Wished cancer -> banned

znòrt·Oct 11, 2017·1 votes·969 views

I was wondering if the automatic system might be triggered by some keywords, no matter the context. Let me explain. I was wished cancer from my teammates and I made the bad move to ask for a report in /all, writing something like, "this guys are wishing me cancer, pls report". I got instantly banned after the game. I am sure I was no 100% innocent because I replied to some of their insults and flames, but I really believe a ban for what I said is not appropriate. So I was wondering, maybe when I said "cancer" in /all, the automatic system would just punish me no matter what is the context? Is that possible?

Thanks fellas.

9 Comments

ModKnightsKemplarOct 11, 20173 votes

Asking for reports is punishable.

Only one report is needed for the system to look at a player in a game. 1 report and 9 reports are exactly the same. There is no reason to ever ask for others to report someone, because your report will carry the same weight as everyone's.

I don't know exactly what words trigger the instant system, but to me, it's doubtful that using the word "cancer" results in an instant ban. It's more likely something related to you asking for reports on your teammates, I would think.

znòrtOct 11, 20171 votes

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Asking for reports is punishable.

Only one report is needed for the system to look at a player in a game. 1 report and 9 reports are exactly the same. There is no reason to ever ask for others to report someone, because your report will carry the same weight as everyone's.

Wow, I didn't know that. Well, too late I guess. But thanks anyway!

ModKnightsKemplarOct 11, 20171 votes

You're perma'd from that? First offense? I echo The Djinn's thought that chat logs could help. There are some words that can be triggered by the instant report system. I don't think cancer is one of them, but we do know that slurs and hate speech can be instantly punished.

znòrtOct 11, 20171 votes

It wasn't first offense: I received some chat bans in the past (like one year ago or so). I know for sure that I was fully reformed though, because I was getting loot again (keys, boxes...) which doesn't happen if you are high on the "ban escalator".

Actually before the game I had just received bonus loot with the message "Thank you for keeping it sportsmanlike!"... And the next game, permabanned. The irony. That's why I thought about the cancer word. It doesn't feel like I was in a dangerous position.

TheLastShadow45Oct 11, 20172 votes

It takes way more than that to get banned. Post chat logs.

ModThe DjinnOct 11, 20171 votes

Can you provide your chat logs? This would be useful in helping us analyze the situation.

znòrtOct 11, 20171 votes

I uninstalled the client so I cannot post the chat logs. As I said I indeed flamed back bit, but nothing to be worth a ban I would say. It may very well be related to asking for reports, then. I didn't know it was punishable.

ShadowynnOct 12, 20171 votes

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I was wondering if the automatic system might be triggered by some keywords, no matter the context. Let me explain. I was wished cancer from my teammates and I made the bad move to ask for a report in /all, writing something like, "this guys are wishing me cancer, pls report". I got instantly banned after the game. I am sure I was no 100% innocent because I replied to some of their insults and flames, but I really believe a ban for what I said is not appropriate. So I was wondering, maybe when I said "cancer" in /all, the automatic system would just punish me no matter what is the context? Is that possible?

Thanks fellas.

Wow. You are pretty unlucky there. 0.06% get banned... you should take your luck to vegas.