Riot prohibits cheating, botting, unauthorized software, and commercial use of their games, and reserves the right to decide — on their own judgment alone — what other behaviors violate this code.
The open-ended 'sole discretion' standard in the Code of Conduct means players cannot know in advance what behavior might result in account termination, creating uncertainty and risk for anyone who has invested real money in an account.
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Compare across platforms →The catch-all provision giving Riot 'sole discretion' to define prohibited behavior means your account can be banned for conduct not explicitly listed, with no objective standard you can rely on to understand what is and isn't allowed.
1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Vague and broadly defined user conduct standards in consumer contracts may be subject to FTC Act Section 5 scrutiny as unfair or deceptive if they are applied in ways that are not reasonably foreseeable by consumers. EU DSA (Art. 14-17) requires that platform terms of service define prohibited content and behavior with sufficient clarity, and that enforcement decisions be accompanied by a statement of reasons. The prohibition on harvesting personally identifiable information creates parallel obligations under GDPR Art. 6 and CCPA §1798.100. 2)
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