Elo boosting "Friend" requests have to stop.

NinjaCÅT·4/3/2015, 10:35:34 AM·71 votes·9,150 views

I'm SURE I'm not the only person getting this. Every time I log on I have about 3 or 4 friend requests. When I accept them they just post advertise an Elo boosting site then instantly unfriend me.

I have to start just declining friends requests, because some guy wants to get free advertisement.

League Of Legends Isn't some cheep website that needs ads in their client, Its the most popular online game in the world.

You guys are way above letting people do this Riot. There needs to be a system that bans accounts for doing this.

28 Comments

Riotjmccaffrey4/4/2015, 12:59:48 AM13 votes

Yea this is definitely an issue we are aware of, check out this more detailed response by RiotZulu who's team is working on it.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/FlWhTBz8-stop-allowing-level-1-accounts-to-send-friend-requests?comment=007b

thicc as fuk4/3/2015, 10:37:46 AM9 votes

It didn't bother me that much at first. It was just once a day at max. As of yesterday tho I have gotten 12+ a day

j j4/3/2015, 1:39:10 PM3 votes

It's not an easy fix unless they limit how many friend requests lower level accounts can send at a time until:

accepted or a certain time period.

Additionally getting level 30's is easy for people who bot, so this would only slow down but not fix the problem. The problem is when you try to attack issues like these you end up hurting the community as well. Banning them is difficult since there are many ways around it. Although they lose accounts the sole purpose of those accounts were to advertise and were disposable to begin with. Either way you look at it every game has these issues because it's impossible to clear it 100%. You can crack down on it harder but the more you go after it the more the community also suffers draw backs. Food for thought.

Sukishoo4/3/2015, 10:37:02 PM3 votes

They can also find you the more you post on here.... that's how bots really work. So just sayin.

I GONNA FK ON U4/3/2015, 10:40:24 PM2 votes

There needs to be a "block" button along with accept and decline. The way it is right now you have to type their name out to block them, since they instantly unfriend you and you can't copy and paste their name from chat. Simply declining won't work as the same account will just add you again.

Sukishoo4/3/2015, 5:55:18 PM1 votes

Then just stop accepting friend requests.

Mythic Minstrel4/3/2015, 5:57:12 PM1 votes

You've got that right!

Normally I get 1-2 of these per day. But as soon as I got into a promo series, I started getting 4-5 per day. This is so annoying.

Azdaya4/3/2015, 6:59:21 PM1 votes

i agree that these friend requests need to stop, i'm getting more than 6 a day

Marinaras Trench4/3/2015, 8:31:47 PM1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwE9A6tpfE&spfreload=10

Sythriel Draken4/3/2015, 8:42:01 PM1 votes

I kinda would love it if they friended me, sent me a random champion (I still need a ton) and then spammed me. at least I'll get something out of the deal... speaking of which, taking all random champion donations :D

YannFann4/3/2015, 10:33:12 PM1 votes

I very much agree. It isnt always elo boosting, its like other business ads too!

nızzy4/4/2015, 1:04:51 PM1 votes

ye.. it's so annoying.

RoyaiChaos4/4/2015, 9:24:39 PM1 votes

Easier said than done. lol, why not actually try and offer a solution? We all know this is a problem.

I Never Feed4/7/2015, 5:44:24 PM1 votes

i got 9 since i logged on at 6am this morning....its really annoying

Ada Wong4/3/2015, 10:53:54 AM1 votes

Got like four of them this morning including work from home spam.

Sageace4/3/2015, 12:38:22 PM1 votes

It didnt either at first. But then loads of invites would come every time I logged on. I am assuming this is the aftermath for overall rework of the Refer-A-Friend Reward System.

Space Bum4/3/2015, 1:23:55 PM1 votes

They should make it to where you have to be equal or higher level to send someone a friend request.

DarkTealSky4/3/2015, 5:53:31 PM1 votes

URF THEM PLEASE RITO