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Anyone else sick of people complaining about skins for reasons other than quality?

Skorch··74 votes·2,961 views

That Eternum Cassiopeia skin coming out. People didnt like the splash and it got fixed. And thats fine.

But when the new SG skins got announced there were like 7 front page posts complaining about who they were. SO MANY posts complaining about Ahri.

Then the voices came out. And again people complained she was annoying, and kind of a bitch. Ignoring thats the point.

Now the skins are actually coming out and we are having 7 posts front page again.

Honestly. If you dont like the skin, the personality, whatever. Dont buy the skin. And if you are just upset that the legendary is Ahri or whatever, I dont care, we dont need to see that shit 8 times a day. And guess what, the current meme "She fits the skinline" Is incredoubly fucking true. Like Ahri or not she is by far the best champion to be legendary on SG. On an Anime themed skinline, from an oriental themed champion, being the leagues only true animal-girl (a trope in anime)

If this post seems kinda salty. Its cause i am so sick of seeing just pointless, effortless, "Lel fuck ahri and her skin" posts.

Edit: And since people are gonna try to strawman this: No im not an Ahri main, i am like mastery 3 on her. No i probably wont get the skin, i like the Raka and Syndra ones more. Its just http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed//001/067/362/f3c.gif

79 Comments

An Enemy Sutando22 votes

You're complaining about people who're complaining.

A bit hypocritical, don't you think?

Cowseed4 votes

The world is built on hypocrisy. Sad to say.

The Letter H8 votes

You're complaining about a person who's complaining about people who're complaining.

A bit hypocritical, don't you think?

HudnofskiBleh7 votes

Wait, why is he hypocritical? He never said he had a problem with complaining. He just pointed out that OP was hypocritical.

Blitzidious4 votes

He's a hypocrite, I'm a hypocrite. We're all hypocrites.

An Enemy Sutando2 votes

I'm not complaining about it, simply pointing it out.

Snowplosion4 votes

Welcome to the boards my friend.

Jeddy0177 votes

Sorry mate,but this thread will fall on deaf ears for most. People will always complain about shit. It's just human nature to complain about something you don't like, especially on the internet. Hell, the internet empowers people's ability to complain.

There will always be Ahri's skin complaint threads. It's best to just ignore them & move on.

Velzard of Koz4 votes

People will always complain about shit. It's just human nature to complain about something you don't like, especially on the internet. Hell, the internet empowers people's ability to complain.

You realize the same can be said about the OP himself? If he doesn't like the threads, he doesn't have to read them. There are problems far bigger than this so we may too categorize it as "complaining about shit" and literally "complaining about something you don't like".

Another thing that is part of human nature is thinking complaining is only valid If you agree with it. It's called hypocrisy.

ModAcademy Kayn4 votes

Except for the fact that they drown out threads with usually more thought or better discussion in them.

Lewd Neeko6 votes

I think I just ignore those posts now.

She does have a lot of skins though, and the colors of Star Guardian Ahri are similar to like 2 of her other skins so I can see why people would complain. People just want to see skins for champs too. Like all of the more recent champs who still only have their release skin.

That aside, it looks super pretty and I think every champ should get a Star Guardian skin. [slayer-jinx-catface]

DuskDaUmbreon2 votes

Every champ?

That just won't work. You'd have a hard time justifying some champions that are inherently monsters, like Cho'gath.

Unless you mean skins set in that world, not just that particular line. Which would actually be pretty cool.

Lewd Neeko4 votes

Oh, I know it wouldn't work lol. I wasn't saying that like "HEY RIOT, EVERY CHAMP NEEDS A SG SKIN!!!", more like "Even if they don't fit the theme, it'd be cool/funny to see that champ as a SG."

Though having more skins set in that world would also be nice :o

Chembaron Yamada6 votes

Well, there is nothing forbidding people to give Riot feedback about their decision making when it comes to skins. The skins are done and came out, nothing's gonna change that. But I still felt that I should tell Riot as a customer that their choices for the skins this year were suboptimal in my opinion.

What's so bad about telling them that I was highly dissappointed in their choice and hoping that they will do better in the future?

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that their skin choices this year were very 'meh' at best.

It was a lot of repeating skin themes and not much of anything new.

A lot of champions who were given skins were popular/already had a tonne/had gotten some recently.

sheldonbunny4 votes

I really like Soraka and MF's skins for it. :)

Skorch3 votes

I do too. But people are so busy complaining that Ahri is the one that got the legendary, that they completely ignore the other skins value.

sheldonbunny8 votes

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I do too. But people are so busy complaining that Ahri is the one that got the legendary, that they completely ignore the other skins value.

Very true. I think the skin team did a great job with the whole set. I will admit I lost a certain amount of excitement about Ahri's skin after hearing her dialogue. At the time it felt more in line with her academy skin.

However, after watching the cinematic and reading the story, I can see where that personality is coming from a bit better. I really think the writing department does a fantastic job at world building. I also really like how well multiple departments are working together to really flesh out the universe within some of these skins.

2Charmnot2Charm3 votes

Meh let the idiots keep complaining, they are the same people saying dumb remarks about "this champion that barely 1% of the player base uses didn't get a skin."

I'm sure there is more people enjoying the skin then the people complaining non stop about every skin that has nothing to do with extremely low play rate champions.

A Superb Villain4 votes

I completely agree! All these inane reasons to justify irrational hatred.

Ralanr3 votes

We don't need justification for that at all!

Velzard of Koz4 votes

Other people are sick of seeing only certain unnamed popular champions getting enough attention. They can also spawn enough threads, saying "Maybe I sound salty, but it's because I would finally like legendary skin for some other champion and it's time to stop giving frequent decent skins only to the elite".

A person can get sick of wide array of things and ask for them to stop, but there's quite a lot of people and not sure why they should be the ones to stop. They have right to be annoyed by that skin in the same way you are annoyed by them. Yes, it's sad for those who created it and wanted objective feedback; no, they don't claim the skin is low-quality directly due to that. Also as for her voice - criticising it for being annoying, If explained enough, can be criticising its quality. Or does quality of the skin to you only mean proportions of splash's face and whether one pixel is correctly red?

Skorch1 votes

When i say criticising quality. I mean ways to improve the skin following a way that was intended. Like this certain part could be more flashy. NOT I dont like this intended part of the skin. Like her bitchiness, shes supposed to be like that.

Another thing. I can understand people wanting skins for rarer champions. However they wont get legendaries. Why? Because legendaries ARE CASH GRABS. Making skins for Yorick/Cass is to appeal to the people who play these champions even when they might lose a bit of $ in that regard. But legendaries and ultimates take much more resources and i dont blame riot for picking popular champions for them.

Yes rare champions still need their skins, but if riot is trying to earn money to FUND those skins, pick a popular champion.

And finally a large amount of people "Asking riot to stop making skins for already popular champs" Devolves into people: Screaming Riot doesnt care about them and their main because "another skinline with no skin for them" happens every time. Or people cussing out ahri mains or just anyone who is satisfied with the skin. I would have less of a problem with people making posts like that if they werent just 1 minute "FUCK EVERYTHING posts.

Glory ln Death3 votes

Not necessarily true. Sion got his Mecha Zero skin, which is a legendary, and he only had a 1-1.5% pick rate at that point. Less popular champions can get legendaries, too.

Cowseed2 votes

....The best thing to describe this is a video completely unrelated to skins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgTKx-rg18

The people hating on the Ahri skins are the 'Enthusiast'. The persons buying these skins you hate are the 'wider consumer base' and RIOT, obviously, is the company.

They do it to make money. They'res less money to be made in an Illaoi skin because no plays Illoai or at the very least not a large enough group of persons show's interest in a skin for her.

LordGeovanni1 votes

No one plays illaoi because riot dumpstered her UNLIKE ARHI and she has no good skins UNLIKE ARHI

Cowseed1 votes

Nah Illaoi was destined to suck. That's what happens when you have a slow af champion who's entire kit can easily be dodged by walking left :/

Can't see Illaoi getting good again because every thing about her has extremely easy to pull off counter play.

LordGeovanni1 votes

thing is this is the design of every tank and fighter that inst fiora since Illaoi (except warwick which his design is shit attack speed and you make it coutner intutitive to build any at high hp and bull shit attack speed that no one can survive at low health on target.)

midnight oil243 votes

I mean, I'm always going to complain about Ezreal skins, I just don't talk about that on here. I think that if someone has complaints that aren't about the quality of the skin, they should keep it to themselves instead of whining about it.

Placentas3 votes

Wish I could upvote 100 times.

Kloqdq3 votes

I love the Soraka skin but not at least putting forward issues I have with some of the skins is just plainly ignoring it and not offering the team advice so they improve for next time. I was mostly let down not that Ahri got the legendary or that the skin was bad (I personally don't like it but that's not what matters). My main issue with it was this is the one legendary she will likely get for a while and the choice of it being star guardian is just a let down to me. There is so many fantastic themes Ahri could run with and that could have been a legendary and yet we get a skin that feels similar to both pop star and academy but also one that just doesn't explore a different idea.

I for one really am sad she won't get a Soulstealer skin because that would have been AMAZING! Instead we get this one legendary that is just okay I guess? It's just a let down we can't get something other than cutesy, girly themes for Ahri, a champion that doesn't really have a darker theme to go with her darker story beats.

NineTailedMystic1 votes

I mean, I agree that Ahri's legendary should have been a different skin line. I personally would have liked a Legendary that was similar to her base skin, but amped to 11. Flashy particles, new VO, new model and textures, new sounds. But I suppose that's just a VU.

While I really enjoy the SG skin, it just makes me sad to think Ahri probably won't be getting a new skin for a long time to explore those other themes.

Kloqdq1 votes

Pretty much. I don't know, it just feels like a let down at the end of the day for me.

The Trent3 votes

I really wish people would encourage the skins they want to see instead of just bringing down the creators of the skins that they don't want to see

I'm a huge anime fanboy and I absolutely love this skin line, VOs and all. I love the Ahri laugh as it is a reference to an evil villain laugh in anime/ a really cocky laugh. If you don't like the skins, that's cool, but what's the reason to attack them about it? Did the skin offend you and hurt you? Did it assume your gender? Why not just tell the skin team what you would really like to see? Why not try to be more detailed. You could always give actual ~~ CRITICISM ~~

Hey, skins team! I saw your latest skins and I would just like to say that next time you should improve on this! I appreciate your effort to make skins for us greedy fans that do nothing but hate on you when you don't give us that fits everyone's needs!!! ^.^

Stop doing this: Omg the Ahri voice line makes her sound like a total female dog and the abilities barely even change, like wtf?

Try doing this: I would really appreciate it if the next time you released a skin for Ahri you would give her better visuals and change up her abilities more. I personally thought that she didn't really fit the leader role with that VO ( btw I love her VO personally. They got the person that voices the super cool and smart chick from witch academia), and she sounds really cocky. I believe that leaders should sound like X. I just don't think that skin is for me, but I look forward to your next skin line!

the weeaboo2 votes

I feel like you're targeting my thread and I wasn't complaining about Ahri getting a SG skin. I'm complaining that Luxs skin, being the original, should be up to par with any other skin in the line. Ahri is currently overpowering Lux as the main character in the skin line.

Also "oriental" is an offensive term these days.

Cowseed1 votes

The heck does oriental mean?

Sulghunter1 votes

Oriental : Asian :: Negro : I can't type it here, but I think you get the idea

Oriental is simply an antiquated term for anything from Asian countries.

Skorch2 votes

"or Oriental : of, relating to, or situated in the Orient" Orient: "The Orient is the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe."

When discribing people it can be used as derogitory if you mean it that way. However in context of culture it isnt racism

Mig892 votes

I would never buy these skins but im not gonna be angry about them making them. Theres skins for peoples own customization of their game experience. Just because theyre not for me doesnt mean someone wont like them. People need to chill the fuck out.

DariusDemiurge2 votes

I am not, people are entitled to voicing thier complaints and or dissatisfaction on things. Most of the time they are within good reasons, like how certain champions get so many skins while others that desperately could use a new skin are out of luck.

Yordle Xayah2 votes

I mean, I made this post MONTHS ago and it was completly ignored:

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/bug-report/gPb3ztrT-gameplay-theres-a-problem-with-bewitching-tristana-visual-glitch

If that's not a legit complaint, I don't know what is...

Sexy Jack Rabbit2 votes

There's nothing wrong with giving feedback.

If someone isn't satisfied with a product then people have all the right to complain.

Fake Masks1 votes

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There's nothing wrong with giving feedback.

If someone isn't satisfied with a product then people have all the right to complain.

Except that they don't have to buy if they don't like it and the fact that some people actually like them.

Sexy Jack Rabbit1 votes

Some people might want to buy skins, but because they do a shit job that is when they might not.

The answer to everything skin related isn't just "Don't buy it". Some people want to buy skins, but they don't like the skins team often lacklustre work.

Rathar Dashing1 votes

being the leagues only true animal-girl

What about Xayah? or Nidalee? Also, Annie wears cat ears, that would be a cool skin for her.

Honestly my dream team for the next Star Guardians is Xayah Rakan Sona Tristana Annie

zero3561 votes

being the leagues only true animal-girl (a trope in anime)

Uhm, excuse you? Xayah

But yeah, Ahri fits well I personally think Syndra would've been better for the ultimate, but it's whatever. And the new team doesn't have a heavy-hitter/fighter type champion like Poppy. I would've suggested Quinn or Shyv or Sejuani or Irelia or Diana. IDK which is best, but that's the idea.

Keepe1 votes

Bottom line. Who cares.

If you have a complaint about the skin, don't buy it. Law of supply and demand, if you don't want it, they won't make more of it. Your complaint will reach Riot through the form of your with-held funding/income and they will be forced to take notice. Almost like Ahri skins... sell.

If you like the skin, good for you. Get it. Enjoy it. Wallow in the fact that you just purchased what's essentially a teenaged girl-themed skin in a skimpy outfit. Question your life choices. And enjoy it none the less.

If you're just sick of seeing people complain. Really. Who cares. Not like you're being constructive to either side of the point apart from screaming like a child. "SHUT UP." People will complain either way, and likely ignore your complaint and/or not care.

EITHER WAY. Everything is literally a waste of what precious seconds you have left, all to say someone is wrong over the internet. I hope it was worth it, because those seconds will never come back.

Stay frosty.

Skorch1 votes

Arent you wasting your own "precious seconds" by complaining about a complaint thread about complaining?

Keepe1 votes

Oh, honey... no. I have no precious seconds. I am altogether a waste of life.

Skorch1 votes

TFW same [zombie-nunu-bummed]

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