Joao Corona & # 39; s League of Legends the name had never been a problem before. But earlier this month, Riot told him he had to switch to something else if he wanted to continue playing.
Last year many people knew Corona as a Mexican beer over the price of impromptu beach events by rich and good people. In Spanish it simply means "crown." It is now known around the world as the name of a potentially deadly virus more than 130,000 lives. That has been a problem for 24-year-old Joao Corona, who has both Corona as his surname and has been using it as his name League of Legends handle for more than a year.
On April 1 he says he logged into the popular MOBA only to receive a message telling him he would have to change his username if he wanted to continue playing. "I thought it was funny at first, as almost every player the player said in the & # 39; s good name to me, but I just shrugged my shoulders and emailed Riot in the hope that they would agree that this was a joke, and the name would be white." he write in the post it exploded in League of Legends delivery yesterday.
Corona attempted to explain the situation to Riot in an email for customer support accordingly scanning conversations he uploaded to Imgur. Which is bizarre League player since 2014, has been playing under the name "squid Corona." Last year he was able to get the name "Corona" and switched to that, thinking it would make it easier for new friends to include him in the game.
Customer support failed to please. "I will kindly ask that you go ahead and change your name to something you love," wrote the player-sponsored expert Monocromie. For now, I'll try and see if you can keep it. Corona tried to plead his case in pursuit, but eventually Riot refused the request to keep his screen name.
Online games tend to tread and poison behaviors and usernames are an easy place for players to try and slip through their fitness routine. Some players reportedly see names they thought of as more insensitive than Corona, such as "CoronaComin4U" and "ChinaVrs." It is still unclear whether Corona has just been arrested in the most common booking directed against attacking coronavirus users, or has been attacked by an additional anti-virus policy that Riot does not have the resources to benefit across the board.
Riot did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"We do not think that enforcing this name change is in line with our policies, so we will look at this situation," Ryan Rigney, communications director League of Legends, wrote on Reddit. So far the company has given Corona its username.
"I think I actually understand why some people resent this, but I think it's funny when you try to control all the variables that can make a person angry," Corona told Buzzfeed in conversation. "I think it's a little foolish."
