- Reaction score
- 1,694
Dota 2 players who cheat, buy and sell accounts, or are abusive are now being banned from the game for up to two decades.
The bans are the result of an update to Dota 2's ranked matchmaking, which made clear that the game will now punish smurfing, role queue abuse, and those with low behaviour scores.
"In terms of our development focus moving forward, we are spending more of our time than usual focusing on matchmaking quality," reads a blog post introducing the update. "We believe that is the right call given how much opportunity there is to make the day-to-day experience better for all players."
Dota 2 has an in-depth conduct system that awards points for sporting and sincere behaviour, while allowing others to report players that are disruptive or toxic. On the back of the update, those who've been regularly reported are now being banned - some until 2038, which is the maximum amount of time the developers can input as a penalty.
Many have responded to the news positively. One thread on resetera read, "Finally a good decision. Dota 2 had become the most toxic playerbase of all games." Other forums have praised Valve for the decision, and laughed at banned players' "salty" responses.
Read more here. (IGN)
The bans are the result of an update to Dota 2's ranked matchmaking, which made clear that the game will now punish smurfing, role queue abuse, and those with low behaviour scores.
"In terms of our development focus moving forward, we are spending more of our time than usual focusing on matchmaking quality," reads a blog post introducing the update. "We believe that is the right call given how much opportunity there is to make the day-to-day experience better for all players."
Dota 2 has an in-depth conduct system that awards points for sporting and sincere behaviour, while allowing others to report players that are disruptive or toxic. On the back of the update, those who've been regularly reported are now being banned - some until 2038, which is the maximum amount of time the developers can input as a penalty.
Many have responded to the news positively. One thread on resetera read, "Finally a good decision. Dota 2 had become the most toxic playerbase of all games." Other forums have praised Valve for the decision, and laughed at banned players' "salty" responses.
Read more here. (IGN)
