Is impersonating another person against the Terms of Service?

Best Ekko NA··2 votes·1,163 views

Just got out of a game with two players pretending they were pro players and both of them naturally were pretty huge assholes. They kept posting stream links which clearly was troll because neither were streaming. I find this very offensive because one of the players, who kept claiming he was C9 Sneaky, was basically raging the entire time. I watch C9 Sneaky occasionally and have never seen him rage in this manner and in my opinion this is extremely defaming towards him.

The other guy, who also kept spamming some stream link, I was auto filled into Supporting for. I didn't pick the most conventional Support (however picked a champion I hadn't lost once with yet, mind you) and played like I would any other game. His play style was very non reactive (he would farm while I was trying to engage and ignore me completely). Eventually I ended up dying which put him on tilt. From there the entire game was a nightmare of a raging shit hole as I tried to find farm so I could stay relevant in the game (which made them rage even more, mind you).

Not going to post names or anything, but I'd really love to know.. Is impersonating a "famous" person or player a punishable offense? I really feel like it should be as examples like this are very defaming on another individual.

10 Comments

Shadòw4 votes

they were joking..

jesus grow some balls

Best Ekko NA3 votes

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they were joking..

jesus grow some balls

I really don't think they were joking. Not when they were raging like they were.

Someone who is joking isn't tilted the entire game and ruining everyone else's experience.

WukongMain2 votes

joking or not, No one would believe them anyway.

Best Ekko NA1 votes

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joking or not, No one would believe them anyway.

That's like saying stealing someone else's work isn't plagiarizing. It doesn't matter if someone else believes it or not in my opinion, claiming to be someone else is nearly the same exact thing. Obviously everyone on our team could have figured out that they weren't however that's not the point at all. They are defaming another person.

WukongMain2 votes

i mean.... No?

stealing someones work is another thing all together.

This is someone in a video game claiming to be someone everyone clearly knows they're not.

Hmmm, We should ban impressions cause they're pretending to be other people right?

Shadòw2 votes

i'm pretty sure they are aware of the fact that they are not actually sneaky

Deep Terror Nami3 votes

It is against the Terms of Use;

i. Impersonating any person, business or entity, including an employee of Riot Games, or communicating in any way that makes it appear that the communication originates from Riot Games;

Most of the time they really aren't causing any problems, but if it's serious you can take it up with Riot through a Support Ticket using the category I have a question > Game & Features > General Questions. But again, it's usually not actually harming anyone, so use your best judgement.

HexaDecimel2 votes

If they were harassing, spamming, or creating a negative experience then you can feel free to report them.

jpguy9021 votes

No. You can only be punished if you impersonate a Riot employee.

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

This is not true, but most people won't believe you are a well known individual if you're making a fool of yourself, so pretending to be a pro or streamer isn't usually a big deal. Impersonating a Rioter is the quickest way to get banned though.

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