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@DRudd13 Unfortunately probably not much, I can't speak for CM/EA's exact process but generally it would go something like this.
As is the case with most games a player usually needs to accrue a large number of reports over a fairly short period of time before developers will investigate or take action. The reason for this is to avoid "false positives" so to speak.
Example: My dog jumps into my lap while I'm racing wheel to wheel with you so I crash into you, so you report me. Annoying? Yes! But do I really deserve to be punished? No!
Example 2: You and I have a clean race, but you beat me fair and square. Sadly, I was already having a bad day, so I report you for cheating because it makes me feel better about myself.
TLDR: one or two reports will barely even register in the system, there generally needs to be a clear pattern of repetitive cheating, griefing, abusive behavior, etc. and then the system flags the player to be reviewed by a game admin for potential corrective action.
- DRudd132 years agoSeasoned Ace@TheRagebeard I know in most games it would take numerous reports to have any action taken. And I agree with both of your examples.
But if they received the end of race, race director, and it showed what I saw last night it would only take 1 report.
There were 20 in the lobby to start off. Only 6/7 finished and for 7/8 of the DNF's the race director read like this
Player A gets a warning for causing a collision to player B
Player B retires with terminal damage
Player A gets a warning for causing a collision to player C
Player C retires with terminal damage
And so on and so on to player I
So EA would clearly see that it wasn't a 1 off or a player just not liking someone for beating them.
I don't think many people even know you can report players via the race director screen. But it could act as a deterrent and make these dirty drivers think twice before causing carnage.
Maybe the Community manager could review the race director of the reported incidents every Friday and lets say they decide that a player does look suspicious with their actions
!st offence could be an in game email with a warning
2nd offence demotion by a level
3rd offence demotion by a division
4th offence, a week's ban
5th offence 2 weeks ban
It may make ranked a better place to race.
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