The other buddy nobody talks about.
While collecting RGB data, I started noticing another buddy that does not show up in community discussions either, the "I Create" buddy. So I started collecting that too.
Not for players.
For creators.
The Riot Gun Buddy goes to players. The "I Create" buddy goes to a completely different group, people who contributed something of their own to the game itself. A spray. A banner. Artwork that became an actual Valorant cosmetic. Something that exists inside the game because someone outside of Riot made it.
Same rules as the RGB, it cannot be bought, cannot be earned through gameplay. But the reason behind it is different. This one is not about how you played. It is about what you made that Riot decided belonged in the game.
Appreciation for the artists.
This is not a separate project with a launch date or a video planned. It is something I picked up naturally, when I was already in lobbies asking RGB owners about their story, occasionally I would spot someone with the "I Create" buddy too. Same approach: ask, log it, see what is there.
The questions are slightly different. With RGB owners I ask how and when they got it. With "I Create" owners I am more interested in what they make, what type of content, what platform, what their creator profile actually looks like. The buddy is the entry point. The creator behind it is what I want to understand.
The dataset is small. This does not have the same priority as the RGB project and I am not grinding lobbies specifically for it. It just runs alongside everything else, when I find one, I ask. That is the whole thing for now.
If you have the "I Create" buddy.
Come find me on Discord directly. Not a form for this one, just a conversation. What you make, where you post it, how long you have been creating around Valorant.
The main research is still the Riot Gun Buddy.
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