What is the point of having bans if everyone can create multiple new accounts?

Great Muta·11/2/2016, 9:55:38 PM·2 votes·1,150 views

Anyone with money can just buy their champs back, buy boosts to rank up quicker and have a shot at actually getting better placements if they make another account. That's what I did. Plus, I can then dodge more freely as time penalties aren't a factor. I guess the loss of runes and having to spend some cash is an inconvenience, but that's about it.

28 Comments

elduris11/2/2016, 10:01:51 PM10 votes

Sure I guess if you have a lot of money and you don't care about sentimental value on anything then yeah, bans aren't really that effective. I mean, besides having to level a new account to 30 and play ranked games to get back to where you were, drop a lot of IP on your runes and rune pages, etc.

For me, I've had my account since 2011, I even have some skins you can't buy anymore like the original Championship Riven and Judgment Kayle. Not to mention my summoner icons, a lot of which you can't get anymore. It'd break my heart to lose all that I acquired since I started playing and if I got a permaban I'd probably never play again.

DrCyanide11/2/2016, 10:15:26 PM4 votes

It's a deterrent. Yeah, you could pay to get all the boosts, the skins, the champions, then grind for the levels and runes, but at the end of the day if you don't change your behavior you'll get that account banned too and have to repeat the process.

Riot's fine with those that change sticking around, and those that don't will just get banned again and again until they get tired of the grinding/paying for content and move on.

ReadyxPlayerxOne11/2/2016, 10:22:21 PM3 votes

Sometimes when the kid has a tantrum you have to take the toy away. Even if they're old enough to get a new toy.

Lord Droverson11/3/2016, 2:33:55 AM2 votes

I cant figure out why people think this doesn't detere people away from playing.

Having to grind all the way back up to 30, spend money again, with the high probability of being banned, and having to do it all over again..........most people will simply give up. That's not fun. Most players want their main account back.

You think Riot would continue to do this if it wasnt working? Contrary to what people may think ..... Riot isnt stupid.

ModPrandine11/2/2016, 10:13:20 PM2 votes

Sure people can just make new accounts, but if they continue to show the same behavior that got them banned in the first place then they'll soon find their new accounts banned as well until they either shape up or ship out.

LoomberFoot11/2/2016, 9:59:20 PM2 votes

When people get banned and create new accounts it creates more money for riot also it acts as a shield to block out some people.

CrazyBear198711/3/2016, 1:17:21 AM1 votes

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midnight oil2411/2/2016, 11:48:56 PM1 votes

admitting to just making a new account is pretty ballsy, but I don't know how you act on this one. Maybe you're reformed.