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Originally Posted by Trailerboy531
For some reason this thought crossed my mind earlier this afternoon. If LoL is free and I see...no advertising; then where does its revenue come from? Selling RP?
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Effectively, yes. We have two currencies in the game -- "IP" and "RP". IP you get for playing, RP you have to pay real money for. IP is how you buy things that give you 'power' (e.g. "runes", which let you customize some stats to your playstyle). RP is how you buy things that are convenience features (more 'rune pages' so you can quickly switch between said stat combinations), or cosmetic features (skins, which change how your character looks).
Our focus on not selling power has been a great decision: it buys a lot of good will in the community that you can't pay to win, and actually causes a lot of people to buy stuff just as a 'thank you'.