This really saddens me. LoL is a game that will forever connect me to some of my best friends, I played hundreds if not thousands of hours, even through I have not played nearly as much over recent years. We even did go to public viewing of the world's finals.
If they force this on us, then it will mean that my last game of lol was played months ago.
The Internet would not collapse without images. Usability would be bad in many cases, but it would still work. Now imagine your clients don't know the time and cannot verify if a certificate is still valid?