[2020] Dear Ubi Can We Ban Names Like...

Originally Posted by D4NW0LF


It's fair to say names like that are often smurfs, or cheaters.

Do you know for a fact this player was cheating? If you have any visual evidence of this, feel free to bring it to Ubisoft Support for investigation.

Originally Posted by D4NW0LF
That's the thing names exactly like that where it is just IIIIllllII do often get banned by Battleye and no, not all of them are however it's often a name that gets associated with hacks or abuse of exploits, or just abuse in general since people can't tell the I's from the l's.

And whilst not the same gives you an idea at least.

I definitely know what you mean. Whenever I get into a Ranked or even Quick Match with a name similar to that, I get nervous that it's a hacker of some sort, but more often than not, it ends up being a regular player who wants you to think they're a cheater. I guess it's a mindset thing?

Originally Posted by D4NW0LF
Pretty true, or could also be closet cheating and bad. Just seems a tad silly to allow a name like it to me. Maybe I'm overthinking it.

I wouldn't call it overthinking, I think it's a valid concern to have since "Barcode guys" have been known to cheat in the past. I've even seen some type in chat "I'm hacking btw " and then proceed to bottom frag the entire game. Unless they're toggling or like you said closet cheating, I wouldn't worry too much.