Originally Posted by IronStylus

Good ideas. That said, yes, we do have a bit of a gap in our releases I feel which should be filled with more light-hearted skins. I think one of the reasons we haven't done as many is because we're really trying to get global with our approach, making things broadly appealing to our world wide audience. That isn't to say we want to water down silly ideas or dial back, what we want to do is find the best universal silliness possible.

The global community isn't necessarily on the same wavelength as maybe a skin like Brolaf or Gentleman Cho'gath. That doesn't make them not awesome, or make them off limits, it just means that we might want to expand what is appealing to a wider variety of people. Pool party Ziggs, Astronautilus, Battle Bunny Riven, those are all pretty universally appealing takes on humor.

We get a lot more discerning nowadays.Since the skin quality has also upped recently, when we do do more of a "fun" or silly skin we deck it out to the nines where previously we might just have geo swap. That makes light-hearted skins just as work intensive. We want to make them have the most thematic penetration throughout thier custom animations or particles.

Yes, we've gone a bit serious recently, but that will change. We need to make room for everything and introduce a bit more of a steady silly cadence into our releases I feel.

Originally Posted by IronStylus

Good ideas. That said, yes, we do have a bit of a gap in our releases I feel which should be filled with more light-hearted skins. I think one of the reasons we haven't done as many is because we're really trying to get global with our approach, making things broadly appealing to our world wide audience. That isn't to say we want to water down silly ideas or dial back, what we want to do is find the best universal silliness possible.

The global community isn't necessarily on the same wavelength as maybe a skin like Brolaf or Gentleman Cho'gath. That doesn't make them not awesome, or make them off limits, it just means that we might want to expand what is appealing to a wider variety of people. Pool party Ziggs, Astronautilus, Battle Bunny Riven, those are all pretty universally appealing takes on humor.

We get a lot more discerning nowadays.Since the skin quality has also upped recently, when we do do more of a "fun" or silly skin we deck it out to the nines where previously we might just have geo swap. That makes light-hearted skins just as work intensive. We want to make them have the most thematic penetration throughout thier custom animations or particles.

Yes, we've gone a bit serious recently, but that will change. We need to make room for everything and introduce a bit more of a steady silly cadence into our releases I feel.

Originally Posted by IronStylus

Yep, baseball is pretty global, but it might not be what's most in the minds of our particular users. Themes like summer, space travel, holiday related themes, those all tend to be fertile ground for ideas. While we really like to get into our "memes" here in North America, it's easy to forget there's an entire world that plays League of Legends! As much as we in the US might be confused and possibly not interested in something so uniquely regional in another country, we have to remember that the rest of the world isn't always going to get what we here find amusing. Again, that's not to say we won't make a good idea, some ideas are just more universal, and I think we're better served by embracing what we universally find funny or silly.

It's pretty cool to see just how similar our sense of humor is when you look across the entire world!

Originally Posted by Kionashi

The problem is Pool Party Ziggs, Astronautilus and Battle Bunny Riven are totally unfunny, those might have a little of silliness on their desing but they are pretty far away from the silliness of Gentleman Cho Gath

Originally Posted by Transmorgify

I appreciate the need to make skins with global appeal. But how is baseball themed skin less universal than a Lu Bu Jarvan or the Masked Shaco skin?

Originally Posted by Asmodeios

Beekeeper Singed was a submission that has been floating around the forums for years and I'd still buy that in a heartbeat because it's such a humorous idea.

Originally Posted by IronStylus

I think the themes of Jarvan and Shaco for those skins is relevant on a cultural level that might even transcend sports. They're also appealing to a western audience for various reasons. Again, not to say that we wouldn't make something themed around baseball or another sport, but my suspicion is that our global demographic is dealing with a different type of ingrained cultural sensibility than professional sports. That includes the US in my opinion as well. That's just how I feel though. I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by TheEnygma

Boom.

How about Bank Robber Singed? Carries a big bag of money with a $ on it and his poison trail is lots of dollar bills (now noobs can say there's a reason why they chased Singed) and his pool can be a whole bunch of coins.

Originally Posted by Transmorgify

I appreciate the need to make skins with global appeal. But how is baseball themed skin less universal than a Lu Bu Jarvan or the Masked Shaco skin?

Originally Posted by IronStylus

That would probably have constituted bumping it to Legendary.