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Blacklist of malicious players in ranked matches

schiesse
schiesse Member Posts: 9
5 Agrees Name Dropper First Comment

since the developers of this game are too busy counting their dollars to implement any reform of the poor matchmaking process which pairs good faith players with bad faith actors, I think it’s time we take matters into our own hands and create a public blacklist directory of malicious players in ranked matches who deliberately throw the game.

I’ll start with user CENSORED, who played as a Glaceon in my match and deliberately stayed in base during the Rayquaza match. This poor sportsmanship caused us to lose, of course.

Another bad player is CENSORED, who played as a Goodra and consistently refused to help fight the enemy team or objectives, and who during Rayquaza charged directly into the enemy team for a deliberate self-ko.

If you are matched with these players, just accept that you’re going to lose. Unless we get any fair reforms to the ranked match making system, I will continue to publicly name and shame these bad faith players who are making this game unplayable.

(Kindly refrain from using player names in the forums)

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  • schiesse
    schiesse Member Posts: 9
    5 Agrees Name Dropper First Comment

    Player DontThrowPls has been placed onto my team multiple times in ranked matches, and each time they end up griefing our team by doing nothing, being upset that nobody let them jungle, and then refusing to participate in the game by fighting the enemy team and going after objectives. I don’t understand why there’s no penalty for malicious players in ranked, and also why you would rather censure me for pointing out that your poor system does not punish bad players.