New account-naming conventions needed to prevent hashcodes

Austin Covello·1/26/2019, 5:45:56 AM·2 votes·2,337 views

Riot, if you see an account with a suffix or prefix like this: kHgRe or some sort of alternating lowercase or uppercase lettering (and possible numbering, as well) when it doesn't spell out an actual word, you need to start banning these accounts proactively, and prohibit future accounts from using those types of alternating cases. These are bot accounts. I've had my games spoiled plenty of times by botting players on Twisted Treeline, and invariably, they use these types of hashcodes at the end or beginning of their names. I imagine it has something to do with how the scripts are coded and how they interface with the game. Of course, I report such bots, but they keep popping up, anyway.

5 Comments

KFCeytron1/26/2019, 6:13:11 AM6 votes

If Riot bans one type of pattern, the botters/scripters will just switch to a different type.

Kei1431/26/2019, 11:50:34 AM4 votes

That's a temporary fix, doesn't solve anything at it roots.

If Riot stopped that, the scripts will just end up cycling words from the dictionary.

DrCyanide1/26/2019, 11:56:56 AM2 votes

Putting a name restriction does nothing positive, as the botters could just as easily switch to names ending in "Covello" (or, more likely, randomly pick words from a dictionary).

Rather than ban on sight, it's smarter for Riot to just pay closer attention to these accounts and see if there are new botting methods being tried. They can ban them on a ban wave like normal, but Riot can monitor the botting community easier.

NiamhNyx1/26/2019, 5:49:18 AM1 votes

You would hate the alt account names i made.