{"id":710,"date":"2026-08-01T18:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/iogames\/?p=710"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:14:44","slug":"lol-midlaner-ronaldo-banned-stream-sniping-rank-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/iogames\/gaming-news\/lol-midlaner-ronaldo-banned-stream-sniping-rank-1\/","title":{"rendered":"LoL Pro Banned for Stream Sniping After Reaching Rank 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Rank 1 Climb and Immediate Backlash<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the Bulldog Esports midlaner posted a screenshot on X showing that he had reached Rank 1 on the EUW solo queue ladder with 4,697 LP, overtaking Fnatic midlaner Vladimiros ‘Vladi’ Kourtidis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The professional player was sanctioned by Riot Games a few hours after a tweet in which he indicated that he had reached rank 1 in ranked mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronaldo’s behaviour had already been the subject of criticism for some time, with several players accusing him of stream sniping opponents before targeting their comfort picks in Champion Select after previously facing them on the ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several users reported the situation to Riot Games’ Drew Levin, whom players have grown accustomed to tagging whenever they encounter issues in solo queue or wish to report particularly poor behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LoL Pro Banned for Stream Sniping After Reaching Rank 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

High-Elo Community Testimony<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This guy was the most blatant streamsniper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All high elo players knew, he got reported all the time and if you look at his stream you he would call out otps in enemy team, constantly look at the other screen for info and counter weird lvl 1 strategies which he had 0 info of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a big difference between someone randomly ghosting another streamer once in a while, and then there is this guy. Like he has 20 streams up all at once and deliberately goes out of his way to snipe anyone possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has been blatant for over a year. Dude managed to have beef with Azzapp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riot Games’ Investigation and Official Penalties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It did not take long for Riot to respond. During the night between Thursday and Friday, Levin replied directly to Ronaldo’s post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi Ronaldo! Several players brought this post to our attention along with evidence of repeated stream sniping. After conducting an investigation into the matter, we have concluded that you repeatedly violated our policy against stream sniping in your Rank 1 climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following an internal investigation, Riot Games concluded that the allegations against Ronaldo were substantiated. He was found guilty of stream sniping and handed multiple penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, we are doing the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n