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How does Riot get away with it it? v.2

sanjiluv·3/30/2016, 4:25:36 PM·2 votes·1,358 views

(Post got deleted before for being in the wrong forum i guess lol, so Im posting it again. Sorry)

I am genuinely impressed, and pleased to see the way that league has sexed up men and women has remained relatively unchanged through the years. Especially recent years and with the blatant attacks on sexualization in gaming on the rise (see Overwatch and Tracer with her poor butt being deleted) I wonder how league manages to fly mostly under the radar.

What is the secret exactly? How is it that frankly "hentai-ish" skins exist freely and go without notice from toxic feminists. Or certain quotes like what the oh so sultry and lovely succubi fox Ahri has. (Rip Janna sex line.)

And please do not think this is criticism. This is a question and outright admiration for league remaining steadfast with the look and feel of certain champions in a sexy manner while somehow remaining inoffensive.

I'd like to hear reasons as to why league gets a pass when poor tracer and many other examples come under fire, and if (and im sure it has) league has come under fire please give me the stories. I'd like to know that as well.

8 Comments

GreenLore3/30/2016, 5:49:26 PM5 votes

Probably because riot actually toned down the sexualization of women recently. I mean none of Lols recent champions are really sexualized Illaoi ,Kindred(obviously referring to lamb here),RekSai ,Kalista

The last one is arguably Jinx and that is very debateable(and before her we had Quinn and Lissandra who were both not sexualized at all)

Also overwatch was very careful about avoiding sexualization(with the obvious exception of black widow),while it was always a part of LoL to some degree,so something coming off as sexualizing stands out a lot more in overwatch than it does in LoL.

Khâmul3/30/2016, 4:54:57 PM2 votes

Concerning Blizzard, they don't need this to attract people + they have many legendary games ( Wow, starcraft, warcraft. even if wow have lost its charm). They have a statut and oversexualizing champ won't get anything good for them . (except for the succubus. I'm sure a lot of people played warlock just for that). Since the game attract a lot of people (mostly men/youngsters), female champ are here for their fantasm(exception for Urgot) and men champ exists so they can project themselves. Not a good english but I think you got the idea :p

Ghostagram3/31/2016, 3:07:57 AM2 votes

Idk if I'd say they get away with it. League has kinda had run-ins with this issue in the past, when champs got visual updates that stripped away some of their sexiness. There was mudslinging over it too, just not nearly to the same degree as the Overwatch brouhaha.

I think part of the reason Overwatch blew up was because tensions on these issues have gotten higher in recent times, so it was just waiting to boil over.