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I got Banned for MMRBoosting, but it has been me playing ever since the end of season 2

Minus The Crown·10/30/2016, 7:58:25 AM·1 votes·2,013 views

Few days ago i have received an email from Riot saying i got ban for 2 weeks due to the reason for MMRBoosting. Im not sure why i got ban because this account only i play it. I have been playing LoL since the end of season 2, I was soft banned in season 3 due to "afk" (Truth was I kept on dcing due to bad internet connection and unable to reconnect to the game even tho when internet is fine) but I didn't say anything and let it go because I didn't want to argue. It's only me who play on this account. Yes I am on tilt, Yes I dropped from Plat 4 71LP to Plat 5 0LP and then the last few games was the only good games I have had before the season ended. http://oce.op.gg/summoner/userName=King+Puppy The last 11 rank games i had played i lost 7 and won 4. Each game i can explain thoroughly on why i went this mastery and why i went this champion.

First rank game i played Caitlyn (went 5/10). Caitlyn is my favourite ADC and i am rank 7 with her. Mastery i went Deathfire torch, this was a mistake as my ADC mastery page share with Jhin so sometime i forget to change. Second rank game i played was Alistar (went 0/10), I chose to play Alistar because i was told to during the champion select. My ADC requested me to play Alistar so i played Alistar. Third rank game i played was Thresh (went 1/3/12), Thresh is one of my favourite support, and i believe i am rank 6 with her. Forth game i went Bard (went 5/5), I went Bard because i was on tilt and i felt like playing Bard, therefore i brought Flash and Ignite with me (same thing as the normal game few days before it).

The first 4 games was a loss.

Fifth game i played Syndra and went (went 10/5), You may not see me play Syndra alot in rank but i do know how to play her, check previous seasons and you'll see or even check my match history, i believe if you go far back enough you'll see i play her. For summoner spells i went flash and ghost, this game i brought ghost due to the reason of seeing my diamond friend bring ghost on her.

My first win after the 4 losses.

Sixth game i played Vayne (went 3/7). This game i went warlord because i wanted to try things different. I do play vayne in rank as you can see in rank stats.

Seventh game i played Alistar (went 2/6). This game i brought flash and ignite because i am on tilt, when i am on tilt i tend to do things differently and try new things.

Eighth game i played Lee Sin (went 10/6). This game i went Strength of the Ages because i recently watched Trick2g videos and he talked about jgler should bring Strength of the Ages because of the 300 bonus HP and its pretty op. And with lee sin he falls off late game if hes behind, therefore going tanky is a definite solution for that.

The last 3 wins i played was Lee Sin and Gangplank. Again you may not see me play Gangplank but i do play him and know how to play him.

The reason why i state specific things in each game because they are the "new stuff" or "unusual pattern" that i had went in games. I just wanted to explain so then Riot can take a look again and reconsider if i am getting MMRBoost.

I was looking forward to climb back to plat 4. Yet few days ago I had received a message from you guys saying I got banned due to the reason being I am getting boosted, while it's only me playing. I wouldn't argue at all if you guys only ban me for 2 weeks and that's it BUT taking away all my rank rewards and disqualifying me getting this season reward is ridiculous, I am not boosted. I try new things when I'm on tilt, I have other accounts to practice champion on. I have in total of 7 accounts including 3 accounts in Level 30 and others being under Level 30. Not only that I have accounts in garena where I play when I go back overseas. Please reply, as League is a game that I have loved since the end of season 2 and I had put a large amount of money to purchase skins. Thank you for your time.

P.S. I have submiited a support ticket but i havent got a reply. REQUEST #23928917

IGN: King Puppy

Thank you so much

20 Comments

Thrëat10/30/2016, 8:26:53 AM4 votes

He was boosted, as in someone played on his account and got him to a higher rank than he deserves. His last boost occured on September 24th and September 25th. The booster played:

Nidalee - 8-2-9 Win Lucian 7-6-10 Win Oriana 8-2-3 Win Ziggs 7-3-5 Win Ezreal 17-6-17 Win Xerath 13-1-10 Win Oriana 19-8-17 Win Ezreal 6-6-5 Loss Ziggs 20-3-11 Win

He got 8 wins he didn't deserve and 1 loss out of the booster. Also, this wasn't his first boost this season. February 26th and February 27th he was also boosted. The booster played:

Oriana 5-3-13 Win Gragas 4-3-8 Win Akali 11-4-6 Win Thresh 4-3-12 Win Morgana 5-3-16 Win Leona 2-4-13 Win Akali 17-4-6 Win Renekton 5-7-8 Loss Ezreal 14-4-16 Win Leblanc 13-2-5 Win Lux 12-5-10 Win Lissandra 5-5-7 Win

So during this time he got another 11 wins and 1 loss out of the booster. This means he got 19 free wins from being boosted. That raises his rank several divisions higher than he deserves and his MMR a full tier higher than he deserves. You'd think that would be enough boosting, right? Nope, theres more.

Earlier that month in the season he was boosted from February 11th to February 13th. The booster played:

Akali 15-3-5 Win Diana 13-0-5 Win Yi 9-5-7 Loss Leblanc 11-4-12 Win Lux 4-3-4 Loss Oriana 11-3-9 Loss Akali 20-4-9 Win Akali 8-2-4 Win Akali 14-5-5 Win Akali 19-6-4 Win Akali 10-7-7 Win Akali 14-1-3 Win Akali 13-4-5 Win

Heres another 10 wins and 3 losses from the booster. That is 29 free wins that he DID NOT DESERVE. That is a straight up tier of boosting.

Then you would HOPE That was the end of his boosting, this so-called innocent person. But again,, NOPE, he actually had his PLACEMENTS Boosted which landed him in S1 and then he was boosted into Gold 5 since he didn't want to have to grind even S1 to G5 by himself.

January 27th till January 28th he was boosted:

Lux 6-4-12 Win Ezreal 7-3-4 Loss Ezreal 8-2-3 Win Katarina 14-2-4 Win LeBlanc 9-0-3 Win Ezreal 4-1-8 Win Ezreal 12-4-11 Win Ekko 7-6-12 Win Lux 19-4-13 Win Leblanc 19-2-7 Win Vayne 6-8-8 Win Ezreal 13-4-4 Win Leblanc 11-1-5 Win Diana 12-3-5 Win Ezreal 20-6-13 Win

That is another 14 wins, bringing your total for the seaason up to 43 boosted wins. That is 2 full tiers above where you deserve. You are Plat but you deserve Silver. Enjoy the ban. Oh, and this isn't the only season you were boosted, but I'm not gonna go over your last season boost where you got boosted into Gold 5 you pathetic fuck.

Thrëat10/30/2016, 9:02:35 AM2 votes

On top of this, you weren't on your way to Plat 4 any way. Your MMR was currently Gold 4. You only were climbing because of the boost. When you are P5 but your MMR is at P1 from a boost you gain a LOT more LP than you lose, meaning you can have a 35% winrate and STILL climb a division. Eventually the MMR balances out and catches back up to your true rank. If you played a few more games you would be at risk of dropping out of Plat and into Gold 1. If you continued to play you'd continue to drop.

You don't get better at this game by being boosted, you get better at this game by learning from your mistakes. Being able to climb right after being boosted isn't a sign that you were just stuck and needed the boost out, it is just a sign that shows when your MMR is inflated from doing good the system actually tries to put you where it then thinks you deserve to be. This shows that anyone can climb their account relatively easily if they deserve a higher rank. It is also unfortunately a huge flaw in boosting because it makes people think they deserved the boost because the MMR inflation makes it so they continue to climb even if they aren't doing too well due to the LP gains / losses.

OnlyYouCanHearMe10/30/2016, 8:07:18 AM2 votes

Im not sure exactly what the magic formula they use to look at whether someone is a booster or not is, but it does go beyond just the computer's IP address. I assume from what you say, that you at least have quite a few games played with each of those champs, in either normals or ranked. Good luck in your talk with Riot Support. This one doesn't really seem like a case of boosting, especially since you (edit - forgot the word didn't here) boost up and through a promo series or two.

Thrëat10/30/2016, 10:04:25 PM1 votes

lol my methods don't work? That must be why I think you are boosted based on what I could see AND you got banned for being boosted. Wake the fuck up, you got caught, it isn't going to be reversed. I was even able to give the exact dates and games that you were boosted in. Are you really denying that someone else played those exact games? It isn't like I'm just saying "lul you were boosted bbecause I said soz," I literally gave you the EXACT dates and EXACT games that were played by someone other than yourself.

vampirekid1310/30/2016, 8:02:32 AM1 votes

This doesn't make sense. Boosting is legal. Account sharing is not. Account sharing has a perma ban on first offense not a 2 week ban. Boosting has no ban.

Just out of curiosity did you receive a 10 and 25 game chat restriction in the last 6 months?

Dominick Destine10/31/2016, 3:11:41 AM1 votes

If you are legitimately innocent and believe you have been maligned , wait for the support ticket to come through and explain your situation.

xyzoom10/30/2016, 2:32:11 PM1 votes

wish Rioter Support - #OCE server reply your ticket faster.

Be patient waiting to be answered. don't re-send ... its make back into last queue.

PS : rekt English.

AeroWaffle10/30/2016, 4:20:04 PM1 votes

Unfortunately, you're just going to have to wait for a Riot employee response. They have access to far more information when making the decision than we have, so our judgements are pretty worthless.

If you are indeed telling the truth, good luck with your conversation with Riot. You'll likely need it, Riot tends to only ban for MMR boosting once they're already convinced.