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League of Legends is losing players after Riot forced Vanguard

Abiad Hasib

Published: 10:19, 04 May 2024

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League of Legends is losing players after Riot forced Vanguard

League of Legends' Vanguard Restriction System is very similar to this one that Valorant uses

Key Points from the Article

Vanguard, Riot's anti-cheat system for Valorant, operates at the kernel level and has similarities to other multiplayer games.
There have been allegations of Vanguard being spyware-like due to its extensive access to computer systems.
Riot has refuted these claims and integrated Vanguard into League of Legends with patch 14.9 on May 1st.
Riot intends to release a comprehensive report on Vanguard's launch in the upcoming weeks or months.

League of Legends' Vanguard Restriction System is very similar to this one that Valorant uses

Riot Games implemented and created Vanguard as an anti-cheat measure to guarantee a certain standard of gaming for everyone. But players are concerned about the level of access it requires to their computers.

Vanguard, Riot's proprietary anti-cheat system integral to the Valorant launch, operates at the kernel level. It's anti-cheat mechanism is similar to that of other popular multiplayer games.

However, there have been prior allegations from players asserting Vanguard's spyware-like characteristics due to its extensive access to computer systems.

Riot has previously refuted such claims and, following an initial delay, integrated the anti-cheat into League of Legends with patch 14.9 on May 1st.

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Following its implementation, several players have taken to social media platforms and Reddit, complaining that the anti-cheat is causing computer malfunctions or interfering with internal operations.

How is the community reacting to Vanguard?

The community is surely having mixed feelings about this. While LoL players who are already playing Valorant are totally fine with Vanguard, a substantial number of players are otherwise outraged and concerned about their privacy.

Nick ‘LS’ De Cesare, a popular League of Legends content creator, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that a new update "bricked" two of his computers and advised players to be wary of the "Vanguard update."

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Later, he shared an update, mentioning that he was able to fix one of his PCs but that the other was still non-functional.

Riot's senior anti-cheat analyst Matt ‘K30’ Paoletti responded to claims, suggesting that technical problems with the patch were linked to Vanguard.He clarified that Vanguard is unlikely to be the cause of problems like these.

He replied to a player, whose laptop wouldn't start after the update, by saying “An issue like this wouldn’t be related to Vanguard. If you haven’t restarted your computer in a while, it could related to an issue with your CMOS battery, since that’s what powers the start-up chain.”

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The Riot representative also mentioned that the company intends to release a comprehensive report on Vanguard's launch in the upcoming weeks or months.

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