Beware a Man with no LP to loose... RIP OLD VARUS.
Varus was BY FAR my favorite champion to play in ranked after winning promos. I knew losses still affected my MMR but I wouldn't be losing any LP if I lost a game after a successful promotion at 0lp. I would always play Varus just to say in the game lobby and all chat "Beware a man with no LP to lose"... I had so much fun with that.
On the flip side of things, I always loved Varus for who he was- there was a terrible sadness imbued in him as he gave up his freedom to darkness for the sake of vengeance and the greater good. Like he gave up being good and became evil for the greater good- and that irony ALWAYS FUCKING killed me. I don't know if people can understand, but knowing his lore made my playing experience so much better. I remember getting varus from level 2 to level 7 in a matter of days. There is the sense of being one with the champion you play. I always feel disconnected with Xayah because she sounds like a psychopath and sociopath to me.
Riot takes one of my favorite champions that I relate to, on an emotional level, and makes him gay. Do they have any idea how much that messed me up personally? I was one with Varus, I was Varus. I am Varus. Now I'm gay? ANY OTHER CHAMPION RIOT. PLEASE.
For the people who will say "you will complain no matter which champion Riot will turn gay"- hell no. Riot legit picked the worst option there is. Varus had a fucking family. If anyone knows me, I was a fan of the Universe/Lore Riot was trying to create and would spend hours going through everything there was to read about champions/places etc. (Basically the biggest Nerd) I would even talk about all that to my friends who play Dota2 and invite them to play League. "Play League cuz it has interesting stories that's fun to read". I would show League Cinematic Vids to my Dota2 friends and inspire them. In my high school Dormitory (I lived in a boarding school), I once used the projector to share the Ekko comic that also inspired a lot of friends to start League. If anyone fucking knows me, people mistook me for working for Riot as I was the literal embodiment of everything they advertised.
Now I'm starting to feel afraid of reading the new lore because of what happened to Varus. I feel like it will ruin my playing experience further more with other champions. Like why are you doing this Riot. Why... Why can't you just make a new champion gay? Why take an old champion with a lore people loved and change it. What were the thought processes when making this decision. I refuse to acknowledge the new lore. He's like two people in one with the darkin- so like 3 in 1? Holy Trinity? This is just bull shit.
