Riot Games Release $500 LoL Skin To Exploit Their Greatest Player

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  • @Warchawk
    @Warchawk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    about 14:10
    Caesar 3 Manual Appendix: Building Summary Page 210:
    Statue, Medium
    Road Access: No
    Desirability Effect: ++++
    Laborers Needed: 0
    Cost to Build: 40
    Other: Administration; Prosperity rating up to 75%.what the hell is this shit

    • @Raxyz_0
      @Raxyz_0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I found the pdf of this manual in Sierra's website. Sadly, this line is not there.

    • @Warchawk
      @Warchawk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Raxyz_0 Of course the company would remove that from their official website.
      Google "gog caesar series what the hell" there is a person on the bottom of the discussion sharing photo of their manual.
      Or even reddit post about it.

  • @qugo8158
    @qugo8158 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    I can't wait for the Marc Merrill $3000 skin

  • @PajaKulebrc
    @PajaKulebrc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The figurine might be the point. There is a pricing scheme called anchoring. The idea is that if you want to sell product A, you can "manufacture" product B, which is only slightly better, but way way way more expensive. Now - people will complain about the ridiculousness of product B and product A will seem "reasonable" in comparison. So I wouldnt be surprised if the lower level bundles / physical product that is cheaper were their intended main money makers.

    • @floodo1
      @floodo1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aware

  • @PixelKatana
    @PixelKatana 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    15:59 I'm crying laughing just thinking of the guy typing his thoughts absentmindedly.

  • @Lapouchy
    @Lapouchy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    They are milking Chinese rich kids, that's mostly it. At one point in my career I had a lot of insight into spending habits of rich Chinese migrants and their kids and those teens and 20-something CEO-born people living in CA, HK or Singapore could drop an equivalent of a house price in Irvine on mobile games in a month.
    It's a totally different world and Chinese mobile market already adapted to it - Riot is mostly catching up. It isn't aimed at Western market at all.

    • @laisensei6984
      @laisensei6984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Too bad league isn't as popular in Japan, because they could have milked the Japanese even harder. Trust me, if you think Chinese spends like crazy, you definitely haven't seen the Japanese yet and have no idea how crazy they can be. FGO players in Japan would be a classic example.

    • @vyyr
      @vyyr วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@laisensei6984 riot did everything in their power to ensure league does not succeed at any stage of it's lifecycle. It's honestly impressive how big league is in spite of riots incompetence. Also chinese are bigger whales, japan might be able to put up a good fight if you measure it per capita.

  • @agreen182
    @agreen182 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Vanguard got me to quit this game, and not a single thing that's happened since has made me regret that decision.

    • @Warpenguin55
      @Warpenguin55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Based! Same for me

    • @Timic83tc
      @Timic83tc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same, loving Dota though!

    • @davids8127
      @davids8127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same! I won't run a spyware 24/7 so that I can play tft twice a week

    • @caged3249
      @caged3249 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@themagician6310imagine trying to dunk on someone for uninstalling pc-bricking spyware

    • @sfzndo
      @sfzndo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@caged3249 some people are mentally deranged after playing years of league and/or valorant 😢

  • @davids8127
    @davids8127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    14:50 Same for Rome:Total War. They gave you a huge map you could unfold and have the whole map laid out in front of you and all the tech trees on the back. I did a world conquer and played over 200 hours and it was 30 EUR which was a lot for a kid but worth every penny

  • @TheLambeh
    @TheLambeh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I see he didn’t show the thread on League of Memes of a player who bought a $500 Ahri sex doll. So the last comment absolutely was true!

  • @bazzakrak
    @bazzakrak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    HA! at 25:00 where you clock that comment and the slow pause, I was imagining you thinking, shall I make a comment about RIoT making a Ahri Fleshlight for all her "fans"

    • @ThatGuyRBY
      @ThatGuyRBY 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      a bit unfair to quotes "fans", I'd imagine liking something to the point of wanting to fuck it makes you more of a fanatic rather than less 😂

  • @dunlosi1438
    @dunlosi1438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Richard I have a funny story regarding buying RP in league, where I live is exempt from VAT so back in the day I knew someone who sent riot a ticket regarding it and got all the vat money back from them on RP he had bought, not long after I was going to do the same but they changed their ToS in a way where you can't do that anymore. Little old riot needs their vat money on their digital goods LMFAO

  • @danielszakacs2838
    @danielszakacs2838 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    holy fuck I did not expect Sierra Entertainment to make a cameo

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Aint got nothing on Star Citizen having special store pages for people who have already been scammed out of at least £10,000 and £20,000 where they can spend upto another £30,000 on a game that isn't even a game yet...

    • @Nykryian
      @Nykryian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Is the general consensus on Star Citizen that it's never coming out? I've seen the news about the game, but it's only ever been about the cash shop. How long have they put it as a beta/demo build?

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@Nykryian they've raised over $600 million and the game has been in alpha, not even beta, for about 5 years at this point.
      Some of the technology is impressive, but they still don't have anything that resembles a video game, at this point.

    • @CountCocofang
      @CountCocofang 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Star Citizen is one of the weirdest video game phenomena out there. It's a second job you spend hundreds if not thousands of bucks on and the majority of content is hypothetical pOTeNtiaL.

    • @laisensei6984
      @laisensei6984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bipolarminddroppings Only 5 years? I was under the impression that it's been in Alpha since at least 2015.

  • @TheBearThatReads
    @TheBearThatReads 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Things I wasn't expecting to hear was a brief sidetrack into one of my favorite games. Caesar 3 is the best. Still holds up, runs perfectly fine with bug fixes with the Julius open source mod.
    Funny how the people who see this as a terrible thing just refuse to not play the game.

  • @nynthes
    @nynthes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    29:50 yeah this like never happens in league, most people have thousands and thousands of blue essence (the free currency) and can get the new champ straight away

  • @valravn6777
    @valravn6777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is Riot realizing that after shoving Vanguard down their players' throats there's nothing they can't get away with

  • @Gubander
    @Gubander 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    You're late with this one bruh

    • @derekbeck1982
      @derekbeck1982 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      He arrives precisely when he needs to

    • @CryoCare
      @CryoCare 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He's always late on almost all of his takes. Still enjoy them.

    • @floodo1
      @floodo1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      better late than never
      also catch the live streams if you want that freshness

    • @MickiSel
      @MickiSel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Better late than wrong

    • @recoil1592
      @recoil1592 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don’t think you’ve watched the video mate.

  • @mikevismyelement
    @mikevismyelement 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    everyone wants the price point of CS skins but they fail to realize that the PLAYERBASE sets the price of those skins, not Valve.

    • @Zarrx
      @Zarrx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They influence prices with pull rates...

    • @hsanrb
      @hsanrb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Valve also does untradable skins via Dota 2 Compendiums... I think Wind Ranger arcana had a level 1 to unlock price for its battle pass of like $220 or something. Though I am sitting on extra International chests that are up to a whopping 75 cents each because I figured I could make a few dollars eventually this way.

    • @a.d2019
      @a.d2019 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ⁠​⁠@@Zarrxnah a knife is 1/400 but the populair ones are expensive. If it’s influenced by pull rates then how does the price change far after the skin release.

    • @Rayn-117
      @Rayn-117 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      valve has full control of the supply side of the market bruv

    • @Zarrx
      @Zarrx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@a.d2019 think about OG knife patterns, basically only good ones are fade and slaughter, webs, so they influence it with adding unliked patterns to further dilute the pool of nice ones. Demand matters but they take the ones they know have high demand and reduce supply further.

  • @PhantaSee_
    @PhantaSee_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    35:00 I'll never forget win nhao.... right when I started playing too. i should've took that as a sign

  • @3quin0x_
    @3quin0x_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I know someone who bought it and personally sent me a screenshot, and I’m just like why bro since he mostly plays dota 2

  • @Decon89
    @Decon89 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Reminds me of the "reprint" of the original alpha series in Magic the gathering that Hasbro did last year. JOIN THE CELEBRATIONS* *if you have 1000usd to buy four booster packs/15 cards

  • @1Cream
    @1Cream 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Imagine thinking League skins could possibly be a flex

  • @Ps-we3pp
    @Ps-we3pp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    wrong thumbnail , thats the cheapest $50 bundle

  • @daveinthemicrowave
    @daveinthemicrowave 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    About the streaming of fakers gameplay, if its a public comp match then all good but if they are able to spectate private matches then thats scummy

  • @lanh.7573
    @lanh.7573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So I notice this
    - Riot droppring a 500 skin makes ppl angry, picking up flags and becoming boycotting enthusiasts.
    - Then Riot dropped the Arcane teaser -> people praised them again.
    Now they dropped another e-girl -> people go wild.
    Man this community.😂

    • @laisensei6984
      @laisensei6984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know what to tell you, but anime and borderline-NSFW related content always have this magic effect in uniting people.

    • @lanh.7573
      @lanh.7573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@laisensei6984 Uh not sure how is your point added to this, but note taken. I was saying if the community is so united, shit like this wouldn't have happened.

  • @demondude15
    @demondude15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Imagine for a second, that in honour of Faker, they made the base version of the skin free for all. a skin that everyone can enjoy regardless of disposable income, something that would pay tribute to his legacy without being an outright cashgrab, and i get there still needs to be a monetisation incentive for Riot because we must always feed Tencent so they can afford to give money to the CCP, because they can't just be giving everything away so then maybe there are tiers of upgrades available that you could buy to support faker (not the region, not his org, The man himself).
    Not perfect still but at least its inclusive and celebrates his legacy and people can spend more if they want.
    This is the shittiest way to do a hall of fame, one a year to promote a hella expensive bundle. It relies on every future entry being someone they can profit off, aint no way we're getting a special blitzcrank skin for Madlife, no-ones buying that so he's never going in the HoF despite deserving it. Doublelift is a twat but his legacy in NA 100% earns him a place, but no way is he getting one, no-one would buy the skin now.
    in the immortal words of Spam Margera "Fuck Riot Games"

  • @shock6142
    @shock6142 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's weirdly similar to ESL Faceit partnering with s1mple

  • @floodo1
    @floodo1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wouldn’t expect anything less from Riot

  • @Kkodii
    @Kkodii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've stopped playing League a while ago now, but I would actually consider buying that Ahri figure if it was good quality and size, but mostly if it was something really meant to commemorate Faker.

  • @Tophe
    @Tophe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Guess we'll have to start calling them "macro transactions" now lol zing

  • @shookya6976
    @shookya6976 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I mean what did anyone expect at this point, fuck it

  • @stardustmarshtomp3116
    @stardustmarshtomp3116 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "There's no way they can get away with this!"
    other user: "We should all continue to play their game, but ban the specific character so that no one who ALREADY GAVE RIOT THEIR MONEY can use the skin."
    Yeah that'll show them.

  • @MagicMaster2100
    @MagicMaster2100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks Richard, I was really thinking of getting back to playing league but you reminded me of how shit the game and the dev is

  • @Ongodtypeshii
    @Ongodtypeshii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rich is looking good these days. Thanks as always for the content, it's entertaining and informative every time.

  • @confucamus3536
    @confucamus3536 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bought 10! Praise riot! I hope the next one is a thousand!

  • @TheHackersboss
    @TheHackersboss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I haven't played Caesar III, but I played the ever living shit out of Pharaoh (imo their crown jewel.) I saw firsthand how Pharaohs utilized slave labor to build monuments to their vanity. Unrelated to the topic of the video tho ... ;)

  • @Zhuland3r
    @Zhuland3r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rich naming the battle tier rewards reminded me that I’m 33

  • @hsanrb
    @hsanrb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Riot hasn't stopped yet, wheres the Ahri buffs leading into... idk something so people use Ahri more. Don't companies like to buff characters in video games so they can sell cosmetics for said characters before they nerf said characters and only the whales keep using said characters?

  • @TheMrSnuSnu
    @TheMrSnuSnu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hilarious that faker played ahri today and went no skin per usual. Riot's worst nightmare XD

  • @Hammeh
    @Hammeh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mandatory early algo comment. Madness, this skin.

    • @UhOhUmm
      @UhOhUmm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't see anything wrong with it, other than the fact that people will buy it. Riot games knows their audience.

    • @bowlofpie3205
      @bowlofpie3205 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hello hammeh

    • @M_CFV
      @M_CFV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@UhOhUmm yeah man its not a spit in the face to the player himself who never uses skins, no sir. Charging that amount for such a historically frugal player in regards to skins is embarrassing. Bro bought his own SKT Ryze skin on Sale in Your Shop.

  • @djbcubed
    @djbcubed 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great point on new champs being ridiculously OP is a form of p2w, never thought of it that way but it's 100% true.

  • @tomboomeronacrv
    @tomboomeronacrv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Algo bump also good lord what a scam, $500 for an skin. I'm glad I left years ago

  • @josephhiggins1070
    @josephhiggins1070 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Algo bump! Thank you for the consistently good content sir!

  • @brunolima7402
    @brunolima7402 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This feels like an IQ test for LoL fans.

  • @Thundawich
    @Thundawich 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just a history question here, were the first hall of fames in sports done for purely non-monetary reasons?

  • @hoxfrey9093
    @hoxfrey9093 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    only played league once to ks with teemu but that skin is madness

  • @JB-su6cu
    @JB-su6cu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I honestly have very little problem with this. I would never buy it and it doesn’t affect me. It’s a bit distasteful but no one has ever accused riot of being tasteful.

  • @reilysmith5187
    @reilysmith5187 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you buy Riot for 100 million dollars you can get all the skins in perpetuity!

  • @iRiDiKi
    @iRiDiKi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You're late to the party with this one, brah, you're late with this one, brah, you're late, weeks, brah ---- A commenter who is themselves late.

  • @kaliver517
    @kaliver517 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd have had some respect for the company if they just riffed on Faker using the default skin by selling a $5 reimplementation of her old old skin pre-remaster, and then giving away all proceeds to charity. But no, this Riot Games sells a $500 skin, for themselves.
    And can someone explain why T1 is getting 30%? What if Faker had changed teams every 2 splits? The fuck is going on here? Does the NFL send the jacket and ring to the players last team? lmfao
    The whole thing is a scam.

  • @zfjames
    @zfjames 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Algorithm buuuump. Good research on this one.

  • @mhakeyhaughton
    @mhakeyhaughton 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every video = one champion released by Riot😂😂

  • @DJ1NS4N1TY
    @DJ1NS4N1TY 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sheeeeit, nahhhh.

  • @HienLeGia
    @HienLeGia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Slasher sent me.

  • @karambawilski8241
    @karambawilski8241 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Funny, wouldnt they earn more if they made it 5-20$ skin instead

  • @bransonS
    @bransonS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just don't buy the skin... ???? I mean I get if Faker doesn't like it, then do this to a skin not tied to him, but otherwise who cares if they charge $500 for optional cosmetics???

  • @0xJADD
    @0xJADD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it a celebration of Faker? Or are they celebrating the disparity of wealth? Seems to be what it boils down to 🤔

  • @Owatanka
    @Owatanka 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You're late to the party with this one bruuhhh

  • @Malibuthe6th
    @Malibuthe6th 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Weeks bruh

  • @slaebae3434
    @slaebae3434 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the movement to permaban ahri every game in ranked just so whales cant use her skin online lol

  • @2.0.1.0.
    @2.0.1.0. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You're late on this one bruh you're late bruh

  • @shanemoore6182
    @shanemoore6182 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ceaser 3. Based.

  • @zaptvcsgo7776
    @zaptvcsgo7776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    you're late with this one bruh, its been weeks bruh! kappa

  • @joshuakeane2998
    @joshuakeane2998 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    late to the party bruhh

  • @oddtedd732
    @oddtedd732 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BAMP

  • @JayCorn_
    @JayCorn_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Algorithm

  • @chervenkov1997
    @chervenkov1997 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you are late with this one bruh 😄

  • @LimeWire05
    @LimeWire05 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YoUr’E lAtE wItH tHiS oNe BrO

  • @user-zh8lu1oz3m
    @user-zh8lu1oz3m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Algo comment

  • @KoBails
    @KoBails 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're late with this one bruh