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5 years ago

Maybe I have a shadow ban?

I play among hackers. In literally every game there are players who do not even try to hide that they are playing with cheats. Yes I suspect everyone and yes I am only level 150 but this is not my fi...

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Piabetic

5 years ago

If there were to be such a thing as a "shadow" ban that groups you with cheaters I would imagine the queue times would be extremely long right? You wouldn't be allowed in normal games, so you would have to wait until there was a big enough group of similarly "banned" people for a game to start.

I don't actually believe there can be such a thing in this game.

pandareno1999
Hero+
5 years ago
AFAIK shadow bans in this game do not work like that. Generally they just cannot queue for a game, and I have heard rumors of bot lobbies (actual bots, not lousy players) for behavior observation.
- GabrielKzBR
  Rising Rookie
  4 months ago
  I was hacked and banned and then my account was recovered and the ban lifted. Still I am shadowbanned in apex and can't play for 9 months now, stuck on '1 player on queue'. Do you have any idea on how to fix it?
  - Midnight9746
    Hero+
    4 months ago
    GabrielKzBR Hey there!
    
    This is an older thread, so I'll be locking it here.
    
    I also see that you had created a thread about this same issue already, (so you can continue with your thread here: Can't queue or enter firing range | EA Forums).