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End of game gifting is here!

Riot··1 votes·83,361 views

We’ve all had those epic League games that burn into our frontal lobes. Your mid laner xPekes the Nexus to win your last promo game. The enemy top laner manages to hold back your challenger tier Jax. Your plat ranked teammate gives you tips on how to improve instead of raging when you fall behind. In these games, “GG” just isn’t enough.

So, our yordle scientists have developed a new feature called end of game gifting. Now, players can show their appreciation by sending mystery gifts from the post-game lobby. Here are the details:

  •  You do NOT have to be friends to send a gift
  • You can send gifts to players on both teams
  • You can send Mystery Skins, Mystery Champions, or a skin for the champion they just played.
  • Prices are the same as in the store
  • Other gifting restrictions apply.  You must be level 15 to send, level 5 to receive, and can only send or receive up to five gifts each day (For example, sending three mystery gifts from the store and two from the end of game hits your limit)
  • Available in all queues except for custom games

Whether you want to acknowledge a friendly player on the enemy team or reward a teammate who earned their first Pentakill, you can show your appreciation with a gift at the end of the game!

225 Comments

Final GirI91 votes

It is a really nice idea. The sentiment of it is really good. I just don't see anyone actually using it. I don't think people are willing to spend actual supplemental dollars on strangers they don't know.

Codex Gigas16 votes

Man, I barely spend them on my friends, fuck strangers.

SonofBeast7 votes

One of the first skins I ever received was from a stranger after a normal game that I played well. The guy added me, gifted me, and disappeared. I'm sure it happens.

Thryale36 votes

you'd be surprised.

When my brother started playing league less than a year ago, he got a random friend invite from a guy that took a liking to him (what he liked about my brother, I'll never know XD) This said friend went on and bought my brother not just the champ khazix, but also the mecha zix skin, and 2 or 3 skins for other champs as well.

I was like, O.o wut?

FreddyWop8 votes

I wrote get me Mighty Jax pls in my league status and a guy had some rp left and got me it and I Was like THANK YOU SIR!

Squeaky Dreemurr24 votes

I once had a team mate that told me it was impossible to beat DrMundo top with AD Bruiser Katarina. He sent me a mystery gift after I went 8 and 0 with double Mundo's farm.

From my own experience, this actually happens.

I Main Swain17 votes

my friend told me about his match that got him out of bronze. he had this zed mid and yasuo top who said they were duo q diamond smurfs, and naturally he didn't believe them. the other 2 players went afk and he was ready to ff but they said "naw man, we told you were are plat smurfs. just don't feed and we'll carry this". they proceeded to 2v5 the game, all the while all chatting "we're getting this poor scrub to silver". they won, and he was only able to gift 1 because the other never accepted his friend request.

Lanatir105 votes

It seems to me that this would be a great feature for streamers who want to have giveaways as part of a play-with-viewers game. They could pick an MVP or just give something to all their teammates.

honorspell22 votes

you sir just came up with the best idea.

The Mormonator1 votes

It would be better if it applied to custom games...but it doesn't ;_;

Rock Rockburgh2 votes

Why would this matter? Anyone you're in a custom game with, you've got their name anyway. Just add them as a friend after the game and send them a thing.

Yosheë3 votes

If you play a custom and add them as a friend, you have to wait two weeks to send them anything. Hopefully the streamer doesn't forget in that case.

Gnarnia9 votes

One time a random solo Q guy gave me a 10 dollar RP code.

I was playing as Hecarim without a skin, and I jokingly said if I carry someone should give me a Hec skin. This guy tells me he will give me a code for Headless Hec. I end up carrying, but the guy says he can't find the code and he feels really bad, and that in 2 days he will buy me RP from the store, and yup., he actually did it.

Icallhacks5 votes

There are people who participate in tournaments and win excessive amounts of RP. At one point in time, I had 10k RP that I didn't spend a single dollar on, and would have happily gifted somebody that had a good attitude and played well on my team, because the 500 RP meant nothing to me.

ATeemoMushroom8 votes

I posted several months ago that I was frustrated that I had to wait 2 weeks before gifting someone who played exceptionally well in solo queue. As someone that's not naturally talented at the game and has to struggle to work my way out of the bowels of the ELO system, it's refreshing when a player has a great attitude, focuses objectives, and uses teamwork (rather than someone telling me to f*** myself when I ask them to buy boots 35 minutes into the game). I'd like to reward that type of play and I know that positive reinforcement is more effective than a reporting/punishing system.

VVry49 votes

I could have used this around Ascension time. There was this wonderful Leblanc , and we'd held Ascension and the lead all game. In the last ten seconds, the enemy team rushed Xerath to try and ensure that we couldn't get the icon, and Leblanc just burst in there out of nowhere, when we were sure to lose it, comboed, and we got our Perfect. I was roaring and dancing, and would certainly have used this feature to gift her. Turns out she already had the Perfect icon, she'd just wanted to make sure that the rest of us would get it too. It's that kind of player, polite and powerful and kind, that deserves this feature. Badly.

GhastlyGhoulMan25 votes

It's the feature she deserved, but not the one she needed.

Allan Enraged32 votes

I don't think people realize this is actually a psychological tool designed to lessen toxicity in the game. "I want something, if i act a certain way i am more likely to receive something." Interesting for Riot to implement a tool designed for players to become less toxic through greed. While rewarding other players who enjoy giving gifts. Well played Rito. Well played.

honorspell6 votes

huh, never thought about it like that, thanks rito.

TheWorstAtLoL7 votes

Its quite genius. Because humans are afterall incredibly greedy

HEISEN8ERG28 votes

Let the bribing games begin

Hurt18 votes

"Your mid laner xPekes the Nexus to win your last promo game." lmao

Thryale4 votes

well, I had an xpeke in a normals match not too long ago. I was top swain, and my brother was jungle vi. 57 min later, I engage a 4v5 and let my brother xpeke for the win. XD it was awesome.

Raveion17 votes

Now I just have to impress rich people in game :D

l Poro l13 votes

[20:09]l Poro l(Ezreal)(0/8/0): Can you guys surrender plz? I'll buy all of you a skin :D

rutalkin2me4 votes

Really?!? Kind of a pathetic plea. What you're saying is I suck so let me win. And you think that would work? That's so sad...

l Poro l3 votes

:3 Joke anyway

Nudz13 votes

LET THE ASS-KISSING BEGIN

How Do You Meta4 votes

Ahri Ashe Soraka Syndra Karma Katarina Leblanc Annie Cassiopeia Ezreal Fiora Janna Irelia MissFortune Morgana Nami Nidalee Sona Zyra

Kampsycho8 votes

but Ezreal is male...right...? Oh and you forgot other females too like Kalista

honorspell3 votes

and Anivia

Ligerzz9 votes

and Akali and Lux Geez do you know how many female champs are on this game?

Cryoskeleton7 votes

ive been so nice and gifted alot of people and they dont gift back ): thats what i get for being overly nice ..item 3070

blarrick20 votes

gifting is about giving, not receiving

Renn225 votes

Riot honestly, Who in their right mind would gift someone else that they don't even know. Some people don't even have enough money to get good skins themselves

DatPikachuTho12 votes

If you don't have the money for it, don't buy it. Problem solved.

Tsunday22 votes

Some people don't have enough to get themselves good skins, and others do. As of right now I have 122 skins. I currently own 4/16 1820RP skins (4/12 if you only include champions owned), most of my skins are 975 skins, and I own every skin for about half a dozen champions. I don't really need anymore skins, in fact most of the time nowadays I buy skins for whichever ADC my friend lanes as with me.

If you and me kick butt in botlane and you're playing Vayne without a skin you can expect that next game you'll be kicking A with a new skin on your Vayne.

Skins are fun, imo, and I enjoyed playing with you. I have the extra money, and you're right some people don't. If you're making this game enjoyable for me I always have RP at the end of the game (in case I'm playing a champion and realize I want a specific skin for them while in champ select) and I have no problem throwing a gift your way.

I'd like to claim I'm right in the mind, I just have a different situation than you and so the money isn't a big deal to me.

Syphrean6 votes

I see it more as I enjoy the game. I quit WoW for LoL some time ago. I would be using money for a subscription now I use it for skins. I love the idea of promoting positive play and plan to use the feature. Makes sense to me as well.

blarrick9 votes

beware the random friend requests from ADCs wanting a free skin

Kãtãrinã4 votes

As of right now i own every champion/every rune, and i have 528 skins and i'm waiting to buy the new ones. I've played for about 2 years now. Sometimes when i feel generous i randomly gift my friends or if it is there birthday or something. i literally can't buy skins until they come out with new ones or bring season 2 and before skins. (Example: CS Riven, Silver Kayle) So yes i will more then gladly use this feature if i feel you deserve it.

Mattematticz5 votes

I'll be shocked if one person actually uses this.

cody dong18 votes

Get ready to be shocked then.

UFO Colki4 votes

i can just see it

gift or afk

gift or feed

gift no promo for you bud

gluck on this

Emerald Unicorn9 votes

Well... gifts are post game... so if someone said that I would be like "Ok, fine, I will gift you something" And then just not do it...

JBRIgyhsCN1 votes

Why on earth would I ever give a stranger a gift over my friends? I don't like people in League, and I would never give another person free stuff unless I knew them.

That's just another useless portion of the client.

Primadonna11 votes

I disagree. I'm not someone who is made of money, but if someone in the game I played in carried or was a great lane partner, I wouldn't be totally against gifting them a mystery skin or something. It's all about perspective, some people are simply just more lenient with their RP than others.

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