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If you want more skins for an unpopular champ, how about you start by actually PLAYING that champ?

Rins Thigh Socks··7 votes·793 views

Now before anyone screams bias, yes I play popular champions. I play Ahri, Ezreal, TF, Corki, Lux, Orianna, Lucian, Vlad, etc. All of which have a variety of skins. So yeah, I do enjoy that.

Do you wanna know why they get skins? Because they're fun to play. Because they have consistently dedicated fanbases who will play the champions and they're enjoyable enough that even when they're bad they get good play time and when they're good they're really popular.

So those are good targets for skins, because they make Riot the greatest net revenue. Sometimes, if they get really good ideas, they'll make them for the champion they think it fits best, but usually they do skin lineups.

You wanna know who doesn't get picked for skin lineups? Unpopular champions. You know what a good solution would be? Playing those champions and bolstering their playrates. If you actually enjoy the champion, them having/not having a skin shouldn't hold you back or perturb you in the first place.

I have a friend on my collegiate team who has been a dedicated Urgot one-trick for nearly 2 years and he will never get a skin for Urgot. This is because he actually enjoys playing the champion but everyone else who is crying for him to get a skin is sitting on the sidelines and not actually enjoying the character. Riot won't give a champion a skin if nobody plays them since that's just a waste of resources.

So if you actually want a champion to get a skin, play the damned champion. Main them. One trick them. I don't care just stop bitching about them not getting play time and attention when you refuse to play them.

As a footnote, every "Yorick needs a skin" thread I go into, I op.gg the player to see if they actually play Yorick. It might come as a surprise but they rarely do. If you come into this thread justifying why Yorick, Cassiopeia, or Illaoi hasn't had a skin in a long ass time I'm going to op.gg you and I wanna see at least 3 games with that champion.

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Big Lincoln5 votes

https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=big+lincoln

give me an illaoi skin

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

http://pre05.deviantart.net/6a3c/th/pre/i/2016/062/d/b/cthulhu_by_disse86-d9tq84i.jpg

Rins Thigh Socks1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Big Lincoln,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9Yqdf97F,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2017-08-08T19:11:56.438+0000)

https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=big+lincoln

give me an illaoi skin

Do you want it in purple?

That being said I don't think I've ever seen you here. This doesn't pertain to you as much for that reason.

Ravenhale1 votes

I thought Star Guardian Illaoi was going to be a thing. There was talk about it last year when it was hinted there would be four new star guardians and Illaoi was one of the candidates.

I'm disappointed that Fortune got picked with Ezreal, because there's not a defined top laner anywhere in the Star Guardian line. I suppose you could make Lulu work... but I've never seen anybody happy about Top Lane Lulu. Sure, throw Poppy top, but then who do you put in the Jungle? I've always defaulted Poppy to Jungle because there were no real alternatives, and I actually enjoy playing Poppy in the Jungle.

And Fortune is my most played ADC. I think. I might have more games on Tristana. Maybe. It is going to be one of the two. So it is not like I hate the idea of Fortune getting a skin. I just don't feel like this thematic was a necessary addition to her repertoire. Too much overlap with Arcade in my opinion. And I have the chroma for Arcade too. So...

I'm more meh about Ahri getting included here. Syndra is the mid. We needed another Jungler like Star Guardian Diana (hilarious) or heaven forbid a Star Guardian Nidalee or Star Guardian Shyvana.

That's my opinion on the Star Guardian roster. Not enough melee with it, which means no front line or functionality in the game.

Malicious Metal4 votes

Name checks out.

Rins Thigh Socks1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Malicious Metal,realm=EUW,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9Yqdf97F,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2017-08-08T19:06:11.201+0000)

Name checks out.

Was a troll account I started playing seriously on.

Swainey Todd3 votes

ahem

I can mention Swain and Viktor nor getting skins regardless of your bitching, but here. For your viewing pleasure.

http://championmasterylookup.derpthemeus.com/summoner?summoner=PotatoTaicho&region=NA

Please, sit down.

Rins Thigh Socks1 votes

{quoted}

ahem

Sit down, please.

http://championmasterylookup.derpthemeus.com/summoner?summoner=PotatoTaicho&region=NA

It's almost as if I made a generalization and there are always exceptions to generalizations.

But no you're right. A single person posts his op.gg where he plays Swain DON'T DO THIS TO MY ENTIRE ARGUMENT.

Oh wait, no it doesn't because Swain's playrate is still 1.17% on champion.gg for Plat+ and a 4.16% over ranked games and 2.63% over normals on na.op.gg.

Swainey Todd1 votes

I'm afraid you made the generalization. I'm simply replying to it, as are others! If you mentioned playrates instead of:

"So if you actually want a champion to get a skin, play the damned champion. Main them. One trick them. I don't care just stop bitching about them not getting play time and attention when you refuse to play them."

... then maybe we wouldn't be having this snafu. :)

Rins Thigh Socks1 votes

{quoted}

I'm afraid you made the generalization. I'm simply replying to it, as are others! If you mentioned playrates instead of:

"So if you actually want a champion to get a skin, play the damned champion. Main them. One trick them. I don't care just stop bitching about them not getting play time and attention when you refuse to play them."

... then maybe we wouldn't be having this snafu. :)

I also said, "As a footnote, every "Yorick needs a skin" thread I go into, I op.gg the player to see if they actually play Yorick. It might come as a surprise but they rarely do. If you come into this thread justifying why Yorick, Cassiopeia, or Illaoi hasn't had a skin in a long ass time I'm going to op.gg you and I wanna see at least 3 games with that champion."

which means that I'm open to the players who actually play the champion wanting the skins but since you took the earlier sentence as an attack on you, you didn't pay attention to the entirety of the post.

Maybe if you didn't have selective hearing issues we wouldn't be having this issue either.

Dragon Master2 votes

https://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=Clotsbeforethots

http://championmasterylookup.derpthemeus.com/summoner?summoner=Clotsbeforethots&region=NA

Valor Bot2 votes

You wanna know who doesn't get picked for skin lineups? Unpopular champions.

That isn't totally true. Quinn's a pretty unpopular champion, but that doesn't stop Riot from making skins for her on a yearly basis. In a similar vein, not all popular champions get skins regularly. Viktor's a super popular champ (particularly in pro play) who hasn't seen a skin in quite a while. There's more that factors into Riot's decision-making regarding skins than just popularity.

This is because he actually enjoys playing the champion but everyone else who is crying for him to get a skin is sitting on the sidelines and not actually enjoying the character.

I don't think it's fair to assume that players who want an Urgot skin don't also play the champion regularly and consistently.

Rins Thigh Socks1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Valor Bot,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=9Yqdf97F,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2017-08-08T19:06:28.877+0000)

That isn't totally true. Quinn's a pretty unpopular champion, with one of the lowest pickrates in the game. That doesn't stop Riot from making skins for her on a yearly basis, though. In a similar vein, not all popular champions get skins regularly. Viktor's a super popular champ (particularly in pro play) who hasn't seen a skin in quite a while.

I don't think it's fair to assume that players who want an Urgot skin don't also play the champion regularly and consistently.

Quinn was still fairly popular around the time she got Heartseeker, since lethality had her playrates pretty high around that time.

Also this is a general statement about the people making the posts. Not lurkers who come in and "SURPRISE I'M ALSO A ONE TRICK HERE'S WHY YOU'RE WRONG."

Valor Bot1 votes

Quinn was never popular before Heartseeker though, and still received at least one skin per year. I'm sure she isn't the only case of an unpopular champion receiving skins regularly either.

Jar Jar binks l1 votes

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Rins Thigh Socks2 votes

{quoted}

how about buffing first the Champion u Retard. Look at volibear , u cant Play him because riot refuse to buff him. The only reason why we not Play the Champions because we dont want to Auto lose

You're Plat 5. You don't autolose by picking Volibear.

What's even better is you made that comment and you're playing a shit ton of Garen who is a significantly worse champion.

And even further down is Azir my lord you're actually trying to lose and then complaining about picking champions leading to autolosing.

Hyperiön1 votes

{quoted}

how about buffing first the Champion u Retard. Look at volibear , u cant Play him because riot refuse to buff him. The only reason why we not Play the Champions because we dont want to Auto lose

You can play voli.

The only thing that is his downside is he gets kited.

Glîtchy1 votes

{quoted}

how about buffing first the Champion u Retard. Look at volibear , u cant Play him because riot refuse to buff him. The only reason why we not Play the Champions because we dont want to Auto lose

Right cause Yorick is totally underpowered, that's why there's no new skin yet

Nylisa1 votes

so you just assume people complain about champions that they dont play and care about not getting any skin?dont you think thats unreasonable to assume?

its like i complain about certain car model not having sufficient horsepower when i dont have one! if people are complaining about it its because they wanna see their own champion which they love and play to get a new skin not be overshadowed by more popular ones!

some champions are just more popular due to number of reasons...their looks their lore their gameplay. and telling people to "So if you actually want a champion to get a skin, play the damned champion. Main them." is invalid point because you say it yourself the other ones are just more popular!

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