Originally Posted by YamiBelgarath

1) The majority of horseback riders are skinny, male and female but especially female. I used to work at a stables in Arizona, and believe me the women were skinny as poles. Yes, they had intense core muscles- but those didn't change their skinniness, and you really could only see them when they were riding. Let's be honest: you can't tell whether or not the new champion has a six-pack or not from that picture. tl;dr: She isn't unrealistic, just doesn't wear much clothes.

2) I think you are severely over stating the size of breast of quite a few champions. Many, like Caitlyn, Irelia, LeBlanc, Lux, Morgana, and Vayne have perfectly normal sized breasts for their body type. Are their body types themselves unrealistic? Perhaps. But not really, or at least not by much- and to be perfectly frank, theirs is a body type many women should prefer to the feminist-endorsed BBW stereotype which is not really all that health for the woman. No, I'm not advertising emaciation, but for crying out loud being big does not mean being beautiful, and there's a reason skinny is considered beautiful in many cultures- because it is healthy, and that leads to positive connotations. A healthy wife is someone who can be with you for all your days- a larger wife, who has more likelihood of high cholesterol and blood pressure among a thousand other problems, is much less durable. tl;dr: League of Legends women, with some exceptions (and maybe 5 exceptions is certainly not unreasonable) are realistic and reasonable.

3) Don't say that gender is an issue here. We have Ezreal, who is widely acclaimed for being easily confused between a tomboy and a legit guy, we have more male than female yordles, 90% of the "evil" characters (there's Morgana on the female side, and then Malzahar, the void creatures, Vladimir, the Noxian people, Shaco, Nocturne, Mordekaiser just to name a few on the male side), and then there are the unreasonable male characters: basically Pantheon, Kassadin, Nasus, Master Yi, etc who all have perfect bodies. So basically, male is just as messed up as female- don't go complaining about the female characters pretending they get all the stereotypes, because just as many if not more occur on the female end.

tl;dr: On the whole, Riot has done an amazing job keeping gender reasonably balanced and keeping the models for the characters rational and translatable to the real world, especially for a video game, and no one really has the right to complain.

Originally Posted by Deansington

There are more types of women in LoL than you realize. They aren't ALL small, frail, and busty. I mean you have Poppy, Tristana, Annie, and hell, you even have a ROBOT! How much more diversity do you need?

Originally Posted by Cire Umbra

Exactly.
Less caring about her look, more caring about how her kit fairs in game.

Originally Posted by Avalon Bright

Argh, I hate threads like this. I'm so tired of the idea that it's somehow bad or wrong or blah blah blah for women to look appealing--particularly in a game.

I wouldn't mind some more body types, mind you, but more in the realm of seeing more slender, lithe champs with smaller bust sizes than something along the lines of a female Gragas just for some stupid attempt at "equality."

Look. Men aren't sexy. I'm saying this as a girl, mind you. Women, they're works of art. They're hot. There is nothing wrong with attractive female champs, ever.

Originally Posted by Deansington

In all seriousness though, i would like to address a game that stepped out of the box for a moment. Everyone remember Left 4 Dead 2? In the first game, Zoe was widely accepted and was a popular choice to play as. In the second game, they decided to delve outside the typically casted female type and create Rachelle. While she is no different in terms of gameplay, she was not nearly as well received in the gaming community. It has been proven time and time again that the stereotype works and it sells. Deviations will occur, but the marketing risk is considerably high.

Originally Posted by Loïc

It's not a terribly good reason, though. The obvious answer would be that they want to pander to the 18-35 male demographic that dominates gaming culture. But this is a terrible reason to stick to this "standardized female physique." It's insulting and alienating for women (and some men like myself), it's kind of juvenile, and it's more than a little sad that the developers don't think players will like a female character unless she's packing double Ds.