I was Incorrectly banned for Elo Boosting. What do I do???

a Wild Niko·11/8/2018, 1:57:44 AM·2 votes·1,790 views

I just received a notice that I was banned for elo boosting. What the hell?! I've never boosted in my entire life. I'm the only one that's ever played on my account except for some friends who have been over at my house and played a normal or an ARAM.

Here's my OP.GG: http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=a+wild+niko

This is honestly incredibly disappointing since I played a good amount this season and mildly improved. I was really looking forward to the end of season rewards, but now I'm not going to get them unless I can get this reversed. If any rioter could see this or any opinions on the matter; all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

10 Comments

Zombie Gerbil11/8/2018, 2:02:06 AM3 votes

The only thing you can do is contact Riot Support. Only they can give you any real insight, influence or power over your ban.

Ice Weasel X11/8/2018, 6:03:50 AM3 votes

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I've never boosted in my entire life. I'm the only one that's ever played on my account except for some friends who have been over at my house and played a normal or an ARAM.

FYI, this admission alone is technically enough for them to ban your account.

https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/legal/termsofuse

1.4. Can I share or sell my account or login credentials? (No.) When you create an account with us, we require you to select a unique username and password (collectively, your “Login Credentials”), which you’ll use each time you access the Game. You can’t share your account or Login Credentials with anyone. You can’t sell, transfer or allow any other person to access your account or Login Credentials, or offer to do so. You’re entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Login Credentials. Please notify us immediately if you become aware of any breach of security, including any loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of your Login Credentials.

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2.1. How can my account be suspended or terminated? (If you break the rules, Demacian Justice will be visited upon your account!) Three different people/entities can suspend or terminate your account:

2.1.1. You. You may terminate or suspend your account at any time by contacting us at [email protected].

2.1.2. Us. We may terminate or suspend your account if we determine, in our sole discretion, that:

(a) you have violated any part of this Agreement;

This sort of thing is why lawyers instruct clients to exercise their right to remain silent, since they often don't realize they'll incriminate themselves in their attempts at self-defense.

More on topic, having friends play on your account can be seen by Riot as MMR boosting, even if it's just normals or ARAM. MMR isn't a ranked queue-specific thing. Each matchmade PvP game mode has its own MMR.

Faneseeker11/8/2018, 2:26:30 PM2 votes

Feels like you are a Gragas main, but you actually don't win much on him. I see you've had a hot streak in rank with Victor, suspiciously though you don't play much victor at all.

You have 3 lesser played champs (Jinx Jhin Viktor) all with over 60% win ratio, Victor almost 70%...I can't be convinced that the same Gragas main player with an average 50% win ratio is suddenly pulling these miracles.

You almost NEVER played these champs in your last 4 seasons of ranking. suddenly you pull a miracle with them in gold ranked games? common. Even I'm not convinced.

zafey11/8/2018, 2:45:38 AM1 votes

I see that you often duo with another person. That may be it. It could have been that you lost too many games with that player and people reported you for boosting.