While the large assumption is this icon is awarded for consistently good, Lyte, the Lead Designer of Social Systems, stepped up to the plate and commented:
"It's not just about avoiding bans and is not directly tied to Honor.Not content with Lyte's answer, the general forums continued to press him for more details on how to obtain this most bodacious of Summoner icons, to which he responded with a very well put:
Just be positive in your matches throughout the holidays and you'll have a chance to unlock Santa Baron at the end of Snowdown Showdown as well.:"
"We want players to be positive in League of Legends because they are positive people and want to be positive. No matter how hardcore our players are, they still love playing with hardcore positive players instead of hardcore toxic players.It's important to remember that these icons are also being distributed in waves ( the first wave of which included the most positive for 2012 ) ; it may end up being a few days or even a week before eligible summoners receive the icons they've earned.
We want positive players to have a place in League of Legends that doesn't exist anywhere else in online games. Here in League, positive players will often get surprises or perks on a consistent basis just for being who they are and making our community a better place.
We're not going to give exact details or rules so players can 'fake' it this holiday to try to get the surprise. We want players to learn that they should just be consistently positive in every game they play and if they do, cool things will happen in League."
I don't know if its because im in EUW, but me and some friends of mine already have baron nashor
ReplyDeletehmm i just checked i already got it
ReplyDeleteSure im a positive player , thats why i got the icon . woooot
ReplyDeleteSame, but I'm in NA server.
ReplyDeletebrace yourselves champ roleplaying is coming
ReplyDeleteI got mine just after I reached my 69th Teamwork honor... teehee :') (But seriously, it happened)
ReplyDeleteOk.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this "being positive" ?
ReplyDeleteI dont know why I didnt get mine, while my other friends got theirs and they constantly rage in game -_-
ReplyDeleteHow do I "friendnly?"
ReplyDeleteLoving the new S@20 :D
ReplyDeleteI got mine already had to look and boom its there awesome. Lots of friendly helpful and teamworks my teamwork is 62 btw friendly is 26 helpful is 40
ReplyDeleteI got mine day 1, not sure when or how just checked and it was there
ReplyDeleteI got this icon after a game where i faced bad santa veigar.....rolled all over his team and maybe it was the fact of being good sports about it
ReplyDeleteGot it as well, I thought it came with the Bad Santa Veigar >_< But now I know why I have it
ReplyDeleteGot mine the moment I logged in. Ain't complaining =)
ReplyDeleteI got the Baron icon right after the first Honorable Opponent after the patch.
ReplyDeleteI will not be restrained!
ReplyDeleteDon't be jealous
ReplyDeleteThis tasted purple.
ReplyDeletefriendly 37 helpful 15 teamwork 145 and I don't have it..
ReplyDeleteI've got five reasons for you to shut up.
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I also got this icon, and thinking about how we got it I remember that we fought a bad santa Veigar.
ReplyDeleteBut I also got an honorable, not in the same game (I think) ..
Don't know how I got it, BUT IT'S MINE!
ReplyDeleteNow I just need to find a wifi source that doesn't SUCK so I can play a PVP match without causing us to lose.
This'll be a slaughter!
ReplyDeleteyou guys always make me laugh
ReplyDeleteI fight for a brighter tomorrow.
ReplyDeletethe feeling you get when your given a new skin
ReplyDeleteand those are?
ReplyDeletewhat does baron taste like?
ReplyDelete( the first wave of which included the most positive for 2012 )
ReplyDeletegood guy me
indeed. a wise choice.
ReplyDeleteo cool I got yay ^^
ReplyDeleteI also received mine on the very first day... wasn't sure what the icon was for till I came here so wow
ReplyDeleteIs this a joke?
ReplyDeleteWe travel the same path.
ReplyDeleteCome and see for yourself.
ReplyDeletei got it since first day :D
ReplyDeleteI bet he tastes like children.
ReplyDeleteEffiency brazilian.
ReplyDeleteI bet you taste like banana.
ReplyDelete1v1 me Vi. Baron Pit
ReplyDeleteWhat is this? I don't even...Come up with your own names, jesus. I'm so tired of people like you impersonating as other people's accounts and giving us a bad reputation. GTFO
ReplyDeletei'll be right there....
ReplyDeleteOho, I was fortunate enough to get a Baron icon, although I have no idea wth I did.
ReplyDeleteYour skills are inferior!
ReplyDeleteBaron taste like....purple sugar and water
ReplyDeleteMoo certainly has a lot of IP...
ReplyDeleteIt never stops.
ReplyDeleteThat's right baby, purple.
ReplyDeleteThat was the only summoner icon I really wanted and I already got it so I'm good :D
ReplyDeleteI got it without doing anything from the first day o-o
ReplyDeleteI got mine the day of the patch. x_x Although I do have over 100 friendly and over 100 honor. :'D
ReplyDeleteMakes me laugh a little cause one of my most toxic friends wants it really badly, but can't go a round without dropping the "N" bomb 3+ times, so.
I got mine too and I don't even know why. It's the best one, IMO.
ReplyDeleteLulu, did you do something to your hair?, because you kinda look like Blitzcrank.
ReplyDeleteYou have too much power in your disposal, you must find balance.
ReplyDeleteto all the cosplayers , i'm not a big fan of the cosplaying thingy but am not against it in ny way , just remember ur urself when u cosplay a champ not the champ,thus if some1 else cosplays the same champ dont act as if he stole ur copyrights or took ur face off,u just copied a coupla Quotes that does NOT mean u own that champ
ReplyDeleteFor that Baron Nashor Icon; I will lead the charge!
ReplyDeleteIthink it's good they won't give details. I was worried they would because players can fake positivity then :S
ReplyDeleteTIME TO FAKE BEING NICE TO PEOPLE!!!! lol jk
ReplyDeleteSo true. :/
ReplyDeleteHey Moobeat, could you make an article about the new skin trading system in forums? (get 1000 upvotes to trade your limited edition skins!) I bet this would be an interesting idea.
ReplyDeleteThe first wave was just to prove us that those who already got the Santa Nashor Icon were really good and positive players through the Season 2 but we are all gona get that Icon no matter what. They just want to make us to be better and positive players not raging ingame.
ReplyDeleteDo aram games count or does Riot not care?
ReplyDeletesame here, I never rage, complement people on good jobs and thank people for good games (did this before honor system as well). So don't rly understand why not.
ReplyDeleteI got the christmas tower :O
ReplyDeleteI was a good boy this year i only trolled half the games why i didn't i get it?:((
ReplyDeleteI got mine first day too but didn't know it was because good behaviour, i thought it was because i bought all new skins xD
ReplyDeleteIt's a fucking coold icon :D
Happy Holidays everyone! ;D
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Yi Bot?
ReplyDeleteI have yet to face a Bad Santa Veiger, and I don't have much honor (At most 20 in Honorable opponent, and I think it might be less than that) and I have it.
ReplyDeletei hope so, i also only play arams these days.
ReplyDeleteI thnik it might be connected with GIVING AWAY honor, not gaining.
ReplyDeleteWhat about people who don't use the chat because they're teams are horrible and they're not a mean person? I don't get one even though I have teamwork?
ReplyDeletei still havent even gotten s2 championship icons wonder if i will ever get any at all especially snowdown ones
ReplyDeleteI eat bananas for breakfast
ReplyDeleteAre you, FrostyNinja and Seranaya the only ones working on the website?
ReplyDeletePeople keep me asking why I have it... I can't asnwer. I have it since patch day.
ReplyDeleteHaha, seriously, why do you speak about Cosplay all of a sudden? :P
ReplyDeleteI cant believe i didn't get this, I'm the most loving of players on league of legends, I dont speak english but always say GJ or TY. In the end of the game always say GG. Truly deserved this icon...
ReplyDeleteI got mine, and I just Logged In, I'm not a toxic player, I get anger, but I don't act bad against others, the thing is, they haven't say why you get it, so I have a profound doubt about it, how i get it... WHY i got it... I just Logged In, Anyway Good Luck getting it
ReplyDeleteYou have until the beginning of January to receive it so fret not, for it may just be ever so slightly delayed :3
ReplyDeleteLol, on a consistent basis, yeah right.
ReplyDeleteyi approves of skins
ReplyDeleteyi bots locked in ym basement
ReplyDelete"I dont speak english but [...]"
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what, but something is off here...
I'm pretty sure you get the shopkeeper icon by doing that though.
ReplyDeleteFunny... I know exactly why they implemented it BUT it wont work that way. People want the icon, not to "stay positive"... Funny thing is that they want to make it look like a "reward" but most of us already got "rewarded" for our "positive attitude"...
ReplyDeleteyes
ReplyDeleteI got mine yesterday, matey!
ReplyDeletein prison people are saying the same
ReplyDeletei think we just have to "pave the way"
ReplyDeletei think it's given to people who give honor to other players, all my friends have it except for me and i think it's because i'm really don't giving honor unless they really deserved it
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how I got mine, it just came to me with all the other summoner icons I've gotten so far.
ReplyDeletehow cute
ReplyDeleteI'm always positive but how would they know that? And what is positive in their opinion should i be spewing out Rainbows and Candy right now?
ReplyDeleteOh never mind i do have it ^_^
ReplyDeleteEssentially, if you play more games, you get the icon. Ditto with the ribbon.
ReplyDeleteTell me about it. My account is nearly four years old without any bans or warnings. I have tons of honors. I'm not saint but come on...how is my friend who just started playing and never talks any better?
ReplyDeleteCharming
ReplyDeleteI got it, don't know how.
ReplyDeleteIf it's based on being positive, emoticon/abreviation spam here I go: ^^, :D, :), GL HF~, ;D, C:, ;), ^_____^, gj, nah its k, GG
ReplyDeleteStill, you'll never beat Teemo in that aspect.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays to you too...
ReplyDeleteYesss, yesss, let the rage flow through you..
ReplyDeleteif you're really good players it should not be envious of others to stay here and complain, do yourself a soul-searching about why your friends have obtained and you do not, you see that you're really not good right? However, I'm talking in general but since many already complain it must be said. Rather, you should commit yourself to play your best and have fun during the event
ReplyDeletehave fun
CAWCAW
ReplyDeletejust stand rock solid
ReplyDeleteI wanna shoooot something
ReplyDeleteU cant milk those
ReplyDeleteNobody expects the banana.
ReplyDeleteExcept from Soraka.
ReplyDelete72 friendly, 34 helpful, 146 teamwork and 40 honorables, don't have it.
ReplyDeletebe positive throughout the game..
ReplyDeleteguess you gotta say gg, gj, merry christmas, nice try, gl hf.
i want icon but my english is bad and dont understand how to take icon : ( in game name: pepchobg
ReplyDeletei never got the nashor santa icon. I've never received so much as a peep from the tribunal, i've been honored by both teammates and opponents, I've even participated in the tribunal's judging process (and i've even gone so far as to read the actual cases and *GASP* vote pardon on some!) I don't know what else i could've done
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