Lol: Riot almost cancel Arcane for being too bad and the series was only saved by a coincidence

Riot Games managed to convert League of Legends in the most successful series in the history of television inspired by a video game. However, the path that followed Arcane was everything but easy. In the past we have already known the company's reluctance to give the project to the project and as a spectacular scene was able to convince developers. However, the Odyssey did not end when the show received green light for the first time. Since then until its premiere, There was a time in the almost canceled forever .

Arcane was not always a series as good as we thought

After having worked hard from even before Arcane arrived at the announcement, those responsible for the project presented Riot Games his idea of the plot and all the details of the first season. A situation that in Jane's words, producer of the series, resulted in Christian (main driver of the idea) to be mysteriously called to a meeting. A kind of intervention in which other workers from League of Legends basically told him that it was shit . The stick, for all those involved in the creation of the first episodes, was monumental.

The coup took place in 2018 and the demands of Riot Games were clear about the quality necessary to continue with Arcane. The developer wanted the series to be exactly what ended up being and that it was not lost at the bottom of the catalog of a streaming platform. Given the circumstances, they paralyzed production endangering the project **. It was not explicit cancellation, but the study in which the first season was carried out could not keep its workers without doing anything for such a long period of time.

The project remained in check and even Riot Praeco himself, whom we also refer to as Christian, came to lose hope. However, he had an idea and this is where things get a much more positive color. He called the different departments of Riot Games to try to find something they could do. A much less remarkable budget, of course, but that would allow many of the workers in their positions while those responsible for Arcane worked in reformulating everything so that it was up to expectations .

Praeco's idea not only saved the study of a possible closure and his employees to go to unemployment, he also resulted in two very interesting projects. In the Esports team they wanted to make a music video that became the Rise video clip. We also talked to the music team, which was having a very crazy idea about a group of K-pop (...) In the end it was a good thing that Alex and I went very bad with our work . If not, Rise's video clip and Pop/Stars would never have existed, explained Christian. Something that we will possibly think before criticizing this musical group again.

From this point, having secured the survival of the study, those responsible for carrying out Arcane decided to surround themselves well. They made stellar signings with workers from the audiovisual world who had a lot of experience carrying series. Thus, were introduced into the development of Arcane experienced professionals who worked that increased the quality of which ended up being the League of Legends series. In this way, things that had been resolved in just an hour before.

The story ended well. With Arcane already reformulated there was another conversation in the offices of Riot Games. In it was Nicolo, CEO of the company that sought the expansion of the company to games beyond League of Legends. He was in charge of communicating the situation to his employee with the following phrase: We are not going to finance a full season. I think it is very important that you understand why (...) the reason why I am not going to give you a season is because we are going to validate the project for several more years . Everything was born three years before when there was green light, but the legend began to forge from here.

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