{"id":243,"date":"2012-12-18T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T19:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaoticblue.com\/blog\/?p=243"},"modified":"2012-12-18T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T19:21:20","slug":"an-open-letter-to-riot-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chaoticblue.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/an-open-letter-to-riot-games\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to Riot Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, guys. This is Taric.<\/p>\n

\"Taric\"<\/a>
Check out that hair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Yes, I used his Chinese artwork. Shut up.)<\/p>\n

Taric is a champion in League of Legends<\/em><\/a>. In terms of types, he is both a support and a tank, having strong healing and buffing abilities as well as a stun and defensive power. His schtick is that he uses earth-elemental magic through the power of cut gems (as his wiki page<\/a>\u00a0observes, this is a ref to Blizzard’s jewel-socketing schtick in both\u00a0Diablo\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0World of Warcraft<\/em>). While I tend to prefer more caster-y supports with a lot of harrass\/poking potential, Taric is pretty great. I really enjoy him.<\/p>\n

There’s also the minor fact that Taric is\u00a0rumored<\/em>\u00a0to be gay. To do a little pull-quoting from his official champion info background<\/a>:<\/p>\n

His neat and stylish appearance combined with his shiny bejeweled armor and weapons have rapidly made him a celebrity champion of the League of Legends. Valoran’s media, for some reason, has taken a great interest in his personal life. While open about his life as a champion and gracious in all things, Taric is tight-lipped about his life outside the League and prefers his privacy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah. I mean, that seems pretty low-key, right? He has two abilities called “Dazzle” and “Radiance.” Also, let me add in some additional context. The first is his voice samples:<\/p>\n