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As you might have heard, the UK will be implementing a porn filter that blocks all porn on the internet by default throughout the entire country. It sounds like it could be a good idea to prevent children from accidentally stumbling across pornographic materials, and the fact that it is an opt-out option, meaning you have to call your local ISP and request the filters be removed, it means that parents no longer have the excuse that they forgot to institute parental controls. Unfortunately it seems that the porn filter is causing havoc on video games as well, such as Riot Games’ League of Legends. It was discovered that when gamers attempted to download the patch for the game, it was denied simply because the patch URLs contained the word “SEX”.

However the word was not “SEX” per se, but rather a combination of words that somewhat ended up having alphabets next to each other that spelt it out. For example the URLs are “VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj” and “XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj”. This is more of a nuisance than a deal breaker as you can always patch the game by having your friends send you a zip file of the patch itself, rather than trying to download it manually, but this can get pretty annoying in the future and there’s no telling if such coincidences will happen again in the future (we’re guessing it will). Of course you could always turn off the filter but assuming you’re underaged or not the principal account holder, this could prove to be a challenge.

UK Porn Filter Causes Havoc With League Of Legends Patches original content from Ubergizmo.

It was not too long ago that Riot decided to share a little teaser for what will happen to League of Legends in this coming holiday season, where among them include a comprehensive list of confirmed vintage skins which will be making their way back to the market. Apart from that, there was also a teaser for the new featured Snowdown mode, which would most probably point gamers in the direction of a certain degree of objective-based gameplay.

While certain League of Legends matches do happen to require the completion of objectives, the main one lies in destroying the enemy Nexus. In the 1v1/2v2 Snowdown mode, which so happens to be a variant of the Howling Abyss map, players are able to achieve victory simply by mopping up a certain objective. Considering how arriving at a victory is a road that has many paths, which particular one will you take? Decisions, decisions! Well, nobody said that being a dedicated gamer is an easy thing to do in the first place, what more when you need to make split second decisions on the spot, or to work out a particular game strategy before the match actually starts. At the very least, gaming will hone your decision making process.

League Of Legends Snowdown Mode Teased original content from Ubergizmo.

We never like to hear or report on a company announcing a service of theirs has been hacked, and as a result you now have to scramble to reset your password for the service and additional services you may have reused that password with. Today, we unfortunately have to report Riot Games’ extremely popular League of Legends has been compromised.

League of Legends players around the world don’t have anything to worry about as only North American account information has been compromised by hackers. According to Riot Games, usernames, email addresses, real names and “salted password hashes” were accessed during the breach. The password information that was accessed is said to be unreadable, although users with easy-to-guess passwords may be at risk.

Those weren’t the only portions of North American accounts that were accessed as hashed and salted credit card numbers from somewhere around 120,000 transactions that were made in 2011 were also accessed. Riot Games assures players the payment system that was accessed hasn’t been used since July 2011, but the company is still taking the appropriate measures to notify and safeguard affected players. If you receive an email from Riot Games, it’s best to give it a read to see just how much your personal account was affected by this security breach.

League Of Legends Hacked; Account Data, Credit Card Info Stolen original content from Ubergizmo.

It does seem as though League of Legends is getting more and more high profile, where we have read about how an actual League of Legends player was granted a US visa which recognized him as a professional athlete – the first of potentially many, we think. This time around, fans of League of Legends might want to check out a new line of debit cards that is all set to be unveiled by American Express this coming Wednesday, and these debit cards will boast themes from League of Legends. It is not all meant for cosmetic purposes only, as these cards are said to deliver bonus Riot Points to its holders. Just in case you are wondering what Riot Points are all about, these are not potential cash rebates, but rather, the game’s currency.

Just how will the Riot Points incentive work? Card holders will be gifted 1,000 points just for signing up, and they will get another 1,000 points after depositing the first $20 on the debit card. Following that, additional points will be rewarded with each dollar spent after the first 10 purchases are made, with an additional 10,000 point bonus being “banked in” whenever the card itself is tethered to a direct deposit account.

League Of Legends Debit Cards Coming Your Way original content from Ubergizmo.

League of Legends LCS professional players are now athletes.

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