I work nights, finish at 6am, so I often play until like 10/11am. Mostly swifts since I’m too tired for ranked and not yet met a single one sadly. Will not give up:))
@@Krissi2008However, it doesn't mean that if you find a riot employee you will get one. I've already gotten a lot of them in my circles (on eu) and they don't just give it out. There are much more effective ways than just playing and hoping to find one. I also got mine completely differently.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone getting a riot buddy for being good at the game. Easiest way is being a content creator, but I got mine just by being nice in games! I had a teammate who was throwing but stayed positive, and at the end of the game one of my teammates just said “enjoy your riot buddies” to me and another teammate for lifting everyone up! Super awesome stuff; its nice that they reward people for spreading positivity in their game.
I met a riot employee at subway. His son went to my school and as he walked out he had a riot hat on I was like do you play valorant? he was like I work there. I was like dude thats awesome can I have riot buddy he was like sure let me see what I can do. ( I was banned at the time for a year btw) He gave me riot buddy and 2500 vp. I got my acc back in december and it had it and I was so happy.
I got my riot buddy in the silliest way possible I was legit playing fortnite and he was a nice guy so I added him then at one point I brought up valorant and he's like oh I work for riot games I can give u a riot gun buddy and 3k Val credits and he did lol so by playing fortnite I earned the ion vandal and the riot gun buddy
It seems scarce with Rioters on EU, at least from my experience. The first time I met one though was a pretty bad experience, still remember it pretty clearly, was on icebox and he gave our sage a riot buddy because she sounded cute. The other time were a duo of Rioters. They were pretty chill and down to earth. We were playing on Breeze and the enemy team got toxic and hostile towards them though for no reason - still, they were composed and deflected it in a pretty amusing way. Wish I had the chance to play with them, they seemed nice.
My crazy experience in getting a Riot gunbuddy was randomly moshing with someone with a Sentinels jersey and they happened to be a Rioter. Same mains as well.
You can also queue on the Sydney servers, there's a studio there who were bought by Riot last year. You don't need to top frag and you don't need to win. You need to be a good team mate and friendly - the kind of player that would be a pleasure to play with. Many rioters don't have RIOT prefixes on their names, and will only give out gun buddies if they're sure you're not just acting nice in order to receive a buddy. The purpose of the riot gun buddies is to reward the behaviour they like to see in Valorant. So being friendly and a good team mate (and being lucky) is the best way to get it.
Me and my friend got ours for helping a noob in the game, cheering him on when he got kills. Turns out the other two people on our team were rioters and we had no idea until we got the buddies. It definitely made me more invested in the game when positivity was rewarded so unexpectedly.
Great video :) I got a riot buddy a while ago (probaly about a year ago now) I have qued 2 devs since i have gotten the buddy and qued another (the game i got the buddy) Not to sure when I qued them but they didn't tell me they gave me one ahaha, its a shame i would of liked to say thank you but I just looked in my buddys one day and it was there no idea which dev gave it to me (and I was qued on london servers about silver-gold elo)
I’ve seen a lot of trolls, and toxic people who own the riot gun buddy, so at this point it feels like toxic people only owns it. I had a sexist guy on my team that started calling me slurs, and sexualizing me after he found out I was a girl, and I kept on ignoring on his flirty comments. He showed me a gun buddy at the end saying because he has the riot gun buddy he can do whatever he wants and not get banned. I met a riot dev in a game later that week and asked if thats true, and thankfully it wasnt, but at the same time once a riot buddy is given it can never be taken back.
This is terrible, I’ve seen some similar stuff and I’m sorry it happened to you. Unfortunately sometimes people buy accounts or get and inflated ego when they receive the buddy.
If that happens clip them if you can and create a ticket on the riot website and link the clips. This work way, wayyyy more than just an ingame report and they will get a punishment
I've met a riot dev i wasn't so sure that he was one but then i asked him what he did i forgot what he did and privacy reasons he was chill and i was so excited to the point where i asked for it and i don't have it I'd tried my hardest to get, that is my goal in Valorant (TIP DONT ASK FOR IT because they wont give it to you) thats was my exprience wit ha riot dev in OCE servers
I got my Riot Gun Buddy playing TFT with a dev. I asked for an internship and a gun buddy and he told me he cant give me an internship but he can give me a gun buddy LMAO. They don't even play valo is the funny part.
I met a dev friended him (without knowing it was a dev) joined his discord server played on his minecraft server with his friends and I still hang out with him and others from that discord server to this day
I was in a swiftplay and the riot dev said whoever gets 3 knife kills first gets it. I thought it was a prank like a fake dev but the whole team was participating so I did and I ended up getting it :P
Im not kidding when I say this but back in 2022 I got into an unrated game with a 4 stack, 3 of them were girls and one of them was a guy and all 4 had riot buddies (All of them had their names hidden & after the game I checked their names, and the guy had riot in it) . Im not going to assume, but at the same time I'm going to assume. But all I remember were that all three of the girls were so toxic so I think we got a riot simp.
They can send it to you as long as they have your riot id, the dev I met friended me so he could see mine, but you could also receive one if the dev knew your id.
Do they check your account to see if you have any previous comm bans or anything ? Because my friend has a riot buddy and he says the most heinous things to people lmao idk how he got one he must have just been lucky
People in Mumbai server: no buddies for us 😢 (reason being no riot employees play in the Mumbai server, i think Mumbai is one of the biggest server in valorant behind eu,na,au ect
You dont need to get it ingame. The VAL discord has a bunch of devs if you just scroll down in the roles a bit. Thats how I got my buddy, I gave them feedback on a map to someone who designed them and they asked my for my riot id.
Ive run into a few that have the riot in the #Na1 so like "UserName#Riot" so you dont see riot when you just look at the name but it helps that I play with a rioter to point things like that out :P
i have gun buddy its simple just go to church and hope you meet someone who works on valorant then ask for a few games and they will then most likely give you buddy 99% success rate
ideally topfrag? ok,then i make a lot of exitfrags, big impact,good for scoreboard... not frags makes you better. with that logic gl to topfrag as initiator,or smoker,at evry single time.
This is why being nice ALWAYS pays off. It would have been nice if i got a riot employee in a recent game where i had my ace stolen and i was SOOOOOO chill about it. It was pistol round and i was destroying the other team, and then i got my ace taken by my teammate and the enemy team was texting likw "bro, stolen ace, wtf," etc. and i just texted "i dont mind. It still made me happy to catch the 4k :)" i was also complimenting the other teams gun skins and stuff like that. However, I'm not gonna say that i deserve a reward just for doing something that i should always be doing😅
Can someone help me does It matter what server I play on because unfortunately I live In Sweden and playing on Stockholm servers does that mean i have to switch servers to be able to get riot employee's In my game pls help😅
I don’t get this obsession with the riot gun buddy it’s not cool at all it’s just their logo as a gun buddy it’s not cool at all lmao I don’t get why you guy even try to get it if you try to get it your clearly not meant to have it that’s the whole reason on why it’s even a obsession 😭
For EU people, queue Swiftplay on London servers early in the day (8am to around 11am) have seen loads of Rioters at this time.
played swiftplay on London since it came out and more on unrated for like two years. never met one that I know of
I work nights, finish at 6am, so I often play until like 10/11am. Mostly swifts since I’m too tired for ranked and not yet met a single one sadly. Will not give up:))
@@Krissi2008However, it doesn't mean that if you find a riot employee you will get one. I've already gotten a lot of them in my circles (on eu) and they don't just give it out. There are much more effective ways than just playing and hoping to find one. I also got mine completely differently.
Imma try getting a job by sending my cv.
@@Alexandervalo okay so how?
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone getting a riot buddy for being good at the game. Easiest way is being a content creator, but I got mine just by being nice in games! I had a teammate who was throwing but stayed positive, and at the end of the game one of my teammates just said “enjoy your riot buddies” to me and another teammate for lifting everyone up! Super awesome stuff; its nice that they reward people for spreading positivity in their game.
Carrying the team gives people a better impression of you, though of course being nice is the most important.
I legit got mine because I was in a game with a riot employee and he told me if I carried and top fragged he would drop me one
@@hellowall7740 Dangg that's crazy; I bet you popped off!
I've heard of a handful of people getting them in game because they won a game with a riot dev
i got mine for carrying the lobby 💀💀
I met a riot employee at subway. His son went to my school and as he walked out he had a riot hat on I was like do you play valorant? he was like I work there. I was like dude thats awesome can I have riot buddy he was like sure let me see what I can do. ( I was banned at the time for a year btw) He gave me riot buddy and 2500 vp. I got my acc back in december and it had it and I was so happy.
Yooooo thats wild!
Best Video I saw on this topic. Valo really needs more non toxic, friendly people
Thanks! I agree completely.
I got my riot buddy in the silliest way possible I was legit playing fortnite and he was a nice guy so I added him then at one point I brought up valorant and he's like oh I work for riot games I can give u a riot gun buddy and 3k Val credits and he did lol so by playing fortnite I earned the ion vandal and the riot gun buddy
LMAO that’s the best way ever tbh
Mann so lucky aff , can you give me his valo id details I would like to try for it too :(
Top 10 things that never happened
UA-cam try not to lie challenge (impossible)
@@Ahmed-qc1xs not really though
It seems scarce with Rioters on EU, at least from my experience. The first time I met one though was a pretty bad experience, still remember it pretty clearly, was on icebox and he gave our sage a riot buddy because she sounded cute. The other time were a duo of Rioters. They were pretty chill and down to earth. We were playing on Breeze and the enemy team got toxic and hostile towards them though for no reason - still, they were composed and deflected it in a pretty amusing way. Wish I had the chance to play with them, they seemed nice.
That's rough about the sage. Keep trying man u got this.
@@chaobell Thank you! ^^
I love the timing of when u say in the video "how i got this.." and someone in the chat in the exact same time is asking u "how you get riot buddy??"
Lmao thx!
My crazy experience in getting a Riot gunbuddy was randomly moshing with someone with a Sentinels jersey and they happened to be a Rioter. Same mains as well.
Niceeeee, that's wild!!
You can also queue on the Sydney servers, there's a studio there who were bought by Riot last year.
You don't need to top frag and you don't need to win. You need to be a good team mate and friendly - the kind of player that would be a pleasure to play with.
Many rioters don't have RIOT prefixes on their names, and will only give out gun buddies if they're sure you're not just acting nice in order to receive a buddy.
The purpose of the riot gun buddies is to reward the behaviour they like to see in Valorant. So being friendly and a good team mate (and being lucky) is the best way to get it.
do you know like what time they're on?
@@jeremyrusli2430 3-7 PCT
How would they know if your acting or not lmao
@@Nameless_TF Well, if you suddenly change behaviour after you see the rioter's own gun buddy, for example.
@@jeremyrusli2430 Let me google that for you... Sydney is GMT+11
i had a riot dev yesterday in my immo lobby on emea and i didn't get one (yet) sadly. guy was super chill tho and we won pretty easy
yeah man keep going and it will happen! The riot devs are all chill fs.
yeah and he was super open to talking about what he did, was suprising @@chaobell
Me and my friend got ours for helping a noob in the game, cheering him on when he got kills. Turns out the other two people on our team were rioters and we had no idea until we got the buddies.
It definitely made me more invested in the game when positivity was rewarded so unexpectedly.
That’s really cool, glad you got em
Great video :)
I got a riot buddy a while ago (probaly about a year ago now) I have qued 2 devs since i have gotten the buddy and qued another (the game i got the buddy)
Not to sure when I qued them but they didn't tell me they gave me one ahaha, its a shame i would of liked to say thank you but I just looked in my buddys one day and it was there no idea which dev gave it to me (and I was qued on london servers about silver-gold elo)
Niceee!
I’ve seen a lot of trolls, and toxic people who own the riot gun buddy, so at this point it feels like toxic people only owns it. I had a sexist guy on my team that started calling me slurs, and sexualizing me after he found out I was a girl, and I kept on ignoring on his flirty comments. He showed me a gun buddy at the end saying because he has the riot gun buddy he can do whatever he wants and not get banned. I met a riot dev in a game later that week and asked if thats true, and thankfully it wasnt, but at the same time once a riot buddy is given it can never be taken back.
yeah that's a yikes, i hope you reported him, hate these sexist pieces of trash
This is terrible, I’ve seen some similar stuff and I’m sorry it happened to you. Unfortunately sometimes people buy accounts or get and inflated ego when they receive the buddy.
If that happens clip them if you can and create a ticket on the riot website and link the clips. This work way, wayyyy more than just an ingame report and they will get a punishment
N Cal servers are in San Jose and not Los Angeles, but you are kinda right since that's where the headquarters are
Thx for the correction
I've met a riot dev i wasn't so sure that he was one but then i asked him what he did i forgot what he did and privacy reasons he was chill and i was so excited to the point where i asked for it and i don't have it I'd tried my hardest to get, that is my goal in Valorant (TIP DONT ASK FOR IT because they wont give it to you) thats was my exprience wit ha riot dev in OCE servers
Yep, ur def right about not asking for it. Good luck! Youll get it if you keep trying!
sadly havent gotten the riot buddy, but me n riot mikey run into eachother like 4 times a day. very cool guy
They are super chill, dw youll get one eventually
I got my Riot Gun Buddy playing TFT with a dev. I asked for an internship and a gun buddy and he told me he cant give me an internship but he can give me a gun buddy LMAO. They don't even play valo is the funny part.
LMAO yeah the rioter who gave me mine is a league dev, so they don't even have to be working on a game.
I met a dev friended him (without knowing it was a dev) joined his discord server played on his minecraft server with his friends and I still hang out with him and others from that discord server to this day
Lmaoo
Yo send me the dc server I want a buddy
I play in Sydney servers. I got mine because the guy said he would give me one if he bought him, he called me a fucking legend afterwards
LMAO
I was in a swiftplay and the riot dev said whoever gets 3 knife kills first gets it. I thought it was a prank like a fake dev but the whole team was participating so I did and I ended up getting it :P
YOOO that’s super funny
1:23 i like how the guy is asking in the chat how did u get the buddy
Lmao that happens every couple games
bro im so desperate i took damn notes 😭
I respect the grind
same here bro
i feel u .
i am from mumbai server tho
do u have any skins ?
@@darkphoenixremix7813 i have a couple but i play on NA servers bhai jan
Cool, I'm happy for you, maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to get one too :)
If you queue the right servers, you will someday. Thanks for the comment and good luck!
im ascendant 1-3, do i have a higher chance of getting a dev if i que swiftplay?
Statistically the majority of players are in silver and gold, so yeah I would queue swift so you can run into (theoretically) more riot devs.
0:40 Dooblin Ireland
Im not kidding when I say this but back in 2022 I got into an unrated game with a 4 stack, 3 of them were girls and one of them was a guy and all 4 had riot buddies (All of them had their names hidden & after the game I checked their names, and the guy had riot in it) . Im not going to assume, but at the same time I'm going to assume. But all I remember were that all three of the girls were so toxic so I think we got a riot simp.
Oof, it's bound to happen unfortunately.
do you need to accept the friend request in order to get the buddy or can they just send it to you after a game
They can send it to you as long as they have your riot id, the dev I met friended me so he could see mine, but you could also receive one if the dev knew your id.
You don't have to accept the friend request usually; it's just a courtesy so they can let you know you've got it.
Do they check your account to see if you have any previous comm bans or anything ? Because my friend has a riot buddy and he says the most heinous things to people lmao idk how he got one he must have just been lucky
I doubt they check
what time were u queuing when u met them?
Afternoons my time
but theres no way to tell if they are a dev until they gift you it seems
Sometimes they'll have riot in their names.
I got mine in a plat/diamond comp game on EU a year ago, and they didn't have Riot in their name
Its good to hear you can get them in EU
@@chaobell yeah, sadly they arent as rare as they used to be anymore lol. I see one almost every other week
@@pulse.7 i see one every day, every couple games 😭
@@chaobell i rarely play anyway, so i'd say i see one every 15-20 games?
People in Mumbai server: no buddies for us 😢 (reason being no riot employees play in the Mumbai server, i think Mumbai is one of the biggest server in valorant behind eu,na,au ect
I feel that, it's still possible though. Good luck!
@@chaobell 😭
glazing to the max
o_o
Which America servers would be best to play in? Or how would I be able to play on EU servers?
The best are N California servers
You dont need to get it ingame. The VAL discord has a bunch of devs if you just scroll down in the roles a bit. Thats how I got my buddy, I gave them feedback on a map to someone who designed them and they asked my for my riot id.
Did you do it on their DMs?
Thats rly cool
@@esfera2181 yeah dms
@@esfera2181 Yes
Really ?
How would I change to LA servers? I'm on NA servers btw
There's a section above your player card that shows ping, click that and click N California, then uncheck other servers
@@chaobell ❤Thanks Fam
I really want to know if we can get 2nd buddy if we already have one on the same account. Cuz i want one on my classic and vandal.
There's a maximum of one per account
dammit@@chaobell
He said each employee has a gift system. They can issue 4 riot gun buddy and 16000 VP per year.
Oh wow thanks for the info!
nope, its something like 30 gun buddies and about 100 dollars worth of vp
@@arifps. May be different employee different benefits
Ive run into a few that have the riot in the #Na1 so like "UserName#Riot" so you dont see riot when you just look at the name but it helps that I play with a rioter to point things like that out :P
Ooh thx for the info!
for apac que singapore or sydney thats how i got it
An actual relaxing Valorant video. Great work!
Tysm for the comment!!
i have gun buddy its simple just go to church and hope you meet someone who works on valorant then ask for a few games and they will then most likely give you buddy 99% success rate
You met a riot employee in church?! That’s wild.
ideally topfrag? ok,then i make a lot of exitfrags, big impact,good for scoreboard... not frags makes you better. with that logic gl to topfrag as initiator,or smoker,at evry single time.
The goal is to be a good teammate, so smoking or stunning works just as well
I've been playing for quite a long time (lvl 350) and basically never been toxic and nothing has ever happened, so I guess im unlucky :')
Are you playing N California?
good enough now 4 eu
I just happened to have a friend that worked a riot ez game.
Lmao fr
if only life was that easy for me bahhaha
i only ran into 1 in game. but i know 2 riot dev and still havnt gotten mine! =D
It's only a matter of time!
Should I queue casual or competitive?
Swiftplay is where i've seen all the devs. The one I have friended literally only plays swift.
This is huge, should of said so in the video LOL.
can you ask him if he can give me a buddy@@chaobell
level 183 and i havent seen a single one lmao
Keep on trying, itl happen eventually as long as you queue the right servers.
I am slighty racist and very sexist (13 coms banned spread out on 4 acconts). Do u have any tips for me?
stop being racist and sexist lmao
Good luck man
did u play unrated or ranked?
Swiftplay
Bro, ur voice is are very quiet in this video. Other than this thanks for ur info!
Sorry for that, glad you enjoyed!
i'm trying to get this gun buddy for like 6 months and i still haven't got it
You got this, it will happen eventually if you queue the right servers.
@@chaobell yeah i hope at least lol
@@chaobell still haven't got it lol
Am level 140 but am on London severs so never getting a riot buddy
There may be some devs, just make sure you are nice in games.
This is why being nice ALWAYS pays off. It would have been nice if i got a riot employee in a recent game where i had my ace stolen and i was SOOOOOO chill about it.
It was pistol round and i was destroying the other team, and then i got my ace taken by my teammate and the enemy team was texting likw "bro, stolen ace, wtf," etc. and i just texted "i dont mind. It still made me happy to catch the 4k :)" i was also complimenting the other teams gun skins and stuff like that.
However, I'm not gonna say that i deserve a reward just for doing something that i should always be doing😅
Exactly, this is the kind of mentality val needs.
@@chaobell Y'know, I'm glad you replied: I forgot to subscribe! Subbed!
Thanks!@@Phantom-_-Crash
20 seconds in: Ok, I'm out
How can I improve?
@@chaobell I don’t have an NA account 😅
@@ryvlaw Oh oof. Where are you located? There have been some comments about eu and sydney servers working too.
What game mode ?
Swiftplay is where I've met the most devs.
will i get one as a child
If you are nice!
I got mine in EU bronze competative, so I beat the odds harder than my dad beats me with a Jack Daniel's bottle
cap
@@sehrhobbylos what you mean cap?
@@AAUTOB4HN Imagine if ninga got a lowtaper fade
Wild man, luckiest buddy out there.
this was good advice! i got 2 riot buddies, one on my main and one on my alt! keep up the good content
Nicee! Thanks for the comment!
how two? mind telling me the stories how? game mode etc?
@@ryanpmrwasnt this guide enough
This is RIOT propoganda to comm correctly, and im all for it
So right lmaoooo
The guide is just a normal person
Hopefully
am i the only person that thinks the buddy is hideous, and like my potato buddy better xD
Probably, all of us are like gollum about the buddy
Can someone help me does It matter what server I play on because unfortunately I live In Sweden and playing on Stockholm servers does that mean i have to switch servers to be able to get riot employee's In my game pls help😅
I don't think you are close enough to any other servers, just queue your local one and be on the lookout
im sorry man, my volume is at 100% and everything at max and i still cant hear your voice
Sorry about that, the audio is a little soft. If you put on subtitles you can see what I'm saying.
you should talk a little bit louder or raise the volume of your voice in your editing because it's pretty small, great video anyways
Yeah, dw I'll fix it in this weekends vid!
oce syd servers you see a fair few
Good to know, thanks for spreading the word!
increase the fkin volume dawg its causing me to suffer tht low
Sorry about that, I'll fix it in the next one
im level 213 havent met a single riot dev :(
Just keep trying, you'll run into one eventually as long as you queue N Cal servers
@@chaobell alright thanks 🥲☺️. I subbed since ur super nice
@@fiss1onI appreciate it!! Good luck!
@@chaobell np
They get 10 to give
Thanks for the info!
ive gotten into games with them but i cant really stand out
i always say i have stage 4 bone cancer
Don't worry about that, just com well and be chill and you'll have a good chance.
u can just buy it if u want it that bad lol
High chance of getting banned, also it's expensive
0 chance, and it's like $400 if u want it bad enough to watch videos of it you can definetely just buy it lol@@chaobell
@@chaobell 0 chance of ban and don’t be broke
@@ash-oc7tz you do you bestie boo
So in other words, if you suck in the game but still a team player, you won’t get a buddy. Good to know.
Just like me fr
I suck and i got it, sometimes you get lucky and get kills. The most important is being nice.
Ofc all of the gold shitters get em
I know a lot of bronze players with it, I think they are pretty evenly spread out. Swiftplay puts you with people of way different ranks anyways.
why is everyone going so crazy over a mid looking buddy
great video but very low volume
Sorry about that, I'll fix it in the next one
@@chaobell nice your content quality and stule is great keep up the grind im sure you will blow up soon
100fps?
? like literal fps?
how would we recognize em
They will have riot in their name
Ex: Riot JohnSmith
@@chaobell adding onto this you cant add "Riot -" to your name if you are not a riot employee so you know they are legit and not some impersonator
Well it’s not always straightforward,
My riot dev had his name hidden so always be on ur best behaviour ahah
I just bought it for $100
Be careful, you might get banned
@@chaobellI’ve had it for 2 weeks no problem
@@alexandermesia4655Watch out
So no way to get it in India?
Theres a low chance
@@chaobell oh alright 😢
Please lower the sound of your voice its so loud
lmaoo will do
riot buddy just means you play spike rush and act corny
I got mine in swiftplay by locking in.
so bsaically if you're low rank your chances are low?
I’m bronze, you have good chances at low rank.
I don’t get this obsession with the riot gun buddy it’s not cool at all it’s just their logo as a gun buddy it’s not cool at all lmao I don’t get why you guy even try to get it if you try to get it your clearly not meant to have it that’s the whole reason on why it’s even a obsession 😭
That’s understandable
i have never seen a riot employee im level 140 and play on north virginia
You need to play N California, there are no riot devs in virginia.
we all know the golden bruno buddy is better than that
Y’all are actually so desperate lmao
Me see cool buddy, want buddy