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Get Boosted

Bellbellum·9/25/2018, 8:54:05 AM·2 votes·3,032 views

Recently I was added by a random summoner. It was late at night. I accepted, me being the lonely Bronze scrub that I am, only for them to message me the following:

"Hi, bellbell252! Ever Wanted To Duo Queue With A Professional LoL Player? Great News! We Now Offer Duo Queue With Some Of The Worlds Very Best! Including: LCS & ExLCS Players. [Web url]"

Apparently now it is practice for bot accounts to advertise boosting services.

I hate this. I hate it when I'm called boosted, and I hate being boosted. I have a few friends in Gold I'll play with but then I dislike it bc then all the games I proceed to solo q I lose (hmm what does that say about my skill level?). Granted I need to improve but I know that boosting is not how to do that.

I dislike that I'm getting spammed in my game. I shouldn't get awoken by league chat notifications only to get spammed.

What precautions does Riot have against spammers? Are there any rules against paying someone to boost you?

3 Comments

Silent Gravity9/25/2018, 9:05:11 AM1 votes

One of the main ways they combat people like this is through people submitting support tickets.

There are rules against boosting. There are rules against spam bots. I believe there are rules against advertising.

SonicAF9/25/2018, 9:21:00 AM1 votes

This kind of boosting is unlikely to get anyone banned.

Sukishoo9/25/2018, 9:35:56 PM1 votes

It's been like that for years. Unfortunately, Riot will never be able to stop all of them. Get rid of one and 3 more just seem to sprout out.