I just played an URF game against drophackers.
No, no, let me repeat:
URF. GAME. DROPHACKERS.
Two of my team were AFK the whole game and Bard was frequently disconnecting. No words from the enemy team except "gg" in the end. This is fking ridiculous!
Chermorg4 votesIf you literally believe youtube videos for information about IT security, DON'T.
The only way someone could get your IP through League of Legends is if your P2P patching was on, and even then that's theoretically only when you're patching. Without your IP, and even with it, they can try to access all they want but it won't really put "your PC ... in their control".
Now, it is theoretically possible to force a crash of a Riot server just based on the IP. It's called a DDoS attack. It's also highly illegal and beyond the scope of just any random person with a PC. Further, Riot's servers most likely have at least some DDoS protection, so it's highly unlikely that a "drophack" would be effective.
More than likely, the people disconnecting were experiencing throttled internet connections due to high capacity on their network or other reasons. It's possible that the AFKs literally couldn't connect and didn't even try to come back.
Claiming drophack doesn't do much good - if anything send your network logs to Riot in a support ticket so they can look at what's going on, but they probably won't find anything.
YokoNomi3 votesI feel like the policy "Do not name shame" should be in big bold letters on the front page of the forums at this point, or at least in a pinned thread, solely about that one policy. It's happening a lot.
Lauchmelder2 votesAnd who is being shamed?
Drugoth1 votesNo one is being shamed, but the Bard and Oriannas names are on display.
Lauchmelder2 votesYou aren't allowed to name AND shame them. It's to prevent witch hunts.
This doesn't fall under naming and shaming though. Both things need to be done (name the player and call them out on smth)
Drugoth1 votesOh, I always thought that the "/" stood for and/or. Hmm.
Thanks for the clarification though.
ModPeriscope1 votesHe did say the bard was constantly disconnecting.
Imperial Pandaa2 votesTrue but he is also saying it isn't his teams fault.
Drugoth2 votesHow do you know they were drop hacking? You and the other player had no issues connecting at all. What if the other 3 simply were just dealing with run of the mill connectivity issues?
Primaquarius2 votesMy experience with 2 drophack vids on youtube is: once you are drophacked, it takes a long time to log back in, because your PC is in their control. You have to reset your IP to get rid of this issue
Drugoth2 votesYeah but a power outage or ISP service drop would look exactly the same. It's not uncommon for premades to be playing League in the same building and encounter connectivity issues together because they're on the same network.
Telephone Booth1 votesSo what made you think there was someone drophacking? I don't even get where that came from. Do you have any evidence other than people were disconnecting? Because that's a pretty normal thing that isn't caused by hacks.
