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Re: Lobby for ex hackers and previously banned accounts

@CaptainFIex And notice the Red icon in the top right corner, my friend was getting the same thing when he joined my games but not when he was playing by himself. What does this icon mean?

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  • Zeelmaekers's avatar
    Zeelmaekers
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    Hey @CaptainFIex 

    That is the latency icon meaning the connection is between you and the server takes a while.

    Shadow servers as they are called don't exist from what I know but can certainly exist as they are made to keep an eye on players.
    But I don't know if EA uses that kind of anti-cheat measures.

    If it's just a connection issue, you should get it fixed by troubleshooting your connection.
    EA Help - Troubleshoot your connection 

  • CaptainFIex's avatar
    CaptainFIex
    6 years ago
    @Zeelmaekers They definitely do have that kind of server because my game works fine when I play on my new account. And I've asked the players I've been matched with and they also said they've been banned in the past.

    I understand it's a reasonable penalty if you've been hacking, but I was wrongfully banned and they have acknowleged that and told me they would unbanned me. I'm happy I did get unbanned but I still can't play normal games. This is like a jail for hackers, if that makes any sense.

    Please help.