Does anyone know why skeleton king was removed?

[Gank Police]

I've done some searching, seen a lot of answers, but no one seems to really know why skeleton king was replaced by shrek king. Does anyone know why he was removed?

[ナルゴ]

The chinese were spooked
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Low_Violence?cookieSetup=true

Also to avoid possible copyright disputes with Blizzard.

[Gank Police]

♥♥♥♥♥ u china

[Gank Police]

*fook you china

[Ninjabutter]

Copyright issues. He was almost a direct copy of the Diablo 3 Skeleton King. That was fine when Dota was still a port from another Blizzard game, but less fine when it became a Valve game.

[Gank Police]

really? I can't type f o o k?

[Gank Police]

Skeleton king in dota and diablo are entirely different. Blizzard doesn't own the term "Skeleton King"

[「Choobs」]

Something about video games in China not being able to show skeletons. Other games have modified models to meet this restriction such as League and WoW.

[Gank Police]

Damn, why couldn't they have made wraith king a china exclusive thang? ♥♥♥♥♥♥ valve.

[Ninjabutter]

Originally posted by SKELETON KING:

Skeleton king in dota and diablo are entirely different. Blizzard doesn't own the term "Skeleton King"

I'm sure you know more about it than Blizzard and Valve's IP lawyers. You should apply to them for a job.

[大きいチュングス]

Copyrights issues I believe.

[Gank Police]

♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ censoring system, GO ♥♥♥♥ YOURSELVES YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ VOLVO

[Gank Police]

Originally posted by Ninjabutter:

Originally posted by SKELETON KING:

Skeleton king in dota and diablo are entirely different. Blizzard doesn't own the term "Skeleton King"

I'm sure you know more about it than Blizzard and Valve's IP lawyers. You should apply to them for a job.

Lol, maybe

[Woody]

Originally posted by SKELETON KING:

♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ censoring system, GO ♥♥♥♥ YOURSELVES YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ VOLVO

Wow that was explosive.

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by SKELETON KING:

Skeleton king in dota and diablo are entirely different. Blizzard doesn't own the term "Skeleton King"

You are forgetting IP (Intellectual Property) claims to names and likeness/models. To be honest, it's kind of silly because there are only but so many possible models for a skeletal king.

[大きいチュングス]

Originally posted by SKELETON KING:

♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ censoring system, GO ♥♥♥♥ YOURSELVES YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ VOLVO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONN-0uoTHI