Famileague: A Documentary

Riot·12/25/2015, 5:26:20 PM·2 votes·19,834 views

Ever wonder what it would be like to play League with your Mom?

We followed four Leagueloving families to see what’s it like when losing can get you grounded and feeding puts you on dish duty.

Famileague profiles four families and the many ways League brings them together. From a Pentakilling Pastor who duos with his son in Florida to a Streamer who cosplays with his Mom in California, League is quality bonding time for these families.

So check it out here or in the YouTube player embedded above, and if you have your own stories about playing League with your family, share 'em in the comments!

53 Comments

Rhiarth12/26/2015, 6:28:41 PM13 votes

I play with my oldest son, my cousins, and occassionally my wife (she can play some nice Ashe when I support dat). I play Minecraft with all three of my boys. We use comparisons between video games and real life to improve lesson learning, like staying away from cliffs while mountain climbing, never roaming the jungle alone as a squishy (take a brother or friend with you when you go some place), or that the game is not about kills, it is about objectives (work together to accomplish things instead of seeking your own glory). My mom was very much anti-gaming (back in the 80s and 90s), but my dad sometimes plays Minecraft now, it gives him an opportunity to talk about computer programming with my son.

For those parents who are anti-gaming, read the following article: http://www.youthdigital.com/blog/6-surprising-benefits-of-playing-video-games

The blog also has many other interesting articles on other benefits of learning tech skills and gaming for kids. Yes, they are selling their programming and gaming development classes, but they site serious psych and sociology research. Plus, their courses are legit, my 8 year old can program servers in Java and develop his own 3d movies. Video games have my kids asking to stay up late to do school work (we homeschool using computer based curriculum). Game on dudes (and dudettes)!

Cripple Oracle12/26/2015, 4:18:08 PM9 votes

I wish this was my life.

bastifish12/26/2015, 11:43:48 PM6 votes

My and my older cousin have nothing in common. Just found out he is into league and now we spend time bonding over league all the time

Demosthentine12/26/2015, 6:32:11 PM6 votes

This is Brisingr25 (Noah.) Ask me anything!

brimart12/27/2015, 9:10:05 AM5 votes

Wow, Riot. You guys have created a lot of content that makes me say, "Awesome," or "I can't wait." But this is the first time you have created something that made me truly say, "Wow." I am so impressed by how you focused on the community and their families and how League has brought them together. It would have been so easy to ignore these people and create some fantastic animation for the next champion's new build or some other essentially meaningless thing. Instead, you used your time and resources to highlight something I believe a lot of people will see as meaningful and important. Kudos to you Riot, I tip my item 3089 .

SoryInAdvance12/26/2015, 7:05:23 PM5 votes

This is the only church i would ever go to, lol. More churches need to be cool like this. I need to get my family to play this with me, too.

BladeSingularity12/27/2015, 3:27:42 PM4 votes

My parents do not like that I play video games, and my younger sister used to like playing video games with me, but no longer does. I LOVE League of Legends, and would like to at least get my family to try it. I managed to get my cousin to start the game, and it felt amazing that I had a family member playing with me. But my family probably won't just agree to a game. Any suggestions for introducing the game to them? I'd really like to just sit down and play a game with them like the families in the video, but I'd need nothing short of a miracle for that. So does anyone have a good idea? Thank you!

P.S. to the people in the video - Thank you for sharing this. It was a wonderful story to hear.

BOB0 FETT12/26/2015, 8:25:14 PM4 votes

My dad, TOMXBAKER and I play together all the time, it's a blast! I wish more people had that kind of family support. Definitely makes the game more fun!

Doujins12/26/2015, 6:38:03 PM4 votes

All these people playing on their laptops. I feel bad for them

How Do You Meta12/26/2015, 5:19:14 PM4 votes

I always thought family league of legends games would result in manslaughter.

The MYND12/26/2015, 8:22:36 PM4 votes

#FEELS. Started playing with my cousin recently and it has made the game a whole new level of fun. Thank you riot.

Blupor12/26/2015, 7:39:48 PM3 votes

BeachGrill's son Blupor from the video here - if you have any questions about what it's like playing League with family, AMA!

WarchfGinger12/26/2015, 5:24:37 PM2 votes

I play with my sister's boyfriend from time to time

Fowus12/26/2015, 6:40:30 PM2 votes

wish my family supported gaming

potatoandcup12/27/2015, 9:38:55 PM2 votes

I tried getting my sister into League. She told me to go fuck myself and went back to watching anime. I love bonding :).

Masachere12/29/2015, 9:54:01 PM2 votes

Is the next documentary going to be about how many friendships league has ruined?

haechee12/30/2015, 3:46:57 AM2 votes

WOW, all this time I thought my family was WEIRD. Nice to know there are other gaming families out there.

I am the Mom, and my husband and I play with all 3 of our kids (9-7-6 years old). Our living room is a giant LAN party. Husband and I grew up as gamers, and now that we have kids we wouldn't want to stop. It's nice to have a game like League that works for all of us. My kids even save up their allowances for skins.

DoctorWolf1812/31/2015, 1:18:59 AM2 votes

Oh League brings family together my ass.

Mimy12/26/2015, 5:23:26 PM2 votes

I tried to get my dad to play. He plays other games but me and him would just be goofballs in bronze together.

darknuke1/5/2016, 9:02:30 PM1 votes

Wow that was awesome. Great job Rito!

JohnnyNoxid1/5/2016, 7:22:42 PM1 votes

I wish I had this.

Soralia12/28/2015, 12:15:56 AM1 votes

I got two of my friends into it ^-^ One of my closest friends (AquaShadowDragon), used to play this game that now seems like a complete copy of League of Legends, just on devices, called Heroes of Order and Chaos. That game pretty much got ruined after a year. They added too many things and all it does is crash and lag all the time.

Chesha12/29/2015, 3:04:58 AM1 votes

I'm the oldest of four, and I play with my three younger siblings on ARAM (we're 22, 20, 18, and 14). Then the older two and I play SR with friends. It's awesome playing with them, I'm glad we get along so well. We also have some inside League jokes. "It was the power of friendship" I think is my favorite one. Fun times :)

Draven UrAdopted12/31/2015, 12:21:20 AM1 votes

I freaking wish! lol. But yeah, great post Riot! Keep up the good work, maybe one day my parent will accept and understand league. instead of yelling and screaming and not getting that i cant leave in the middle of the game because theres one little crum on the carpet that I need to vacuum. One day! Darius Maybe they can play with me and my op champs :) lol. Again great post Riot keep up the good work and the champion nerfing!