In my game, there is this group of toxic people that constantly break the rules. I ban them, but they come back on alternate accounts. I've tried communicating with them, but they don't listen. How can I get them off my site?
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What can I do about a group of toxic people in my game?
I don't think this is a game design question. Moving thread. The Game Design forum is just for design matters.
Cosmos, I assume you've tried IP address blockingโฆ?
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I'd rather not deal with that, as I could block entire schools. Also, it's easily circumvented through VPNs and such.
CosmosAblaze said:
In my game, there is this group of toxic people that constantly break the rules. I ban them, but they come back on alternate accounts. I've tried communicating with them, but they don't listen. How can I get them off my site?
Sadly if someone really wants to get back into the game there is little you can do. All you can do is make it harder.
Look into Hardware ID banning but again all this can be bypassed and spoofed.
The best way is to program smart triggers in the game that flags such action and just boots them out of the game right away and locks their account for review. You want to make it so they get banned as quick as possible, and keep it automated. After awhile they will just give up.
Nerf their connection bandwidth to an unenjoyable level, don't ban them. Also make their game experience miserable if they are serious about the game. Such as in an FPS make their hitbox HUGE. Just don't make anything too obvious. They will just disconnect and reconnect not knowing they are being gimped. I think this is a version of shadow banning.
Can you somehow make them believe that they're there, but in reality nobody would see them?
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