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Top 10 Lore Base Champs Poll @Ezreal/IronStylus

View Poll Results: Which Lore Based Champ Do you want to see!
"C" Bandit - Caitlyns arch nemesis (Source: Caitlyn lore) 311 17.41%
Zelos, Irelias Brother - Sergeant in Ionia (Source: Irelia Lore) 568 31.80%
Hakolin, the Bonecrafter, a twisted necromancer (Trundle Lore) 408 22.84%
Kassadins Daughter. (Journal Of Justice) 732 40.99%
Nasus and Renekton's race (Source: Lore) 234 13.10%
Anivia's elemental race (Source: Lore) 225 12.60%
Kog'maws Dad.(Source: Kog,maw talking) 561 31.41%
Marcus Du Couteau - (Source: JoJ, Katarina, Cassiopeia and Talon lore) 387 21.67%
Lissandra The Ice Dervish - Ashe and Sejuani's "Sister" (Source: Journal Of Justice, Ashe Lore) 491 27.49%
Lilith, Mage? (Ryzes League Judgement) 252 14.11%
Another member of the Black Rose (Source: Swain and Le Blance Lore) 293 16.41%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 1786. You may not vote on this poll

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Metronomotopoeia ?? Senior Member
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05-09-2012

I think the lore could be integrated into the game, and client, a lot more interactively and accessibly than a short essay on each champion's page in the client.

When dedicated lore buffs want to learn about lore, they want to read a ton. But most people who are capable of getting into the lore aren't lore buffs. One thing that would make the game's lore just a lot easier to dive into would be for the PvP.net Client's lore page to be redesigned as more of a "League Rap Sheet," with things like:

- nation/place of origin
- favored weapon(s)
- rivalries/mortal enemies
- a brief summary of backstory
- maybe even some of the amazing concept art you guys almost never show us. =)

I'm of the firm belief that story is like music - everyone can find something to dig about it, you just have to present it in the right way, and let them have the relationship with it they want to have. Insert usual suggestions about champion voice interactions in-game and fleshing out the website's story archives. It's a bit of a shame when the League Wikia is an easier place to find story than the website.

Also, why aren't the Judgments more readily available? They only exist as their original forum posts/Announcements. It'd be great to have them archived, or even available in the client. I don't ever want to label any amount of work as "trivial," because I don't know what your engineers are busy with these days, but reformatting the champions' Lore pages and copy-pasting the Judgments in under the lore summary seems pretty easy, unless there's an issue with scrolling or something in that interface.

 
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dualtracker ?? Senior Member
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05-09-2012

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Sadly she is not lore based, otherwise I would have put that up on the other thread.
o_o Weird quote of me there, I thought I posted that.

 
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NadalKenlyl ?? Senior Member
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05-09-2012

I really want to see Kog'maw's daddy. I don't know what he'd look like, but I bet he's awesome. Moar void champs ftw.

 
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As a side note, why Zellos? What do you all imagine him to be which makes him so cool?
Better Nerf Irelia's Brother

 
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Arechon Gend ?? Senior Member
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05-09-2012

On the last poll I voted for 4 champs, as this thing narrows down, I only voted for one this time, not that I wouldn't want to see the others, just that 3 of the 4 I voted for the first time made it into this pole (only lacking the spider queen, and I understand the reasoning in her not being up there).

Campaigning for Mr. Maw Sr.

 
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SonsofaBastages ?? Senior Member
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05-09-2012

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I have to wonder how much of the interest in Kassadin's daughter is because of lore reasons, and how much of it is because people want to see a sexy void chick.

I suppose I can understand either, though.
ans: sexy void chick

In addition to that, the whole void angle in general is really cool. All the extra drama and tension that you get lore-wise with Kass, Malz, and Kass's daughter would be excellent. It's even better when you know that if Kass's kid manages to escape the void she'll probably be a lot more like Malz than Kass (consumed by the Void's madness rather than having conquered it).

tl;dr: sexy void chick

 
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05-09-2012

@Ezreal

About Zelos - Irelia is already a really popular and cool champ. Since Zelos, is her older brother, I would imagine him to be another badass warrior - Ionia has a lot of those. Also, he might fight very well with Irelia (see Brother-Sister Team and Bash Brothers on tvtropes) although Irelia's lore never suggests that they actually fought along-side each other.

As an added bonus, Zelos is an alternate spelling to Xellos, one of my favorite characters in the Slayers anime.

 
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Arechon Gend ?? Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Metronomotopoeia View Post
I think the lore could be integrated into the game, and client, a lot more interactively and accessibly than a short essay on each champion's page in the client.

When dedicated lore buffs want to learn about lore, they want to read a ton. But most people who are capable of getting into the lore aren't lore buffs. One thing that would make the game's lore just a lot easier to dive into would be for the PvP.net Client's lore page to be redesigned as more of a "League Rap Sheet," with things like:

- nation/place of origin
- favored weapon(s)
- rivalries/mortal enemies
- a brief summary of backstory
- maybe even some of the amazing concept art you guys almost never show us. =)

I'm of the firm belief that story is like music - everyone can find something to dig about it, you just have to present it in the right way, and let them have the relationship with it they want to have. Insert usual suggestions about champion voice interactions in-game and flushing out the website's story archives. It's a bit of a shame when the League Wikia is an easier place to find story than the website.

Also, why aren't the Judgments more readily available? They only exist as their original forum posts/Announcements. It'd be great to have them archived, or even available in the client. I don't ever want to label any amount of work as "trivial," because I don't know what your engineers are busy with these days, but reformatting the champions' Lore pages and copy-pasting the Judgments in under the lore summary seems pretty easy, unless there's an issue with scrolling or something in that interface.
Quoting because I like it and agree.

 
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Ezreal Ezreal's Avatar ?? Game Designer
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05-09-2012

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Im glad the ones you like are up there. Do you see any other champs, maybe even ones who are not in the top 10 being made into champs at some point (Hypothetically of course, I don't expect you to confirm anything.

I feel like Zelos has a lot of potential to be an awesome warrior with a more Zen design. He is in a high power position in Ionia and related to a popular champ, I feel like its lore+potential that intrigues people. You know he could be the "Dual" Blade or "Tracker" of Ionia, or something .

The spider queen is there though I put a whole part of the thread dedicated to her, she got like in the top 5 of votes in the previous poll!
Well, I'm a strong believer that Riot Games wants to produce what the players want. As such, there is always a chance that any of these characters might end up becoming champions. That being said, some of them have more backing than others, and its polls like these that let us know what players want!

 
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Well, I'm a strong believer that Riot Games wants to produce what the players want. As such, there is always a chance that any of these characters might end up becoming champions. That being said, some of them have more backing than others, and its polls like these that let us know what players want!
Please please please make this a reality!