May 9th was a black day in the 2XKO standard Discord. A discussion on could-be figures begam innocently, as it has for years when there’s been no information to explain. But this time, discussion devolved into quarrels, as the minutiae of how Fiddlesticks- a slender horror-inspired scarecrow may make the transition. There are many champions in League of Legends who find themselves in a difficult position from which to draw a moving style for a struggling activity. &# 13,
This is known as the Fiddlesticks issue, in my opinion. How can you introduce a strangeo, a person who does n’t have any direct connections to the genre, to this genre in an exciting way? A dangerous wire must be struck in order to maintain a character’s devotion to the resource materials while maintaining their enjoyment of the game. &# 13,
With characters like Ahri, who had their hustle changed between government builds, this is a problem that the 2XKO group has undoubtedly had to deal with. At Evo 2023, custom Alex Jaffe briefly discussed this subject, and I was once more posing related queries. &# 13,
This issue is a scourge that people like my respondent Shaun Rivera may be destined to ignore for as long as 2XKO is supported, many like Fiddlestick’s appearance in Demacia’s forest. Someone will frequently ask “how did you bring the League Kit for [champ ] to this fighting game” when a new character enters the game. Shaun, or someone else, did then smile and nod and offer insight into the pattern approach, as is their fate, long. I felt less criminal about combing his head now that Ahri had been revised and information about Jinx having been discussed in public. How can the fiddlesticks issue be resolved? &# 13,
” League leaders are common for many factors”. Rivera says, sitting at a table near the 2XKO hall. ” Sometimes it’s the concepts of that champ, and sometimes it’s the theme. For us, it’s like, what may make a bored fighting game personality? I’m very confident in our team because I think we could make a bored fighting figure for any League champion.” &# 13,
” Let me ask you this. Allow me rip on you, please. When you look at Fiddlesticks, that figure is a scary figure. Scary, frightening, a danger. Even the skins are nice. We can certainly provide a strange and egregious horror character! 100 %! Leaders have eternal qualities, according to players. Maybe that’s a engineer they have that has to be there, often it’s not that champ. Or, it’s thematic. Sometimes if a mechanic is in the fighting game, it would n’t be fun to play! So it’s a combination of both, and it’s our job to elevate the champion from there” .&# 13,
A follow up question, and one that likely has n’t been asked a million times, is how players will be able to showcase their character loyalty! Pu Liu, the director of League of Legends, explained the importance of letting gamers express their love for their chosen key in a conversation we had earlier this year. 2XKO is in the same Internet, created by the same business. Does it promote a similar focus on gamer expression? &# 13,
” Whenever we decide what hero to throw into the game, there’s a lot of things we consider. What is important is how many of our players could potentially do a great job of serving as an underserved market. We want you to discover a major in our game that you will fall in love with, that’s what I mean. People fall in love through their thematic- indicating how they act, what they identify while, their signaled race, what clothing they wear, their perspective… Yet their comments! All of this plus,” Hey, this engineer looks fun!” In this sport, I want to use this principle. It can be one, or the other, or both. So that’s how we decide what to put in the match; my main concern is that we’re increasing the odds people have of getting into it. That’s what I’ve been waiting for” .&# 13,
” We want to accomplish a lot of different things in the future by allowing people to play the figures they enjoy in our game.” You’ll notice a little bit more about that in the prospect, maybe in the Alpha Lab, but we definitely think it’s cool to have a personality you’re excited to play, but present off that personality”.
But perhaps there’s promise, that even your most absurd, oddball primary can make it in. The possibilities for Yuumi, Taric, Corki, and Fiddlesticks may be small, but it seems there’s a possibility. Perhaps the slimmest hope will last you always, if you’re anything like the people who have been lurking on Discord or 2XKO Reddit for the past three years. Stand in there.
