Please don't buy the new Blitzcrank skin...

Better Jungler·11/6/2017, 9:13:28 PM·264 votes·9,717 views

The skin itself looks awesome, but the animations are pretty terrible. I'm never one to "shitpost" but this needs to be addressed before it becomes the norm. If we support this product at the 1350 price they will be asking, we'll be saying that this is the quality of skin worth 1350. It is a general agreement among the vast majority that his walking animation is hard to look at, and ruins the better aspects of the skin (beautiful hook design.)

Of course there will be a lot of people still buying it, but if a good chunk of us refuse to buy it, they should see from the sales data that there was an issue somewhere.

I don't want this to be a "F**K RIOT" post. I just think we need to show our concern with the way they've been trending over the last couple months in terms of skins.

169 Comments

Jimmy Rustles11/6/2017, 11:02:58 PM60 votes

I was ready to buy it the moment the splash art was released

Then walk animation happened, and now I'm not

OnanThaMan11/6/2017, 11:05:31 PM26 votes

I disagree with the way they've been running the game as of late. I.E. choosing worlds over community and not doing Halloween. So i'm not buying anything from them for the foreseeable future.

rtbf22561824111/6/2017, 9:47:17 PM7 votes

Sadly, if we won't buy this skin, Asia will. And it'll be REALLY popular in Asia.

Skorch11/6/2017, 10:53:17 PM7 votes

I dont think you know what shitposting is...

I agree though.

ModThe Djinn11/8/2017, 3:07:10 AM7 votes

Hey there! This thread is pretty popular and has actual discussion so I'm going to let it slide this time, but for future reference the best board to discuss OFFICIAL art is the Story, Art, & Sound board. This board is for community-created content. :)

Penta Penguin11/7/2017, 12:50:04 AM4 votes

On the fence about buying it but:

  1. animation like you said
  2. already own the best skins (Riot and Gangster Car Blitz)
  3. Hella fuckin Jhin and Vi skins coming out are more important to me
  4. Zoe skin
Iron Rubric11/7/2017, 11:03:52 AM4 votes

People saying it won't make a difference don't understand business.

Even a 1% drop in sales gets looked at heavily.

The more money grunt the more that "insignificant" amount gets looked at.

Inb4 riot becomes EA

Knalxz11/7/2017, 4:19:29 PM4 votes

Funny how the new Vayne got a fucking Motorcycle modeled and animated for her but these Blitz skins couldn't get a damn walking animation.

SoryInAdvance11/7/2017, 4:28:54 AM3 votes

To be honest, now that every skin they release is 1350 rp, I'm pretty much done buying them all together...its really insane how much they charge for these. I can get entire games for less than the price of a new orientation of pixels on my screen that doesn't change the gameplay in the slightest.

DarkKatalyst11/7/2017, 1:05:12 AM3 votes

I really wanted to get those skins, but the walking animations completely ruin them... At this point, I'd rather the skins don't get released if Riot is not changing their minds.

YoungFarmer11/6/2017, 11:48:16 PM3 votes

Boycotting riot games over a walk animation... interesting.

Kairoptra11/7/2017, 3:04:39 AM2 votes

You see, the thing is that the boards actually make up a relatively small percentage of the player population. Thus, this message will reach relatively few people, and even fewer will decide to go with it. Your plan sounds good in theory, but it won't actually have a lot of effect.