The League of Legends community gave props to the developers at Riot Games for continuing to commemorate a player even with the updated Jax voice lines.
League of Legends is a pretty huge title. Since being released back in 2009, the developers Riot have been consistent in adding new content in the form of champions and skins. Though with that decade and a half of experience, older champions in League have started to look a bit out of touch with the more contemporary look, so devs often update them to match the rest of the newer cast.
Now, top laner Jax has received their art sustainability update, giving them a new model, animations, and new voice lines to help them express the character further.
With the JAX ASU, many players were wondering if Riot would also bring along an important Easter egg the community has held dear. The voice line “Here’s to you, kid.” was implemented in the Jaximus skin, dedicated to Joe who was sponsored by Make-a-Wish and visited Riot. Fortunately, Riot was keen to keep the sentimental Easter egg in the champ’s voice line pool, even moving it to his default skin.
Joe was a Make-a-wish Foundation sponsored kid who went to go see Riot gaves. Jaximus was his favourite skin, and in honour of him, they added "Here's to you, kid" to Jaximus's VO specificallyI didn't doubt they'd forget that, but it still makes me happy to see. RiP Joe pic.twitter.com/EKcdFBoQWG
— 🍉Sharjo🍉 (@Sharjamon) September 26, 2023
Riot retains commemorative voice line in Jax update
Not only had Riot maintained the “Here’s to you” voice line with the Jax update, but they even expanded on it further and gave the line to his default skin.
Players were appreciative of the effort Riot had put in, sharing their own experiences with the voice line.
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“I didn’t doubt they’d forget that, but it still makes me happy to see. RIP Joe” one viral post on Twitter read.
“I’ve played League since 2010, and Jaximus was one of the first skins I got after hearing the story behind it. Jax is still in my top 3 most-played champs and I only use this skin. RIP Joe,” one player recounted.
“Gonna make me cry with that info,” another user tearfully commented.
Joe passed away back in 2012, but they’ll forever be treasured by the League of Legends community, immortalized as the bravest hero Jax had ever known.