying this sucks more than someone else's, just that it sucks and I would have a less optimal experience than I used to. Also, from my very limited perspective, fixing this would be relatively easy. Not to diminish the hard work it would take, but it would be easier than say removing a champion. Thank you for reading.

Sauvagess1 votes

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Also, from my very limited perspective, fixing this would be relatively easy. Not to diminish the hard work it would take, but it would be easier than say removing a champion.

Different shaped rocks, different colored rocks, literally anything that's not what it is now. Hell, her ult doesn't even look as creepy as this shit, it's all randomized sprouting and is fine...

sneezing slug1 votes

You could always do a client side skin to change it.

Sauvagess1 votes

It wouldn't change the skill's particles.

However, Freljord Taliyah doesn't cause the same issue. Its E looks more like a cluster of ice blocks than holes in the ground, most likely due to the highly contrasting ice-blue color.

Sauvagess1 votes

bumping for reds

DragonShea1 votes

Triggered!

Sauvagess1 votes

Seeing Tailyah on live compared to PBE, it seems that Riot's changed the particles to squares instead of circles, and they added in a randomized slew of various distinct shades of browns. Thanks, guys! It looks much more visually appealing now.

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