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Falsely Reported

SirCipher
SirCipher Member Posts: 29
in General Discussions

Hey all. I didn't know where to ask this and get a legitimate answer from a Dev or someone who knows what I'm about to ask. So basically I've been reported twice now today on the accusation of hacking. My question is how does Behavioural asses whether or not someone has been hacking without video proof? (I am not a streamer nor were there any in my lobby). I want to make one thing straight: I under no circumstances would ever hack or cheat. I would also hate to be falsely accused and end up being band due to it. Any help from someone with more knowledge on this than me or from a Dev would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

  • Dustin
    Dustin Member Posts: 2,321

    I'm doubtful you get banned but at the same time I wish BHVR punished people who abused the report system as a weapon. Doing nothing only enables their toxic behavior and allows them to keep using tools meant to discourage toxic behavior in a harmful way.

    Either way I can sympathize. I've been threatened plenty of times with made up accusations just because a player was upset.

  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    Just be lucky ur not on xbox. I heard people will give u salty bad rep points (or whatever idk I don't use xbox) and they ban u from playing online for a certain amount of time 
  • Dustin
    Dustin Member Posts: 2,321

    @chemical_reject said:
    Just be lucky ur not on xbox. I heard people will give u salty bad rep points (or whatever idk I don't use xbox) and they ban u from playing online for a certain amount of time 

    Yeah pretty much. One of the reasons I stopped playing on the 360. Almost any popular multiplayer game eventually someone is going to bad rep you just for beating them. At the time I don't think reputation did much on the 360 but it was still annoying having a false or maliciously assigned rating given to you from some salty player. The only thing I recall or at least was told is during the time on the 360 it would put you in a pool of players that also had poor ratings. Although it sucks they kept the system as it is when you can be banned for it now.

  • ChraizE
    ChraizE Member Posts: 232

    without video evidence linked and submitted into the "In-Game report system" you can be 100% sure nothing will come of it. I've been accused of hacking because I pulled a noob from a locker who slammed down a search box and thought it didn't signal the killer. Idiots will be idiots, let them look stupid just take screenshots and post them on your steam profile for everybody to laugh at :)

  • finitethrills
    finitethrills Member Posts: 617
    If its false, you have no worries.  Also, there's a lot of options to record video without being a streamer. So yes, there could be evidence.  That said, being able to hack and actually play as a killer is no easy task, and has to be paid for.  A recent ban wave picked up a whole lot of folks using one of the more popular paid hacks. 
  • Master
    Master Member Posts: 10,200

    @SirCipher said:
    Hey all. I didn't know where to ask this and get a legitimate answer from a Dev or someone who knows what I'm about to ask. So basically I've been reported twice now today on the accusation of hacking. My question is how does Behavioural asses whether or not someone has been hacking without video proof? (I am not a streamer nor were there any in my lobby). I want to make one thing straight: I under no circumstances would ever hack or cheat. I would also hate to be falsely accused and end up being band due to it. Any help from someone with more knowledge on this than me or from a Dev would be greatly appreciated.

    Even if you hacked, you wouldnt need to fear a bann.
    Reports are just a joke in this game and sadly its a sport for survivor to press that report button next to killer after they have lost their game.

    The number of times I have been falsefy reported for hacking or even camping (lol?) during my 700 hour playtime is just insane, and I am only aware about the reports they bragged about....^^

  • NMCKE
    NMCKE Member Posts: 8,243
    SirCipher said:

    Hey all. I didn't know where to ask this and get a legitimate answer from a Dev or someone who knows what I'm about to ask. So basically I've been reported twice now today on the accusation of hacking. My question is how does Behavioural asses whether or not someone has been hacking without video proof? (I am not a streamer nor were there any in my lobby). I want to make one thing straight: I under no circumstances would ever hack or cheat. I would also hate to be falsely accused and end up being band due to it. Any help from someone with more knowledge on this than me or from a Dev would be greatly appreciated.

    If on Xbox, report them for abusing the reporting system. They do read the reports so just tell them what the false report is about so they'll know what to look for! :) I never had a bad rep since they know what to look for and know that they were just upset! However on PC, the report system is joke sadly.
  • Demonsouls1993
    Demonsouls1993 Member Posts: 261
    chemical_reject said:
    Just be lucky ur not on xbox. I heard people will give u salty bad rep points (or whatever idk I don't use xbox) and they ban u from playing online for a certain amount of time 
    That's Microsoft using a bot over looking at the report themselfs
  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095

    @Demonsouls1993 said:
    chemical_reject said:

    Just be lucky ur not on xbox. I heard people will give u salty bad rep points (or whatever idk I don't use xbox) and they ban u from playing online for a certain amount of time 

    That's Microsoft using a bot over looking at the report themselfs

    Aka Skynet.

  • NMCKE
    NMCKE Member Posts: 8,243
    not_Queen said:

    In-game player reports on hacking are investigated. Cheats can be detected by an automated system or through investigation of these reports. Video proof is an additional proof that can facilitate the investigation but isn't necessary for most case.

    We do receive a high amount of false in-game reports for cheating / hacking, sometimes caused by game mechanic incomprehension or player frustration. These reports are discarded and cleared from your player profile. If you didn't cheat, you won't be punished.

    Wow, you just roasted me when I said...
    Nickenzie said:
    However on PC, the report system is joke sadly.
    Well, merci beaucoup for the clarification! I'll be using your comment for future reference for now on! :)

  • feffrey
    feffrey Member Posts: 886
    Face camping deserves a ban
  • not_Queen
    not_Queen Member Posts: 1,114

    @Nickenzie said:
    Wow, you just roasted me when I said...

    Didn't mean to roast you! Just give an insight on how we are working :)

  • not_Queen
    not_Queen Member Posts: 1,114

    @feffrey said:
    Face camping deserves a ban

    Facecamping isn't something we ban for.

  • FrenziedRoach
    FrenziedRoach Member Posts: 2,600

    I was so desperately searching for that clip where they came out and said they don't ban for facecamping - but it appears I was beaten to the punch by a higher authority. XD

  • not_Queen
    not_Queen Member Posts: 1,114

    @FrenziedRoach I am just a nerd with a title ;)

  • FrenziedRoach
    FrenziedRoach Member Posts: 2,600
    edited August 2018

    @not_Queen
    One of us!
    One of Us!
    ONE OF US!

  • feffrey
    feffrey Member Posts: 886
    It should be bannable the killer usually spawns next to a survivor and can easily down them . the thats GG for you you wasted 30min in a lobby just to DePip and get like 4k BP
  • NMCKE
    NMCKE Member Posts: 8,243
    feffrey said:
    It should be bannable the killer usually spawns next to a survivor and can easily down them . the thats GG for you you wasted 30min in a lobby just to DePip and get like 4k BP

  • azazer
    azazer Member Posts: 446
    I'm glad as to see not Queen on the forums. Feels like this official forum is neglected but seeing a known figure renews some hope
  • SirCipher
    SirCipher Member Posts: 29

    @not_Queen said:
    In-game player reports on hacking are investigated. Cheats can be detected by an automated system or through investigation of these reports. Video proof is an additional proof that can facilitate the investigation but isn't necessary for most case.

    We do receive a high amount of false in-game reports for cheating / hacking, sometimes caused by game mechanic incomprehension or player frustration. These reports are discarded and cleared from your player profile. If you didn't cheat, you won't be punished.

    Wow. Thanks all for the speedy replies on this. It's all much appreciated. It's good to know even if I get reported from salty survivors on the basis of hacking I'll end up being okay in the long run. Thanks Queen for the reply :)