Ability to Report Players in the Crossfire Lobby

I do understand your concerns with it being spammed, but there are solutions. First of all, most people who complain that you're hacking (unrightfully) won't report you. Partly because they don't know how and partly because they don't care.

Typically when you are accused of hacking, the player accusing you really doesn't believe you do infact cheat. I find that many players simply rage and threaten when they are against a player who is significantly better.

But a solution would be to add fields for more accurate information. That way you can usually draw a line between the few players reporting in rage and the players reporting a legitimate case of hacking. Requiring exact times and rounds that hacking occurred would require reviewing a replay and confirming the bogus kills.

To address the concerns of the hacker leaving before you can review the replay, simply adding a "Review Replay" button somewhere in the report form would allow you to write down times and confirm your suspicions without fear of you being unable to find the player IGN again. A recommendation for this is to automatically carry the player into the lobby when reporting another player.

Another thing to keep in mind is that actual people are reviewing the reports. So when they see a flood of reports on the same player where a majority of the replays show no signs of cheating, the reviewer can simply make a note of it.

Again, most players raging about a better player will NOT report it. Most whiners are not doers.

Requiring more information in a report in addition to making the report section more easily accessible should lead to tracking down and banning hackers much more quickly and efficiently. In the long-run people are less likely to hack, knowing that it is much easier for them to be reported and punished.

In addition, please consider other players and how it should be fair play for everyone, rather than being more worried about your own well-being. Legitimate players will be reported regardless and adding this feature may just slightly increase the reports of legitimate players, while exponentially increasing the reports of hackers.

Thank you all for your comments and please feel free to address more concerns.

StealthRush wrote: »

You made a good point. I'd probably get banned in a day...



There are already plenty of threads asking for a report system in-game. Use the search button next time, but be sure not to revive any old threads.

I see what you're saying, but dead-threads do no good without bumping or creating a new thread that better-addresses people's concerns.