League of Legends has a new anti-piracy system that, depending on who you ask, can either break or not break your computer

The new anti-piracy system in League of Legends is breaking players’ computers, but Riot says there’s no evidence of it.

If there is something as old as games, it is cheaters. There are countless reasons why people cheat. To win, to have fun, to be above others. There are many and it is impossible to enumerate them all. However, especially in competitive video games, cheating is something that is sought to be tackled with maximum efficiency. Even if sometimes that means harming those who do not cheat.

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On April 30th, Riot, the company behind League of Legends, announced that patch 14.9 would be released on May 1st. In addition to the usual balance changes and bug fixes, the new update added something that no one expected or wanted. Vanguard. The proprietary anti-cheat system used by Riot Games in their shooter game, Valorant. According to the studio, this is due to the ongoing cat-and-mouse game they have with hackers who enable cheating in their games. And the reactions were not long in coming.

League of Legends players, since May 2nd, have been commenting that Vanguard has caused their computers to not turn on. The specific problem is that if you are a Windows 11 user, you must have UEFI and TPM2.0 enabled in BIOS, or the computer will not boot because of Vanguard. Something that players have not taken kindly to.

Riot’s response to these comments has been as disappointing as it could be. First, they claimed that they had no evidence that Vanguard was causing these issues. Then, they said it only happened on Windows 11 and affected less than 0.03% of players. Finally, they provided a series of solutions, although under the premise that it is not confirmed in any way that the problem is Vanguard. Something that has been studied and proven since Valorant started using it.

That’s why it seems that Vanguard is going to continue preventing computers from turning on, or existing in an eternal loop of startup attempts. Riot doesn’t seem willing to do anything on their part, even when everything points in their direction. And while not all cases are like Nick “LS” De Cesare’s, a professional League of Legends player and streamer who has seen two computers where the game was installed being bricked, it only takes it happening to one person for Riot to have to take action on the matter.

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