Does riot conduct drug tests on lcs players?

Andy Qian·Sep 27, 2016·1 votes·2,847 views

Almost all sports conduct drug tests for their players and more recently even counter strike conducts drug tests for players to check for performance enchancing drugs such as adderal. Does league enforce this kind of check? I feel like it is necessary to check if anyone does since this game is growing so fast in esports and so competitive at the upper level. Adderal helps you focus alot and much more than any energy drink there is. The thought of people cheating their way to the top with drugs like this bothers me. The last time I checked in riots league rule book there was nothing mentioning that drugs like these were banned in the lcs.

Any answers are appreciated. Thanks!

5 Comments

RYS3Sep 27, 20161 votes

For my opinion i dont think it is necessary. What are they going to do? Take steroids so they can button smash harder and grip their mouse harder?

Andy QianSep 27, 20161 votes

But it will help your reaction time and help you focus more. I feel like that is why it is necessary for banning the substance and doing a drug test. Otherwise the amount of people in esports using adderall would be huge and almost become a necessity. If it isn't banned then everyone will use it and the people who don't use it might have a lack of a slight advantage in focusing and reaction timing.

III BAKURYU III Sep 28, 20161 votes

XD. First I think we all can eliminate steroids in the conversation because every pro looks like they can barely lift up their fork to eat.

Mike17032Sep 27, 20161 votes

Actually it has already been proven to be necessary, because players in other esports (Counterstike in this case) were taking Adderall to reduce reaction times even further.

Also given the training schedule that these teams use, I could see uppers being abused as well.

Andy QianSep 27, 20161 votes

Yeah I agree. Adderall also helps you focused extremely well and can give an edge in making the correct decisions and maybe noticing more things than you usually do.