IWillDominate is boosting a twitch live streamer

iBelatucadros·1/13/2019, 2:15:24 PM·3 votes·2,270 views

How is he not banned yet for boosting? IWillDominate is challenger player, he made a new account and is boosting a livestreamer on twitch. They both started playing in bronze elo, and now they are already in platinum in a matter of a month. Is boosting not bannable anymore? He's even streaming himself boosting!

8 Comments

Timethief491/13/2019, 2:17:07 PM8 votes

The bannable boosting is playing on someone elses account to rank him higher. What you describe is, depending on who you ask, coaching or duoboosting, and is not actually bannable, while stile disliked by parts of the community.

ozzzz6661/13/2019, 2:16:20 PM7 votes

Boosting and duoing are not the same thing.

GreenKnight1/13/2019, 2:33:57 PM2 votes

Asshole behavior, but not bannable.

ValyrianBlade1/13/2019, 2:44:44 PM1 votes

As long as IWD leveled the account himself and never let anyone else play a game on it (which with the new "everyone starts in iron" thing is believable) - he's not breaking any rules.

Not sure if he's possibly breaking rules by accepting money for it? However they can't really prove that.

SEKAI1/13/2019, 6:03:43 PM1 votes

Yes, no doubt, that IS boosting.

HOWEVER, it's a permitted form of boosting.

Because to outlaw it, it requires Riot to ultimately acknowledge the notion of smurfing to be basically illegal itself, or that they have to impose it so smurfs can not duo with anyone. Which neither of the 2 is going to happen, and thus it's allowed as if floating in a grey limbo.

It's still despicable imo, not just this boosting but the notion of smurfing as a whole. Smurfs are literally what makes elo hell even a thing and screw up low elo matchmaking in more ways than 1; not to mention how abominable the mere notion of it is, it's like a professional boxer going into a some casual boxing club uninvited and piss on everyone there... what's the point?

MiniJurista1/13/2019, 3:03:28 PM

Isnt he hardstuck d3?