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League of Legends updates blocked by UK's anti-porn filter - report

League of Legends fans have reported difficulties downloading updates for the game thanks to the UK's new and apparently over-eager anti-porn filter.

According to a forum post, since the filter's implementation the League of Legends patcher cannot access a couple of recent update files.

The problem, users theorise, is that these filenames quite innocently contain character combinations which inadvertently spell the word "sex": "VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj" and "XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj".

Putting aside the headache-inducing question of why the word sex is blocked by an anti-porn filter given its multitudinous non-porn usages, this makes life pretty tricky for League of Legends players. Solutions from the community include having a friend download the whole patch for you, calling your ISP to opt-out of the filter or have the files whitelisted, and checking your router's filter settings.

Thanks, GamePolitics.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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