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Triskele as Baron-Buff?!

Peraine·11/28/2019, 9:26:06 PM·1 votes·3,009 views

So the newest version of the Baron-Buff apparently applies a Triskele to the affected characters...

Just a few thoughts on this: The Triskele is used in various nationalsocialist movements around the world such as the Blood&Honour "club" that is known for racist murders (and thus got banned in several countries). Furthermore it is one of the replacement icons for the Hakenkreuz known in Nazi-Germany under Hitler's dictatorship - thus it is a forbidden symbol in Germany.

Me, a player who values democracy and the equalness of human beings, does now hope that Riot did not intentionally chose this form. Given Riots main designers work from the USA I can just assume they were unaware of these circumstances while picking the new shape for the Baron-Buff.

However, I am not the only one offended by this (especially as a modern German citizen who hopes times like the ones mentioned above stay in the past!), so I would be glad to see it changed or exchanged into/by something less politically troublesome.

5 Comments

HommeGoujon11/28/2019, 10:10:12 PM5 votes

It's a pretty common symbol that's been used since... forever.

KestrelGirl11/28/2019, 9:42:55 PM4 votes

So, yeah, some fuckass Nazis tried to use it, but I'd also like to mention that it's originally a Celtic symbol - and I'm sure the intent was to have a Void swirl instead. https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/region/void/

Sancre11/28/2019, 10:46:39 PM3 votes

Actually, the Void is very, very, very, very, very racist, so now this symbol is even more fitting.

Racist Barons aside, the Triskele you see in baron's buff is the void symbol as KestrelGirl said, nothing more, nothing less

Ebonmaw Dragon11/28/2019, 10:10:45 PM2 votes

I cant believe that im posting a Pewdiepie video in the Story and Art Board but... here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QWUOAcg_Q

Chembaron Yamada11/29/2019, 5:01:11 AM2 votes

First of all, as far as I know as a German citizen myself: The triskele is not forbidden over here. Just want to get this misinformation out of the way.

And like some already explained here, it is probably a reference for the void crest and not an actual triskele. I hate Nazis, but the thing is, it also hurts me to see that really old symbols, myths and other stuff get corrupted by them.

Nazis are abusing celtic and northern culture and I don't think it is correct to start banning everything that they abuse. Banning an actual culture that has no real ties with what Nazis are propaganding is wrong....