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I am new to linux just installed linux mint 1.8 I am very interested in downloading league of legends to play. I was looking all over the net but could not find a great solution to my problem. Here is screenshot with my error. Hope this help thanks in advance!

Error in POL_System_wget
POL_System_wget failed: Server issued an error response
--2017-05-14 01:23:49-- http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/Installer/SingleFileInstall/LeagueOfLegendsBaseNA.exeResolving l3cdn.riotgames.com (l3cdn.riotgames.com)... 209.197.3.7Connecting to l3cdn.riotgames.com (l3cdn.riotgames.com)|209.197.3.7|:80... connected.HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden2017-05-14 01:23:49 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

 

from:

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-14718-cannot_even_get_to_install_in_league_of_legends.html

Step one: 
Open terminal and enter the next command on the terminal
sudo -i gedit /etc/hosts

Then enter what {ego} said
24.143.193.16 l3cdn.riotgames.com
64.202.189.170 pvp.net
50.57.198.72 support.leagueoflegends.com
66.151.54.140 beta.lol.riotgames.com
216.133.234.23 lq.na1.lol.riotgames.com
216.133.234.22 prod.na1.lol.riotgames.com
216.133.234.21 chat.na1.lol.riotgames.com
216.52.241.153 ll.leagueoflegends.com
23.21.255.17 http://www.leagueoflegends.com
23.21.255.17 leagueoflegends.com
216.133.234.24 store.na1.lol.riotgames.com
216.137.47.27 landing.leagueoflegends.com
72.21.91.29 crl3.digicert.com
205.234.175.175 crl4.digicert.com
199.21.207.10 ocsp.digicert.com


It has worked for me... thanks man!! I really apreciate it... 

Also I followed this guides :

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/help-support/9wQEUhcm-linux-playonlinux-file-removed-to-install-league

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-3102-New_League_of_Legends_Client.html

And made some extra modifications to the host file to avoid some malware and obnoxious ads on my chromiun and chrome browsers