During the 2023 League of Legends World Championship, some teams had major issues with their internet. It seems that those problems have had some nasty repercussions, including star player Faker getting his account suspended.
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok is the face of the game. He just won his fourth League of Legends World Championship in his tenth year as a professional player. And he just revealed that during the World Championship he had his account suspended for leaving a game.
During quarter- and semi-finals the remaining teams at Worlds moved from Seoul to Busan, but this caused quite a few issues with the teams, since it seemed like they had horrible internet, which stopped them from properly practicing as well... and it also caused Faker to have his iconic solo queue account suspended.
LoL: Faker Was Suspended By Riot
Hide on Bush is probably one of the most used Riot ID's now that League of Legends has moved away from Summoner Names. This change had nothing to do with Faker getting his account suspended, though. Instead, Riot's systems banned Faker for disconnecting from a solo queue match.
As mentioned already, during the time in Busan, South Korea, multiple players and coaches complained about the shoddy internet, which stopped them from properly practicing and playing solo queue games.
During this time, Faker also disconnected from one of his games, as he explained on one of his most recent streams. He was suspended for 14 days according to the automatic message from the system, but Riot immediately unbanned him. You don't just ban the GOAT.
Of course, him disconnecting from the game also wasn't his fault, but because of the shoddy internet in their Busan accommodation. On stream, Faker even wrote an apology letter, saying that he won't leave the game again.
Thankfully, everything was resolved quickly and Faker could go back to playing League, albeit with bad internet throughout his time in Busan. But even this small hiccup didn't deter the veteran, since he did go on to win Worlds just a few weeks later.