Change "Challenger Ahri" back to "Dauntless Ahri"

Hello, I would like to express my opinion regarding the recent name change to the upcoming skin "Challenger Ahri." Quite a few players expressed opinions against the change, but I would like to bring attention to reasoning and arguments besides "dauntless sounds cooler."

-"Challenger" is already used to identify League's most elite group of players. The fact that it appears on this skin creates ambiguity and confusion for those that aren't familiar with the concept. This leads to a mix of the overall flavor and precedence to the existence of the skin. As it is legacy, once the skin retires to the vault, players might ask those that have it "Do I have to be challenger to get that?" Confusion of customers isn't a good thing.

-The "Challenged" Ahri jokes are bound to happen and have already happened in community reactions. This is NOT okay, as the jokes poke fun at a character for having a mental disability, and are offensive to those who might experience prejudice because of unique mental conditions. While it isn't Riots fault if players choose to make such rude and unacceptable jokes, keeping the skin's name at "challenger" only fuels the fire for stereotyping and hurtful "jokes."

-Both iterations of the skin seek to convey the desire of players to climb the Elo ladder at the start of a fresh season, but who exactly is a player challenging? Being a "challenger" in any sort of competition typically refers to a competitor of lesser skill or reputation seeking to dethrone a higher competitor. However, ranked LoL players battle against players of equal level, so calling Ahri a "challenger" makes little sense. Dauntless expresses an unquenchable fire that burns in each player whether bronze 5 or Challenger (not the skin, the rank). Players will plow through each battle and never stop living the dream.

EDIT: Excellent points brought up by HuskerWolf82:

I have to agree with this as well for similar reasons. Riot, this just isn't smart business. I was like many here who have said when Dauntless Ahri was announced: INSTA-BUY. Especially since Ahri is one of my favorite champions. Now you see a lot of people saying they are not going to get it now or are unsure because of the change to "Challenger" Ahri. You're losing support and money towards an idea and skin you've spent time developing. Future champions to come in the "Challenger" series will also likely face similar uncertainty or ridicule.

If you want this skin series to be successful like "Battlecast", "Arcade", "Blood Moon", etc, I think you would be better served with it being Dauntless. The name alone gives the player a sense of fearless resolve to rise up the ranks whereas Challenger just makes it sound normal and gimmicky. Everyone faces the challenge of making it up the ranks, but are they dauntless in determination? Just sounds ten times better! Dauntless is a worthy name to coincide with the end-season "Victorious" skin name.

I also have to agree with the potential harassing a player as mentally "challenged" when they wear this skin. None of us players nor Riot can ignore the fact that there is still a lot of toxic players out there that go beyond simple smack talking because of the anonymity this gaming environment provides. They will say whatever is unacceptable in any social environment because they know they will not face ridicule or retaliation as they would in real life since they are faceless here on the internet.

I have seen comments about raping another player's mother. I witnessed another case where a player apologetically said they had to briefly go afk because their dog was having a seizure and a person responded "I hope it dies." And you don't think people won't have a field day with this "Challenger" to mock and insult players, some of whom may have relatives or are themselves dealing with a disability like this? That would be delusional to say the least. I am against getting too PC, but this one warrants thinking about changing it because the potential toxicity a "Challenger" skin series could create.

Previous commenters suggesting the handicapped or disabled make fun of themselves to make themselves feel better simply just don't get it. There's a major difference between making light of your specific disability and having someone intentionally try to hurt you with their words. Some say bullying is a part of life and people just need to suck it up. Well that in itself is bull as targeted words can hurt for a long time and even drive some to commit suicide. That's why I say some measure of PC in this is justifiable. Don't enable the trolls further with this change in name.

I sincerely hope a red sees this reasoning and gets Riot to consider the benefits of changing the name back the the awesomeness of "Dauntless Ahri". Thank you.

TL;DR -"challenger" is already a LoL term, so having a skin line of the same name would lead to confusion -"Challenged" Ahri jokes are extremely insensitive and no OK. -"Dauntless" expresses the purpose of the skin better than "challenger" does. -"Dauntless" would sell more for the planned skin series as a whole

This is the single slickest skin around IMO, so please take my suggestions into consideration.

Thank you for reading!

EDIT: This thread has officially made it to the "Best" section of this subforum! keep the support coming!