Turn 10 Reps Banning Trolls

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!

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