We all know the "memes." If Riot ever made Pool Party Ahri (and/or Lux), it would make them enough money to fund the next 30 seasons of Arcane. However, they have elected to keep it in a "break in case of emergency" glass case for if things ever seem dire for the company/game.
Well I'm here to tell you that this is the biggest lie since they said that Nexus Blitz would make a return in 2022.
Think about it, if Riot released a skin that was linked to a state of emergency, even if it was a skin you've wanted since the dawn of time, would you buy it?
Of course you wouldn't. Riot releasing Pool Party Ahri means that League of Legends is dying (for real this time). Another big influx of cash wouldn't be able to help them with any underlying issues going on. Pool Party Ahri is a sign of the end times.
But Riot knows this as they are the ones who fabricated the myths of Pool Party Ahri for their own benefit. They are the only ones who know of this one simple fact: There is no Pool Party Ahri.
They created the idea of Pool Party Ahri as a way to signify to the player base that nothing is wrong at all times. For all we know, Riot was completely bankrupt at the start of this year which caused all of the problems such as the "cinematic" we got. But they had their biggest propaganda piece working overtime for them.
Riot claiming that League would have its biggest budget ever this year did not do anything to ease the worries of the player base. But you know what did? The lack of Pool Party Ahri. "If Riot was really in trouble, they would have released it by now," thought the player base. "This must just be an unlucky streak and things will go back to normal soon."
And we all ate it up. We will continue to eat it up. Riot could be 50 billion dollars in debt from settling workplace harassment lawsuits and Pool Party Ahri would never see the light of day.
Because Pool Party Ahri doesn't exist.
And it never will.
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