Riot Games will sanction players who promote ‘boosting’ and the buying and selling of user accounts

Dec. 2 (Portaltic/EP) –

Riot Games has announced that it will block the accounts of creators who insult others and that it will sanction players who promote ‘boosting’ and the buying and selling of accounts, actions that it will carry out as part of an update to the Terms and Conditions of its service.

The developer of titles like Valorant or League of Legends has pointed out in a statement on your website that these news will guarantee the best experience of gaming possible for both players and content creators.

To restrict bad behavior, it has announced a series of measures, including blocking the accounts of creators who criticize, insult, threaten or harass other people while using Riot Games services.

This is one of the decisions that can be made from a range of measures aimed at those who fail to comply with its regulations, among which are the temporary suspension of accounts, the content removal or limitations in chat.

With this, it has specified that it can apply restrictions to those users who impersonate the identity of a company, an entity or another person, publish information with which other members of the community can be identified.

It will also sanction those who engage in offensive behavior with other players, those who transmit or facilitate the transmission of any content that contains viruses or those who send ‘spam’ to the chat, whether for personal or commercial purposes.

With it, has clarified that these user rules not only apply only to users who engage in misconduct during gameplay, but may take disciplinary action against users for any use of Riot Games services. For example, during broadcasts.

“Riot Games may take disciplinary action against you for hate speech you make to your livestream audience while streaming, even if that speech is made through the livestreaming platform and not within one of the voice or text chat channels of our games,” he noted in this statement.

These rules will also apply to video recordings or social media posts of users playing one of the games in their catalog; and in which other players or Riot Games employees are harassed or threatened.

The developer has also commented that it will sanction content that promotes the violation of its Terms of Service, such as sponsorships or those related to advertising services. ‘boosting’ -which occurs when a player who has expertise helps another with less skills in exchange for money or rewards to rise in the game- and buying and selling of accounts.

He has also pointed out that the ‘stream sniping’ It is explicitly against its rules and can penalize players who carry out this practice, which consists of interrupting live broadcasts to prevent progress in the game.

Finally, it has announced that it has begun to restrict access to all of a player’s Riot accounts in the event of “especially serious” violations of its conditions of use. This means that “problematic behavior in one game can lead to sanctions” in all of your games.

The video game developer has finally announced that the creators will have until next January 3, 2025 to adjust the content of your accounts and comply with your new usage regulations. Upon that date, these measures will begin to be applied throughout the community of creators.