Player Reporting
Contents
How To Write A Report
Report Format
Step 1: Create a thread in the Mafia Player Reports section of the forum (Use this link). You will have to be signed in as a user on the forum or your report will be ignored.
Step 2: Set the thread prefix to whichever crime you are reporting the user of.
Step 3: Make the thread subject according to the following template:
| Template: |
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| Offender Username: #-S2-1-####### |
| Example: |
| JoeGreen: 1-S2-1-1234567 |
Step 4: Paste the following into the body of the thread and then fill in the form:
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| [b]Account Name:[/b] [b]Account ID:[/b] [b]In-Game Name:[/b] [b]Crimes Committed:[/b] [b]Your Account Name:[/b] [b]Summary:[/b] |
| Example: |
| [b]Account Name:[/b] JoeGreen [b]Account ID:[/b] 1-S2-1-1234567 [b]In-Game Name:[/b] Pelvic Thrust [b]Crimes Committed:[/b] Game-Throwing [b]Your Account Name:[/b] DarkRevenant [b]Summary:[/b] At the beginning of the game, he repeatedly posted the names of all of the Mafia, then left. The Mafia were then lynched on the following two games. Clearly, this is a cut-and-dry case of game-throwing. |
Step 5: (IMPORTANT!) Attach a replay of the game in which this player committed the crime(s). StarCraft II automatically saves replays, so if you forgot to create a named replay in-game, you can still find it. Unsaved replays can be found in
| Windows: |
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| \Documents\StarCraft II\Accounts\#######\#-S2-1-#######\Replays\Unsaved\Multiplayer |
| Mac: |
| \Users\"Your username here"\Library\Application Support\Blizzard\Starcraft II\Accounts\######\#-S2-#-#######\Replays\Unsaved\Multiplayer\
Note to users of Mac OS X 10.7 and above: |
Make sure to view from a player's perspective in order to see the game in a replay.
Step 6: (Optional) I highly recommend that you attach screenshots (especially with stuff circled, and other annotations) of the crime occurring.
Step 7: Post the report and wait for a moderator response.
Trolling
Trolling is acting like an idiot for the pursuit of hilarity, or otherwise screwing with people in a manner that does not ruin the game.
Example:
- Yelling random things to confuse people.
- "RED IS ALWAYS EVIL!"
Severity: None (Yep, that's right, nothing will happen to regular trolls.)
Role-Quitting
Role-Quitting means to leave a game for the sole reason of not wanting to play the role you have been given.
Example:
- Leaving the game after seeing you have gotten a role you hate.
- "DOCTOR? Fuck this, I'm out."
Severity: Low (Role ragequitters are bad people. But don't bother reporting them.)
Griefing
Griefing is similar to trolling, but actually results in the game being ruined. This is trolling taken too far.
Example:
- Purposely lagging the game
- Custom name that's so large none can read what you say.
- Spam target at hyperspeed to spam chat, making comrades unable to communicate.
Severity: Medium
Game-Throwing
Game-Throwing means "playing to lose", in other words ruining the game for your team-mates. Game-Throwing can be considered somewhat ok if you are Serial Killer, Arsonist, Mass Murderer or Witch cause you don't have any team-mates.
Example:
- As Mafia, Town, or Cult: purposely trying to get lynched.
- As Mafia or Cult: sharing the identity of other players so your team loses.
- Mafioso being lynched, as he's last words he says who he's teammates are.
- As Town: lynching, shooting, or executing someone you know is in the Town.
- Remaining AFK and/or refusing to help your team.
Severity: High
Cheating
Skyping means the person(s) is using outside-of-game communication such as Skype, "Battle.Net Party Chat" or "Game Lag Chat" to communicate about the current game. Talking and playing with friends isn't against the rules, but telling each other information is.
Example:
- In an external chat: "hey Bro! i was the GF and couldn't kill Mugy7! Mugy7 is the SK!"
- "my brother is the GF, and he says Mugy7 is SK, reveal and lynch him"
- Two friends playing together even thought they aren't on the same team.
- Using the "Lag Chat" to talk about anything to do with the game is also forbidden, this includes things like "RED IS MAFIA" or "stupid town is stupid".
Severity: High
Abuse
Abuse is using moderator abilities to cheat. This includes kicking people at random, cheating with the mod message system, etc. This can also cover abusing Unlockables.
Example:
- Abusing moderator abilities.
- Using the same name and preferring the same role multiple times in a row.
Severity: Very High
Hacking
Hacking can mean many things, but the most general case of hacking is "Point Hacking".
Example:
- Modifying Bank files to gain points.
- "i have 20k points but have only played 20 games! i have -prefer and -blacklist now!"
- Using 3rd-party programs to cheat.
Severity: Very High
Punishments
Watch List is a list on the website. For various reasons, people on the watchlist are no longer added to a list in-game, to save time and effort and focus on the real punishments: kick-vote and ban lists.
Watch List
Low or Medium Severity: Multiple reports
High Severity: A confirmed report
Very High Severity: A credible report
Click Here to visit the Forum for Watch-list Reports
Point Ban
A player will receive a point ban if he/she is found to have modified their bank file to gain points unfairly.
A point-ban is permanent. [1]
Kick-Vote List
Medium Severity: A confirmed report and a criminal history
High Severity: Multiple confirmed reports or a criminal history
Very High Severity: By Administrator decision
Ban List
High Severity: Multiple confirmed reports and a criminal history
Very High Severity: By Administrator decision
Punished Players and Appeals
The punished players and appeals forum contains threads for approved Point Ban, Kick-Vote list and Ban-List reports.
This forum gives players the opportunity to appeal their sentence.
Click here to visit the Punished Players and Appeals Forum
Length of Punishments
Dropping from Ban List to KickVote List or from KickVote List to Watch List will result in a sentence equal to double the time spent in the previous punishment level (i.e. someone sentenced to 2 weeks in the KickVote List will then have 4 weeks in the Watch List after the first term is up.)
