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Graves Cigar: Why Your Anger is Misplaced

Zamaje·10/14/2015, 5:09:01 PM·1 votes·1,359 views

As far as I know, the reason for removing the cigar was to appeal to a wider audience. Many people have complained about this citing various cases where other vices are in use. Murder, alcohol, and sexual references are all present in the game. Everyone that has cited these bring up valid points of hypocrisy. Think about it this way though. Riot is a company trying to widen their target audience so they can sell more stuff. Not bad. They chose to remove the cigar. Still not bad. Why is it not bad? Because Riot is only appealing to the audience that does not like the cigar.

Your true issue is not that they are trying to widen their audience, it is that the audience that they are appealing to are a bunch of hypocrites!

So when people say, "Gragas can drink alcohol but Graves can't have his cigar." know that you might just be the force that brings it to the attention of those people that complain about tobacco include alcohol in their pressure point on Riot to get them to remove alcoholic references too.

9 Comments

disregardable10/14/2015, 5:15:31 PM4 votes

Moderate drinking is a lot less worse for you than moderate smoking, and moderate smoking is much more likely to increase to a habit than moderate drinking. No kids should be inspired to start smoking. It'd be better if neither were idolized, but I'd pick to ban smoking if I had to pick one.

Now why Gragas Esq. gets a cigar but graves doesn't...idek.

Star Guardían10/14/2015, 6:08:09 PM2 votes

Although it is hypocritical that Graves can't have his cigar in his splash, I don't know why people care so much. It isn't even a big part of his character. None of his splashes ever had cigarettes or cigars (Mafia Graves has a toothpick I think). Yeah, he smokes. So what? It doesn't mean he has to have a cigar in his splash art. For me personally, it doesn't bother me either way.

Zebekn10/14/2015, 5:46:11 PM1 votes

I like this post. valid arguement. In my opinion, people are going to do what they are going to do, if they are stupid enough to start smoking simply because one champion in league does it then I think we are better off without that person to begin with. This is nothing more than weak willed people getting their way out of sheer numbers, and things like this will one day lead to the downfall of the human race.

example: I am offended by nuclear power, i rally countless others to my cause and we get it banned, now half the world is without power because i find nuclear power offensive. Keep your opinions to yourself or at the very least recognize that they arent the only opinions one could have and that smoking for example is a FREEDOM. the same kind of FREEDOM that enables you to do whatever it is you enjoy doing. I don't rain on your parade so why the hell do you have to rain on mine?

Answer? the world is filled with psychopaths that cannot look beyond their own nose. banning smoking from a game is not too far removed from telling people what they can and cannot eat, who they can and cannot associate with, and where they can live and how. This is the same logic that allowed for japanese citizens to be detained in the US and jewish people to be detained and killed in nazi germany. Realize that freedom isn't about making everyone happy at the same time, its about everyone being free to be happy or unhappy in whatever way they so choose. as long as its not infringing on your rights, which smoking does not, its not your concern. Much the same way a woman having an abortion is NONE OF YOUR BLEEDING BUSINESS.

Tesla Effect10/14/2015, 6:12:02 PM1 votes

Its just a ridiculous decision overall. When you have a game that promotes blood, gore, violence, censoring something as smoking is really dumb. If people think this is a kids game...then they should go to a doctor to check their head. Also you are the fault if this influences any kid, cause you as a parent are incapable of teaching your kid good life manners and values.

TurquoiseYoshi10/14/2015, 7:26:33 PM1 votes

But what about Gragas Esq.? He has a cigar.

PROJECT Bear10/14/2015, 6:06:21 PM1 votes

while you make a good point, smoking is also bad for the people around you. 2nd hand smoke causes cancer as well. so, smoking is extra bad.

StealthWarden10/14/2015, 5:16:07 PM1 votes

AT least replace it with a Vape Pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Graves