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PSA: Sharing/trading/selling accounts is against the Terms of Use and will get you permabanned...

Deep Terror Nami··62 votes·6,260 views

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A lot of people don't know that sharing accounts is wrong, that it violates our Terms of use, that it entails many risks, and that it can even result in a permanent ban. We're going to use this space to talk about this issue and offer some examples to illustrate the reasons why this is a harmful practice.

Let's take a look at the most common scenarios:

• You give your password to a friend or family member

Nooooo! Don't do it! The only person that should know your password is you. Don't forget that accounts are personal. Each summoner is unique, which means that when his account is shared, part of its personality is lost in the process. Don't give your password to that friend who wants to check out your skins or to that cousin who just joined the League and wants to know what a level 30 account feels like. You can always help them create their own account. That way, you can even start a team and play together.

• Free RP offers

Don't take the bait. There are shameless people out there who want to take advantage of innocent players by offering free or discounted RP. They will ask for your password in order to transfer the RP. And you know what happens when you give it to them? They keep your account and you never see the RP. The only way to purchase RP is through the in game store or with the pre-paid cards sold at stores and cybercafes. If you see anyone offering RP on another site, don't trust them, and submit a request reporting the abuse. Piltover will be grateful!

• Elo boosting

Out of frustration or sheer laziness, some people ask others to play ranked games for them in order to climb the ladder. It's a bad practice that violates the Terms of use. Furthermore, it can result in a temporary or permanent ban of the account. Don't forget that if someone else uses your account, they might behave inappropriately with it. It's never worth the risk!

• Account trading

As we said before, accounts are personal, non-transferable and free. Both selling and buying them is strictly prohibited. Not only is it bad practice, it is also often used to take advantage of players. Someone sells you their account, keeps your money and then recovers said account. You end up with no account and no money. Don't buy or sell accounts. In both cases, you lose.

https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/204214670-Shared-accounts

104 Comments

PUS5Y DE5TROYER11 votes

sometimes i let my girlfriend play on my account when she is over at my place. i will probably get banned. i dont give a fck, i will never spend money with this game because sooner or later you will get perma banned for something stupid so why even bother. downvote me because you have invested alot of time into fooling yourself into thinking that if you 'follow the rules' then you 'own your account'. ive never had these bizarre problems with other game companies and some ive been with for 15+ years

Deep Terror Nami20 votes

thinking that if you 'follow the rules' then you 'own your account'

Players never own their account. I'd say it's typically the ones that threaten to sue Riot for banning them that make this claim, rather than those positive players who don't.

Jorencice15 votes

There isn't a single online game ANY WHERE in which you actually "own" your account.

Not a single one.

TallyZrg6 votes

Exactly, the company owns the account and gives you the privilege of "renting" it (or using if they are f2p). That way they don't have to worry about any legal red tape when they try to discipline their player base.

The new age DRM policies are so inhuman that it is sad to see. I still applaud them for the genius of their system, it's really well built, yet disgusting at the same time.

Astôlfo3 votes

lmao

TallyZrg5 votes

Oh you people thought I was joking?

Here, this is taken directly from the League of Legends website http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/legal/termsofuse

Have a read.

http://i.imgur.com/nNzvneAh.png

Champion Skin1 votes

Well of course companies make it as favorable as possible for themselves (They own everything and are not liable/responsible for anything) ....why wouldnt they?

shyv3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=E1V0UMii,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-04-28T18:10:52.297+0000)

if you post it on the boards I will pass it on to Player Support.

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sometimes i let my girlfriend play on my account

there is no way you're this dumb

PUS5Y DE5TROYER2 votes

i let her play against the bots two times to get her into league, but it doesnt even matter i was literally just perma banned for this today

shyv5 votes

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=E1V0UMii,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-04-28T18:10:52.297+0000)

if you post it on the boards I will pass it on to Player Support.

http://i.imgur.com/ichvLV5.png[/img]

Sarutobi10 votes

And yet even with post from Arbiters like Nami, or even from Rioters people will still give their account information to others (friend or not) and still claim they didnt know. But good on you Nami another awesome topic!

Stendeval5 votes

Hi DTN,

Just a quick question, I sometimes play with my sister (she is 8) in Co-op vs. AI (she thinks that Soraka is pretty and doesn't mind the horn). Is this okay? I essentially I move her around and she steamrolls with her q :)

[slayer-jinx-catface]

Monkey D Luffy1 votes

Yes, Riot are heartless in this regard, they act like sharing with a family member is bad for you but in reality its "bad for them" " takes away from the personality" give me a break...

Pheron1 votes

1984

Fenikkusu15 votes

They say elo boosting is against the rules... Hello Dynamic Que!

Blitzidious2 votes

Elo boosting by means of allowing another player access to your account. In a sense, yes, Dynamic Queue is "elo boosting" if you strip it down to the bone, but it is legal by Riots standards. If it wasn't, Dynamic Queue wouldn't be a thing.

Fenikkusu11 votes

Riot's standards don't seem to mean much to even themselves anymore.

Akenero4 votes

And what if you let an IRL friend use your account to test a character in a bot game?(helping clear things up)

Deep Terror Nami14 votes

Technically sharing is off limits in any way possible. The question is whether Riot would notice or take action. Testing a champion in bots will probably not be noticed, but you're still taking a risk by doing so, so I don't advise it.

Akenero1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=E1V0UMii,comment-id=00030000,timestamp=2016-04-28T18:17:00.332+0000)

Technically sharing is off limits in any way possible. The question is whether Riot would notice or take action. Testing a champion in bots will probably not be noticed, but you're still taking a risk by doing so, so I don't advise it.

Which is why I dont anymore :) Before I knew about elo boosting, account selling, etc, I did this, and I'm still entirely willing to take SOME form of punishment for it. Just not a permaban 2 week ban I'd be fine with

Deep Terror Nami10 votes

If you know it's a punishable offense now and you don't do it anymore, I'd advise deleting this comment. It's nearly impossible to get help from Support if your account is compromised and you let slip that you shared it at some point.

Akenero2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=E1V0UMii,comment-id=0003000000000000,timestamp=2016-04-28T18:24:02.703+0000)

If you know it's a punishable offense now and you don't do it anymore, I'd advise deleting this comment. It's nearly impossible to get help from Support if your account is compromised and you let slip that you shared it at some point.

I've said it multiple times, that ship sailed a long time ago XD I do trust the system, however. Most I'll likely get is a restriction on loot, which I'll have to reform.

But thanks for the concern!(remember when you and I both inquired about becoming arbiters? Congrats on going through with it)

BIH Diamond1 votes

I do trust the system, however.

Fool

KrugLyfe1 votes

What if you go to your friends house for the summer? Just because you logged in from a different computer they won't ban you will they?

Guyy Fieri2 votes

They usually identify people sharing accounts based on play style. Things such as click rate, cs/ward numbers and even what keys your summoner spells are on are some of things they'll look at.

Sniper 01 votes

This can vary based on the time of day for me... lol Some games I'm on my wards like a challenger, some games I'm warding like a bronzy... xD Though I do tend to have consistent patterns in my ward locations. I saw a neat trick for top lane tp'ing into bot where it wouldn't get cleared so I wanna see how that works out. ;)

It's not purely based on that is all I'm saying. They also look into the ip at which you were playing at the time, if you were playing on a champion you're experienced with. There are just too many factors to consider.

Crowe Stalker1 votes

I don't think Warding or even Performance is the first or even biggest thing taken into account. I've had games where I put maybe three wards and times where I, as a mid or toplaner, outdo my Support with just a trinket. It's things like keybindings, mannerisms, summoners and champions played on different IPs, things like JustQ33 suggested, but less on performance in game and more subtle differences.

If you like playing Jhin and work well with your team, but your friend plays Nunu with different keybindings, clicks less, and is toxic, that's definitely going to raise eyebrows.

Here's an example: I use a Razer Naga 2015 (green) I bind my important buttons on my numberpad (1-4 basic, 5-6 summoners, 7 trinket, 8-0 and + = items) HOWEVER, my 1 key is buggy so I have Q on default. Additionally, I have different emotes (Homerow for default emotes and X mastery)

That's a very different set up than default (qwer for abilities, df for summoners and 1-6 for items) If my setup changes on a different computer in a different IP and the person plays differently too, I might have been comprimised.

It's the little details most people wouldn't even think of.

Sniper 01 votes

I think you're overthinking it just a tad man.

Crowe Stalker1 votes

Point is, it's not just performance. We've all gotten those S games (wanna say S+ but I've gotten maybe two?) and we've gotten those C games, sometimes even on the same champion. There's a lot more variables to take into account that most people wouldn't glance twice at.

Necromagik4 votes

I better stop letting my 5 year old brother play on custom bot games...

Time to make your own account son. Git gud.

Wimbledofy2 votes

lol seriously this annoys me. My family is close we should share everything. But now im not supposed to let them know my password for 1 game :/ makes sense.

Jari1 votes

It's for any game actually.

Wimbledofy1 votes

most games let you do this.

Jari1 votes

Sorry, let me reword that.

Games with login information in order to play do not allow you to do that due to compromised information, credit card problems (If you have it saved,) etc. I cannot think of a single online game that makes you put in your password every time to play that allows it. Not a single damn one.

Wimbledofy1 votes

Family members can usually share this information.

Jari1 votes

No. They can't. Do I need to explain it another way?

With all info riot can gather, you are the one that uses your account. That's obvious. If someone else has access to it, Riot has to lock it down the moment they notice. If they learn that you actually just gave it to them, they'll consider it a pain in the ass to keep doing it for you.

Not to mention people have used VPN's to fake the owner's IP to try to make it look convincing during their elo boosting. Riot still notices when you swap your flash and play completely different all of a sudden.

Wimbledofy1 votes

I said in other games they usually can. And i wasn't talking about playing ranked. Pretty much 99% of all console games you can share with your family, including multiplayer games. Blizzard doesn't allow account sharing with friends but allows parent/guardian to share with children. Steam has a system in place based around family sharing.

Jari2 votes

To start, Blizzard has parental controls built in on their site. League doesn't.

Second, does the console game force you to log in with a username and password every time in order to play it? No. I've never heard of such a thing.

Steam's family sharing plan also doesn't count for this argument, as for the games themselves they don't have a log in, at least not similar to games such as League. However, if you were to play a game with that requirement, you'd notice there's a literal list linked on the game that tells you that you cannot.

I'm not refering to single player bullshit here.

Wimbledofy1 votes

stop acting like im referring to single player games, because i'm clearly not. Also if you choose to stay logged out on a console then yes it does require you put in your username in password. Just because league doesn't have an auto login doesn't mean it can't be compared.

Jari2 votes

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stop acting like im referring to single player games, because i'm clearly not.

To start, if you're going to talk about steam family plan and consoles, you're going to talk about games that have a single player mode.

Your Dark Souls doesn't hold your credit card info. Or if this way to explain it helps...

You can't share your steam account or it'll be locked. Sounds like this situation right? I wonder what makes the steam account different from the family plan, since it lets you in theory do the same thing, right?

Credit. Card. Information. Companies that run their game for online interaction are against it because of false charges. That's why, like I said, you sharing your league accounts results in it getting locked. Because you're going to cause trouble for them and it's just easier to lock it.

Wimbledofy1 votes

Where exactly does it says you can't share your steam account? I looked it up and found something that said "multiple users cannot play simultaneously on one steam account" which is not the same as multiple users sharing the account. All that means is that 2 people can't be logged in at the same time.

MrBuffington3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Deep Terror Nami,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=E1V0UMii,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-04-28T18:10:52.297+0000)

And like the Eye of Sauron I see everything

But can you see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch????

GRVet3ran0sS2 votes

I have 100+ friends that play league. I can assure you that every single one of them has shared their accounts for various reasons, like trying champions,playing ranked games since they are separate elos etc. And noone has ever been permanent banned.

LatetotheRace1 votes

Then report them?

Wimbledofy3 votes

why though? what does he gain from reporting them? If they aren't elo boosting it doesn't hurt anyone.

Blitzidious2 votes

It is the potential of harm, and a violation of the code. The best thing to do if you don't see a problem with it is to stay silent. Just these two comments you've posted have the potential of jeopardizing "your" account. You don't have to report them, but it is highly advised to do so.

I highly recommend removing these two comments. But, this is just a recommendation, do as you please.

Wimbledofy3 votes

i have never let someone else on my account so i don't have any need to remove them.

Masala Chai2 votes

That Nami is too terrifying make it stop.

Anonymousaur1 votes

What if I had played on my account at my friend's house?

How can Riot tell the difference? Is it just by playing style or IP address or ???? Sorry, I get worried about this often.

Deep Terror Nami3 votes

Riot understands that people change IP's for legitimate and various reasons, so simply playing on someone else's computer isn't an issue. When determining if an account has been compromised or is being shared, they look at many different indications.

However, be aware of security threats that playing on a strange computer may pose to your account; your friend could have a virus or keylogger, or may have an illegal program installed in his League files. I'm not saying don't play at your friend's house, just make sure to take steps to ensure you aren't blamed for something that could be avoided.

https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201751664-Protecting-Your-Account

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