Hey all: Riot Swimbananas here. Taking over top comment for a sec. I’m the influencer strategist who worked on this. Let me clarify.
I want to confirm that this 100% has nothing to do with the Jinx skin and not in any way tied to any promotion of it. Every year we do an internal activity called “Rioter Raiding Parties” where we find streamers of all sizes (but mostly small) to take Rioters to. We have been doing these raids for the past 8 years or so, we just don’t really advertise it.
During these “raids” we encourage Rioters to give those streamers part of their employee stipends to the streamers to celebrate, thank them for playing, and spread some holiday cheer. How much every rioter gives is 100% up to them, but most give about 100-1000 of their game stipends per person. I also act as the “Riot Games” account, give out some gift subs to the streamers community, and chat as Riot to make sure the streamer knows it’s not fake.
We did our annual internal event this Tuesday and gave gifts to streamers of many sizes. Some were looking for their first 100 followers, some more established like you have been seeing online. We also hit streamers of all our games, not just league. In this case, some of the more established league streamers chose to post about it, and it’s gotten some social traction. The timing sadly of this with the Jinx skin was 100% accidental on my part when I planned the date for this event.
Hopefully this helps clarify ❤️ ❤️
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