Pls stop complaining about the Star Guardians skins

FloRaider42·9/20/2016, 3:45:12 PM·33 votes·2,861 views

I get it, you are upset your main didn't get the new shiny skin, but could you please stop / tone down the complaints ?

#Intro: First of, why do people forget that every skin line so far shows alternate timelines or entirely different universes ? Aatrox is a demon, yet he has a Justicar Skin. Poppy is a paragon of Demacia and has a Noxus skin. Olaf is a no-nonsense warrior that wants to die in battle, yet he is also your best Bro.

Star Guardian plays in a "Magical Girls" Universe, with all it's cliches and own lore. Check out their page to see more... "The call" shows a modern playground that clearly doesn't fit main Valaron and looks more like real life and "Translating Worlds" takes place in a "normal" high school, which should tell you that this isn't normal Valaron.

This means that most of their canon lore can be safely ignored (no Piltover to wreak havoc in, No Demacia to carry a Hammer around in), leaving their visuals, personalities and** weapons** as the deciding factors for this skin line.

#Visuals: All Star Guardians (so far) are young girls or at least characters that look very young (Yordles), which makes sense considering we are talking about a Magical Girls themed skin line.

#Personality: In retrospect the team composition makes an awful lot of sense (or at least is very cliche):

We have the charismatic leader: Lux That serves as the Heart of the Group and unites them The edgy bad girl: Jinx The rebel of the team, who is more about fighting than spending time with her team The strong/dependable girl: Poppy That views herself as a soldier and not a hero The smart/calm girl: Janna Who is the Mentor of the Team and wiser than the other The funny/childish girl: Lulu Who is more focused on the fun magic than her duty

These are all personalities that you often see on shows like that and they do fit with their canon personalities (to a certain degree) Jinx is still about destruction, Poppy still doesn't feel worthy etc.

#Weapons: Every Star Guardian wields a wand, or at least a representation in the form of a long weapon (Jinxs Guns and Poppys hammer). While some may argue that a sword could also serve as a replacement (Riven Diana) it's a fact that swords are hardly ever used in the classical "magical girls" stories in favor of wands / blunt weapons or magic guns/bows (only show that features swords I remember is Madoka), mainly because physical attacks on the monsters were avoided in kids shows and having magic weapons that shoot varying colors of light was a good way around censors. Since those girls were suppossed to be "ordinary" and their powers came from their magic pet/crystal, their weapons served as a catalyst for their powers and most of the time their inherent magic (Syndra Taliyah) was far to weak to fight a monster.

#Honorable Mentions: Soraka Considering she has a wand and a fitting personality the main reason she isn't part of this skin line is probably because she already is a star themed healer, putting the skin to close to her canon form to really stand out. Nami was my prediction (seeing as water is my favourite element). Since she has a staff and a loyal/curious personality, but the lack of legs might have cost her this skin.

#Afterthoughts: If you think I missed anything or am completly wrong, feel free to point that out, but please keep a civil tone and be open for discussion. [slayer-jinx-wink] Ignore this Rant if you want, I just wanted to vent after seeing so many people complain about some very good locking skins (K maybe Poppy needs some particle changes), for no other reason than they wanted X champion to have it instead. With that said... Floraider out summoner 31

74 Comments

CrimsonCobra39/20/2016, 3:55:41 PM10 votes

I think the complaints are mostly surface level in nature. For instance, I really want Poppy's effects to be blue. The only biting criticism I've seen (and to some degree, have for my own) is that these skins are a touch too close to fan-service. However, liking or disliking fan-service is a personal issue, and since all of these skins are quite tasteful, I can't really say that there's anything particularly wrong with them.

At the end of the day, I believe we all agree that these are beautiful skins.

NineTailedMystic9/20/2016, 6:16:09 PM6 votes

Welcome to the life of an Ahri player, where everyone bitches because she gets skins. My only complaint with the SG skins is that there's two yordles.

Wimbledofy9/20/2016, 8:37:48 PM5 votes

But urgot didn't get star guardian skin, so we should all be mad.

Imperial Japan9/20/2016, 5:37:18 PM4 votes

Woo! I think you basically said everything that was needed. (Other than to show how Karma doesn't really fit and etc but that would've caused arguments so it's fine) +1

Lolipoppers9/20/2016, 4:45:13 PM4 votes

If the complaints are in regard to which champions received them, the Poppy skin was perfectly justified. Her current newest skin (Scarlet Hammer) was released on February 1, 2012. She has needed a new skin for a long time.

Rozair9/20/2016, 4:50:17 PM3 votes

Diana uses a scythe that shoots moonlight out of it. I seriously think Diana deserved the skin over poppy who uses a hammer.

Muted Summoner9/20/2016, 4:07:36 PM3 votes

I dislike the color for some of the skins. Maybe they will get chromas in 2 years.

A Superb Villain9/21/2016, 3:46:54 AM3 votes

As the foremost authority on evil, I have every right to complain.

I've enough stress as it is trying to undermine all that is good and wholesome in the universe without sickeningly sweet schoolgirls mucking everything up.

Nyanza9/21/2016, 9:29:27 PM2 votes

Urgot isn't even an honorable mention?

Muted Summoner9/20/2016, 6:21:54 PM2 votes

Jinx is wearing a skirt though, http://puu.sh/rhYvR/72d624c963.jpg

XeroKimo9/21/2016, 12:04:01 PM2 votes

Translating worlds shows they are in a highschool..... inb4 they meet the academy skin line

Only Play Darius9/20/2016, 7:57:42 PM1 votes

For once, i'm happy no champs I play were included in a skin series, save for Jinx who sadly got her legendary wasted on a skin that only appeals to such a narrow subset of players.