Microsoft: 'No more cheats or jerks' online for Xbox One

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One of the most interesting things about Microsoft's plans for the Xbox One console is its player reputation system, where Xbox Live users will be rated according to their online game sportsmanship. Today, Microsoft's Xbox Live program manager Micheal Dunn offered up some more information on how this new system will work.

In a post on the Xbox Wire website, Dunn says that Microsoft will get direct feedback from players to rate others with this new system, such as when someone decides to mute a player while in an online match or block them from playing entirely. Dunn states, "The new model will take all of the feedback from a player’s online flow, put it in the system with a crazy algorithm we created and validated with an MSR PhD to make sure things are fair for everyone."

This special algorithm will take into account information about a player that normally plays well with others online but still manages to get a few bad feedback reports a month. According to Dunn:

The algorithm weighs the data collected so if a dozen people suddenly reporting a single user, the system will look at a variety of factors before docking their reputation. We’ll verify if those people actually played in an online game with the person reported – if not, all of those player’s feedback won’t matter as much as a single person who spent 15 minutes playing with the reported person. The system also looks at the reputation of the person reporting and the alleged offender, frequency of reports from a single user and a number of other factors.

The final result will be that every player will get a reputation score based on color. If you get a "green" score, it means that you have a good reputation, while a "yellow" color means you may need some sportsmanship improvements. A "red" score means that you are considered to be bad to play with. Dunn says that many alerts will be given to Xbox One online players before they are hit with the "Red-Avoid Me" reputation level.

Dunn says this system has been set up to make sure people who "don't want to play with cheats or jerks" should not have to do so when gaming online with their Xbox One console. He added that Microsoft will refine the system as it progresses and more bad consequences will be added to the people who get the virtual "Red" card.

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gmlukensPosted:

I could totally see people reporting people for fun

Vex-Posted:

"The final result will be that every player will get a reputation score based on color. If you get a "green" score, it means that you have a good reputation, while a "yellow" color means you may need some sportsmanship improvements. A "red" score means that you are considered to be bad to play with. Dunn says that many alerts will be given to Xbox One online players before they are hit with the "Red-Avoid Me" reputation level."

I think that's kind of stupid though

CokesPosted:

Famous_Energy That is stupid, what if users just avoid you or file a thing on you for fun, like wtf.


I don't think one report is going to do it. I guess it will kinda work how the reporting system works. It even says that they don't go by individual reports so I'd assume it would be for this case too.

CokesPosted:

You can't actually make this possible. There will be jerks everywhere all the time.

VapePosted:

I always mute everyone on the other team in snd so i dont know how that would work for them.

WavelengthPosted:

-Mark Hopefully our reputation from Xbox 360 doesn't carry over because mine is terrible.


Yeah, same thing for me. I don't like this reputation system anyways.

ExplicitHaxPosted:

Wow, very interesting.

Vex-Posted:

Woobie Lol what a childish way of wording it.


Seriously, but I am happy about this

WoobiePosted:

Lol what a childish way of wording it.

IlcamorristaPosted:

Famous_Energy That is stupid, what if users just avoid you or file a thing on you for fun, like wtf.


That's true, They probs have some system to make sure it was not for fun?.