The LoL creators tried to ban Corona name on a man who really has that surname

A somewhat strange situation surfaced on the internet, in which Riot Games tried to ban League of Legends from playing a player named Corona.

People bearing the Corona surname certainly have specific adventures in recent months, and one of them shared his story on Reddit. A League of Legends player who put his username in Corona in 2019, as he is really called, has received an order directly from Riot Games since the beginning of the month to change his name so he can continue playing LoL.

Interestingly, he first contacted the creators of the game in the hope that his user profile would not be blocked due to his nickname, and after two weeks of negotiating with Riot Games customer support, he was told he would not be blocked - if he changed his name.

Corona was disappointed with this response, first of all because players with the name Corona in other regions were not denied access to the game. He decided to describe his situation on Reddit, where users with 37,8 thousand likes liked to highlight the problem and forced the Riot Games team to change their mind.

Ultimately, the man was given back access to a game where he still uses the nickname Corona.