This is not a complaining thread, just my own curiousity. Is it actually legal for riot to place permanent bans on accounts? What about the content people pay for ? I understand that its their 'property' but i think of it like the content you pay for are the things you buy and put in a house you rent. You get kicked out/banned dont you have the right to get the things you paid for?
You don't purchase content. You purchase Riot Points that has no monetary value and is assigned to an account you don't own, and you use Riot Points to lease content to that account. That's roughly how it's phrased in the EULA.
It is, for it's stated in the ToS that you are subjected to their rules, and since you're accepting in that "contract", you have to abide for it.
Also, as some people have stated, you aren't exactly buying stuff, you're buying the right to use them as long as you follow the terms of use, and just as you can be kicked out of a place you're renting if you violate the rules, the same applies here.
You don't "buy" anything, Riot basically just allows for you to use their content if you pay for it. Under their terms of use, that you agree to, they own your account and everything on it and they reserve the right to ban it with or without a reason.
It's clearly stated in the terms of use that riot owns the rights to the account. They state that you will not receive a refund if you break this agreement.
E. Suspension/Termination. By Riot Games. RIOT GAMES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU, AND WITH NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND TO YOU. Additionally, Riot Games may stop offering and/or supporting the Game at any time. For purposes of explanation and not limitation, most Account suspensions, terminations and/or deletions are the result of violation of this Agreement, the EULA, the Privacy Policy, or the Summoner’s Code (defined below). Accounts terminated by Riot Games shall not be reinstated under any conditions whatsoever.
I understand that its their 'property'
Do you understand though? I don't think you do.
Its more like an apartment complex. If you fck around too much under the owner's roof, he can toss you like used supplies and has every right to, regardless of how many months of rent you paid
You don't buy anything.
Simple explanation: You rent it for the duration of your account. If by any means you break some rules and earn a ban it's all legal as you accepted the terms and you don't get money back since it's the part of the contract.
Analogy: Renting an apartment, trashing the building, and then getting evicted. You won't get your money back. You may keep the stuff you brought in but those were not the part of the contract.
Yes it is legal.
To sum things up, you are not paying for the content on League of Legends. You are paying for RP for the account, which you are then using to unlock content on the account. The account and all the assets belong to Riot. They allow you to use the account so long as you continue to follow their rules and conditions.
And as a catch-all, Riot includes in their ToS that it reserves the right to block access to their content for any or even no reason. But blocking someone from accessing their account for no reason would be a PR nightmare it is highly unlikely that they would do this.
This catch-all is there in case someone spots a loop-hole in the rules and conditions and attempts to blatantly exploit it (following the letter the rule while doing their best to go against the spirit of the rule).
Imagine that you wanted to make your apartment a bit prettier. You pay your landlord to buy new wallpaper for your apartment and install it.
When you get evicted for repeatedly disturbing your neighbors, you don't get to take the wallpaper with you.
It's kind of a rough analogy, but that's the general idea here.
riot doesnt owe anything to us
