Namesake Cosplay Skins
Urf the Manatee Warwick. Mundo Mundo. Definitely Not Blitzcrank. Urf the Nami-tee. Riot has released skins that aren't simply stylistic changes, but are representations of the champions wearing actual costumes. How about switching it around a little?
Marc Merrill, aka Tryndamere, has made it known that he is willing to dress up in League cosplay.
Numerous champions have been named after Riot employees, friends, and family. Does anyone else want to see skins modeled after the real people wearing costumes of the champions named after them? I don't mean the top-tier model-accurate works of art showcased in cosplay competitions or professional photoshoots. I'm talking about storebought or rushjob quality imitations of the champions.
Here's a (probably incomplete) list of champions with real life counterparts:
Tryndamere - Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill (President & Co-Founder) Ashe - Ashley Merrill (Tryndamere's wife) Ryze - Brandon "Ryze" Beck (Chairman/CEO & Co-Founder) Zilean - Tom "Zileas" Cadwell (Vice President, Game Design) Volibear - Travis "Volibar" George (Regional Product Development Lead) Annie - A Gameplay Producer's girlfriend (Volibar?) who owns a teddy bear named Tibbers Ezreal - Colt "Ezreal" Hallam (Senior Game Designer) Mordekaiser - Yun Lam (Ezreal's girlfriend) Udyr - Steve "Udyr" Mieczkowski (Former Product/ECommerce Manager) Veigar - Veigar Bouius (Former Senior QA Analyst) Dr. Mundo - A Riot artist named Edmundo Maokai - A Riot artist named Maokai Nunu - A dev's dog (Guinsoo?), and nickname for his wife
Bold names are for those who are confirmed to still be Rioters via LinkedIn. Coincidentally, the five confirmed Rioters could fill out the standard Top-Jungle-Mid-ADC-Support roles.
Realistically, relationships change. Anyone not professionally involved with Riot should probably be ignored for privacy's sake unless they want to do this. Any Rioter uncomfortable being recreated in game should also be omitted. The whole point of this is goofy fun, not forcing people into the public spotlight.
Tell me you wouldn't love to see a guy dressed in a loose bear suit chasing people down on all fours? Even Definitely Not Udyr doesn't take it that far. Zileas himself might abstain from banning Volibear to see that. The real Veigar is reportedly very tall and imposing. How would that look? Maokai could waddle around in a cardboard tube, holding branches in his hands. Zileas is a lot younger than Zilean looks. He could keep his dark hair and have one of those fake beards that dangles from his ears.
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