User blog comment:TheNurichu/IP sale/@comment-5266525-20120712144648

Why are a few people worked up about being able to buy power (runes) with an IP sale? Buying power means that you are able to use real cash in buying runes, which affect your chances of winning. But no matter how much the IP cost on those runes drop I'm still not going to be able to use money to buy them. Ergo, IP sales don't suddenly let you 'buy power'. And the OP didn't even say anything about sales for runes...

I'd love the idea of an IP sale myself. I still don't get why they are so much more expensive than most of the earlier champs. Not all the new ones are more fun to play than them, and even then fun is a matter of perspective.