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Not Sure Why I Got Banned? (Moved from Help & Support, as Riot Suggested)

Heath Sensei··2 votes·1,315 views

I got an email (EMAIL SHOWN IN POST BELOW) saying i got banned for "actions i have performed on my account", with no specifics.

And then I log in here to see I got a board ban for a post because I used the word "boosting". I confused "smurfing" with "boosting" (as i was referring to using my own, second account, summoner Heathathon). I was never involved in boosting of any kind, and I'm not even sure if the account ban and board ban are for the same thing? I have not broken any rules or done anything else that could be construed as suspect.

I have never logged into anyone else's account, nor has anyone besides me ever logged into my accounts. Perform a check on all IPs used on my accounts for the last year - there will only be one. And there will never be any other accounts logged into. You can also check play style, button configurations, items, whatever.

Not sure if my own two accounts are causing this confusion or what, but it should be obvious that I did not "boost". You can see that I stopped playing and started playing again on both accounts always at the same time for years, along with all the above.

I have a ticket open already, but... Any advice?

26 Comments

ModThe Djinn3 votes

An account ban and a boards ban are separate things. You can discuss a boards-related issue with the moderation team at the Boards Discord, and we'll be happy to help you out as much as we can.

If you got a ban for actions performed on your accounts, your best bet is to just want on that ticket. It's possible that your account was compromised and banned for your protection (in which case they can help you resolve the situation), or it may be that something has thrown up a flag for activity that isn't allowed by the Terms of Use. Player Support will be able to assist you better than we can.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Good to know - thank you. I sure hope so because this has caused me worry all day at work haha ;)

PresBushDid7112 votes

Dude you op.gg profile looks very odd... You have a tremendous losing streak going on and the mmr of a mid silver but in B3. Hell your mmr is like 2 tiers above mine and i'm just getting into promos to silver.

The "boosting mistake" coupled with your extremely odd game play might be the reason. It also could be a ban for trolling... like I said your profile looks really suspect.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Thanks for your reply.

But you are looking at the wrong account - the summoner that got banned is "Heathathon".

On a side note, if my MMR is silver on this guy its because I was silver last season and literally JUST entered this new season last week. First time playing in over a year. Got placed in Bronze and lost a bunch of games w trolls, afks, etc, plus brushing up on my skills again. My other summoner was never in silver.

ModThe Djinn2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Heath Sensei,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=jb3ukjc7,comment-id=00060000,timestamp=2017-10-05T00:07:36.293+0000)

Thanks for your reply.

But you are looking at the wrong account - the summoner that got banned is "Heathathon".

On a side note, if my MMR is silver on this guy its because I was silver last season and literally JUST entered this new season last week. First time playing in over a year. Got placed in Bronze and lost a bunch of games w trolls, afks, etc, plus brushing up on my skills again. My other summoner was never in silver.

Looked up that Summoner account -- it has a sudden surge of seven Jungle Jax games, 5 of them strong wins (with 1 loss and 1 remake) on a character you have very few Mastery Points with and haven't played in your ranked history yet. You also have a 33% winrate overall, but a 71% winrate on Jax.

Prior to that your last Jax ranked game was a loss back in early 2016. Your current account has played him twice, with what looks to be a different build, and a much lower success rate.

I won't pretend to know any specifics of how Riot's system works, but I can imagine that that might be something the system looks at.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Thanks for more input -

I have been playing Jax since he could dodge turrets lol (yeah, i've been playing on that account since before ranked even existed hah). I probably have over 2-300 games with Jax, if not more. Super stoked he hasn't changed since i last played tbh - prob a big reason why i quickly got back into him. You can see the same pattern on this account here. Look at my mastery of Jax on this account too.

Besides, I had a few bad games with him too, and out of like 6 total games thats not a good sample size to say I'm winning more now.

All builds were the same on both accounts though what do you mean? The jg item > defensive boots > trinity or BORK depending on enemy tankiness > randuins. Always the same just maybe diff order if behind, etc.

Also, singed, ww, kass, malph, and others are my old mains - i hope i dont get banned if i suddenly start playing them again and winning LOL.

Makior721 votes

other than having the ticket open which you already do, nothing else you can really do. Are you the original owner of the account? if you bought the account somewhere or took it over from someone else in any way that may have flagged something.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Thanks for the response. I am the original owner of both accounts - created myself and only played by myself.

Heath Sensei1 votes

EMAIL FROM RIOT: To further complicate, my login screen says i am permanently banned, but my email says 7 months... Here is the email:

Actions that have been performed on your account are in violation of the League of Legends Terms of Use. You can review these terms at http://www.leagueoflegends.com/legal/termsofuse

Due to the severity of this violation, your League of Legends account has been banned until Wed May 13 18:40:20 UTC 4116

If you have any questions, contact our Player Support team at https://support.leagueoflegends.com/home

Riot Games Player Support

ModThe Djinn1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Heath Sensei,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=jb3ukjc7,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2017-10-04T23:08:23.185+0000)

EMAIL FROM RIOT: To further complicate, my login screen says i am permanently banned, but my email says 7 months... Here is the email:

Actions that have been performed on your account are in violation of the League of Legends Terms of Use. You can review these terms at http://www.leagueoflegends.com/legal/termsofuse

Due to the severity of this violation, your League of Legends account has been banned until Wed May 13 18:40:20 UTC 4116

If you have any questions, contact our Player Support team at https://support.leagueoflegends.com/home

Riot Games Player Support

Look like it's a ban until the year 4116, actually -- permanent bans are really just hugely long bans.

You might be able to inquire as to the specific sort of violation found (scripting or account sharing), but it appears that your account was found to be in violation of the Terms of Use.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Oh I see wow this is terrible. I have done none of those things :(

Heath Sensei1 votes

I thought Riot lets you know the reason for your ban...

PresBushDid7111 votes

... is that the year 4116?

I don't think they do 7 month bans brah.

Heath Sensei1 votes

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Friendly Ram1 votes

so they're probably grabbing you for account sharing but you'll need to wait on your ticket before we know the specifics. They're false bans semi frequently but I've never seen false ones for account sharing.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Thanks for your input - i think you are right as I can't imagine what else it would be. Both of my accounts are named Heath though, c'mon! lol

PresBushDid7111 votes

That summoner looks pretty odd too. You first 4 placement matches combined score of 1/28/6, kill participation 0%, 5%, 30%, 30%.

You lost your first 7 games, you first win is with a champion you had never played in ranked.

You've played 38 games all season, have 15 wins, 14 of which came with duos.

I'm not saying this is the reason for the ban, but damn if both your accounts don't looks weird af.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Lol, thanks again for response - see my below reply on champions though. I have two accounts so its hard to say if i "havent played them/much"

Concerning first matches, you will see that I jumped into my first game in over a year straight to rank - of course i lost and did horrible. I still have not played a single normal game - this can also be verified.

Heath Sensei1 votes

UPDATE: Looks like i may have been stressing too much - just read riots alert under my profile here in the browser, and it reads:

Hey Heathathon,

I'm removing your post for not adhering to the Boards Universal Rule for boosting, account compromise.

BOOSTING THIS ACCOUNT - Add Me If You Are SILVER

The sharing of accounts for any reason, including for MMR Boosting, is in violation of the Terms of Use. Due to this account being compromised I am permanently suspending its board privileges. The original owner may recover the account and request boards access returned by submitting a Support Ticket.

-DTN

Guess they did just think my account was compromised, so they should be able to see that it was not.

So should I wait out my current ticket or submit a new one under "retrieve compromised account"? Thanks all again for your input.

Liquid Poro 1 votes

I love DTN boosting,sharing is NOT allowed.

Heath Sensei1 votes

Are you here to help or...?

Liquid Poro 1 votes

Wait why your boosting you account?

Heath Sensei1 votes

I am not - that's the point. I just misused the word "boosting" when attempting to be clever and use buzz words in my post.

I just meant that I am smurfing on my own, lower-level account. =\

Liquid Poro 1 votes

Ehh.

Heath Sensei1 votes

10 days no reply on my ticket =\

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