'BOOSTING ACTION' to raise the rate of game accounts of others is prohibited by law

by Sean Do

In online games and the like, in order to ensure that battle is formed between players whose abilities are close to each other, players may be set to "Indicators that quantify player's skills" such as rank and rate. Although this player rank you to raise by getting to play in the high-rank player other than your own is referred to as a "boosting", next to the boosting of Japan, it seems to be the be prohibited by law in Korea .

South Korean law to punish boosters pass in the National Assembly | Dot Esports
https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/south-korean-law-to-punish-boosters-passes-in-the-national-assembly

South Korea criminalizes 'boosting' with new law - Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/9/18133391/south-korea-boosting-esports-league-of-legends-law

According to Dot Esports, the revision of the "Game Industry Promotion Law" proposed in June, 2017 in Korea is a fine of about 20 million won (about 2 million yen) for those who carried out boosting acts And 2 years of imprisonment punishment will be imposed.

Fighting games such as overwatch of online shooter games and league of legend are getting popular in Korea, but high ranked players receive hands on boosting actions to raise the rating of low rank players and receive money There are many occurrences. In order to crack down on this, the Korean government proposed in cooperation with the game industry the revision of the Game Industry Promotion Law. Government-led regulation is going to be done in order to protect titles such as overwatch and league of legend that are popular not only in Korea but globally and regulate fraud acts legally.

The boosting act is a problem in the game that ranks the skills of the players, and the raise by ranking by such misconduct will be "legal improvement by the government so that it interferes with the flow of normal play" It is said that it is. In South Korea, players at the level who will participate in the overwatch league are also handling boosting actions, and in the past SADO players belonging to Philadelphia Fusion were suspended for 30 games and suspended , Dallas Fuel Your OGE player has been suspended for 4 games.

OGE SUSPENDED - The Overwatch League

The amendment of Korea's Game Industry Promotion Law came into force within six months, "Arranging services that earn game scores and performances in a way not approved by the game related industry will affect the normal operation of the game Case "is expected to be punished as a boosting act.