Recently, Notagamer.net – An international gaming news site has released shocking information to the community, stating that a League of Legends player was raided by the FBI – the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the U.S. Department of Justice, for the reason of… using the splash art of the champion Evelynn to “act out” alone.
However, Notagamer did not explain why this player’s actions caught the FBI’s attention. Currently, foreign media are still investigating this incident. Initial predictions suggest that the player in question had been using Evelynn’s image – a champion known for her “daring” appearance in the League of Legends game for “self-pleasure” for an extended period.
It is likely that he repeatedly searched for the keyword “Evelynn splash-art” and other “18+” related terms concerning this champion on search engines, which led to a dense and continuous pattern, thus attracting the authorities’ attention, prompting them to raid his residence to investigate the “unusual” behaviors.
The reliability of the information provided by Notagamer remains unclear; however, it is known that immediately after this news was shared, League of Legends made a minor adjustment, which many players may not notice or overlook, that is the revision of Evelynn’s Default splash art.
It can be seen that the new splash art is much more modest compared to the old version. Could the purpose of updating this splash art be to prevent the gaming community from repeating the situation of using champion images in League of Legends for “private” purposes like the aforementioned case?