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A user on the PCBaumeister subreddit claimed to have purchased a secondhand processor that allegedly carried the previous owner's game ban. The buyer reported acquiring the processor on September 21, while the original owner's penalty was recorded on August 12.
According to the claims, support representatives stated the penalty became associated with all remaining PC parts and could not be lifted. This highlights the severe measures deployed by esports developers against widespread cheating.
Riot Games anticheat head Phillip Koskinas disputed key elements of the narrative on social media. Koskinas asserted that such bans last four months maximum, cannot infect other components in a new machine, and noted he could not locate a matching support ticket, calling the account unlikely.
Despite the disputes, a timeline starting on August 12 would remain active until mid-December. Observers suggested a faulty support response may have caused a miscommunication regarding the system penalty.
