Since being introduced to now, the event of the Hall of Fame Honor Faker with the accompanying costumes has experienced many “turbulent”. Right from the announcement of Skin's Skin's Skin Ahri package price, Riot has received a lot of “bricks”. By the time the event and the skin group were released, gamers opened the Ahri ban movement to protest this price.
The Ahri prohibited movement was organized by the League of Legends community to protest the high price of the Signature Ahri Package.
Recently, Faker's Hol costume group has become the focus of attention in the LPL area with Riot's controversial advertising. Accordingly, Riot decided to hold a showmatch on June 23 to advertise the event of the Hall of Fame. However, attending Faker at this advertisement was 3 BLG players including Bin, Elk and LVMAO.
Showmatch ads for Skin Hol Faker at LPL will have the participation of Bin, ELK, LVMAO from BLG and 5 streamer
It should be known that since 2023, BLG and T1 are often considered big competitors in the international arena. At MSI 2023, BLG defeated T1 in the final of the loss to win tickets to play the last match. Coming to Worlds 2023, T1 defeated BLG in the Swiss round with a convincing 2-0 score. With such a history of confrontation, Riot's invitation to the BLG players advertised to Faker is considered unreasonable.
BLG and T1 are considered big competitors in the past few years
Moreover, the legendary Skin Ahri makes many LPL audiences recall the Worlds 2023 full of “disaster”. In this tournament, not only BLG but all the remaining 3 representatives of LPL are also defeated by T1. Therefore, Riot's arrangement for BLG players cooperated with Faker to advertise this skin makes many LPL viewers angry.
“Isn't Riot so let Faker advertise this skin with his teammates at T1? They really require the big opponent of T1, the BlG advertising Skin Hol. It is hard to imagine what BLG will do to help this skin selling” – A audience feels that Riot's decision is too unbelievable
“Why does Riot not invite another team? It's really angry when BLG participates in this ad.
“It is difficult to understand with this advertising decision from both BLG and Riot. Helping Faker sell more skin Ahri, what do they have. This is really too unbelievable” – another audience concluded
It should be known that in recent years, Bin and Elk of BLG are emerging as notable stars at LPL. Perhaps Riot wants to take advantage of the reputation of these players to attract the attention of the LPL audience and increase the revenue from the Hol event. However, Riot seems to forget that this outfit can recall the sad memories at Worlds 2023 with LPL audiences and create a wave of criticism as above.
Worlds 2023 is considered an unforgettable tournament of BLG in particular and the LPL area in general
With such too many “turbulent”, Skin Hol Faker group will probably become the most controversial outfit this year of Riot. It was sad that an event honored the great player like Faker to encounter so many obstacles. Hopefully, in the near future, Riot will consider more carefully and not make more decisions “go into the ground” as above.