Wanting to do something special for an awesome friend. Riot, please help? <3

Postmaster Zack·2/18/2015, 1:38:22 PM·614 votes·78,108 views

I'll start this off by talking about my friend, rather than asking for ideas on how to celebrate their wonderfulness. So I have this friend named Kenny. He's always been nice, but today, I noticed just how amazing he is. When a new skin comes out, and if I mention I might get it, or that I think it's awesome and can't afford it, etc., I will often find that Kenneth has gifted me whatever object it was I wanted. I have rarely ever asked him to, and often times I precursor me talking about a cool new skin with "Please don't buy it for me," usually followed by a reason such as "I don't play the champion, so it would be a waste." Here's looking at you, Mecha Malphite. And Project Yasuo. And that new Soraka skin... And Sweetheart Annie... Truly, the list goes on.

Kenny is a giver. And this isn't just with me. I have other friends, and so does Kenny, and he just likes to give and give. To pretty much everyone. He put $100 on his account in Riot Points back when they did the double bonus RP (Giving him 17,000 RP). He spent more than half of this money people besides himself, and doesn't regret it. He actually will buy those mystery gifts for random people at the end of a game, if they say they are having a bad day on League, etc. I've seen him do it. He does plan to one day own every skin that is purchasable, but it's rare that he buys things for himself. And usually when he does, it's a name change to something he thinks would be funny. Most recently, he bought a name change to become HurrDurrHurr, to accompany me in my new name of DurrHurrDurr. Things like this set him back from his goal.

Why? Because Kenny is a giver. But yesterday, I put some RP on my account, and I thought of my friend Kenny. I know he loves to play Nautilus, and is trying to carry himself out of his current level of ELO Hell (Silver II) by jungling himself up to Gold. I asked him off-hand what he thought of the new Nautilus skin, and found out he absolutely loves it. He told me he'd be right back - that he was going to get his credit card. Before he returned, I had already gifted him this new Nautilus skin. How did Kenny react? He cried. This man who has spent hundreds of dollars of his own money, making sure the people he knows online have all the skins and ward skins and other cool League-related stuff that they want, rather than buying things for himself to progress his own goal, was crying on Skype and thanking me repeatedly for my act of kindness.

I asked myself why, and I know it's because Kenny is a giver. I was planning on saving up the rest of my RP to get DJ Sona upon release, but I don't feel it's truly that important (I can always buy more RP later, after all. I have money of my own). And instead, I wanted to get ideas and maybe some help from Riot in doing something more special than simply mystery gifting my friend Kenny.

League is something we both hold dear, and though Kenny may rage at times (As we are all prone to), it's his first love. He lives in a trailer, goes to work every day (He's a land surveyor, which I think is pretty cool), and League is pretty much the only reason this guy pays for internet. He loves to give to his internet friends, and I know he loves those stories you sometimes see (Such as, super nice guy in the community loses his job; everyone gets together, buys him a new car in full, and then give him cash to help him get through a hard time and stuff). He loves that there are people out there that perfect random acts of kindness and that kind of stuff. I want to give him that kind of experience, even if it's small.

This is where I ask for your help, Riot. Would it be at all possible for me to have someone from Riot give Kenny mystery gifts? I would be more than happy to have the RP deducted from my account, but I think it would be absolutely amazing for him to get some mystery gifts from Riot itself, or from the LCS casters and the like (He loves watching the LCS, and Kobe is his favorite caster - So this would be even more huge if it's possible). This idea mostly popped into my head because of the mystery gifts we all received for good behavior this past year, but I would love other ideas if they are out there. I just want my friend to have something special, because I feel he honestly deserves it.

I look at my gifting history, and seriously, 18 of the last 25 items I have given or received are from him, to me. He gets things for our other friend, Kyle. He bought my girlfriend a mystery skin when she was sick. He gets mystery skins for his other friends for almost no reason, and he buys us full-priced skins just because we like them. I desperately want to be able to give back to him, even on the small scale, what he gives out on the large scale.

I am willing to spend up to $50 on being able to make this work. It's really all I can part with at the moment. So Rioters, if there's anything that we can do that will fit into that budget, let me know, and I will get the money on there. I have 1653 RP on my account already, as well. I implore you, help me do something special for my friend. :D

220 Comments

It Hertz When IP2/18/2015, 5:27:18 PM149 votes

I can't deal with this touchy-feely crap, I have to deal with the invisible ninjas that just started chopping onions in here.

Sir Frosthaven2/19/2015, 9:52:22 PM123 votes

So this was... touching. I always want to just hug friends like you describe when I run across them in game. True kindness from a selfless place is rare in the world. Very very rare. Your friend is who we should all aspire to be like.

Your friend should check their account.

Also, thank you for sharing this story! This is why I love being a part of the league of legends community!

Sooko2/18/2015, 6:29:33 PM60 votes

#GiveKennyaSkin2015

Streaky2/18/2015, 5:11:28 PM60 votes

The boards gives us such a distorted view of the League community (It's mainly filled with people here to complain). It's nice to have this as a great representation of what most of the community looks like - Caring supportive people who just love to play this game with their friends.

MauFromSwe2/19/2015, 11:09:01 AM29 votes

I think that Kenny can make his own skin, just like medival twitch and grey warwick. And the way you can unlock the skin Kenny made is by gifting people multiple times. Then Kenny could get what he want in a skin and other players could too :D Pls rito notice Kenny, Riot Frosthaven, pls?

trexmixG2/18/2015, 4:46:38 PM25 votes

whats his summoner name at the moment? id love to mystery gift him something myself.

the league community needs more people like this.

Postmaster Zack2/20/2015, 7:31:13 AM16 votes

I would love to give a huge thank you to everyone who supported me in this undertaking. I was not expecting this thread to get anywhere near as much traction as it did, but it certainly highlights the positive side of our community. Kenny came home from work this evening to find the efforts of many of you. The effort of multiple Rioters, who I believe would not like if I disclosed exact details of what happened. The efforts of many of you to get Riot to see this thread, and support it with thumbs-up votes, as well as your supportive comments. The efforts of myself, as well. He didn't think he was worth it, but I disagree, and it seems a great deal of you agree with me in this discussion.

I was very touched, and so was he, that so many of you were willing to help in so many ways. From a simple upvote on the forum, to someone posting this topic to reddit and bringing in much more attention, and also the many offers of mystery gifts and the like, as well as being willing to help Kenny get better at League or carry him out of Silver. It isn't something that will be forgotten by either of us.

I did not come into this with the intention of getting anything for free, which most of you also believed. I stated right from the very beginning that I was willing to pay the fair price for any and all gifts that would be sent Kenny's way. For me, the experience of this was enough. However, some of you still chose to express your heartfelt admiration for him in ways that I did not expect, and I speak for both of us when I say we are overwhelmed by the sincerity of your support.

Again, Kenny and myself both really wish to convey our mutual thanks to you for coming through and helping me with this. It's an experience we won't forget, and we hope to reciprocate in the future. Please let either of us know if there's anything we can do for you.

Thank you, Riot. Thank you, League of Legends Community.

Much love from us both, Zack F "DurrHurrDurr" Kenny H "HurrDurrHurr"

The Legend Momo2/18/2015, 7:08:33 PM15 votes

Don't reveal his IGN, because while some people might indeed mystery gift him, i know for a fact some people might add him just for the chance of being gifted.

FyreNinja2/18/2015, 3:24:54 PM13 votes

Wow, that was really touching and inspiring. Thanks for sharing! Bump for Riot post

LegacyDAP2/19/2015, 5:01:20 AM11 votes

Riot should make Kenny his own skin! It will be a skin, so that us as a community remember how we should all treat each other! #GiveKennyASkin2K15

2pudge1cup2/18/2015, 9:24:04 PM10 votes

kyle and kenny...

well played

surprised there's no eric, assuming you're stan

ImPissedAtWoW2/18/2015, 11:22:33 PM9 votes

I know people like this. One of them is a friend of mine who also happens to be named Kenny. Im in for helping out too. #GiveKennyASkin #LetKennyDesignASkin

thetamer112/19/2015, 11:52:01 AM8 votes

Hey how's this for an idea, how bout we get a bunch of people from the community to mystery gift him? I would be in.

Cryptid Kid2/18/2015, 4:48:37 PM8 votes

I like nice people.

Mobí2/18/2015, 8:18:27 PM7 votes

Logged in to upvote this. Kenny sounds like a truly amazing person, if I wasn't as poor as I was, I would definitely gift him myself. But how are you certain he doesn't check the forums and already knows what you're planning?

Griefer2/18/2015, 7:52:27 PM7 votes

Honored for friendliness.

wa1fu2/19/2015, 10:49:44 PM6 votes

I want to draw him naked while he's laying down on a mountain with a sunset behind him.

Sirhaian2/20/2015, 2:11:25 PM5 votes

Hi DurrHurrDurr! :) Really touching story, loved it. If I were in NA, I'd send a gift direclty.

But there's something bothering me, and maybe you can help me. There's this reddit thread going on right now: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2whw78/hi_im_the_man_that_wanted_to_do_something_special/

Can you confirm that this isn't a fraud and that this is YOU? If yes, that'd be great. If not, then Riot might want to sanction some people out there.

xZabaksx2/19/2015, 5:40:37 AM5 votes

i think its a lieAmumu

we got aced2/19/2015, 1:43:58 PM4 votes

Wow, this guy is really a nice friend. this guy is a very selfless guy, the lol community need this guy to teach them a lesson.

Drunk Rummate2/18/2015, 3:45:51 PM4 votes

Really cool story friend. You have my upvote, I hope someone from Riot sees this and helps you out!

Adeyemon2/18/2015, 10:00:20 PM4 votes

Every time I want to rage and QQ I will think of Kenny... Thank you for the story and I will up vote for your cause. I wish I could do more, good luck with your quest.

Nagirah2/18/2015, 5:24:37 PM4 votes

Let's get this thread upvoted, that guy definetly deserves it.

Dilitra2/20/2015, 5:20:19 PM1 votes

Please tell me you got to hear his reaction on Skype or something :)

Techsaur2/18/2015, 10:12:29 PM1 votes

inb4 it's the same person trying to get free skins?