The claims, which were mainly shared on X (formerly Twitter) but also popped up across Reddit and Facebook, range from Vanguard preventing startup programs from firing correctly to other programs crashing when the anti-cheat software loads, and some have even suggested Riot's kernel program has been “tampering with unrelated files.” Others simply dubbed it “malware” and declared they would be quitting League until the program stopped breaking PCs.
One high-profile example came from famed League creator LS, who reported both his computers breaking after Vanguard was installed on May 1. He said he fixed one by taking out the CMOS battery and forcing BIOS access, but suggested his other computer is “still bricked.”
Several user posts on the purported Vanguard issues have also been shared to the main League subreddit but they have since been deleted.
While Riot has yet to address any of the early backlash directly, tech staff have been active in the “Patch 14.9 Bug Megathread” on /r/LeagueOfLegends. One Riot reply suggested some of today's alleged issues “wouldn't be related to Vanguard” and offered up a simpler solution—restart impacted devices and run PC troubleshooting.
The same Riot staffer also suggested any aggrieved players could upload Riot Vanguard logs to the League support page to help “isolate what the issue is.” All the Reddit comments from that Rioter have since been removed.
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!dotards We're enjoying Crownfall while they're enjoying HELLO SAR THIS IS TECH SUPPORT, HOW CAN I DO THE NEEDFUL FOR YOU?
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when does crownfall end? I haven't played a single game yet
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Not until the 2nd week of August, I think. I'm in the same boat, I've only played like 5 games since it came out lol at least it's FAR more friendly to casual players than previous events.
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oh nice, I can grind in july summer break!
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PROTIP: Losses still give you one token from the hero you chose to play, but it's random. Victories give you one of each type of token they offer.
(I.E., Broodmother has 3 Crawling tokens, so you will at least get a crawling token 100% of the time, win or lose. It's really nice and takes away the YOU-MUST-WIN-TO-PROGRESS nature of Dota events.
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I've haven't as much as I want but I'll for sure get the venge skin. So pretty
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enjoying.... yes..... i definitely didnt have a game with two pos 1 afk jungle farmers who crushed my soul last night...... every day is like this........
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Being a Dota+ paypig is worth it to be able to see that shit ahead of time and have the option to decline the match
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ive been paypigging since the moment it launched
but it still happens........ (and i have good behaviour score)
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I had to create a new account at one point because I would insta-pick techies every match (unless it was banned and then I would do something like shadow blade + dagon 5 bloodseeker). It would piss off the 9 other players and I would just trash talk both my team and the other team for the whole match. So many reports...
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Techies and voker are my favs, im like an alien with invoker lol
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techies back in the day was my favourite grief pick, before ranked roles, if i marked a role, or we rolled, and the other guy just picks anyway, id pick techies, follow him around forever, steal all the creeps.
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Shortly after their latest "rework" of the Behavior Score system, I found myself dropping score even when I didn't type/speak to my team at all. Had to quit til they fixed whatever bullshit bug was in the system. I've slowly been building it again since I came back.
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im literally screaming, cute twink
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Come join the rebirth of paragon
The just shut down the best version of the game called paragon overprime in april, but predecessor is free now and.. good enough.
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no
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There's a dotards pingroup? why the frick are you brokies not funding my /h/dota2 hole?
Anyway, joined
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It would just die because there isn't enough content that wouldn't be taken up by the vidya hole.
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Is the new champion that was announced a year ago still not out yet?
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No and I wish it never would. It's going to be the same fricking motions as with Primal Beast, Dawnbreaker, Marci etc.
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