Well, we’ve already said it more than once in Generation Xbox, but fighting toxicity is a mammoth task. Developers are struggling to deal with problem gamers within their community and are always looking for new ways to combat toxic behavior, from rumored AI monitoring to the ability to record conversations of chat in game.
Now, while the title may sound alarming to you, if you’re a good guy at Dota 2, there’s nothing to worry about, since Valve won’t have permanently banned you from your account. The developer decided to give those who break the rules a… lump of coal, literally.
It’s time to start following the rules
Several players recently received a gift from Valve, a “highly toxic piece of coal“, which, when you open it, will reach you with the message that your account has been reported and if you continue to violate the rules there will be no more warnings of this type, what follows is permanent blocking This is for those who were luckier, because this same piece of coal came with permanently blocking your Dota 2 account for other users.
The main reason for these sanctions was against the accounts”smurf“, that is to say the secondary accounts. This could be very encouraging for the community, since the The Smurfs are one of the most glaring problems players face in competitive gaming, and Valve has taken its fight against those looking for easy matchups very seriously, ruining the experience for less experienced players.
