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Champion Diversity

Darth7urtle·1/26/2016, 6:46:10 AM·2 votes·630 views

Hey riot, At the moment, there are currently 2 black champions in the game. Other than that, there are very little champions that aren't white. (Karma being one of the main ones) Other than Armor of the Fifth Taric , there is really no LGBT+ champions in league. Even Taric isn't cannon LGBT+. I think that you should really add some LGBT+ champions. So the next time you release a human champion, maybe try to make him/her LGBT+ and maybe not white. Thanks :) also, While illaoi isn't lgbt, she is a great example, she's a black women that doesn't have exploding boobs, a tiny waist, and that stuff, she is masculine, which is awesome, because it's riot saying "Hey, not all girls should or have to be this barbie doll person!

Edit: thanks for all the replies, I have read them all and I thank you for putting the time to post them. Some of them have been eye opening, however, I still think that diversity and representation is important, but it shouldn't be forced, and if it has to be forced than I would rather have it not be their. Anything that's forced is generally not good.

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Z Statistic1/31/2016, 2:37:45 AM2 votes

The following champions do not possess white skin:

Aatrox Alistar Amumu Anivia Azir Bard Blitzcrank Chogath DrMundo Evelynn Fiddlesticks Fizz Galio Gnar Hecarim Heimerdinger Jax Kalista Karthus Khazix Kindred KogMaw Lissandra Lulu Malphite Maokai Mordekaiser Nami Nasus Nautilus Nocturne Orianna Poppy Rammus RekSai Renekton Rengar Rumble Ryze Shaco Shyvana Sion Skarner Soraka TahmKench Thresh Tristana Trundle Twitch Varus Veigar Velkoz Viktor Volibear Warwick MonkeyKing Xerath Yorick Zac Zed Ziggs

Note that I'm excluding all of champions who are covered but potentially may have white skin or the ones that are from Ionia and could be arguably white because I'm only interested in posting the ones that absolutely are not white by any stretch of the imagination. That is virtually half of the roster. Saying only a few champions are non-white suggests that virtually all of the characters are white humans. We have a diverse roster. And even among the human champions, there are a ton of different races and ethnicities. But all of that doesn't matter. You what does matter? Character quality.

Riot need only make amazing characters. If they happen to be black, then they are black. If they happen to be gay, then they are gay. Valve did not make the demoman black because they looked at this roster of 9 mercs and decided one of them needed to be black. He was originally white. However, they decided to make every single one of them ludicrous and over-the-top. The fact that demo is black makes his character that much more amazing because how many 'black Scottish cyclopses' have you ever seen?

There is no discernible reason to say, 'we need a gay champion' as if the fact that he is gay is something noteworthy. We need amazing characters and personalities. If you want to suggest a gay character with a great personality who is fun to play as and against, I will applaud you. Not anymore than anyone else who can make a straight character with a great personality who is fun to play as and against, but making any character that feels alive is no small feat.

The main reason I am firm on this is because every single time a game dev tries to increase diversity for the sake of representation, they get backlash from the very people they are catering to. Rito doesn't need to waste time catering to people who will scream at them more than the whiners complaining about CertainlyT's new champion. They just need to make amazing champion personalities and to hell with what race, religion, sexual orientation, or mental state they have.

IxtaliKing1/26/2016, 3:59:13 PM1 votes

Illaoi, Lucian and Karma are black, I'm sure there will be more darker skinned champs at some point. There are also plenty of other champs who aren't white like Akali, Irelia, Yasuo and pretty much most people from Ionia or Shurima. In regards to the whole LGBT thing, I'm not sure Taric is confirmed to be or not, but I can't imagine how something like that can really be relevant to the game or its lore.