Developer JONK1969

[PJTierney]

http://forums.forza.net/turn10_postst55694_Turn-10-Reps-Banning-Trolls.aspx

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@JONK1969

@RBW TRITON

I’ll reply since my name was brought up. I was cruising some hoppers last night actively racing but I also keep an eye out for the wreckers. One thing to keep in mind is that the majority of crashes are from lesser skilled players. Yes there are those that want to mess around and ruin other’s races. I did throw some guys out last night. For those wondering, they earned their bans over multiple races or seeing them intentionally wait for players. Surprisingly though a few were guys on teams. So I’m going to address that. Team guys are kinda the stewards of online racing, you guys should be setting the clean racing example not teaching the lesser skilled players to take people out in retaliation. On top of that at that skill level, you have the ability more than most to drive out of most normal collisions and at the very least make ground back up to the front. You guys/girls need to talk it out, own up to a collision if it was yours.

There are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd offenses for Bans. You will see the players that got dinged last night again. I hope they will race cleaner once their ban is lifted.

Cheers and race clean! It’s more fun!

Triton

To follow Triton’s comments, we’re pretty thorough when determining whether an incident was intentional, accidental, by a n00b losing control, or by a skilled player or team seeking retaliation. This is why shared replays are the best way to report an incident. Sometimes, the replay clearly shows bad behavior by a crasher. Other times, simply reviewing the replay yourself can reveal how it all began, and you might be surprised to see it was not what you thought it was.

Like Triton, I’ve reached out to several team leaders to remind their players that retaliation is not acceptable - ever. In more than one case, it was clear they were retaliating as a group against a player who accidentally hit one of their teammates - the replay showed pretty conclusively it was an accident. Retaliation just escalates things, and gets other players caught in the middle.

Another form of retaliation I’ve seen is a player purposefully hanging back to wreck a corner cutter he was angry with, then complaining to me that the corner cutter should be banned when in fact what he did could earn him a ban, too.

If you cause a wreck, let the player you wrecked pass you, even if it means you fall all the way to the back of the pack, and if you can, apologize to them in chat or in a Live message.

Keep it clean, folks, and take the high road. A clean pass is the best revenge!