Account Name Swapping Rules And Reasons Why I Was Lied To

Prince Petrify·1/24/2019, 2:42:50 AM·4 votes·1,737 views

In the past and currently you have been allowed to swap usernames between accounts you own if you prove they are both yours and the summoner name is still active. I requested to transfer my account names and I was denied because one account was banned. There is nothing in any rules that states the username of a banned account cannot be transfered to an account that isn't banned and I still own. No rule says I cannot do this. I just want to swap names. I was told I must wait 2 and a half years before I can reclaim the name. That is insane. The rule is inactive accounts lose their name. My permabanned account was inactive for 1 year and now I am currently playing again. This makes the account active and it shows I still own the name and account for 2.5 years. Why can I not transfer the names if I own both accounts and it isn't in the rules. I realize my banned account is gone, but nothing says I can't have the name back. Please help give me my name back.

3 Comments

Wayward Fish1/24/2019, 4:07:57 AM2 votes

Part of the punishment that you received for your poor behavior that led to banning was being stripped of your username. It's not as though it's being done to JUST you....this applies to everyone who plays the game and falls slack of obedience with the Summoner's Code and always has. If we could have any of the glory of our old account back on which we messed up, what would prevent us from just sliding from one account to the next bearing the same name that we love?

Its not punishment if things go your way.

Unfortunately, you broke the rules in some fashion and lost your account and that sucks. But you're not being wronged here mate.

You can watch the name sites and snag it when it becomes available again, on a fresh account. And from the fresh account, onto your current one. But the process is likely to take more than two years, since it takes a long time for names to fall off depending on summoner level and last log in.

Tahminatrix 1/24/2019, 3:16:29 AM1 votes

Not siding against or with you but I think its probably due to the terms that since your account was banned you lose any and all services on it (according to tos, basically riot owned your league account to begin with, they were just letting you use it)

So basically you lost all connection to the account (you just happen to know the login information which still wont get you very far) , until that timer expires you might aswell be trying to get the username that someone else is currently using and you would have similar luck.

Febos1/24/2019, 3:18:53 AM1 votes

You're correct. There's nothing in the rules that state you can't transfer the name from a banned account. Their FAQ doesn't say anything about it.

Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do for you on the boards. Maybe you're lucky and someone with "power" sees this.