@CURLYFLOO , talking about bans for leaving midgame, it's last 50 games now. It was recently changed from 100

@sheo Hello, good morning. I have a question: after how many matches or how much time does the ban time reset? Because they say it’s messed up—like 100 or 50 games—and I wanted to clear up that doubt. Could you tell me after how many games or how much time the ban time resets?

@Decisions , shouldn't be no problems

@sheo, Hey Sheo, in a few days I'll be traveling to another place where I'll be playing on my laptop. Will there be a problem if I change my internet service? Since I'll be in another place.

@hyo , you have to make a ban appeal on the site to appeal a ban

@sheo I tried to log in to the center from a new account because you had already banned my secondary account for losing my account, however I was banned for excessive smurfing, please I would like you to find a solution

Czesława ♡ , yes, as many as you need, but we may ban you from making new banreports if percentage of declined banreports is too high

Can I submit more than 3 reports in 1 day? I've literally been matched with the most toxic players in the world (in different matches).

@amassei , if you know this, you are probably banned. You have to make a ban appeal for that

@sheo I haven't played at the Center in a long time. My account is linked to two other accounts that aren't mine, and I don't have access to them. I'd like to unlink the other two accounts and go back to playing normally.

@Эмили , yes
@hyo , you can use another account (the one you are currently commenting from) even if your 2nd account is lost; you don't need to have it unlinked. I banned your 2nd account, but it can't be unlinked because it belongs to you. Even if you create a 3rd account and request to swap the second and third accounts (you can do that for privacy reasons), the mmr from your main account will still be copied to the new account in order to prevent you from negatively affecting the site's rating system by ranking up a third time.

@sheo My account is lost, I forgot the password and I want to use another account. My only goal is to get back to ranking up. Please, I would like you to unlink the secondary account I had. I want to use a completely separate account from my main one

Can you use exitlag to play center?

@hyo , no, why? Losing a smurf account doesn't prevent you from playing on your main, this shouldn't be an issue

@sheo I lost my secondary account where I used to play Center. Could you please unlink that account? I can't access it. Please contact me so I can give you the account details and you can verify what I'm telling you. Please, Sheo.

@aux , that's to prevent people from leaving to let their friends win unfair mmr when they are about to lose

@sheo If I'm winning by 500 points on last chapter and my teammate leaves and the game ends why should I not receive MMR seems like a big waste of time.

@sheo
Well, I thought it would restart after a while. Thanks anyway

@CURLYFLOO , hello
never, they stay in history forever

@sheo hello, a question, how often are bans restarted?

@El chibolo del octavo cerro , probably, yes

@sheo are you Gonzalo palacios? 🙀 https://imgur.com/a/GDZ4Neg

@DarkJupiter , when you join the game it pops up with the notification to download the anticheat. Click the link there.

Hi, I want to know where or how to download the anti-cheat to start playing

@Ling.Yerts , check this thread https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/groups/l4d2center/discussions/0/3884974358695752265/
This warning indicates that VAC is disabled. This is not an error, this is how it's supposed to work when you are playing with the Anticheat. Simply ignore this warning, and look for the error in console, or try to reconnect without restarting the game and see what happens

You have "-insecure" in the launch options which will
prevent you from connecting to VAC secured servers.


I went into the game and kept popping up this prompt. I didn't add this startup item, but it kept popping up

Hello @Sheo,

I hope you are doing well. I am writing to you through this channel because it is the only direct way I currently have to contact you.

With all due respect, I would like to express my concerns about the matchmaking system. It has been extremely frustrating to lose more than 15 matches in a row due to teammates who do not have even basic knowledge of Left 4 Dead 2, or situations where players intentionally play poorly after losing the first cap.

It is not normal that in almost every match I feel forced to record demos and report players. Reaching the point where this has to be done constantly becomes exhausting.

I believe stronger measures should be considered for this type of behavior. In many cases these players are only banned for one day, and sometimes they are not banned at all. It is also very discouraging to face a full team of 5K players while my team includes unranked players or players with around 2K rating.

I understand that matchmaking is based on the total MMR of both teams, but perhaps additional restrictions could help improve balance. For example, limiting certain rank differences within parties or preventing extreme rank gaps from being matched together (such as a 4K player with an unranked player, or a 7K player with a 2K player).

I truly hope this system can be improved, or at least that stronger penalties can be implemented for players who intentionally ruin matches.

Thank you for your time and for considering this feedback.

@avaster , yes

@sheo are we allowed to remove thirdstrike.pwl to remove b&w color

@sheo Thanks, I think it would make the system feel more balanced. Just let me know what you decide.

@aux , it may happen due to packet loss or other connection issues, although it shouldn't happen often. Just reconnect

@liu , okay

@sheo I got lucky enough to avoid a ban. I had the anti cheat and was playing perfectly fine up until 4th chapter Parish it kicked me out saying I didn't have the anti cheat when right before I checked and it said "yes" indicating it was working fine. I really have no idea why it does this to me and some others. Do you have any feedback on this issue?

@sheo does your ban penalty reset after you play 100 games if it does I was wondering if you’d consider adjusting the penalty for getting banned from 100 games down to 50 games instead. It would still hold players accountable while giving them a more reasonable path back.

jajajaa

Yes, it's just zonemod

oh its just zonemod i thought center had a differnt type

@avaster https://sirplease.vercel.app/docs/modes/zonemod#introduction

@sheo is there a list of all the modifications center uses? all the stuff like no deadstopping hunters

♡ Pomni ♡ , yes. You can invite unranked players if you have more than 50 games, but you need at least any visible rank to create a party

@NAYEON INFINITA , no. People usully type a totally unrelated text + a text can't be an evidence of griefing + if your clip requires pre-history, it's probably not a good evidence

do you still need MMR to invite people with a party? w paid silver membership

@sheo could you add a textbox in banreport interface when im trying to report someone for griefing? im just allowed to send a link as evidence instead of an entire text when i report someone for "griefing" in contrast to reporting for the "other" option (theres no textbox for this option).
the goal is to improve the report by providing more text as evidence because when i choose the "other" option while trying to report someone for griefing, my report gets declined because "a more appropiate option exists"

THANK U SO MUCH SHEO

@Kiroist. , you can't, you just have to remember how many accounts do you have

Sheo, how can I find out how many accounts are linked to my Game Center account?

L anticheat :/

@⩗⩘ , because most of the stats represent your values per game, so short games are ignored

@Chimbo xd , that's normal, we don't respond that quick, it usually takes no more than 1 day to receive a response