FACEIT banned more than 151,000 accounts in a year for toxic behavior

FACEIT has announced its anti-toxic policy measures. In a year, the gaming service banned over 151,000 user accounts for inappropriate behavior. The service representatives announced the news through their social media pages where they added an infographic on the matter.

According to the presented data, FACEIT bans more than 2,000 users weekly. However, the number of user bans has recently significantly increased, as the service managed to ban almost 6,000 players during the previous week. Although FACEIT did not explain what exactly led to such numbers, one can state that the gaming service is more active in dealing with toxic players' behavior.

Nevertheless, the problem of the games' quality is currently particularly important for FACEIT, as the community discusses the topic actively now. In particular, FACEIT conducted a survey in which users had to vote on the eighth map in the competitive pool, and it was possible to choose from Vertigo, Train, and Cache.

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Additionally, in March, donk, Team Spirit player, expressed his dissatisfaction with the ranking system used by FACEIT. He is convinced that since the ranks have been reset, the quality of play has dropped dramatically, affecting the matchmaking process.

Hence, there are various aspects for FACEIT to consider simultaneously, including fighting toxic behavior among players, discussing modifications to the maps' pool, as well as addressing complaints made by professionals regarding the ranking system. In this context, statistics of more than 151,000 bans over the past year may be regarded as a clear sign of the severity of the issue.