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Not long ago, Riot officially announced that it would launch exclusive emoticons for major teams in the game, and stated that 30% of the revenue from these emoticons would be given to the original clubs. The emoticons immediately sparked heated discussions after they were launched, because many fans wanted to know what the emoticons of their favorite teams looked like, but unexpectedly, in the LEC team emoticons, Akali's hand gesture caused dissatisfaction among a large number of Korean netizens. Amidst the boycott, Riot also compromised and modified the controversial hand gesture in the latest test server.

Here's the thing, when the expressions of the major teams were first announced, the 100T team's expression was as shown in the picture below, making a pinching finger gesture, which can be used to express the meaning of "small" in many contexts.

As soon as this expression was launched, it caused dissatisfaction among many LCK netizens. The main reason is that this gesture is used to mock Korean men in Korea. Many Korean netizens are arguing about this in the LCK forum. Some people think that it is a gesture that discriminates against Korean men, and the employee who designed this expression should be fired and boycotted.LOLSome people also said that in the UK, this gesture means looking down on the opponent's level, and it is a normal gesture in other countries except South Korea. Only some Korean men are angry about this gesture, because are they really small?

After all, it has not been officially launched yet. Since it has caused controversy, Riot has also made emergency modifications in the test server. The modified emoticon is as follows. The smaller hand gesture has been changed to the palm next to the ear, indicating that it is hard to hear or not hear clearly.

Of course, it is understandable that Riot made the change. On the one hand, it did cause quite a bit of controversy in the LCK. If it is really launched, and there are players who show this expression when facing the LCK team in subsequent international competitions, I am afraid that there will be greater controversy and more quarrels in the future. On the other hand, the LCK region is currently the largest region in the LOL professional competition. As the strongest region, the official certainly does not want to offend. The original meaning of this expression was definitely not to mock Korean men, but since there is such an ambiguous understanding, it is better to change it early to avoid more controversy.

It would have been better if it hadn't been changed. However, this sudden change, and the announcement of it, also attracted a lot of attention. After all, there were dozens of emojis released, and suddenly one of them was changed, and many people would be curious about the reason. Many netizens on the Internet also explained that the change of this emoji was due to the boycott of LCK, and explained in detail why this gesture was mocking Korean men. Now more people around the world know about it.

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