Fariha Bhatti 
Riot Games has comparatively strict measures when it comes to trolls but the company is taking things a step further by introducing cross-game bans that apply to Valorant, League of Legends, and other titles.
Valorant, League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and other major Riot Games titles rely on Vanguard to combat cheaters. Alongside its anti-cheat measures, Riot has implemented strict penalties to address toxic behavior across all its titles. It appears the developer is now taking things to the next level by completely blacklisting certain trolls.
Global bans, though still uncommon in gaming, allow penalties to be implemented across multiple games in severe cases. This approach helps developers streamline the process of identifying and addressing repeat offenders.
In a recent blog post addressing toxicity across Riot Games‘ player base, the developer announced that bans will now carry over across all its titles.
Valorant bans can now transfer to League of Legends, and vice versa
Serious violations of Riot Games’ terms of service will lead to restrictions on a Riot Games account. This means that a player can be banned from League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, and League of Legends: Wild Rift, all at once.
It’s worth noting that even being toxic can result in a permanent ban from Valorant, so players may want to be extra careful if they wish to continue playing any of the Riot titles. The developer did mention that these will be rare cases, but global bans will exist nonetheless.
Global bans are rarely utilized, even among companies that use the same anti-cheat engine across multiple games. Valve’s VAC is used across Dota 2, Counter-Strike 2, and Team Fortress 2. However, even if a player is flagged as cheating in Counter-Strike 2, it won’t prevent them from playing Dota 2 or Team Fortress 2.
By comparison, BattlEye is another anti-cheat engine used across multiple games. It uses hardware bans to deny access to all games that it covers. For example, a hardware ban in Fortnite may restrict the players from playing Rainbow Six Siege or PUBG: Battlegrounds, since all these games use BattlEye. However, such cases are rare and only happen in cases of cheating.
Riot, on the other hand, has made it clear that repeat toxic players who take it too far can get a hardware ban as well, which may now transfer as a light penalty to LoL.
In addition to this, Riot is also cracking down on stream snipers, content creators who exhibit toxic behavior outside of the game, and those who promote boosting or account-selling services.
