The League of Legends MOBA is played worldwide, but the best server is considered to be South Korea: players from all over the world flock to the South Korean server to compete with the top LCK players like Faker. But Riot Games is putting a stop to 2023: Players are mercilessly banned from the server, even South Korean superstars like “The Shy.”
Why is the South Korean considered the best server for LoL?
LoL stages its greatest pros so perfectly in a trailer that I still get goosebumps 4 years later
Betting on solo queue games is rampant, becoming a problem
That’s the problem: Trouble is spreading in LoL, as in Valorant: people have started making money bets on the outcome of games in solo queue, especially when the match involves pro and star players.
This leads to the manipulation of games and spoils the opportunity for professionals to train properly.
Riot Games has therefore issued a tough new rule: Anyone who does not live in South Korea will be permanently banned from the South Korean server.
Politician wants to change law so Faker can keep playing LoL
Riot is kicking out any pro from Solo-Q in South Korea who doesn’t live in South Korea
This has these effects: Riot Games is so serious about this ban wave that even South Korean star player Kang “TheShy” Seung-lok, a former world champion, has now been banned.
Because TheShy comes from South Korea and was born there, but continued his career in the Chinese LPL. Despite being a big name in the South Korean solo queue and having grown up in South Korea, he has now been permanently banned from the server as seen in a clip live of him attempting to get back onto the servers.
Other South Koreans playing in China, such as Ruler, are also affected by the ban.
Riot says (via twitter):
LoL at a high level can pay off:
24-year-old pro proudly reveals what he bought from 7 years of LoL