{"rewrite":{"id":"r_15bb261f43d80362bbe39d35","clusterId":"c_1ede342769ffac9fbf04ff0a","slug":"riot-anticheat-lead-disputes-inherited-valorant-ban-from-used-cpu","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Riot Anticheat Lead Disputes Inherited VALORANT Ban From Used CPU","summary":"A Reddit user says a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D bought on Kleinanzeigen on September 21, 2026, left them unable to play VALORANT, claiming Riot support told them the chip was on Vanguard's ban list over the previous owner's cheating. Riot anticheat lead Phillip Koskinas said he could not find the ticket and that hardware bans last four months at most.","whyItMatters":"The two accounts of the same ban disagree on scope, and Riot's own stated limits are what decide whether a secondhand component can carry a prior owner's penalty.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRiot\u0026#39;s published support page says a banned PC cannot run VALORANT on another account and that reinstalling does not lift the restriction. That is the part both sides agree on. What they split over is reach. The player says the ban spread to the motherboard and storage and survived a return to their original CPU.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKoskinas put the cap at four months, said the ban covers only the game where cheating was detected, and said support will tell a user the remaining time on request.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"A Reddit user says a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D carried a prior owner's VALORANT hardware ban. Riot's anticheat lead says he couldn't find the ticket, that hardware bans last four months at most, and that they stay limited to the game where cheating was caught.","twitterPost":"A used Ryzen 7 5800X3D buyer says they inherited a VALORANT hardware ban from the previous owner. Riot anticheat lead Phillip Koskinas says he couldn't find the ticket, hardware bans cap at four months, and they apply only to the game where cheating was detected.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A Reddit user reports that a secondhand Ryzen 7 5800X3D left them unable to play VALORANT, with Riot support allegedly telling them the chip sat on Vanguard's ban list over the previous owner's cheating. Riot anticheat lead Phillip Koskinas disputed the account, saying he could not find the ticket and that hardware bans last four months at most and stay limited to the game where cheating was detected.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261012-valorant-used-cpu-hardware-ban/\",\"title\":\"Report: Buying a Used CPU Made VALORANT Unplayable Due to \\\"Previous Owner's BAN\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4763,"outputTokens":601,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791815831,"createdAt":"2026-10-12T14:32:00.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T14:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T14:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1ede342769ffac9fbf04ff0a","canonicalTitle":"中古CPUを買ったら「前の持ち主のBAN」でVALORANTが遊べなくなったとの報告","representativeArticleId":"a_5837657dc69280be4d4c12a6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"VALORANT\"],\"studios\":[\"Riot Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-12T13:40:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-12T13:40:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T14:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261012-valorant-used-cpu-hardware-ban/","title":"中古CPUを買ったら「前の持ち主のBAN」でVALORANTが遊べなくなったとの報告"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["VALORANT"],"studios":["Riot Games"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}