Stand for Australia, Stand for the world!

Shmancy·Jan 5, 2020·1 votes·1,948 views

Bushfires in Australia have been running wild since September and there is no sign for it to be ending any sooner! I don't know if any of you here is fully aware of the huge loss and imbalance that these terrible fires are causing to the ecosystem, it is ESTIMATED THAT HALF A BILLION ANIMALS HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!!!!! MORE THAN 8 PEOPLE DIED!!!!!!! Although I am not a very active member of the league community on discussion boards, I would never want to be remembered as ignorant on this tragic crisis. Australia's disastrous bushfires are not only affecting Australians but the whole world and every one should contribute to support and HELP! I thought if WE (the league of legends community) could suggest a FireFighter themed skin for any of league of legends champions ( I suggest Jinx ) and help raise funds to #RedCrossAu #RiotPls

9 Comments

EhhhhJan 5, 20201 votes

firefighter tristana already exists. Just resell that again

ShmancyJan 5, 20202 votes

a lot of people own that skin so we wouldn't be raising a considerable amount! Maybe a New Firefighter skin Series including 4 champions !

EhhhhJan 5, 20202 votes

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a lot of people own that skin so we wouldn't be raising a considerable amount! Maybe a New Firefighter skin Series including 4 champions !

Yeah, but I doubt they could make a new skin line every time there's a bad event to raise money for. Or else every other skin line would end up being a charity skin at this rate

ShmancyJan 5, 20202 votes

It isn't just a ''bad event''! Here is ''a world's crisis'' and The real sense of making such actions is not merely raising money, these funds wouldn't repair the slightest damage caused by these fires, it is rather a mobilization towards a more awakened and involved communities and League of Legends is a huge community, to have us involved is a massive scream of attention towards Global Warming Crisis and hopefully this would push other communities to do the same!

ThefrostyvikingJan 5, 20201 votes

Man, are you aware that the fire´s in Brazil/Amazonian rain forests are still ongoing? They never stopped.

Government there basically decided they want farmlands and all their firemen and military who could have done something just vanished,.......and this damn fire started in January last year, under "unclear circumstances".

What did the rest of the world do? Decide that pride and respect between nations is more important and from there on no one gave two fucks, bye bye rainforest, we´ll miss it when the fire there finishes.

Now Australian lands burn?

A standard has already been set, bye bye whatever the fire reaches....... GG world politics.

ShmancyJan 5, 20201 votes

We are meant to be concerned to all Global Warming issues and I may have to disagree with you on what you've just said. abandoning and dropping the issue off is as bad as ignorance! we are not here to measure which one is more in need for help (I know you didn't mean it that way)! These terrible bushfires are striking in different places. The effort that I am suggesting here may not appear as serious compared to the issue itself but as I have included in another comment, it is rather a drive and push towards a less ignorant communities and League community is massive, so to have it mobilize is a huge voice and scream of attention towards global warming issues!

Your ExBoyfriendJan 5, 20201 votes

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ArakadiaJan 5, 20201 votes

Riot is an American company. They might be owned by Chinese Tencent, but they are not a Chinese company.

Besides, Riot literally created a social fund for disasters like these. They are literally raising charity money right now with Dawnbringer Karma and it's chromas/icons/etc. So yeah. They totally do donate.

Project XayahJan 6, 20201 votes

Obviously, these bushfires are dangerous. Estimated 500 million animals dead (8,000 Koalas included, if I'm not mistaken), 24 people dead, 5.5 million hectares (approx. 21,000 square miles, I believe) burned, 1,400 homes destroyed (3,000+ buildings, I believe). It doesn't help to have the hot, dry weather that's been present, and it doesn't help that the government (for some inexplicable reason) has refused to allow people to perform controlled burn-offs (which help reduce the danger of bushfires). Several factors have come together to make this years bushfires particularly dangerous, especially for New South Wales and Eastern Victoria. Given it's not quite the middle of summer yet, probably expecting another 2-3 months of bushfires before it starts to settle down properly.

One thing to keep in mind is that, ultimately, bushfires are a natural way of life in Australia. They've been happening for thousands of years, long before Europeans ever set foot on the land, and it's something that the people living here have had to come to terms with (similarly to how someone living in Tornado Alley would have to come to terms with the danger of tornadoes). Honestly, I feel like media outlets have been exaggerating the nature of the bushfires in that regard, this kind of thing isn't wholly unusual, but it is obviously a terrible thing when it happens to this extent.

So far as a new Firefighter skin in LoL as a charity even type-thing, I'd be inclined to say that Nautilus is an ideal choice (being a water-based champ), as his armour could be designed to represent the protective gear that the firefighters who deal with these bushfires would be wearing; all of that heavy gear that protects them from the intense heat. Perhaps a design that could show people how dangerous it actually is to be near the bushfires when they occur, and the kind of danger that all these firefighters are actually in to just manage what's happening.

It might be a good idea to try and reach out to the OCE Riot team, as they might be inclined to push such an idea with Central and "ignite" a charity event that may help the people and animals affected by the fires, and the firefighters who are out there protecting them.