Newest merch wastes the art IMO

Ice Weasel X·9/24/2019, 5:44:17 PM·28 votes·15,057 views

So I just noticed this in the News section: https://merch.riotgames.com/en_US/product/star-guardian-burning-bright-xl-mousepad https://rgmerch-a.akamaihd.net/products/production/1704-00-00/09-16-2019%2017:45:50:702_2019_StarGuardian_ProductImage_1000x1000_BurningBrightMousepad.png

I know SG is one of the fan favorite alt-lore skin lines, but the actual design is a bit of a head-scratcher. Extended mousepads like that are intended to be keyboard surfaces also. The vast majority of players use right-handed mice, even if they're left-handed. This means that the majority of character art is likely to be covered by a keyboard. What's the point of a large art print if most of what the player will see is the cloudy periphery? Even players with small form factor keyboards (and those are tiny) are likely to cover enough of the art to block the sun, because nobody keeps a keyboard at the very border of usable space.

This probably would've been better as a wall poster. It loses too much of the aesthetic as a functional full pad.

6 Comments

AbiwonKenabi9/24/2019, 7:41:26 PM4 votes

Yeah...I definitely see your point and that is kind of an odd choice.

PowerPein9/25/2019, 2:22:01 AM3 votes

You buy it and put it on the wall. [slayer-jinx-wink] But this SG's story is worth nothing. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

AIQ9/24/2019, 8:45:55 PM2 votes

https://i.imgur.com/YAGpXPd.png Uhhh.... huh...hmmm.

General Esdeath 9/25/2019, 3:45:58 AM1 votes

I assumed they were long so you'd have a part for your mouse and a part for the design. The KDA one looks like that anyway. I wish they had all of them smaller.

Packun Flower9/25/2019, 1:51:22 PM1 votes

I love how we got all this new Star Guardian merch, Xayah Rakan and Neeko got these really awesome pins. But we didn't get one single fucking thing of Star Guardian Zoe. Not one piece of merchandise.

Guess she needs to see more play in the LCS before they consider that huh?