Ryze

A buyer of a second-hand Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor, purchased through the German classifieds site Kleinanzeigen, found themselves locked out of Valorant because the chip's hardware serial was banned after the previous owner cheated in the game. The case, shared on Reddit, has reignited debate over hardware-level game bans, which punish the device rather than the person, leaving innocent second-hand buyers permanently locked out with little recourse.