The way Tanki bans you from chat is ridiculous

[Son_Goku 514]

I'm getting chat bans like daily by now, for the most random reasons, and I have no idea why. I'm feeling sorry for continuously messaging chat admins, asking them what I got banned for once again. I bet they find some of the reasons ridiculous themselves, honestly.

That algorithm or whatever that is running in the background is banning people without any context. For just one bad word, which is not even directed towards anyone, that just slips out when for example something unfortunate has happened, literally bans you for 1 week straight without any warning.

Lately, I was playing some XP/BP and people in the enemy team kept leaving, so we had to wait over and over again until both teams were full and we could start our game. So out of fun I dropped the F-bomb in russian, because I wanted to play and not wait anymore, and that instantly banned me for a week, because I had apparently insulted someone. What?

Now it happened again, I logged in and boom 150 hours long chat ban for insulting someone. I can legit not remember actually insulting someone in the last years even, and yet I am, at this point, farming chat bans for insulting. Lol.

This thing really seems to ban people just because they say a certain word, completely disregarding the context. And that makes no sense.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Son_Goku

[Positive 1,141]

Automated systems struggle to detect context.. So it's best to practice self-control and use neutral language. You literally admit to use profound language regularly. 

[Hypersomnia 1,714]

On 10/20/2023 at 8:43 PM, Positive said:

Automated systems struggle to detect context.. So it's best to practice self-control and use neutral language. You literally admit to use profound language regularly. 

explain my mysterious ban of Provocation after being offline for like 2 weeks. I guess i provoked hazel by being offline this long?

[Son_Goku 514]

On 10/20/2023 at 7:43 PM, Positive said:

Automated systems struggle to detect context.. So it's best to practice self-control and use neutral language. You literally admit to use profound language regularly. 

Nah man, you can't justify what is happening. This thing is way too sensitive and the most bans really seem to be unjustified. You can't ban someone for 1 week because they said literally just one bad word, that is not in any way related to the conversation you're having with fellow players.

I get it that excessive bad language is not something that you should let pass, but this right now is in any way too sensitive.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Son_Goku

[Positive 1,141]

On 10/20/2023 at 7:47 PM, Kimura said:

explain my mysterious ban of Provocation after being offline for like 2 weeks. I guess i provoked hazel by being offline this long?

I don't know the specific details of your case obviously It can take some time for the admins to review the contents of chats and assess the context.

[Positive 1,141]

On 10/20/2023 at 7:52 PM, Son_Goku said:

Nah man, you can't justify what is happening. This thing is way too sensitive and the most bans really seem to be unjustified. You can't ban someone for 1 week because they said literally just one bad word, that is not in any way related to the conversation you're having with fellow players.

I don't know what you've said or meant but given your acknowledgment of using bad language and your complaints about the ban, it might be advisable to refrain from using such language altogether to reduce the risk of receiving a ban

[Son_Goku 514]

On 10/20/2023 at 7:59 PM, Positive said:

I don't know what you've said or meant but given your acknowledgment of using bad language and your complaints about the ban, it might be advisable to refrain from using such language altogether to reduce the risk of receiving a ban

I don't know what I have said either, that's the problem! I do not insult players, only thing I do is trashtalking with them every now and then. But this is a war game, such a game will not function without casual trashtalk. You will never be able to get rid of trashtalk, if you do so you get rid of the players as well.

I'm human, and if in Tanki I flip myself due to lack of talent I want to express my emotions by saying a certain word that is not directed to anyone in any way, like any normal person would do. It is funny and not in any way insulting to anyone.

And before this automatic banning thingy was introduced, everyone was absolutely fine with it. But now, suddenly, it's raining 1 week bans. Yes, you can obviously not type such stuff to not get banned, but this doesn't change that the way you can get banned is right.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Son_Goku

[NikmanGT 4,376]

On 10/20/2023 at 10:19 PM, Son_Goku said:

So out of fun I dropped the F-bomb in russian, because I wanted to play and not wait anymore,

And you still believe getting a punishment for a violation like this is unjustified ?

Nevertheless, contacting the Chat Administrators for your ban is the correct way to approach this, rather than a public post about the current chat mod system. Contact me via Forum PM if you wish to discuss this further.

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