Why does the Champion dialogue not even include minor profanity?

darkdill··2 votes·794 views

Not a "Damn", "Crap", or the like ever heard in the in-game dialogue from our Champions. Yes, Greyor might call Lyte "A damned fool", but why do all our Champions have to be too civil? You'd think "Crap" would be in Vi's vocabulary in-game.

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GaleWinUnleashed4 votes

Perhaps because profanity is almost never the best way to express yourself.

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Friendly Ram2 votes

Look at corki. Charlie foxtrot= cluster f Tahm calls ahri a whore Just need to know where to look.

Zach Sandwhich1 votes

I know the new Ryze VO has some says damn at least once but I can't remember the full line. He also says "This is what happens when you piss off an ArchMage!" Which isn't exactly foul language but its a step in the right direction lmao.

darkdill1 votes

That's a good sign.

DragonShea1 votes

The lore story, Shadow of Fortune was laced with swearing, it would be like that in league.

Ralanr1 votes

This game is rated T right? That's why.

darkdill1 votes

Being rated T does not mean profanity is prohibited. It just means that you wouldn't have STRONG profanity (like F%ck or Sh!t). Besides, the ESRB does not rate online interactions, and you'll sometimes see people using racial slurs (which get them banned, thankfully), which makes the lack of profanity by the Champions even more of an eyebrow-raiser.

Ralanr3 votes

Not really. Riot just doesn't actively support profane language, but they aren't against it.

RcGjWO640w1 votes

Vi Crap on Vi, 2016 Vi

[slayer-jinx-wink]

For being my favourite champ in the game, I can get behind a potty mouth... I mean, I'm sure a lot of people would love to get behind Vi, but that's NOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT!

Sharjo1 votes

Profanity's a new thing for League: Ryze says piss and Mecha Zero Sion says hell.

redfeenix1 votes

Because league would get banned in certain countries. Same reason they removed the cigar, so League would be allowed in conservative countries.

darkdill1 votes

Then for those countries, those lines could be disabled. Or in different languages, they wouldn't use profanities, but have different lines as replacements.

Skelenth3 votes

They want to make it globally the same though. That's why they did the 'recent' splashart changes in the first place

Fasmodey1 votes

Graves swears a lot in lore, you can see that in Burning Tides.

darkdill1 votes

True, but you don't actually hear Graves swearing like a sailor in-game.

Skelenth1 votes

Do you even know why all of Rek'Sais quotes are censored as clicking noises?

DragonShea1 votes

Because the ratings and because some people in my own opinion, skin thinner than paper.

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