The Dark Side of Emote Collecting

[@happybalint]

$500 is not a microtransaction it's a macrotransaction

[@GengUpinIpin]

Its a megatransaction Except the thing youre getting isnt mega

[@Night-Shade.]

It's the whole bank account sheesh

[@toothfairy9242]

I was thinking the same thing hah

[@n_arch_michael_o6491]

I am 100% sure a Riot coorporative board assistant unironically commented that and they took him seriously

[@owl448]

you should look into star citizen lmao

[@ni5439]

Doesn't matter what champion you like, everyone uses the Rammus "ok" and the happy bee emotes regardless

[@lamineboum6478]

Rammus ok is the emote i only use

[@lamineboum6478]

Rammus ok is the emote i only use

[@deerdren]

And everything is fine soraka

[@kaz6854]

For a free emote , question mark zed grew on me

[@cloudynguyen6527]

I usually spam the Gotta Fly emote. The sounds it make is so hysterically cute.

[@Matiasfv]

Yeah, because of these practices I quit collecting certain skin lines or getting every cosmetic possible for my mains, I must thank riot because now I'm barely spending money in their game, now I just get the things I really want and that's nothing compared to 1 or 2 years ago

[@DinoNuggets723]

that was me with the recent garen skin i used to get every skin for him even grinded out the prestige one was like im cool off that my tcg addiction is more important of a money sink lmao

[@ArthGrimalkin]

Same, went from collecting everything Ahri related to just...no thanks anymore

[@origel3940]

Same with the main skins situation. I used to try to collect every skin for my precious champion. Then the thematics become approximately the same. Then all super ultra rare skins happened and now I don’t care.

[@LucasWIZONE]

For real, I bought only 1 skin in months and months and it was in 'Your shop' so with a huge sale, used to buy almost all passes each year, probably been 2 years since I bought the last one, not even my mains got skins tbh: panth shyvana diana (only diana got one and it isnt even that good)

[@Mr.DISRESPECT]

But you still spent your hard-earned money on a digital skin, so it's a win for Riot anyway LMAO

[@kalfkeith5646]

Collector: * exist * Riot: Bend Over.

[@Karlyr_]

"collector" : you mean whale? Because you don't have any physical goods. The only way to "show your collection" is by opening your account and brag. Why does a whale spend so much money ? To brag. Whale.

[@TheDragonshunter]

And they do...

[@Karlyr_]

I think Necrit banned the word describing large spenders in the comments. But in essence, that's a collector... Except they are collecting digital things... which can't be resold... And the only thing they can do is brag about what they bought... Just like a large spender. So collector = large spender = a large aquatic mammal. People are just so normalized to the idea of micro transactions that they forget that they are becoming those large aquatic mammals (Which, btw, is fine by me. Be those large spenders financing the game I'm not willing to. But creating drama on a system y'all created because you can't control yourself is just making me laugh)

[@AndrewHammerr]

As someone who owns all the things. I relate to this comment to much.

[@justandy8148]

😢

[@deejay2646]

4:15 Fun fact: That Ivern emote is still not in the game. The only Ivern emote they ever made is not in the game.

[@colossaldonut5190]

They were scared of releasing peak so soon.

[@thekiran6176]

Yea dude, i checked immediately

[@deejay2646]

@@thekiran6176 The 6 Ivern mains (including me) will never have an emote and we gotta live with that

[@bluegolisano7768]

nickyboi is screaming in agony.

[@deejay2646]

@@bluegolisano7768 I am too

[@pixelmz]

In Brazil, we have a *law* that prohibits "tied sales." If a store advertises a "buy this combo to get this item" offer, they must also sell the items separately. This law even applies to McDonald's kids' toys. Some games, including League of Legends (for chromas, as far as I know), also follow this law, but it doesn't cover all cosmetics. I wish this law were the standard worldwide.

[@vazore4618]

i can see why its not worldwide

[@merlimmillenium1917]

And it did nothing about the Faker Ahri scam

[@pixelmz]

@@merlimmillenium1917 It's not perfect (as everything in Brazil), and League is not a Brazillian game, they adhere to whatever they want

[@mateuszkrytyk5711]

Or Stay with me People can stop behaving like children and finally grow a spine and not buy something

[@insertsnamehere]

@@mateuszkrytyk5711 I was actually a little surprised when I saw my 4 year old daughter's CT scans the other week. I nearly panicked before the doctor told me most children her age don't have a spine yet.

[@2dumd2live]

Why are they still called micro-transactions when it's almost more money than my rent D:

[@KashimoJoestar]

they should be called Robbery

[@mr.boomguy]

I guess the term just moved with the concept

[@Allanzitos]

The micro part of the transaction is what you get back from it

[@liamdonegan9042]

@@Allanzitos😂

[@JVSkellington]

My whole emote wheel is just "thumbs up" emotes, yes, there's enough to fill all of the slots.

[@sprinq6985]

I thought im the only one, but yeah. Also got them all just from watching esports during the golden era of drops

[@Jay9966]

Hahahaha I have most of my wheel as thumbs up too but I'm a few short.

[@FrosteryGaming]

Same here but it's already collecting dust since I stopped playing League

[@TheDemon2340]

Personally I have all drinks, only missing roughly 3 slots I believe

[@vnXun]

I have that too, I press the emote button like twice a year so anything other than that is unnecessary

[@garou9914]

Spending 800€ just for an emote? Yeah at that point, you shouldn't have control of money.

[@nonameimpotantlive9233]

true

[@gameguru42392]

And who are you to tell people what to do with thier money?

[@nonameimpotantlive9233]

@@gameguru42392 people buying a his shite makes it more expensive for others cause clowns buy it

[@justinjakeashton]

@@gameguru42392 Intervention

[@Raazenroth]

You have never met XIV players who buy a shitty low quality statue just for a equally shitty emote in game

[@KingTaltia]

"And it has a very specific name..." Manipulation Tactics? "Attachment" Eh, same diff.

[@insertsnamehere]

Just a reminder this video is on League of Legends, Manipulation Tactics is the auto battler.

[@ciaacho1]

Sorry but if you're ready to spend $500+ just for a little emote in a game, I don't think anything is going to stop you from making terrible life decisions, whether it's buying things from Riot or anyone else.

[@CalaTec]

I don't see anything new. That's why I think money should be, not equally spread, but a bit balanced out, because people with way too much money waste a lot of it on useless rubbish while other people struggle to keep up with the basic needs.

[@colossaldonut5190]

As sad as it may seem, at least that's not $500 gone towards purchasing cocaine or heroine.

[@garou9914]

​@@colossaldonut5190 That's a stupid argument. That's like telling someone who lost both their arms "at least you didn't lose your legs"

[@raccoon001]

​@@garou9914 That's not how a comparison works.

[@beratbayram]

@@CalaTec Thanks to them, we get to play league for free. So, in the end, it balances out.

[@smahstone]

Riot: Merch doesn't make profit Nintendo: MAKE THE 790TH PICKACHU PLUSH FOR 80 DOLARS

[@CalaTec]

As an emote collector I stopped getting exited just because some emotes that were free are not available any more because they were tied to an event pass (like TFT pass) that was available before my account existed and now there is no way to obtain it. Riot could make them available in many different ways but they won't, while limited edition skins were made available (event passes or the new TFT rotation shop, unlock to be available on emote tokens, etc)

[@mateuszkrytyk5711]

Bro Fucking Warhammer 40k is better than "emote collecting"

[@bobsyfy]

Hi, one of the Kit Kat Ahris from LEC Arena in Munich here 😊❤ thank u for takin a pic with me, you are welcome for the codes we gave you :D

[@EB-tr2ly]

you do break my heart , why always Ahri? It hurts so much, Ahri was my only way to escape my poor reality now thanks to you I have to suffer here too, seeing what I can't have , it is very painful

[@49B1]

Wait till Necrit hears abour the 300$ gacha skins in WR

[@耳のあるロボットの唄]

I still want that $155 Nami one in loot but screw me ig 😭

[@rickliao7259]

He already covered them

[@mateuszkrytyk5711]

​@@耳のあるロボットの唄just...just don't fucking buy it ?

[@mcbrickard]

my biggest gripe is that literally EVERY Viego emote is an exclusive paid pass / FOMO emote. he doesnt even get 1 shop / reroll emote but Briar gets one on launch.

[@x1ere]

YEAH. also isolde one being not only exclusive BUT A 50$ BUNDLE HELLO??

[@mcbrickard]

@@x1ere same w the new viego icon and chroma being locked behind a 100$ bundle

[@Deathnom]

I wish those statutes weren't so expensive, they look amazing

[@isaacfaith9369]

They are limited too. After they are pulled from the Riot Store you need to be chosen from a list to be able to purchase them at full price from the manufacturer themselves. At least from PureArts.

[@Raven11175]

Old title was "League Has a Problem With Expensive Emotes"

[@kexcz8276]

That Kitkat Ahri emote is just so cute :3

[@Zemilia22]

My biggest gripe with the emote system as a whole tho isn't even due to esports or even pricey emotes its all because of tft, tft added a massive amount of emotes because they for the longest time had 3+ emotes in the battle pass most of which were at the very end this meant that if you wanted to collect all the emotes not only could you not reroll into them but you had to play a mode you might not even enjoy, I know for a fact alot of ahri mains were spam leaving tft games after the first 10 minutes to farm the emotes out either at work or even during school (had a friend in my uni class literally doing this while in a lecture).

[@thekiran6176]

This. I played the entire pass for some zac emotes

[@tigrafidun]

i need 12 hours of necrit saying "statyu" now

[@Creepy___]

sometimes it must feel really good to main a champ that only gets 1 skin every 3 years and 1 emote every 2 years

[@stanleyjosten]

My buddy who was a Yorick main got genuinely aggravated when they announced his update. Some people want that consistency

[@1Henrink]

"Physical video game merch isn't profitable" tell that to Pokemon 😂 (I know it's a different case)

[@CASyHD.]

hes just stupid with that one, especially the clothing merch is 100% turning a profit for riot.

[@Nanachi_FLUFF]

Yeah. I myself considered Emote collector. Rn im farming Esport caplsules to get last Ezreal Emote i dont have... UPD: O wow. My Ksante reddit post got so popular even u mention it. Funny story, cus i was the first one to notice it when i bought 2 new Ezreal emotes xD And yeah, subreddit closed comments on that post cus of toxicity....

[@snowpegasi]

Calling it now, the Lux emote from the collectors box will be used to give people the bird with the middle finger having the ring and standing out more

[@ZoeLogiiK]

As a 1 Trick Collector...this Video was definitely for me. And yes I do agree with you, ill throw my Wallet every time i see anything Related to MF or Poppy.

[@TheNPColiseum]

I love your stuff, I own all the emotes you can get out of chests. Those statues look pretty awesome

[@algame3]

Me: Buy statue, get a free emote Him: Buy the emote, get a free statue

[@brunafesta_]

Thanks God I live in Brazil and none of these statues are available here.

[@RealLowa]

I'm so sorry

[@whinywonu]

lmao same but for russia. no need to suffer the fomo from emotes if you can't get your statue bought & shipped to you directly 😎 (and no, it is not the payment problem, a lot of russians do have a foreign bank card to buy stuff online) kind of sucks if you want the statue itself tho. contacting buyers and spending on their fees is tedious

[@Ancyker]

I was like, "Hey! A video about me." and then at 12:15 I was like, "... I did not expect that to be literal."

[@grimfriends4600]

>me looking over my collection of 498 emotes "I really need to get the rest of the Rakan ones..."

[@Twisted_Mind_Man]

Necrit, you are missing 1 imortent fact. People buy this stuff to show off. But you can't show off of a statue online, by attaching an emote, everyone who mains the champ will know that you have the atatue hidden at home, the moment you show off the emote. Ita atupid but psychologiclly, it works.

[@thebronzeavengers4194]

I'm thinking the same thing through out the whole video, it's more of a bragging item ingame to show off than a quality icon, if you really are a Lux collector then buy the statue, don't try to brag about a statue you don't have

[@BrendanGeormer]

The dark side of collecting something that the compny decided to target whales with

[@NikolaNiKucu]

I am playing this game on a whole new level Collecting emotes in loot, got over 200 of a single emote and maybe like 250 of esports emotes that you can't reroll

[@flakyfan1496]

so glad u made this video bro finally the shit we need to bring attention to

[@Londonesify]

I mean, I bought the Lux statue because it's beautiful, and I love Lux, I don't really care about the emote (I only remembered to redeem it when I saw your video). It's the only merch I've ever bought, actually.

[@thebronzeavengers4194]

If you think about it from another angle (from people like you who wants the statue), bonus Icon is just a thank you and a ingame bragging item So I don't really get how big of a deal for a 15 mins build up video just to say "I want this sticker but it's a no sell additional gift, now I can't brag about a statue I don't have"

[@littlesellis]

Emotes are why I started buying the event passes. I'd play a ton of games and accumulate a lot of points from the pass, then mass buy emotes. This first event where they were even slightly cheaper was where I got the idea. Even now though, the cost hasn't gone up much, and at 60 *event currency* per emote, it's still easy to get at least 30+ even with minimal playing. But if you really wanna maximize, play a lot more during that event pass, and save all the money. 😁 Beauty is, you can still reforge them at a 1 for 1 rate. By doing this after you've collected all of the store ones, you are even able to get some of the seasonal ones, or otherwise inaccessible ones. I like getting the emotes for the champions I main, and it makes it a lot easier to get new (store released) ones very fast, if they happen to have one I like. I'm sitting at around 425 emotes, and I've probably legit bought 10 of them. This is definitely the best way to do it, especially when you have no interest in the other things they offer in the shop. $15-20 for 30+ emotes? The most cost efficient way to do it XD

[@Zemysixx]

I bought the Kai'sa statue, won't lie I did just want the emote but I've had it equipped since I bought it, I don't think anyone else knows where it's from or what it cost.

[@sami-kc8ox]

20:17 no but seriously this emote looks SO MUCH BETTER.

[@R3ar3ntry]

Thanknyou necrit for all the years lf great video editing and content, this is one of your best videos, it touches a subjrct im sure not more than 5% of players know. Including myself! Awesome video 100/10

[@raishakisaragi6899]

Riot needs to bring back old emotes. I would love to get the Spirit Blossom Emotes again

[@nicowagner8655]

Rally hope you get to make your Merch Video. It sounds insanely interesting to listen too.

[@shaark1tsune]

Baron and VOID GRUBS officially have more Emotes then Reksai (0)

[@GoldenBerry33]

Imagine being able to trade between friends, even at a cost. I would like that 😊

[@ChinoWantan]

Good thing the only Twitch merch is a T-shirt (that I already own of course)

[@bryanudi]

Dota also had those, exclusive extremely expensive comestics tied to action figures. The differnce is that you could just trade them with anyone or sell in the steam market. Not to mention that they re-launched the comestics in game to be acquired through other events

[@imtanooki6590]

i love collecting emotes, but i NEED an emote of chogath munching something, probably a teemo

[@kexcz8276]

Prices of those statues are adjusted for sure because OMFG!!! They are pretty as f, the prices make sense....

[@SovereignOfSoulsEliseTheReaper]

i barely played in season 10 to 12, during dat time riot dropped zoe emotes (for worlds) i believe which i wanted to have but just wasnt around for. i thought if i get all the available emotes and then reroll leftover copies i can get those kinda emotes, like with legacy skins but nope, you cant. i own over 400 emotes now because of dat. the way i did it is during event passes i would grind and buy the orbs so i can get random emotes, and when i had all of the available ones i tried rerolling them. oh well, riot with their shitty monetization, locking stuff behind being unavailable. its really bad in the cardgame too... like all the profile icons and stuff being locked behind 1 time events is so stupid.

[@Dannymiles1987]

I’m glad we can show more than 5 emotes. 🎉

[@gageo6860]

Kayn being the specific champ is targeting me personally lmao, I want his damn emotes back

[@ViciousSal]

Holy crap I just liked the statue! I had no idea I was sitting on such a desired emote. I think I haven't even redeemed it yet. :')

[@emmuhhhmeow]

Went from only having like 3 ahri emotes to having enough to fill every one of the new emote slots and have overflow. All in like, a couple years

[@jakestephens7943]

Might be a good price bundle wise but if you live in Australia you can expect to pay $214 USD for shipping and yes that's just shipping so $314 USD over all

[@majones117]

I couldn't even tell you the hotkey to open the emote wheel and I have nothing but what ever is equipped by defult

[@itsmefranklinblack]

Nothing should ever be exclusive like this. They need to open up an orange essence shop where these things cost a lot of essence or SOMETHING.

[@davedebruyn5760]

The way he says stathue

[@Rzepoool]

I think its better to bind emote to statue than allow to make aftermarket with emotes worth 10000$ later.

[@bllllllllackbirdie]

rammus ok, fanfare(just because of the sound) and some of the new emotes from teams are my favourite

[@francisnyssen4502]

ive literally never given more than a braincell to emotes until this video

[@doogeerugged89]

I missed out CLEARLY... I wanted the dab penguin with the sunglasses... that's one is op...

[@SapphireMan08]

The esports icons and emotes repeat every year when you get all the new ones (which isn't hard) it's really just the ones that get bundled with the physical pass that you're SoL for

[@DraphEnjoyer]

There was a Poppy emote of her sleeping and after spending a large amount of time searching where to find it I found out it was an LCS drop. So I sat there with multiple streams/vods open and never once saw it

[@FAKELiamVickers]

I like emotes of characters i like. Like Garen Ahri Rakan Darius and much more but i like Garen and Ahri more than Darius

[@SpookSkellington]

Sometimes it's nice that your favorite champion is really unpopular.

[@paal293]

You could resell the statue sealed though and keep the code

[@nickolausalston6915]

black dude character saying "let me breathe" is diabolical

[@xelsor]

noone is forced to collect these things

[@LazyGuu]

Havent bought a single emote, I just used to grind emote tokens because 50 per emote was kinda cheap (increased to 60 later) withing 2 passes i managed to farm entire old colletion and then get some spare bulk to reroll new emotes.

[@mr.slender2141]

You should also look into wards. One that I've got on my mind specifically is DRX lama ward. I wanted this one baaaad, but is was hidden behind big bundle. I'm wondering if there were any more situations like that

[@scott8934]

All this tells me is that collecting is an unwise endeavor

[@DominikMBlock]

I had a lot of BE and I spend all of it on the champie icons, even making a list to keep track of which one I already got. It was a gamble per chest, yes, but it was 2500 BE aka FREE. and if you owned all of them from a region you could get the BE back if you bought another one. I have all of them and change my icons from time to time a champ i like to play atm.

[@abedammar7407]

I thought emotes are made solely for the purpose of mental warfare, i usually spam ok when enemy jg fail gank

[@cinderspirit4229]

Well I think this is fine, these statues would cost the same with or without the emote, so it is to be considered a free extra if you buy those. And as a collector there will always be items that are out of reach for some people. If you are invested in Kaisa and have the money to spend, you would get the statue anyway. if you don't have the money, it doesn't matter if you only miss out on the statue, or the statue and the one emote which comes with it.

[@aopiah]

"thats why their merch is cheaper than a youtuber's" MAN THEY ARE NOT CHEAP AT ALL WHAT 😭

[@karolek5682]

The ramus ok emote is all I'll ever need

[@johncycal7020]

I want that viego world icon so much actually, what a pain

[@Ahrily9]

I love all my Ahri emotes 🩷 specially the KitKat one 🍫 Ahri & chocolate is a big mood 🩷🌸

[@artlocked2107]

TFT mode and Esports-exclusive loots with near impossible drop rates are the main reason I don't have both Swain emotes. I hate limited stuff. I hate exclusivity.

[@identitestime]

I really was looking forward to getting the world's $100 bundle, even if it was more than that in my currency, but the shipping costs being almost $250 USD on top of the $100 USD pricetag makes it completely unworth it.

[@garrettord3304]

When Teemote got locked permanently behind an event I failed to complete, I unironically stopped collecting Teemo skins & emotes, and ultimately ended up quitting the game shortly after

[@Atsuday08]

K.O. and GAME OVER emote form Arcade event is the best

[@celestineleblanc7800]

the emotes/icons from merch can be given to anyone, they just ask you to put the account u want it on

[@mozkuthehermit5909]

certain huge aquatic animal exists that is used on certain group of people Riot: alright, pants down, bend over, time for your every 2 week update to the buttom

[@idaandskar365]

I have 620 emotes and I have not spend a $ on emotes. Esport drops were insane back in the day and you can just reroll into shop emotes. (They have changed that system now)

[@tobiasblume8875]

Teemo gets more love in emotes than in game

[@cullenasaro2229]

I’ve been playing league for a LONG time and I legit have zero clue as to how rare any of the emotes are, nor do I ever really use them. The fact that people spend money on them is pretty insane to me

[@taffeloo]

Well it's not a emote but I bought many years ago God Staff Jax figure mostly because it came with a Jax icon. Funny enough the shipping service never delivered the product, it was sendback to the warehouse and I got full refund from Riot so basically I got the icon for free. Wouldn't have minded the figure tho I think it was pretty neat.

[@eksotropia]

everything i need is ok rammus

[@feralfaevr]

The newest Jinx Arcane figure also comes with an in game icon, but it's cheap compared to the others at like 40$

[@PsychoDiesel48]

When they make an Akali statue you can bet I'm all over that XD

[@albireohawk]

I remember how small the merch store of LoL in South Korea, that I was only able to buy one of their Worlds Jacket. It was cool, but very small

[@gumilarramadhan6265]

At least with the statues, you can buy them, wait a few months or so till it's out of stock then sell it for more money, or less if you don't care for profit. Pretty sure collectable statues like that sell pretty well, especially one that is out of stock

[@adamrojvall9087]

Maybe an unpopular opinion but as long as Riot keeps a few things constant I do not see the problem with these overly priced cosmetics and marketing schemes: Relatively cheap content is somewhat good, Earning cosmetics through engagement, Content stays cosmetic, Trying to help people that seem to have a problem with overspending with a low income, Making sure to still develop the game into something better for all not pivoting too hard into cosmetics. I just do not feel like whaling is something that should be cheap but a way of the company to earn money. That has been the case for most collectibles since at least for as long as I have lived no? (Early 2000) It is a way for me to enjoy the game for free right?

[@mattisantos7672]

i only spent on one emote and it was Aurora's smug face referencing Frieren and it was damn worth it

[@YaBoiArgus]

the one fucking time i feel like collecting kai'sa cosmetics i find out that a near 1k statue of kai'sa has an emote and it's no longer available

[@H0elessRomantic1]

Everything has a dark side to it

[@elderdragon3656]

thank you for talking about this i hate how they put some emote behind 500$ price or a 800$ gaming chair

[@lordmonocr6206]

I spend my event points for the emotes all the time. I don’t go hard on it like I don’t spend real money on it but I’m pretty proud of my collection I’ve made.

[@moonynight6374]

ah fuck, that Lux Statue does look amazing