[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by VSG Being banned is something I have seen happens for the most random of reasons, and can happen if an angry kid complains that you were cheating when you beat him. I seriously don't see how this is a good move.

It gets entitled little shits to rebuy hundreds of dollars in games. Sounds like a brilliant move to me.

Originally Posted by Tommy Gunn I've seen people banned for boosting achievements online, which y'know, if people wanna arrange to meet up in a match and exchange kills / tasks, why the fuck shouldn't they?

I'm ambivalent to boosting for acheivements. It cheats the system, but you can't devalue something which is already dumb and worthless.

If there's an in-game impact, though,, ban the fuckers.

The sad thing is, a lot of the latter don't get banned.

Originally Posted by Hollywood Hasney The EA forum bans are hilarious because that locks them out of the game too, so someone goes onto Dragon Age 2 forums and says "Fuck this game" and then they can't play their games.

This can already technically happen with XBox.

Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD Actually the reputation system is changed in such a way where grieving behaviors would be taken into account. I highly doubt beating somebody's ass would factor into a bad vote after the system analyzes the game. The way it works, you can't get banned for having a bad rep and I presume it would mean nothing unless a studio wanted to use it (rage quitters in fighting games would add to bad rep, and then rage quit hell would actually work this time). So community policing should affect reputation, but something like system bans or suspensions will more than likely be for hacks and console flashing.

You seem to be assuming it'll work as advertised. Which is something Microsoft tends not to do.

Besides, nothing stops someone from filing a complaint instead of just submitting a player review. I've been in quite a few lobbies in multiplayer games where people ask everyone in the lobby to report a guy for cheating because he's rubbed someone the wrong way (and I don't mean actually being a dick. It usually comes down to "he killed me" or "he's too good" or "his play style is different from mine")

Microsoft's enforcement team is still shrouded in dark magic. I've seen people file BBB complaints just to find out why they were banned. I oppose this system for that last bit alone.

Granted, I have no sympathy for hackers and cheaters who get banned. And it's really funny watching a guy complain he was banned for no reason only to find a screencap of him advertising hacks or something online.

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball Since Gold accounts now expand to 10 people per console

Is that accurate? Based on what I've read, I think you're misinterpreting things, but I could be wrong. Got any specific on that?