Riot Games bans nearly 300,000 League of Legends and VALORANT accounts in cheating crackdown
- Riot Games banned 2,96,416 accounts in League of Legends and VALORANT, its 5v5 shooting game, for unfair ranking practices.
- The bans targeted players who used other people or extra accounts to artificially increase their game rank.
- Some popular streamers were also affected and said they were confused about why their accounts were banned.
- Riot said some rules may not have been explained clearly, but rank manipulation is still considered cheating.
Source: sports.ndtv.com
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