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Make boosting instantly eradicated

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Delver
Aug 05, 2013
253
How to eradicate boosters

Make it illegal to boost and boosting will result in temp ban then perm ban from ranked unless they make an apology on the PVP forums to stop doing it. Then make it so that you can report people after matches.

Astrologist
Mar 16, 2012
1061
DevinSkullStone on Apr 14, 2017 wrote:
How to eradicate boosters

Make it illegal to boost and boosting will result in temp ban then perm ban from ranked unless they make an apology on the PVP forums to stop doing it. Then make it so that you can report people after matches.
How can the internal codes of the game tell if a player is boosting? Players reporting others suspected of boosting isn't going to work and can easily be abused. How can you prove it?

Delver
Aug 05, 2013
253
anecorbie on Apr 15, 2017 wrote:
How can the internal codes of the game tell if a player is boosting? Players reporting others suspected of boosting isn't going to work and can easily be abused. How can you prove it?
Thanks I didn't really think that through. I think we can just screenshot it and just make it illegal

Champion
Sep 01, 2009
491
anecorbie on Apr 15, 2017 wrote:
How can the internal codes of the game tell if a player is boosting? Players reporting others suspected of boosting isn't going to work and can easily be abused. How can you prove it?
Pretty simple, really. If the coding recognizes a player in a 3v3 or 4v4 PvP match, and all characters originate from the same IP, odds are, that's a boosted match. Coding already tracks IP addresses; it has to in order to maintain bans. KI has to deal with this as a company, not rely on players, and keep track of who's cheating and who's not. If that means rewriting some code, or tweaking an algorithm or two, so be it.