The League of Legends community is in controversy
In the history of League of Legends, each mechanism will have certain meanings and depending on the period, these mechanisms will be edited, added or even deleted to suit the player. In particular, the expressive mechanism is one of the most commonly used players, although they do not impact the match results. Specifically, these expressions are often used for special situations (pentakill, ending the match …) or merely a shield to encourage the opponent. But even so, Riot also invested properly in this expression system with diverse emotes, from the movements of the generals in the game, to the usual actual actions.
Emote (expression) is an interesting and used mechanism regularly in League of Legends
Akali's new emoticon is the topic of argument of the League of Legends community
However, recently, an Emote of Riot for a League of Legends is causing intense controversy. Specifically, it was Emote Akali with an extremely sensitive action. For those who do not know, this action has caused trouble for a Korean female designer when she designed posters for the famous GS25 convenience store brand. This poster then exploded anger from South Korea and the Designer, despite being disciplined by Thanh Minh.
Akali's emot is controversial when reproducing a sensitive movement
According to Korean netizens, because Riot is a foreign company and the designer has nothing to do with kimchi, this Emote is generally controversial, not more serious consequences. Even, many LCK audiences admit that if Akali's emotes with this movement are designed by a Korean, no matter that men or women, that person and Riot may have to receive countless “bricks”, especially when gamers are mostly men.
Korean audiences also argued
– “This hand movement is really suspicious”
– “That's why I am a foreign game company, so I guess they don't mean anything”
– “But may be created by a Korean”
Currently, Riot has not yet spoken about this Emote. However, when the LCK audience itself also accepts, maybe this Emote, although sensitive, will still be used. In fact, if the emotes, if used, also only appeared in a flash and sometimes the player could not pay attention, the expressions were gone.