Hatespeech automated ban
Hello there,
yesterday I was preparing for another cheerful round of ranked games but (as the title states) I was banned for 7 days a few hours before for "hateful speech". The email nofitication I recieved stated my hateful behaviour as the following line of text:
"no ruski im afraid"
Now, to give a little context (in case it is needed), I was playing with 2 russian dudes who kept talking via voicechat to me in russian...who I then informed via chat that I dont speak russian. In case someone is thin-skinned enough to think ruski is a slur, its actually "russian" in russian (just not spelt correct, but then again, I dont speak russian...). How this can be identified as hateful speech is beyond me but I am guessing the automated process behind these reports is so bad, that it is enough to write something and then 2 squadmates report you for hateful speech...BAM 7day ban.
Now I already talked to customer support who couldnt help me and told me to wait until the tos-team reviews my appeal, but this might take up to 10 days on a 7 day ban. The quite friendly guy on the other line also told me he suspects a bot behind this, but couldnt confirm or deny anything and the only advice he could give me was to post here, so here I am. I know usually you guys can't do anything about bans, but in case there is an option I havent looked at yet, im happy with any help. The case number is 118499035.
Cheers,
Ruedi
As @EA_Mako stated we really cannot help with Bans or suspensions here on the forum.
However we can provide advice and helpful tips.
If I were you I would suggest avoiding the use of the text chat options while playing with randoms. I probably would have used a full sentence like: I do not speak Russian can we speak English?
Just to be aware suspensions stack and can lead to perma ban so be careful while using the text chat. Personally I do not use text chat with randoms and even with my 2-6 good friends that I have been playing games with for years upon years I seldom use text chat.
Happy gaming on Apex when you get back.