When former TiP mid laner XiaoWeiXiao was found elo boosting, he was quickly suspended from play, but now we have the full extent of his suspension. Over at na.lolesports.com, Hunter Leigh has all the details about:
ATTEMPTED SALE OF LCS-UNLOCKED ACCOUNT
Account selling is a violation of the Terms of Service. The attempted sale of an LCS unlocked account is a particularly acute breach of trust since these accounts are offered as a special privilege to LCS pros to honor their achievement of competing in the highest level of competition in their region.
In weighing what an appropriate penalty would be in this case, we took into account that while XiaoWeiXiao was negotiating the sale of the account to his Elo boosting associate he ultimately did not sell the account in question.
As a result of attempted account selling of an LCS-unlocked account to a known Elo booster, XiaoWeiXiao will be banned from participating in any Riot-affiliated League of Legends competition for an additional month.
RELEVANT RULES
10.2.8 Player Behavior Investigation
If LCS or Riot determines that a Team or Team Member has violated the Summoner’s Code, the LoL Terms of Use, or other rules of LoL, LCS officials may assign penalties at their sole discretion.
COMPETITION PENALTIES
XiaoWeiXiao is ineligible for all Riot-affiliated League of Legends competition until February 21, 2016.
That is a solid ban, but not the most we have seen, so XWX got off easy. The timing of the ban puts him out of the start of the spring split for 2016. TiP may not mind, as XWX replacement, Gate, is doing well. Check out the full article here for more on how the XiaoWeiXiao suspension effect Team Impact.
