LOL: Arcane's unpublished scene that cost $ 65,000 and convinced Riot to move on

League of Legends fans are not aware of enough of the miracle that has meant the launch of Arcane . The Netflix series was a success capable of conquering even those who have never set foot in the invoker crack or the abyss of the regrets. However, getting ahead was an odyssey for Riot Games and Fortiche, the animation study responsible for carrying out production. Everything depended on the will of those involved in the process and a bet of about $ 65,000 that until today had not come to light.

The bet that League of Legends changed forever

One of the great drivers of the series was Christian Linke , also known as Riot Praeco. This developer employee insisted on creating an animation series that told the story of the characters and had suggested the idea on a few times with a negative response from his chiefs. However, he managed to convince them to make an almost insignificant investment. He first got $ 2,000 to create conceptual arts by the hand of Fortiche, then 5,000 for some 3D models and finally came the great bet with which League of Legends developers decided to throw the house out the window.

Praeco used a very intelligent strategy. He not only knew that gradually increasing his requests made him much more likely to tell him, also that once the potential was seen it was impossible to say not to the development of Arcane. In this sense, he needed a last test that cost $ 65,000. A much greater amount that he would make those responsible for expanding League of Legends thought twice, but that he ended up receiving green light from the company. The result was a fight between Jayce and I saw that it served for the heads to give the final yes to the series.

Regarding what happened when Riot Games's mandamases saw the scene, Christan tells the following: I think that was the moment when they realized that he was serious with this. I told them something like ‘Well, now you have the conceptual arts for the characters and environments. You also have the 3D models and the animation test. You have the material that we have created for the pilot episode. So... are we going to do it or not? From that conversation, which took place in 2015, they still spent six years to the definitive launch .

The yes to Arcane arrived after this unpublished fight between VI and Jayce. However, here we can make the saying from the saying to the fact there is a great stretch. Fortiche was a study of just 5 people who had to recruit up to 300 new workers for the project. Even with the acceptance of Riot Games, it was something completely utopian that ran the risk of crumbling at any time. Thomas Vu, responsible for the expansion of Riot Games franchises, says it clearly: Not knowing where we got an advantage. If we had known, we would have said that neither of Coña .

The road was extremely complex and there were times when, after months of work, it had to be reversed to maintain a quality standard higher than an average animation series . Riot Games wanted Arcane to be a series according to the almost insurmountable expectations of the League of Legends community. Something that achieved with nine exceptional chapters that will find a season 2. A gigantic snowball that continued rolling only thanks to a fight between VI and Jayce that cost $ 65,000 and changed the story of Riot Games.

The complete documentary about the birth of Arcane can be enjoyed legal and free on YouTube.