Why did streamer’s account get permanently banned?

Twitch star Nicholas “Jynxzi’s” League of Legends account, which he purchased and did not level up himself, got permanently banned, as it violated Riot Games’ terms of service, which prohibits players from selling, transferring, or allowing others to access their account or login credentials.

During a livestream on April 27, 2026, Jynxzi discovered that his LoL account had been permanently banned after a manual review determined that the account he was using had been transferred between players.

An excerpt from the message shown on the Twitch streamer‘s client read:

“A manual review found that this account was transferred between players. This violates the User Rules (Section 7) of our Terms of Service. Players are expected to use only their own accounts. This protects fair play and helps create balanced matches. In the future, play only on accounts you’ve created. If someone else wants to play, encourage them to create their own account and progress naturally.”

Drew Levin, the Head of Business and Director of Product Management for League of Legends, spoke out on the situation on X, stating that “buying accounts is still illegal.”

He added:

“buying accounts still illegal fyi inb4 everyone asks me whether this means what they think this means if this didn’t mean what you think this means then why would you be here asking if this means what you think it means?”

Jynxzi admits to purchasing a League of Legends account, says he did not want to play Co-op vs AI mode to level it up

After Jynxzi‘s League of Legends account got permanently banned, he addressed the matter by admitting that he purchased it. While claiming that he did not want to play Co-op vs AI mode for 30 hours to level up a fresh account, the 24-year-old apologized for the situation.

He said:

“Honestly, bro, valid. Bro, chat, I bought my account because I didn’t want to play against, like, bots for 30 hours. Drew Levin, bro, listen, bro, I understand the ban, bro. I wasn’t trying to be Silver, bro. I was just trying to… I thought I would be Iron, but I just want to be Iron, bro. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, sir. I understand the ban. I just wanted to be Iron, bro.”

During the same livestream, Jynxzi claimed to have received a direct message from Drew Levin, informing him that the League of Legends Creator team had shared details for an account he could use to play the multiplayer game.

Edited by Aarnesh Shrivastava