Find your IRL friends in League now

Riot·Apr 27, 2015·6 votes·395,952 views

The option to discover which of your Facebook friends play League too is now live in North America! Read on for how it works!

If you opt-in to the feature, you’ll start seeing friend suggestions near the bottom of your League friends list. From there, you can add your friend on League or just dismiss the notification. That’s literally the only thing this feature does. Here’s what needs to happen for you to see a friend recommendation:

Both you and the suggested friend have activated and approved this Facebook feature
You are already friends on Facebook
You aren’t yet friends on League
Neither you nor the suggested friend have previously dismissed the recommendation

When you open a recommendation, you’ll first see your friend by their Facebook icon, full name, and summoner name. If you and your Facebook friend both agree to be LoL friends, you’ll start to be identified by your summoner name and summoner icon (though we’ll pre-populate friends notes with your real name so you can remember who’s who). If you dismiss the recommendation, you won’t appear as a suggested friend for that player.

We’re not being obnoxious with this feature:

This feature will never post to your (or anyone else’s) Facebook Timeline
People who aren’t your Facebook friends will never see your name, profile picture or profile
Not a single byte of your Facebook data will be shared with strangers or other companies
This feature is, and always will be entirely optional
After approving the feature, you can turn it off at any time

If you’d like to know more, check out our FAQ page, or just ask your questions here!

942 Comments

RiotCapnBranFlakesApr 28, 2015861 votes

What if I have no friends? Amumu

XiaoLuoQiuApr 28, 2015275 votes

We will be friends then Annie

KillstradoApr 28, 2015326 votes

I can't find my kind on facebook Skarner

420 Singe ItApr 28, 2015482 votes

I can't find my friends either. Now that I think about it, I can't really find anything LeeSin

Aussie AioliApr 28, 2015111 votes

RekSai ...

Dr MedícApr 28, 2015258 votes

Still better for me than a voice chat feature Sona

JikoseiApr 28, 2015191 votes

Nautilus Maybe now I can find those assholes who abandoned me and left me for dead.

Trap House ScrimApr 28, 201569 votes

I think it's time for me to blow up my friend's inboxes again. Ziggs

ValdierApr 28, 201591 votes

I hope I am remembered... Yorick

IiodromeApr 29, 2015114 votes

you think that's bad? of the two friends i have that are still alive, one went insane and the other never leaves his lane to say hi Azir

VenDyerApr 29, 201565 votes

All my friends that poke me end up dying. Facebook isnt great :/ Singed

SluicewayApr 28, 201526 votes

I bet that stings, doesn't it?

boochaeone1Apr 28, 201516 votes

what if you don't have facebook?

JazzyforcefieldApr 28, 2015124 votes

Zilean All in good time.

odjfireballApr 28, 201524 votes

I'll eat you

Kha'Zix

Branflakes016Apr 28, 201532 votes

You stole my name.....

2ThirdsLegsLyonApr 28, 201541 votes

Obviously not since you're BranFlakes016

The names ChadApr 28, 201527 votes

according to you, your the 16th out of hundreds of branflakes.

VOXMANApr 28, 201570 votes

WHO NEEDS FRIENDS WHEN YOU HAVE VILLAINY?! Veigar

A Wild WynautApr 28, 201559 votes

You can have both! Lulu

AzureSpatulaApr 28, 201517 votes

Sounds like someone got the short end of the friendship stick.

GalaxyHanayoApr 29, 201551 votes

IS THAT A SHORT JOKE?

LjeytlApr 28, 201589 votes

Amumu is so lonely... Ahri wont charm you. Blitzcrank wont grab you. Chogath wont eat you. Zilean wont ult you. Sion ults just to get away from you. JarvanIV ults himself to stay away from you. Anivia uses her wall to keep you away.... And Leona looks at herself to blind herself so that she can pretend amumu isnt there... Its so sad :'(

LOLegitimateApr 28, 20159 votes

don't forget Vayne pushes Amumu away with Condemn

Gladius IurisApr 28, 201590 votes

Teemo self-cast blind dart

GhostWyrdApr 28, 2015204 votes

When every Facebook-linked feature seemingly wants to post to our FB, access our friends list, constantly harass with suggestions, and utilise our metrics data, I must say (as a cybersecurity specialist) that your stance of giving us a tool simply to add value to the community experience in League is both refreshing and commendable.

Well done, Riot. Kudos and thank you.

OzzyOzrockApr 28, 2015198 votes

"Mom? You play league!?" RekSai

allblacksApr 28, 2015141 votes

You discover your dad mains Sleigh Bell Katarina

Le MayoApr 28, 201568 votes

not my dad anymore

Sergant KeroroApr 28, 201543 votes

ur NOT my dad summoner 6

GetToTheLanternApr 28, 201575 votes

Then you check her rankings and she's a Korean challenger.

cmönßruhApr 28, 2015133 votes

RIP wallet... oh wait, this is free?

Hugr Avatar IrohApr 28, 201594 votes

The unseen block is the deadliest Zed

Ninjacat990Apr 28, 201582 votes

yay, a new great way to burn my friendships IRL to the ground

thanks rito :P

K RIDE5Apr 28, 201516 votes

wurf

Legen Wait 4 ItApr 28, 201577 votes

The Turkey server is like a lab rat.

Mateus MDApr 28, 201511 votes

"lab of rats" FTFY

2ThirdsLegsLyonApr 28, 201574 votes

*Lab of turkeys

ZombieNinja WarApr 28, 201552 votes

TY riot for letting everyone know straight up that you wont share info and all that. i get tired of companies just avoiding things like that. so thanks for just saying it.

VnStrikerApr 28, 201520 votes

I killed all my friends....

coeurloyalApr 28, 2015179 votes

Well if you got a penta it's probably worth

PlayingHookieApr 28, 201522 votes

You sir just won the internet

KingRenagadeApr 28, 201511 votes

I dont know why they just dont do what everyone wants,why don't they add a voice chat option to leauge?

KevGatzApr 28, 201588 votes

You seem to have a distorted view of "everyone" in regards to this topic.

OrosanApr 28, 2015106 votes

i would rather not listen to a random bunch of 12 year olds flaming eachother and fucking eachothers mothers every single game, if i wanted that i would go listen to justin biebers full album.

CrusaderingApr 28, 201516 votes

dota 2 has a voice feature and when i used to play it, and was still a noob at it, i actually had some really mature people talk and help me through it, was really good, who says league wouldn't be the same?

2ThirdsLegsLyonApr 28, 201554 votes

Because this is League, not DotA. There are about 7 times more players in League, and in case you haven't noticed, the community isn't all that "welcoming". That's probably due to the fact that there are more players, of course, so there are more toxic ones too, but when almost every game has one you know that there's something wrong.

PLUS THERE'S CURSE VOICE PEOPLE!!!! HOW THE FLIP DO YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS YET?!! Do you live under rocks or something?!! Malphite

TickleMyTwinkApr 28, 201518 votes

Well, I'm sure that if a Voice Chat would be put in place those who are being bullied might be protected by the others in the chat, and can be recorded for even more strict punishments.