Permanently suspended due to 3rd party programs that I have never used

Diggens··7 votes·2,434 views

Yesterday I received an email from Riot telling me my account has been permanently suspended for using 3rd party programs.

  1. I don't currently nor have I ever used any type of third party programs. No scripts, no overlays, no hacks of any sort.

  2. My account is my own. It isn't bought, I created it in season 2 and have been playing ever since. No one has my account information or plays on my account. I only ever play on my personal computer.

  3. I have already submitted a ticket to support to which they have responded to. Their initial response was as follows,

"After reviewing your account to double check all the facts, it looks like the account was banned for using exploits. This is an issue that we take very seriously as it ruins the integrity of the game for many players. You can read more about our stance here:

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/5kx4F7VE-reminder-third-party-applications

I cannot disclose any details regarding our investigation as we want to keep the methods that we use a secret from any malicious intent of gaming the system. However, if you're sharing your account information with anyone else, that would be a violation of our Terms of Use and can cause your account to be detected also.

Based on our investigation, we're very confident with the information we have gathered and will not be modifying this decision. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know."

I responded to this message and today received another response which stated,

"Hello again,

I understand that this is a very frustrating situation for you. We don't ban players on a whim as we know how valuable the account is to them. Permanent suspensions aren't issued until we are very confident with the decision. Essentially, it's pretty clear to us from our end. That said, we have gathered enough data to go ahead with the decision on this case. :/ "

The problem here is I know with complete certainty that I haven't used any type of exploits or 3rd party programs. I know no one has my information or has been playing on my account because I checked my games played at op.gg to see if anything seemed off. I feel completely and utterly helpless in this situation. If any Riot employee could please look into this for me I would be very appreciative. If anyone has had this happen to them and was able to resolve the issue I would welcome any advice. I don't want to lose the account I have spent 5 years on because of some automated program that thinks I was cheating.

EDIT: new response from support, We thoroughly check our data to ensure accuracy. Once we have reviewed an exploit case, we will not modify the punishment. I understand that this is probably not the answer that you wanted to hear but there really is no way for you to recover this account.

Also please upvote! Help get this thread noticed by a rioter so I can get some help!

23 Comments

Magical Player3 votes

3rd party software Anything that interacts with League of Legends Third-party applications are programs or files that aren’t part of League of Legends. https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/225266848-Third-Party-Applications generally speaking tools that make the game unfair

elduris4 votes

Wrong. You don't get banned for antivirus or Curse/Discord. Only third party apps that modify the League of Legends game itself. Custom skin programs, scripts, hacks, anything that modifies your League files. Antiviurs and VOIP programs are excluded.

Please stop going around spreading misinformation to people. Makes you look bad.

Warlord Scrap1 votes

didn't they just realize this ban wave had alot of errors though and reverted some accounts.

Diggens1 votes

Did they really? That gives me a small sliver of hope if some people got their accounts back.

Magical Player1 votes

My statement is a 3rd party software is a software that interacts with league Curse was deemed 3rd party punishable because it interacted with league curse fixed itself to stop that interaction (am I mistaken on this part of the history) What is misinformation? there is very little information to begin with https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/225266848-Third-Party-Applications "Third-party applications are programs or files that aren’t part of League of Legends."

I may have been a bit quick there, but I feel that if there was a list not a generalization it would be better(if its not on the list, ask riot) I've gone ahead and edited my initial post, thank you for the infomation

elduris1 votes

You were not mistaken in that part of history regarding Curse Voice, but you are posting as if that is still the case. That's what I take issue with.

If you would read the next sentence in the article you linked, you'd see:

Applications we take issue with are those which impede the competitive nature of League of Legends.

A list would not work because there are always new applications being developed to allow you to cheat in League. Having to constantly update that list would be time consuming for little payoff.

Riot goes on to clarify:

We don’t like applications that provide measurable player advantage. We’d like to set fair expectations by calling out some features that definitely aren’t okay. Some examples of measurable player advantage:

Exposing information that’s intentionally obfuscated (cooldowns or timers) Taking actions on your behalf (botting or scripting) Drawing conclusions for you (predicting enemy positions) Altering your field of intelligence (zoomhacks or global ult alerts)

Magical Player1 votes

Sounds good, I'll adjust my position on the issue.(for future posts) Thank you for effort to help me re-evaluate my information

Diggens1 votes

I don't have curse or discord. I did have McAfee for the past few years but recently, maybe a few months back, removed it. I don't have any software that interacts with league at all.

Guyy Fieri1 votes

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I don't have curse or discord. I did have McAfee for the past few years but recently, maybe a few months back, removed it. I don't have any software that interacts with league at all.

Mcafee has nothing to do with it that wasn't it

JustJayson1 votes

I would message them further, there must be evidence of what exactly it is to ban you right?

Diggens1 votes

As shown above in their response they said they can't "disclose any details regarding our investigation as we want to keep the methods that we use a secret from any malicious intent of gaming the system." So yea I have no idea what it even is they think i did.

ArconTheSeptim1 votes

How much money did you invest in the account?

Diggens1 votes

I'm sure at least $1000. I've played since mid season 2, own all champs and runes and have around 200 skins. Never had any chat bans or warnings for toxic behavior. Got no warning of any kind about 3rd party software. Just out of the blue permanently banned. Not even a chance to defend myself.

ArconTheSeptim1 votes

Yeah I am afraid that is the primary reason why you got banned, they are already blackmailing certain players with high value accounts, in a way we gonna ban you and you gonna make a new account and put even more money it. It's really sad.

Resolution1 votes

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Yeah I am afraid that is the primary reason why you got banned, they are already blackmailing certain players with high value accounts, in a way we gonna ban you and you gonna make a new account and put even more money it. It's really sad.

Not to burst your tin-foil hat, but the likely hood of that happening is very slim. The publicity damage if that ever came to light, and not to mention the potential to scare off an already established customer would be more damaging then it's worth.

Take it from someone who used to hack a lot in first person shooters. A lot of this comes down to injections and masking it into other programs so it appears native. People who do this are instructed to always use 100% deniability/are even guides to help you contest bans. The most common is to blame it on another program most likely installed on every gamers computer (Razor/Curse).

iamnottoohow1 votes

I totally agreed with you. As more money you spend, the more chance they will ban the account. Because then you will spend more to make an other account.

kokideal1 votes

I was permanently banned for the same reason before 9 days and got the same responses. I only use Skype and Overwolf sometimes. I have only used MkLoL on January 2016 and got emailed by Riot to stop using the program or I will be banned, so I deleted it. Since then I have never downloaded any scripts nor anything else to modify my client. I really hope any mistakenly banned account gets unbanned, because this situation of Riot releasing a ban wave that is banning innocent people is very stupid. And the worst thing is that they don't even want to help people with their cases.

Diggens1 votes

I don't even know what overwolf or mklol are. I've never used any type of programs that affect the client at all

iamnottoohow1 votes

My account got suspended as well that I never used any third party. They did not provide me any proof. I am just upset and helpless now. What should I do? If I did use any third party program, they suspended my account I wont be so sad. Riot became trust less now. I just want to know what should I do now?

JDGII2 votes

Lel looks at Tier graph You went from G5 to G3 to G1 in a supppppper short span. Your booster was obviously using 3rd party programs and got caught that way.

iamnottoohow1 votes

No, I did not use any booster. I played with my friends. I always filled my position. So I play mid and jg and bot too. Not much top.

iamnottoohow1 votes

If I got any booster, I should play a carry role instead. It will be much easier than a support.

JDGII1 votes

Such cute lies [sg-miss-fortune]

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