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Question about playing league in Korea

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ruypture
Profile Joined May 2014
United States367 Posts
March 09 2017 04:34 GMT
#1
I'm a student of korean and I'm going on vacation in Busan when this semester ends (mid may).

Obviously I want to visit a PC Bang and it just occurred to me that my NA login information wouldn't work in Korea, does anyone have knowledge of how playing league in a PC Bang works? Would I be able to use some sort of temporary account or make my own?

To my knowledge your league account in Korea is tied to your SSN so...
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Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-09 08:40:52
March 09 2017 08:37 GMT
#2
I personally have no clue.

Google search yielded the following results:
Reddit on this issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4wp7d4/playing_lol_in_korea/

Hope this helps in any way.

As a last resort, maybe contact some of the more well known lol related people in Korea. I heard LS is at times helpful in that regard. Maybe some of the other casters might be willing to help.

Edit: Lol, im an idiot; video removed.
dsyxelic
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1417 Posts
March 09 2017 09:51 GMT
#3
Note: Haven't visited Korea in 3 years now and things may have changed.


You have few options

1) Play on NA. Pretty much every PC Bang has NA LoL installed. You may have to patch since it's not used as much as KR client obviously, but its there. I got ~150 ping last time and played on NA with my other friends from the states when we went together since they couldn't all get KR accounts. Not sure how chicago server has affected ping. It will probably be slightly lower, If I had to guess 120ish?

If you don't mind slightly over 100 ping this may be an option for you (or the only option).

2) Borrow a KR account. If you can get a Korean friend or someone to create/lend an account to you this works too. IMO this is the most practical way. It's not difficult for Koreans to make smurfs, the only issue is that the account is tied to their personal information so they have to trust that you won't get them banned or something.
I got my cousin to make me an account and borrowed that for my visits. I also got a smurf from a friend and played on that as well. Of course this is all against the terms of service but tbh its the most practical way. (Borrowing a level 30 is best so you dont have to level it up)

3) Create an account as a foreigner. I'm not the most well-versed in this since I haven't done it myself nor have met people who did this but if its like any other game, you have to get an ARC (Alien Registration Card) and sign up using that instead of a SSN. Usually not very practical for short term stays in Korea.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/closed-threads/408394-help-getting-a-korea-acc-in-korea-server

According to this you can use an ARC as a KSSN.
Also it was 3 years ago but lastshadow may be lending out accounts for people from TL who are interested. Hit him up if you don't have anyone else.
TL/SKT
lastshadow
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1372 Posts
March 13 2017 03:38 GMT
#4
Hey, if you're still having trouble with this you can feel free to reach out to me. As some other people in this thread were able to tell you there is various ways to go about getting an ID, but some of the lesser known ways involving pc-bang managers is a bit more to explain but some people have done that.

My skype is public, or you could try DM'ing me on twitter (I don't usually log in here much anymore, so I can't be certain when I'd see your message).
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angela08
Profile Joined January 2020
Poland1 Post
Last Edited: 2020-01-15 15:51:37
January 15 2020 15:51 GMT
#5
Bot edit.

User was banned for this post.
never give up?
jackzapala
Profile Joined January 2020
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2020-01-21 13:11:35
January 15 2020 15:57 GMT
#6
Bot edit.

User was banned for this post.
no idea
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8842 Posts
January 17 2020 05:16 GMT
#7
On January 16 2020 00:57 jackzapala wrote:
the easiest way is probably to borrow someone's from korea account, if you don't have friends in korea you can always try to ask someone in PC Bang if he can let you play few games. It's a little different when you talk to people in real life instead of through internet so maybe they will trust you :D

the second way is just try buy kr acc on some website, but you are doing it on your own risk

cant tell if bot or genuine user that decides to make his first post on a thread thats 3 years old
DarkCore
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany4194 Posts
January 17 2020 12:17 GMT
#8
I just report when I see those kinds of posts. He hasn't written anything since, and also the post was revived by a bot. What are the chances that two new people on this (dead) forum decide to post within 6 minutes of each other on the same post? Feels like someone manually decided to type in the first post for a bot so they don't get insta-banned.
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