Add a warning to ban messages regarding the appeal code

[LanceDaniels]

+2

 

[zRinne]

As many of you know, when somebody gets banned a message shows up telling the player he/she got banned for an X amount of time, the reason the player got banned (possibly with proof), and a unique appeal code.
This appeal code grants acces to your appeal. If somebody else knows your code, this person could open an appeal on your behalf, resulting in the disappearance of your chance to create a fair appeal.

Many players are not aware of the real purpose of this code, which leads to lots of people uploading screen shots of their ban message on various platforms (Discord: #staff-help, .Forums: Support section, etc.).
A good way to prevent people of showing their appeal code publicly would simply be to add a warning to the ban message: telling the player to NOT share his/her appeal code with anybody.

Spoiler: Something like this

View attachment 153229 Keep in mind this is just an example of what it should look like. The exact sentence telling the player to keep the appeal code private could be explained with other words as well, of course. (However, it should be something short though)

That’s it for now.
Thanks for taking the time to read this suggestion, and make sure to let me know your thoughts about this idea by voting in the poll above or commenting on this thread! ^-^

~ Josher

I really like this idea, reading this also gave me something I want to add to it.
Just like your red text telling others not to share it, how about we make it a spoiler/click to reveal/hover to see?
I've seen many players taking a normal screenshot asking what the ban is about or what exactly do they have to do.
I do not believe they bother cropping or editing the code out so this may come in handy as an add-on suggestion to what you have suggested.

 

[Keanu]

I really like this idea, reading this also gave me something I want to add to it.
Just like your red text telling others not to share it, how about we make it a spoiler/click to reveal/hover to see?
I've seen many players taking a normal screenshot asking what the ban is about or what exactly do they have to do.
I do not believe they bother cropping or editing the code out so this may come in handy as an add-on suggestion to what you have suggested.

Afaik that’s not possible, it’s a very good idea tho!

 

[zRinne]

Afaik that’s not possible, it’s a very good idea tho!

That's a shame.
Glad you like it though

 

[Fedde2001]

Well... Because somebody posted this screen shot in the Support section here on the forums a while ago!
I saved the picture and edited the YouTube link providing the proof of this player's infraction to keep his identity anonymous.
(And of course added the text saying what extra info about the appeal code should be added to the ban message along with the arrow saying "This is a must-have".)

Haha nice job, made the post very clear and clean ;)