Isnt wukong a rip off from league of legends?

[SentienceLOL]

A monkey king with the same name, and basicly same skin has been in league of legends for ages, isnt this some sue dota 2 for copying a champ stuff?

[hehe]

wukong is from chinese legends not league of aspergers, more specifically the journey to the west. the update after all is called New Journey.

every game ever draws inspiration from myths and legends all over the world. pause your junk music and listen closely

example: skyrim has dragons but OMFG other games have dragons too. even movies. Even shows. even books!!

but you dont see bethesda being triggered on forums.

[Woody]

Nope, he's a mythical character so he's up for grabs like say Zeus. Anyway LoL would be the ones getting sued since he was in DotA 1 first.

[Archmage MC]

SunWokong, the Monkey King, or the Journey to the West story, is used quote often. Goku for example is based off the Monkey King.

Hes an ancient legend, like Zeus is an ancient god. Just that hese Chinese so we in the west know very little about him because China doesn't like to share their culture very much.

I think he even started "the heroes journey" story plots.

[hehe]

Originally posted by Archmage MC:

I think he even started "the heroes journey" story plots.

i think odysseus was the one who started that archetype with his like ~30 year journey or however long it was lol

then again thats about all i remember from my english teacher like 6 years ago who also happened to be my friend's mom

[僕の名前 (仮)]

What's bad about 'rip off'? Entire gaming industry, film industry and artistic industry and architecture, military and civic technology is based upon that thrgought all history of humanity.

[hehe]

Originally posted by SomeGuy:

What's bad about 'rip off'? Entire gaming industry, film industry and artistic industry and architecture, military and civic technology is based upon that thrgought all history of humanity.

can confirm. movies nowadays follow either the same plot or are 100% based on a book with 6
30% of the details changed and +3 romantic elements in the movie which the books dont have.

[Paradox™]

Sun Wukong appeared in DotA 1 first, he was an easter egg and had to do a variety of stuff to make him show up. If anything, DotA should sue LOL for copying MK.

[Krpa]

Originally posted by SentienceLOL:

A monkey king with the same name, and basicly same skin has been in league of legends for ages, isnt this some sue dota 2 for copying a champ stuff?

Might as well call Zeus a ripoff as well. :P

[Dr. Sinclair]

i seen 2 heroes that looked exactly like jaina and illidan too, noone seems to complain

[Hunk]

Originally posted by Jail Bait:

Originally posted by Archmage MC:

I think he even started "the heroes journey" story plots.

i think odysseus was the one who started that archetype with his like ~30 year journey or however long it was lol

then again thats about all i remember from my english teacher like 6 years ago who also happened to be my friend's mom

20 years not 30 years

[Deepbluediver]

Originally posted by Jail Bait:

Originally posted by Archmage MC:

I think he even started "the heroes journey" story plots.

i think odysseus was the one who started that archetype with his like ~30 year journey or however long it was lol

then again thats about all i remember from my english teacher like 6 years ago who also happened to be my friend's mom

How far back to you want to go? The titular character in the Epic of Gligamesh goes on a long journey as well- this trope is as nearly as old as dirt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

[Cobretti]

Anyone from the UK, NZ & Australia that grew up in the 80's would have seen a dubbed version of the show that is based on the Monkey King legend and trust me, there is not a child from that era that didn't watch the show, it was brilliant.

[Failmore]

Originally posted by SentienceLOL:

A monkey king with the same name, and basicly same skin has been in league of legends for ages, isnt this some sue dota 2 for copying a champ stuff?

of course it isnt, its based on a chinese myth in every game and movie he is in....

[Karl Hungus]

Monkey king bar.

[Chikuwu]

Originally posted by Jail Bait:

Originally posted by SomeGuy:

What's bad about 'rip off'? Entire gaming industry, film industry and artistic industry and architecture, military and civic technology is based upon that thrgought all history of humanity.

can confirm. movies nowadays follow either the same plot or are 100% based on a book with 6
30% of the details changed and +3 romantic elements in the movie which the books dont have.

No, its not even "nowadays" If you lived back when first color TVs came up, everything is a copy of other.

When something succeeds and is generally known to work, it will be copied.

Most stuff we have nowadays (computing technology, radios, electricity, etc all is based on military technology.

Nokia developed the first touchscreen device in 1956. fun fact? :)

It was an Nokia Encryption computer based off of Finnish military tech. I happened to use and learn how to use one when i was there.