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Mogaga ?? Recruiter
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10-07-2012

IMO, this problem is mostly based on the art and design team. I could believe that almost all their team is composed of males. While I may be wrong, I really don't know many females designers.
While one could learn not to, most males (I believe all of them might agree) tend to create an sexy female image right from the bat when you do have the option. Meanwhile, it's rather weird for a straight guy to be told "create a male image" and make it sexy from the start. I could guess that is because women pay attention to female beauties, while men tend to ignore male ones. In my case for example, I could name a stupidly long list of gorgeous women, but as for men... perhaps a list of 10 names that a I hear my female friends and related females say that are good-looking, like a few actors and sportsmen. Prolly it's the same for most guys and beng in the design team, one would first need to change that point-of-view, changing the fixed idea about the Cool(in a hero or villain way) or Funny guys and Sexy girls, which is (at least IMO) the natural course of thinking a male designer would follow.
As a sol-ution, perhaps Riot could employ more female designers or ask for more opinions from their female employees, even if they are not related to art and design, possibly asking them what is this guy missing? Not really hard I think.

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Originally Posted by IronStylus View Post
I'm going to point out as a male player of this game, that I want to play attractive female characters... in armor... If we make a barbarian for example, whatever way we choose to make her look will be due to choices inherent to her design as a character, not to drive engagement with any specific group. The needs of the character are what counts. If the character appeals to you, congratulations. If it doesn't, congradulate aforementioned group who it happens to appeal to and indulge in the 100 other champions that may suit your fancy, or take a look at something upcoming which floats your boat.

There is no such effort to force ugly champions as we have decided and mentioned that we don't feel our traditionally "ugly" characters work on certain levels, but the past is the past. Our goal is to make the appropriate choices for a character driven by the goals that we establish early on, namely, again, what is best for the character in its context of theme, kit, etc. There is never an effort, nor an edict, nor an initiative to "de-uglify" or "up-uglify" our characters. They will be as "attractive", "sexy", "ugly", "monstrous", or whatever other subjective descriptors that exist as they need to be for their own unique cases.
To be fair, the new Soraka's facial features are completely different than the old one. She was definitely "de-uglified". Not that she was ugly in the first place, but now she just appeals to more people.

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10-07-2012

your mom needs to be de-uglified
god i'm bored

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10-07-2012

personally my favorite girl champ in lol is redeemed riven. so don't accuse me of being sexist and being a guy who likes skanky champs or skins.

but honestly ive seen more ****ttttyyy things at my college than the skins on lol. like cleavage is sexualized okay. hey its a girl shes being sexualized because she has boobs.

sadly in nowadays cleavage is normal and covering up is conservative that's just how it is now. sorry.

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No one explained this to me yet:
karma - So ugly no one plays her
shyvana - No hint of sexualization. Looks like a mutated human
soraka - Horn on her head. Looks like a teenager
Annie - I wouldnt 'do' her :/
Cassopia - Imagine a male champion who was a snake/ Would you count that as oversexualized. Not really.
Evelynn - Ugly Troll
leblanc - Mutated human demon
Morgana - Mutated human demon
Nidalee - Ugly
Syndra - Mutated human demon

only a FEW women are sexualized.

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I don't find Zyra or Cassiopeia attractive at all, is it something wrong with me?
Could be personal taste, sure. If you claim you don't even think Zyra is supposed to be sexy, or that you otherwise can't tell what motivated the model design of her vs Mao, then you're probably trolling, so whatever.

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Originally Posted by Gunxlinger View Post
No one explained this to me yet:
karma - So ugly no one plays her
shyvana - No hint of sexualization. Looks like a mutated human
soraka - Horn on her head. Looks like a teenager
Annie - I wouldnt 'do' her :/
Cassopia - Imagine a male champion who was a snake/ Would you count that as oversexualized. Not really.
Evelynn - Ugly Troll
leblanc - Mutated human demon
Morgana - Mutated human demon
Nidalee - Ugly
Syndra - Mutated human demon

only a FEW women are sexualized.
People keep counting Karma as a champion, but i've never heard of her

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10-07-2012

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If we aren't playing to jerk off, it should make no difference to you if they create a granny champion, so why do you care?

I don't care which is the WHOLE POINT. Why do you even care!? If they want them skinny and attractive then let them. No reason to complain about it.

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Originally Posted by Gunxlinger View Post
No one explained this to me yet:
karma - So ugly no one plays her
shyvana - No hint of sexualization. Looks like a mutated human
soraka - Horn on her head. Looks like a teenager
Annie - I wouldnt 'do' her :/
Cassopia - Imagine a male champion who was a snake/ Would you count that as oversexualized. Not really.
Evelynn - Ugly Troll
leblanc - Mutated human demon
Morgana - Mutated human demon
Nidalee - Ugly
Syndra - Mutated human demon

only a FEW women are sexualized.
I love how women keep thinking that they know what we think is sexy.
We have different taste too.

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Originally Posted by Gunxlinger View Post
No one explained this to me yet:
karma - So ugly no one plays her
shyvana - No hint of sexualization. Looks like a mutated human
soraka - Horn on her head. Looks like a teenager
Annie - I wouldnt 'do' her :/
Cassopia - Imagine a male champion who was a snake/ Would you count that as oversexualized. Not really.
Evelynn - Ugly Troll
leblanc - Mutated human demon
Morgana - Mutated human demon
Nidalee - Ugly
Syndra - Mutated human demon

only a FEW women are sexualized.
I'd say nid is only ugly because she needs a rework

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