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Xbox One Reputation System Penalizes Gamers Who Behave Badly

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-news-for-everyone's-mothers dept.

New submitter DroidJason1 writes: "Microsoft has added new 'player reputation scores' to each Xbox Live member's Gamercard. The scores are represented by icons consisting of the colors green, yellow, and red. The more hours you play fairly online without being reported as abusive by other players, the better your reputation will be. Good players are given a green color, while those that 'need work' are yellow and those that need to be avoided are red. Microsoft says, 'If players do not heed warnings and continue to have a negative impact on other players and the Xbox Live community, they will begin to experience penalties. For example, people with an “Avoid Me” rating will have reduced matchmaking pairings and may be unable to use certain privileges such as Twitch broadcasting.' They add that the system will adjust for false reports."

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  1. Bullying by ruir · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A new form of teen bullying, giving bad scores to the classmate you do not like...

    1. Re:Bullying by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You mean like on reddit? Downvote people or opinions you don't like?

      You mean like on slashdot?

  2. Re:Obligatory.. by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Insightful

    -1

    (just because I can...)

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  3. Re:OMG FAG LOL by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm not too worried about trolls, but I've seen plenty of abuse and accusations of cheating hurled at "skillers", in games like BF4. All to easy to hit the "report" button in frustration after the same guy headshoots you for the 6th time in a round. And the crowdsourcing effect will not work here to filter out abuse; I expect strong players to consistently attract such reports against them in online games.

    One way to counter this to some degree is to spot-check reports, and apply heavy penalties to players making false accusations. It still is a lot of work, and I doubt whether an operator could make the distinction between a rage-report and an inaccurate report made in good faith.

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  4. It's about time... by egarland · · Score: 4, Insightful

    XBox has long been known as the most potent example of the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. Adding a bit of accountability for being a horrible person is overdue.

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