Bans, Competitive Cooldowns, and You

[ianskate]

Any topics complaining about any type of ban (Overwatch, account untrusted, Competitive Cooldown or VAC) will be deleted or closed, and you may be banned from discussions.


Read this Support FAQ about bans: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1203-WJCV-7019

The various types of CS:GO bans

There are 5 different type of bans in Counter-Strike Global Offensive. Here they are listed by their common name.

• I) VAC bans: These are handed out for cheating and are permanent. For more information regarding VAC-bans go here.
  
  
• II) Overwatch bans:
  
  • 1.Minorly disruptive (griefing): Around 30 days/1 month.
    
    • Second griefing ban: Permanent.
  • 2. Majorly disruptive (cheating -aim/wall/other external hacks): Permanent.
    
    Major Convictions are also issued to accounts that receive a second conviction for griefing. (info)
  
  For more information regarding Overwatch-bans go here.
  
  
• III) Account untrusted bans - These bans are permanent, 100% correct and won't be lifted. They will change into VAC ban over time.
  
  
• IV) Competitive matchmaking bans
  Competitive matchmaking cooldowns are handed out for leaving matches and not reconnecting in time (within 3 minutes).
  

  Originally posted by Steam Support:

  Player abandons, AFKing, excessive kicking and suiciding and teamkilling result in an undesirable experience for all of the other players in the game.
  
  Our system is designed to limit the negative impact of users who repeatedly abuse these systems. If you perform these actions, Classic Competitive will be unavailable for a period of time.

  For more information regarding matchmaking cooldowns go here.
  
  
• V) Skill placement competitive cooldowns
  As a new player, with less than 10 competitive wins, you will be limited to a certain amount of competitive games per day. See here.

[grubber]

Kick ban really

I was playing with some guys and they kicked me just cause i was a "sqeaker" or what ever and get a 7 day ban when i havent been kicked in like 4 days

[TEEM ROKIT |LAB|]

well, thats the world
though i do know your feel

[Phen]

Stop annoying people, only talk when it's needed. and you won't get kicked.

[bOOm_ ☁]

Originally posted by Joy #gloissupakawaii:

Stop annoying people, only talk when it's needed. and you won't get kicked.

+1

[KillahInstinct]

Thread heavily updated. And actually stickied for a change/expirement.

[Removed because Killa finally caught me -Odra]

[UFOS ARE REAL]

Congratulations on your recent competitive wins! Before you play competitive matches further please wait for matchmaking servers to calibrate your skill group placement based on your latest performance.

Congratulations on your recent competitive wins! Before you play competitive matches further please wait for matchmaking servers to calibrate your skill group placement based on your latest performance. (i have to wait 21 hours to play again)

ok i understand what it says and i am ok waiting 21 hours but this is the thing

at my 6th win it gived me the same message and cool down (21 hours)

at my 9th win it has just given the same message and cool down (21hours) (witch i am on now)

and it says next to my picture win one more matches to display skill group does this mean it will give me an other 20 hours cool down as it is looking that way : (

its just a joke i just want to play why couldnt they just let me get to 10 wins then give me the total hours cooldown (42 to 63 hours) that would be better inset of this

thank you for any input

[Wrong Way Up]

its to detour and reduce smurfing

[Calyx]

It is neccesary.
Friends of mine have 4 smurf accounts and counting.
Basically what this means is people from a rediculously high skill-group playing against newbs, going 50-2 for example and just destroying absolutely everything..

[UFOS ARE REAL]

Originally posted by Calyx:

It is neccesary.
Friends of mine have 4 smurf accounts and counting.
Basically what this means is people from a rediculously high skill-group playing against newbs, going 50-2 for example and just destroying absolutely everything..

Originally posted by wrong way up:

its to detour and reduce smurfing

ooo ok so csgo are making it so annoying to play if your new to stop people making new accounts to stop pros abusing the new people ?

still annoying when you get a new game u just want to play the crap out of it ahaha

[Calyx]

No, it's because many people install the game, play 5 minutes of Death Match, then instantly go to Competetive. People will suck, the teammates will cry, yell, and rage at you.
Volvo encourages new players to learn the game, before going to Competetive.
Because of the cooldown times put on now, people are forced to play a different game mode or not play at all, this should encourage people to get better at the game before continuing with competetive.

Aaand it also deals with smurfs.

[Calyx]

No, it's because many people install the game, play 5 minutes of Death Match, then instantly go to Competetive. People will suck, the teammates will cry, yell, and rage at you.
Volvo encourages new players to learn the game, before going to Competetive.
Because of the cooldown times put on now, people are forced to play a different game mode or not play at all, this should encourage people to get better at the game before continuing with competetive.

Aaand it also deals with smurfs.

[UFOS ARE REAL]

Originally posted by Calyx:

No, it's because many people install the game, play 5 minutes of Death Match, then instantly go to Competetive. People will suck, the teammates will cry, yell, and rage at you.
Volvo encourages new players to learn the game, before going to Competetive.
Because of the cooldown times put on now, people are forced to play a different game mode or not play at all, this should encourage people to get better at the game before continuing with competetive.

Aaand it also deals with smurfs.

oo thank you very much i heard on the internet if i find 4 more people close to my rank (i haven't got one we could still play do u anything about big thanks guys)

[Calyx]

Basically after the first 10 games you are put in a skillgroup depending on how well you played and how many of those 10 games you win. It's basically a qualifier.
There are people that won all 10 games with such great skill that they were instantly put in DMG or even higher (like Rambo) took him only 35 games to get to global elite with pistol only :"D

[Spinbulla]

7 day ban because of vac authentication error. GG.

I just received a 7 day cooldown because I could not reconnect to a competetive game.
It said exactly: "An issue with your computer is blocking the VAC system. You cannot play on secure servers."
What is this bs? Yesterday I played 1 game, after not playing for 5 days, and guess what? 4 russians pre-made decided "Hey, why not kick this guy, he only has 20 more kills than second place, and we can easily win without him", I didn't even say anything to them, or give them any reason at all to kick me, and because of that, I received a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cooldown because apparently I have been kicked from too many games "Recently".
Then today first game, this ♥♥♥♥?

It's so friggin bad cuz I can't even see which file is blocking me from joining secure vac servers, so I can't fix it to prevent future hasslement......

[berend]

I hope you understand that getting 7 day bans is really not necessary and easy to avoid by playing by the rules. How the cooldown system works. If you play by the rules and don't abuse the vote-kick you will never get higher cooldowns then 30 minutes or 2 hours if something like this happens.

Either way I think you would love to fix the VAC error -> here. You can also prevent youself from getting kicked by playing with friends.

Hope it helps.