Celebrate esports with permanent summoner icons!

[quote=Mowen][center][color=#ffff00][h2]Celebrate esports with permanent summoner icons![/h2][/color] [url=http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/celebrate-esports-permanent-summoner-icons][color=#808000][h4]Posted by Magus on Thu, 2013-07-11 12:33[/h4][/color][/url][/center] [columns] [indent] [nextcol] [center][img=http://competitive.na.leagueoflegends.com/sites/default/files/styles/wide_content_full/public/upload/article.banner.allstar.iconsale.jpg?itok=OwmKclEq][/center] Summoners, During the break we saw five new teams enter the LCS after winning their promotion series. With so much new blood in the LCS waters, the top teams continue to fight for every advantage as they move closer to the Season 3 World Championships. In the spirit of this rising competition, you can show support for your favorite team by grabbing an official team logo Summoner Icon for any of the North American and European LCS teams in the Summer Split. When we introduced these Summoner Icons on the PBE, we got a ton of insightful feedback. One thing everyone seemed to notice was that if you follow all teams equally, or if the idea of splitting allegiances makes you squirm, it was hard to collect all of the icons. As a result, we’re introducing new icon bundles that’ll help you pick up all of the Season 3 icons with fewer clicks. Both of the EU and NA LCS bundles are 1600 RP each, which is 20% off the regular price for the 8 Summoner Icons included in the bundles. You can snag all 16 icons in the Summer Split Bundle for 3000 RP (25% off the regular 4000 RP price). These icons are now available in the store until the end of the split for 250 RP, and are permanently added to your account. When you purchase a team icon, 20% of the price goes directly to that team as a bonus and the other 80% goes to support esports (prizes, salaries, events, streaming). To show off your team pride, all Summoner Icons—including the new esports team icons—will be shown on the loading screen before each match. [b]These LCS team Summoner Icons will be available in the store until the end of the 2013 Summer Split, so support your favorite teams today![/b] [nextcol] [indent] [/columns][/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex]oh dear, rippofs.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]250 rp for a fucking icon? whats next, temporary ward skins?[/quote]

[quote=DKitten]When you purchase a team icon, 20% of the price goes directly to that team as a bonus and the other 80% goes to support esports (prizes, salaries, events, streaming). It's not a "ripoff". It's a donation with a reward.[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]^Exactly.[/quote]

[quote=ScytherTheVoidreaver]Its actually not that bad in my opinion. At least the money is going towards the team and esports. Might pick up a couple of these when I have the time.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka][quote=DKitten] When you purchase a team icon, 20% of the price goes directly to that team as a bonus and the other 80% goes to support esports (prizes, salaries, events, streaming). It's not a "ripoff". It's a donation with a reward. [/quote] whatever floats your boat to justify this shit.[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]Yea, least you can support your favorite team...[/quote]

[quote=TheBlueReaper]No one's making you buy them. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figue it out. Why do you always have to bitch about something?[/quote]

[quote=sirell]Whether I buy them or not has nothing to do with them being rip-offs... Just because I don't pay a £1000,000 for a single piece of chewing gum doesn't mean it's not a rip-off. As I've said before, paying to get RP is a rip-off. It's just a matter of whether you really mind getting ripped off or not. Since paying contributes exactly 0 to the playing of the game in reality, RP is never actually worth it. Therefore, anything bought with said paid RP is also not actually worth it (free RP is fine, though). Paying for an icon might affect the teams to which they belong, but they don't really affect the buyer of the icon all that much.[/quote]