League of Legends has a reputation for being a pretty toxic game. This also includes streamers and smurfs, who spoil the entry for many newbies. Now Riot Games is adjusting its rules and is also taking a more aggressive approach with penalties.
Despite having many players, League of Legends has a rather mediocre reputation. The game is said to have a toxic community. Despite many popular and friendly streamers, there are also black sheep who only play to destroy the game for you.
Of course, this also ensures that LoL is intimidating for newcomers. Riot Games has now announced that it will update its Terms of Service and explicitly refer to content creators. They want to take tougher action against toxic behavior and providers of second accounts.
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Streamers will soon have to be careful what they say on stream
What will Riot change to the Terms of Service? Riot has announced on their official website that they are making some changes and additions to the Terms of Service. The innovations focus mainly on streamers and content creators, who will probably have to be more careful in the future.
Riot appropriately names the first point with behavior outside of platforms. Riot states that there may be in-game penalties if you as a content creator misbehave outside of the game. This should apply to content creators who deal with games from Riot Games. This is intended to protect players outside of the game who enjoy playing games on other platforms.
The second point deals with platforms that sell accounts. If someone advertises this in their content or is sponsored by such platforms, they may even be banned. This also includes social media posts or conversations during streams or videos. Second accounts are popular with players and streamers who want to play in lower ranks against weaker players.
Players should be punished more severely for stream sniping. This is currently being tested with Valorant streamers.
They also want to ban people who attract negative attention in a Riot game from accessing other Riot games if they commit serious violations of the Terms of Service.
Riot writes in the official post that they are giving streamers until January 3, 2025 to adapt their content to the new rules. Second accounts and Smurfs have long been a thorn in the side of many players in League of Legends. Some content creators also like to use such accounts for impressive videos in which they dominate weak players. Riot has been trying to take action against this for a long time: LoL adopts the best change from Dota 2 in recent years and wants to ban annoying players