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Can we get a male ultimate skin?

Prozac Horseman·4/23/2018, 9:59:09 PM·4 votes·1,016 views

I'm gonna be honest I was hesitating about making this because people are gonna call me a fat woman hater, and do as you please, but to start things off I can confirm to you all that I am in no way sexist or anything like that, in fact I'm happy with how female-friendly recent eSports titles have been...

But can I just get something out of my chest? I was thinking about ultimate skins when it suddenly hit me, the 3 last skins in a row were for female champions, not only that, but female champions that are fan favorites, so I'm starting to think there's a bias.

Now don't get me wrong, I have an hypothesis that doesn't make Riot up to be a monster: Money and fanservice, the 3 champions are popular in both gender groups , to boys because they are very attractive women, and to girls because they're badass girls who can throw and take a few punches/spells/bullets, also because they got cute girly skins that ALOT of the female LoL demographic can relate to (AKA Sailor Moon themed skins)

When Riot does that its a win-win because both parties are at least moderately happy, and they make a f*** ton of cash, too.

But I would just like to remind Riot that while money is cool and all and that as a business it is very important, male characters can be interesting too, and it's not because you're a male that you're boring and bland.

Anyways, just a quick friendly rant, nice day to y'all!

:D

7 Comments

Freedom Dividend4/24/2018, 2:40:11 PM3 votes

Truth. Truth can bring the downvotes. They are coming.

RAINBOW GUMDROPS4/24/2018, 2:37:36 AM2 votes

No. Girls skins are cuter and actually worth the money.

Oleandervine4/24/2018, 7:37:16 PM2 votes

The first two ultimate skins to launch were Pulsefire Ezreal and Spirit Guard Udyr. Then followed by DJ Sona and Elementalist Lux. This year got us Gun Goddess Miss Fortune. The pattern was 2 males, then 2 females, which was even. They had to break it at some point, which is where GGMF comes in. If they had done a male, I can guarantee there would have been people bitching about the opposite end of the spectrum, that Riot favors males more since there are more male Ultimate skins. So sit down, be patient, and let things run it's course. It's not time to get up in arms about this. If it goes another 2 ultimates for only females, then yes, get upset, but this is jumping the gun.

Ghazter4/24/2018, 6:44:24 PM1 votes

I'd like to see a male ult skin...

Honestly tired of Ahri/Jinx/whateverotheroverplayedchampmainedbyfemalesthatisthemselvesagirl skins

FloRaider424/24/2018, 7:31:16 PM1 votes

I get the feeling that ultimate skins like champions are often floating around as concepts and it takes a new idea or new technology to get them rolling again. I don't think that Riot specifically says to their designers "go make ultimate skins for champion X", but they kinda arrive at an idea for an ultimate skins for champions they often think about or lend themselves to a thematic.