RidgeBack69 wrote:I am not trying to change anyone's mind here and I respect the actions of UHC. But could there be an box added to the host ban for a reason that could then be reviewed to see if the reason is indeed a valid one like a rule violation or cheating or unsportsman like conduct.
There's no technical reason why not, but Tod and I have already expended a huge amount of time dealing with disputes, discussing and reviewing the functionality and deciding whether to pull it, change it or leave it. That's time both of us would rather spend developing new features and improving the competition system. Also, I really don't want to play the mediator when people have issues. Making a competition invitation only is a workaround for anyone that specifically wants to exclude someone. I realise that's not ideal, but none of this is ideal and when I introduced the feature I never thought it would blow up to this extent.
DYEUZ wrote:If we , the hosts , banned a player back then , in the past , because they were caught cheating , and UHC banned them also ,they are still banned from UHC but are free from our list ?
Correct. If a host banned someone who was caught cheating then UHC will almost certainly have banned them too, and they will still be banned by UHC. So although they won't appear on a host's ban list anymore, since those no longer exist, they are still banned from UHC. I've already been beaten to the answer above, but I had to walk away from my desk mid-response.
DYEUZ wrote:They, will be able to participate in our comps ?
No. If you're banned from UHC, you can't even log in to the UHC website.
I realise this decision might not suit everyone. The situation before didn't suit everyone either. Tod and I went with what we think is the best for the future of UHC. If there are cases that we need to look at then we will do, but UHC bans will only be issued under the right circumstances. Hopefully we can move on now and focus on other stuff. There are some exciting things in the pipeline, so I'm going to get on with them now