The note from Chronoshift's founders had voiced their disappointment at the job being shut down. "To our best knowledge, and LoL accounts the assessment of the attorneys specialized in IT copyright we spoke the job over with, we have not done anything illegal. We never spread any copyrighted material - all of old sport files may still be directly downloaded in Riot's CDN. Chronoshift has not interacted with all the live match, or reside game reports, at all, shape or form."
It's obviously not uncommon for enthusiast projects to be closed down by big companies aiming to protect their IP. In 2016 and 2017, Blizzard similarly shut down World Of Warcraft legacy servers, even with Blizzard later saying there was"no clear legal path to protect Blizzard's IP and grant an operating permit to some pirate server"
Riot last commented about the idea of making a"Classic Mode" for League Of Legends four decades ago, concluding that it would be difficult and"that there is an excellent chance it's not worth the development effort it would require."
Riot tried to take down a League of Legends enthusiast project in the worst manner possible
Riot Games is threatening League of Legends fan project Chronoshift with legal action over its effort at a heritage server for cheap LoL smurf accounts the sport. That is after Riot reportedly sent among its safety staff, called Zed, following Chronoshift's developer, in a market that was leaked on the internet and went viral on social media.
