Ubisoft recently announced on Rainbow Six Siege’s subreddit that the game is getting a new code of conduct wherein players will be banned for offensive behaviour in the game. This is an interesting step by Ubisoft, since multiplayer games are synonymous with “toxicity”. Earlier Psyonix had undertaken a similar move by implementing a frequently updated algorithm to ban toxic player. Ubisoft further said:
“Starting next week, we will be implementing an improvement on the system we have been using to ban players that use racial and homophobic slurs, or hate speech, in game. The bans for this will fall within the following durations, depending on severity:
- 2 Days
- 7 Days
- 15 Days
- Permanent
We will be tracking the frequency at which language that violates the Code of Conduct is used by individual players, and will apply the appropriate ban on a case-by-case basis.
The type of language we will be taking action against is outlined in the following section of the Code of Conduct:“Any language or content deemed illegal, dangerous, threatening, abusive, obscene, vulgar, defamatory, hateful, racist, sexist, ethically offensive or constituting harassment is forbidden.”
Players that receive a ban for toxicity will receive a pop-up that states their ban was the result of toxic behavior. A global message will also be displayed, similar to the current global broadcasts for cheating. It will read:
“Username has been banned for toxicity.”
This is our first step towards managing toxicity in Rainbow Six Siege, and we will have more information to share about our other plans at a later date.”