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Really? Pool party Ahri?

Ralanr··70 votes·17,025 views

Riot, I get that Ahri skins make money, but frankly this is just too easy. You could sell it as a 750RP skin with her in a bikini and get a profit out of it (probably) because it's Ahri in a bikini.

I know it's annoying to see people complain that Ahri has too many skins, but frankly? They're kinda right. While no champion can have too many skins, she gets them too frequently compared to everyone else.

And honestly? This annoys me when it puts her in skin lines that other champions might be more interesting in. Like Taliyah in pool party for example.

I get it, Ahri has a big playerbase and lots of fans with disposable income (I mean, Ahri probably had the most fan art out of all league champions. Some of it probably doesn't even relate to her being Ahri, but a girl with fox tails and ears) but can we maybe get a break from Ahri skins for like, two years?

This was exposed in a leak on Reddit. While leaks are not always true, recent ones have been very accurate and I want to get my thoughts out of the way.

269 Comments

Mira Arya Enthe58 votes

Sure why not? It is a highly requested skin for years now. I don't understand how releasing it is hurting anything what so ever.

Ralanr18 votes

Personal bias: it's too goddamn easy of a skin concept that really doesn't need much effort to make profit.

Logic: you are absolutely right.

Mira Arya Enthe24 votes

It is no different than baker Pantheon or Devil Teemo. Long requested thus easy to sell. I mean I would have prefered a Shyvana skin but there is no entitlement for skins.

Ralanr18 votes

Personally I think it is very different because those skins were more focused on a in joke, a meme that developed from their existence.

Ahri in a bikini is not a meme developed by the community. It is just simple fan service. Simple, uncreative (concept wise. I know Riot has the potential to make the skin creative) fan service.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that unlike the other two who basically had Riot saying, "Memes are awesome" I feel this skin is Riot saying, "Here's some new fap material that you're probably going to buy" and it is just something that really wouldn't require much effort to gain a profit because you know there are people who wouldn't mind spending RP to see Ahri in a bikini. Even if the release of it made no sense!

I just think the concept is rather lazy from Riot.

I think they can do better with their creativity.

Mira Arya Enthe25 votes

I don't think labeling things as fap material makes it any more or less justified. I liked and bought Pool Party Fiora as a girl because it was a fun and nice looking skin. Not because I wanted to have sex with her.

As for it not making sense it does. If everyone coming to my Lawn and Garden store ask for red flowers, we order red flowers more often than blue. Even if we have almost no blue flowers. We still order them every so often for the blue flower fans. Bur our primary concern are red flowers, because not only does it sell but it makes the largest number of customers happy to focus on our popular products.

Does it suck that occasionally we don't have a specific blue flower a customer wants? Sure. But we cannot order every type of blue flower on the off chance a customer wants them, bypassing the opportunity to please 15 customers by making sure we have all the red flowers in regularly.

So yes. We need skins for unpopular champions. But no amount of skins for Cass is going to please more customers than a skin for Ahri.

Chromatic Eagle4 votes

Please don't tell me you're opening up a flower store. Unless you're parachuting them from your plane while also writing a novel?

Mira Arya Enthe8 votes

I work at a landscaping company. I tend the garden when not in projects. I am studying to become a pilot and writing is a hobby I love.

mkyner17 votes

How about a compromise - every Champion gets an Ahri skin? Red dress, obviously fake tails, etc. It'd look great on Darius.

Ralanr5 votes

Sion Ahri skin. Yes.

An Undead brat8 votes

Even Ahri?

mkyner6 votes

That might be difficult - do you go with 18 tails, or 81?

An Undead brat6 votes

You mean every tail has a tail? And then every tail on every tail would have a tail - that reminds me of those fingers that have another fingers on them... How about Ahri with fingers instead of tails?

Ralanr9 votes

"We have disabled Ahri because she has too many tails and it causes crashes"

NineTailedMystic12 votes

I mean, it could easily be a tasteful PP skin, and not just a two piece bikini.

Like so.

http://i.imgur.com/Cf0zEbO.png?noredirect

Either way, I won't say no to more Ahri skins, but I don't see why people complain either. It's not like she's taking a skin from someone else. All that said PP is a bit disappointing, as I'd much prefer a Harrowing skin like Vampire Ahri, or a more elegant skin like Sakura Ahri.

Ralanr11 votes

Maybe. Hell maybe they'll troll us and make Ahri wear a 1950's grandma bathing suit.

Keevalroy9 votes

This is a skin we've been asking for since the pool party event was first announced, which was a very long time ago.

DoktorKaiser7 votes

I would normally agree but this time I wont. Pool Party Ahri was teased 4 years ago when those skins first started coming out and its still to be release, its a highly wanted skin and should be released. What I dont understand however is why the fuck they released Arcade Ahri, nobody specifically asked for it, its nothing to write home about and the theme doesnt really fit her that much.

NineTailedMystic5 votes

It's not even Ahri. It's like a girl cosplaying Ahri.

Canastus5 votes

Wanna know what disgusts me the most about that list? The complete and utter lack of a Cassiopeia skin. Seems like they're completely unable to do ANYTHING with her.

Also why on earth should Viktor get a skin before Cass while he's still over half a year BEHIND her on the waiting list?

Ralanr10 votes

Personally, I think it's because he fits the evil video game boss thematic better.

Canastus2 votes

Are you really saying an evil snakelady doesn't fit the trope?

Ralanr20 votes

Not better than the mechanical man with death rays, gravity wells, and all sorts of things that are just begging to be fluffed as a video game boss trap stuff.

You'd have to be pretty desperate to think Cass fits a video game theme better than Viktor.

Mira Arya Enthe11 votes

There is no entitlement list. Viktor getting a skin is fine

Canastus4 votes

Except there is something like common decency. How would Yorick fans react if they were the ones missing from that list? Cassiopeia is more deserving than Viktor when it comes to skinrelease-schedules, that's a fact.

Ralanr13 votes

{quoted}

Except there is something like common decency. How would Yorick fans react if they were the ones missing from that list? Cassiopeia is more deserving than Viktor when it comes to skinrelease-schedules, that's a fact.

Based on what? Riot doesn't have a "THIS CHAMPION NEEDS A SKIN NEXT, NO EXCEPTIONS!" Policy with their skins.

Malicious Metal9 votes

See, Yorick mains don't hop on the boards and make monthly reminders that he didn't get a skin in X years.

If riot releases a skin they're going to be happy, pestering them to release a skin won't accelerate the process at all.

Canastus1 votes

No, instead they hijack my threads instead of making their own ones.

You can't even begin to imagine what it's like to be a Cassmain these days.

TyrekGoldenspear5 votes

I mean, you guys got a tail fix.

Canastus3 votes

Which took them 3.5 months of PBE testing to finally get it onto live-servers. All of this is just further delay which did set back the skin-development for her since the team over there doesn't touch champs who are still waiting for updates.

Ralanr11 votes

Let's be real. The moment they release a Cass skin, you're going to hate it because it isn't good enough.

Canastus1 votes

Anything below a 1820 RP legendary tier skin would be a flatout joke after all this time. Just look what Zyra got for waiting even less, Cass deserves far better at that point. There's no way I'll settle with anything of lesser quality after 4.5-5 years of flatout negligence once that skin is finally ready.

Malicious Metal12 votes

You know what's a joke at this point.

How aggressive you are towards Riot and how entitled you feel.

Here are a few facts:

  1. Cass is NOT a popular champion, meaning she doesn't get to have a lot of skins

  2. She's hard to make skins for that aren't just boring snake references (see Vlad's shitty vampire reference skins) plus her model is especially hard to make skins for apparently

  3. There are other champions who have been waiting longer and don't have nearly as many skins as she does

and 4. Being a total prick about this issue only hurts your own image and makes you come off as some little brat. Besides the constant "Cass didn't get a skin for XXXXXX days" threads not making Riot work faster on giving her a skin

Over Innsmouth4 votes

see Vlad's shitty vampire reference skins

Excuse me you Iron Wrought Tacofucker.

Lintu Puck5 votes

easy money ahri is one of the icons of the game ahri recently got attention thanks to Vastaya Lore updates and as you said yourself, this is to easy. I mean think about it, instead of trying to find a way change all of Taliyah's spells and passive to tie in with he Earthbending power they can spend that time putting Ahri in a bikini and bop people with beachballs and let other champions he haven't had a skin for longer than Tali has been around get some skins.

and lastly, give it time and Taliyah might still get a pool party skin next year or the year after that. In short, there is no real reason to NOT give Ahri a Pool Party skin that isn't based on opinion or taste.

Wrathof3005 votes

Other champions getting skins doesn't mean other champions won't... Even if a champ has a lot of skins they should have equal chance just as any other champion. What should be important should be the theme and quality of the skins not the number.

StoneSparrow5 votes

I thought it would be cool. Not cause ahri in swimsuit but because water effects on her ablities, her orb could be a beachball or vollyball. What sucks about her other skins is they dont change the champ all that much, (arcade and popstar aside) it would be nice to see new particles on ahri. And also if riot wants to make money, let them!!! Its a free game afterall, and you have no obligation to buy every ahri skin that comes out :D

Glîtchy4 votes

{quoted}

Riot, I get that Ahri skins make money, but frankly this is just too easy. You could sell it as a 750RP skin with her in a bikini and get a profit out of it (probably) because it's Ahri in a bikini.

I know it's annoying to see people complain that Ahri has too many skins, but frankly? They're kinda right. While no champion can have too many skins, she gets them too frequently compared to everyone else.

And honestly? This annoys me when it puts her in skin lines that other champions might be more interesting in. Like Taliyah in pool party for example.

I get it, Ahri has a big playerbase and lots of fans with disposable income (I mean, Ahri probably had the most fan art out of all league champions. Some of it probably doesn't even relate to her being Ahri, but a girl with fox tails and ears) but can we maybe get a break from Ahri skins for like, two years?

This was exposed in a leak on Reddit. While leaks are not always true, recent ones have been very accurate and I want to get my thoughts out of the way.

So Ahri has too many skins? when was her last one before arcade? Also Yi obviously gets them more frequently because he has THE MOST skins out of any champ in the entire game.

Ralanr7 votes

August 2015: Academy Ahri. A year later was Arcade.

January 1st 2015: Challenger Ahri.

Pop star was 2013

I'll admit that I exaggerated about the amount of skins she has. But her most recent ones are pretty close to each other.

Linna Excel2 votes

Source?

Ralanr8 votes

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6e6adf9888da8d0c2c81dcd442d78ba018fbff58fb78893857ac9d894542a5c8.png

This thread will probably get deleted now.

Linna Excel22 votes

TY.

So we are finally getting Gargas in a thong. At least rito is being balanced.

mkyner6 votes

Well, so much for the 'T' rating...

Who is Taliyah6 votes

While I'm happy that Illaoi finally gets a skin (if this leak is true) I still wait for an Asol and TALIYAH skin..

Inquisitor Kane4 votes

nobody palys them so their skins are not a priority since it would make 0 money

Who is Taliyah3 votes

Taliyah's playrate is getting bigger and bigger each day. It's at 4% right now, which is the best since her nerf at the end of s6.

ShadowParker3 votes

At the same time though.. her tentacles are already blue. Soo.. It wouldn't be a huge change, yannow?

Moonboy657 votes

you forget they can be giant Pool Noodles

KuroCaliber6 votes

Or Palm trees.

General Esdeath 5 votes

They're green, and they should be the exact same but with bikinis on :^)

Jofeyy4 votes

Gotta love me those high mobility champions....

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