We reserve the right to take action against applications that allow the use of our assets for free (often referred to as skin hacks). Gray areas aside, there are definitely applications which are just not okay, and while the number of players in this space are very low (think a fraction of a percentage), we remain vigilant and hand out punishments to those who show patterns of consistent abuse. they provide measurable player advantage), we’ll take action based on the stance we just laid out.

We can’t optimize for assets we don’t develop, and if they do become a concern for any reason in the future (ie. This statement's original source is from LoL North America forums, and it's dated way back 2012, posted by Lomar, an associate producer in LoL NA forums.īut this is not the status now this 2017 Riot released a statement on their Stance on CUSTOM CHAMPION MODELS AND ARTWORK,įor now, custom models and artwork sit firmly in the “use-at-your-own-risk” category, but we’re keeping an eye on them. It's not in our players' interests, and so it's definitely not in ours. But we also aren't going to just toss out arbitrary bans. Custom creation will always be at your own risk - updates may break functionality, etc. And there are other modifications (Zoom hack!) that are a certifiable balance issue and need to be prevented. There may be certain custom skins (Nazi Teemo!) that we may have a legitimate problem with. That said, it's important that we reserve our rights to defend the IP here. We're forcing people out of our game, and lessening the experience of other players, for no real clear benefit. From that perspective, banning people is incredibly stupid. Our business is in making our players happy - the ability to custom stuff is likely what keeps certain people interested in our game, and acts as a force multiplier for other people. In our case, we've made a decision that custom skins/splashes aren't necessarily hurting the business.

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