So Graves, I head they took away your cigar...

Buzanami·Jun 28, 2015·53 votes·7,604 views

"It's been a while so I haven't really noticed until now."

"Yeah, apparently because SOME countries can't advertise tobacco they had to take away my cigar to stay relevant for everyone..."

"Wait so my gambling, hustling and overall shady demeanor is acceptable but YOU don"t get a fucking cigar...haha that's rich, Malcolm."

!! "Piss off Fate, that doesn't change the fact that I can-"

"So I get to be called the spawn of he who must not be named, have a global taunt and troll people with mushrooms and you can't have a cigar?"

"Where the hell-"

"GRAVES!! You Bastard! You can't have a fucking cigar so Rito decides to nerf me again!!!"

"HOLD UP! You can't go blaming me for-"

"Graves can't have a fucking cigar, better nerf Irelia. Fuck that Rito geometry."

"I'm surprised it was you and not me. I have an ability called Druken rage. My passive lets me tank down BARRELS of booze. In my Hillbilly skin I'm cooking up moonshine and my Esq. skin lets me have a fucking cigar but you can't get one.

sigh "I feel so empty now but Rito still isn't going to give me a fucking cigar...I need a fucking cigar."

"YAAAARRRGGGHHH! You could just have some oranges and be 'k'...It still won't give you a fucking cigar though..."

54 Comments

BeatzBoyFTWJun 28, 201549 votes

Reminder: Graves still had his cigar in the Cinematics Trailer with more than 20 million views.

Ancestor007Jun 29, 20152 votes

But the Nautilus anchor....

Agent GilJun 28, 201525 votes

Didn't realize this until now, but this is seriously some bullshit censorship catering to sensitive people that are offended by everything.

RoyaiChaosJun 28, 20151 votes

No, blame the goverment.

Hide on BrushJun 28, 20152 votes

but the government listens to the idiets

SulkingKINGJun 28, 20155 votes

Hmm..

Hide on BrushJun 28, 20151 votes

not sure if internet newb or just dumb

SulkingKINGJun 28, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Hide on Brush,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=rkNVoIl1,comment-id=000100000000,timestamp=2015-06-28T14:03:03.866+0000)

but the government listens to the idiets

Let's start this over, and do it correctly:

"No, blame the government." "The government listens to the idiots though."

The meme still stands strong.

TheFancySkeletonJun 29, 201516 votes

Close, but no cigar.

ƒoesJun 29, 201514 votes

As a heavy Christian, I do not believe in the afterlife. Therefore, I request that Karthus, Sion, and Aatrox be entirely removed from the game.

obvious troll is obvious

iltJun 28, 201513 votes

might as well take away his gun too

SulkingKINGJun 28, 20156 votes

It's fine, I'm sure he can be fully reformed to be a zombie who throws tombstones at people instead, and say that he was an upstanding regular citizen in his life who obeyed the law to the fullest, took care of his family, and never complained about stressful things in his daily life.

DalaninJun 28, 20152 votes

Nah, Guns are k in #murica

ArkenStormJun 29, 20151 votes

sort of. for now.

BakedLotionJun 29, 20159 votes

Might as well remove mages and any sort of magic since extreme Christians think it's horrible. Ahri Anivia Annie Bard Azir Fiddlesticks Cassiopeia Chogath Diana Janna Leblanc Morgana Mordekaiser Maokai Malzahar Kennen Kayle Kassadin Karthus Karma Lissandra Lulu Lux Orianna Nami Nidalee TwistedFate Syndra Swain Soraka Sona Veigar Velkoz Viktor Xerath Zilean Zyra

ModAcademy KaynJun 29, 20151 votes

Viktor is science!

VerxintJun 29, 20154 votes

It's all Arcane magic though, none if it comes from God, meaning it is satanic. And I mean.. Fiddle, Brand, Ahri, LeBlanc, Morgana, Mordekaiser, Lissandra, Syndra, Swain, Veigar... they're all pretty not christian.

DivewingJun 29, 20152 votes

Even worse :P

Mistress MadokaJun 29, 20156 votes

Gragas can have a Cigar but Graves can't? Wtf Riot

Cho'gath can have a Pipe but Graves can't have a Cigar?

Olaf can come to battle Completely Wasted on Graggy Ice but Graves can't have a Cigar!?

Come on, Riot, Either give his Cigar back or just get rid of ALL the Drugs/Alcohol

The GG JanitorJun 28, 20155 votes

Let's start a petition to give grave's cigar back!

KeevalroyJun 28, 201511 votes

It didn't work. They ignored that too.

TheMoonManJun 28, 20155 votes

you say fucking waaaaaay to much

ArkenStormJun 29, 20151 votes

i was expecting you to make this funny and cuss yourself after "too*"

ElementMJun 29, 20155 votes

MagikarpUsedFly anyone

iamthegoatofwarJun 28, 20152 votes

I think they should be able to give graves a cigar and just ignore the "laws" of some of these other countries. We allow all these girls to be advertised with almost no clothes on but graves can't have cigar...? Honestly a cigar would go nice with graves.

RoyaiChaosJun 28, 20151 votes

Ignoring "laws" would get the game banned. How is that fair to players from that region?

BuzanamiJun 29, 20151 votes

Then the Rioters in THEIR own respective regions should edit it out like they do with bone champs in china. Not have to scrap one champs splash art in every region.

JasiwelJun 29, 20152 votes

What I don't understand is how a cigar threatens a Teen rating when a Teen rating has always contained "Substances" as a reason for the Teen rating. Maybe it's League's volume and outreach that made them had to change it in the game.

I'm pretty sure movies/cinematics have liberties as well due to artistic licensing; video games still aren't an art form to many in legislation.

BuzanamiJun 29, 20152 votes

For those people that are like, "move on" and such, this is such a fun topic to talk about so don't take it so seriously. The whole deal with this is just so stupid that we need to laugh and make jokes about it. We all know Graves' in game doesn't actually have a cigar but for Riot to just remove it from a splash art sounds so silly. However we can all agree that Graves' whole character design matches with a cigar and seeing him w/o one just feels kinda empty.

MacDthreeJun 29, 20152 votes

is this just all we have to bitch about anymore?

Seriously, I get it. The inconsistency is really freaking irritating. But we have larger issues in this game than what the splash art looks like, and whether or not a champion has a darn cigar.

foristJun 28, 20151 votes

Its a ploy. In a couple of months riot will release traditional Graves . They will then proceed to make a shit ton of money off of people who apparently care so much about graves having a cigar that they would buy a skin for him with it.

Saggytits SallyJun 28, 20151 votes

May I direct you to Unmasked Kayle.

PrismghostJun 29, 20151 votes

Unmasked has different armor too =/

foristJun 29, 20151 votes

Funny thing is i own that skin, but aether wing kayle is just so good. Also, I'm a huge super metroid fan. :)

stevedoesmcJun 28, 20151 votes

wait teemo has a global taunt? how do you do that?

NytemaricJun 28, 20155 votes

Almost everyone that plays hates him.

Dr PoroJun 28, 20152 votes

Pick Teemo
Everyone will attack you and chase you through anything because you're Teemo.

stevedoesmcJul 1, 20151 votes

if you are full ap and you set up shrooms well enough they will hesitate to chase cause the shrooms on ap teemo do sooooo much damn damage

IcyPepperJun 28, 20157 votes

Try playing Teemo sometime. People say he sucks at teamfights, but it's not for the reason you think. Teemo is useful, he can blind the adc and set up shrooms to slow or zone the enemy team.

But here's the problem.

The enemy should be focusing the carries. The enemy will focus you.

Focus TeemoJun 29, 20152 votes

{quoted} The enemy should be focusing the carries. The enemy will focus you.

Good makes it easier to bait them into mushroom fields, and trick them into taking bad fights. https://youtu.be/QM3FavLsC0k?t=111 Then they waste all their ults in an attempt to kill you, only for you to item 3157 . http://imgur.com/1Pd6zwJ

IcyPepperJun 29, 20151 votes

And that's how you play Teemo!

KrigjerJun 29, 20151 votes

Why is it such a big deal that it's missing.

You've been given a reason why. Leave it at that and move on.

MVDuneCatsJun 29, 20151 votes

Gun related deaths in the US: 85 per day (during 2010, http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/) Alcohol related deaths in the US: 241 per day (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics) Tabacco related deaths in the US: over 1,300 per day (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/ http://thefactsnow.tumblr.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjwtr6sBRDv7uzB492H9XISJADj6aqb93zmRebfqwUG7_sRCe__TprOyLQIKu7Y7AZZThZfuxoCNjrw_wcB)

Just some food for thought.

Summonerrr 1Jun 29, 20151 votes

{quoted}

Gun related deaths in the US: 85 per day (during 2010, http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/) Alcohol related deaths in the US: 241 per day (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics) Tabacco related deaths in the US: over 1,300 per day (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/ http://thefactsnow.tumblr.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjwtr6sBRDv7uzB492H9XISJADj6aqb93zmRebfqwUG7_sRCe__TprOyLQIKu7Y7AZZThZfuxoCNjrw_wcB)

Just some food for thought.

Not sure how that is relevant when Riot already has this game rated and advised under the ESRB and PEGI for blood, fantasy violence, mild suggestive themes, use of alcohol and tobacco regardless of whether or not graves has a cigar.

MVDuneCatsJun 29, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Summonerrr 1,realm=NA,application-id=A8FQeEA8,discussion-id=rkNVoIl1,comment-id=000d0000,timestamp=2015-06-29T06:53:20.486+0000)

Not sure how that is relevant...

And that's the sad part.

lightdragoon88Jun 29, 20151 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjXHyUo_CgU&feature=youtu.be&t=201

BuzanamiJun 30, 20152 votes

PLZ notice me LIGHTDRAGOON88 SENPAI! XD

(Also yes, after watching this video and hearing magikarp say it a lot I ended up looking it up and found out about the whole cigar thing. That's why in Eve's line it says how I haven't noticed until recently. Before his video I had no idea Riot even removed his cigar which seems so silly to me. XD)

revliledpembrokeJun 29, 20151 votes

Esq. Gragas has a cigarette in an old fashioned cigarette holder. So it's slightly different case there.

TaricrageousJun 29, 20151 votes

He still has cigar in our minds and in Youtube machinimas. He even doesn't have one, he has bunch of them.

Photon ArrowsJul 1, 20151 votes

I love how graves can't have a cigar but pretty all the female champs have 3/4 of their boobs showing and the r all totally sexualised. Seriously Riot r u run by a bunch of horny teenagers who need to make porn like characters to feed their fettishes