How Riot deals with Boosters

Sicarius Æternum·1/13/2016, 11:44:46 PM·1 votes·591 views

There is no way to distinguish between boosters and hackers. They look exactly the same in game data, because the things that set them off are the fact that they play much much better, and they play from a different place. If a hacker has the means to hack into an account, chances are the hacker can make a really good script that plays perfectly. I feel like outright banning them instantly is not the right path to go. So here is my suggestion:

If an account is suspected of boosting, force the account to change their password. When they try to log in give a message that says that their account is suspected of boosting, please change your password. The account would need his/her email, and when the password is change 1 of 2 things happen:

  1. The suspected boosting stops because it was a hacker, and now the hacker doesn't know the password
  2. The boosting continues irregularly, which means that they are most likely in collaboration w/ the booster

I've heard complaints about being banned like this, and the only thing Riot can say right now is that they:

  1. "Thoroughly Investigated"
  2. It is obvious that the account was boosting

These types of responses are largely unsatisfying, and if Riot showed that they have at least tried to double check and make sure the account was boosting, we would feel better about these kinds of things

3 Comments

Deep Terror Nami1/13/2016, 11:49:29 PM1 votes

If the account is compromised then no punishment is necessary, but a suspension will be placed on the account until the owner goes through the recovery process.

If the account is not compromised, the punishment is a 14 day ban and removal of all Ranked rewards for the current and previous seasons.

There's no need to make new rules about it.

LaoBushido1/13/2016, 11:50:18 PM1 votes

If Riot went to more detail of what the methods they used to detect these types of things and then people could find a way to avoid them

Anomander1/13/2016, 11:51:57 PM1 votes
  1. Scripting and hacking is something that when detected is 100% accurate.(one case of a ban over turned the person was using a 3rd party program however not one that they are currently punishing for)

  2. Your account is your responsibility. If it gets hacked your at fault.

  3. Riot can't give out more information on why the hackers are banned as it give them more information to be able to beat the system.

  4. Boosting is pretty easy for them to detect once the account has be flagged for review.

If your cheating you deserve a ban. Period. You know this is a wrong thing to do.