Practical guides for players: how to read a ban notice, which evidence to keep, how platforms handle appeals and what to expect from them.
Valorant is operated by Riot Games, which sets penalties and bans, protects the game with its Riot Vanguard anti-cheat and decides on appeals through its player support. This guide sets out the grounds Riot relies on, where an appeal goes, what it should…
Escape from Tarkov is developed and operated by Battlestate Games, which decides on suspensions and terminations of accounts under its Licence Agreement and Rules of…
The Finals is developed and published by Embark Studios, which decides on bans and on appeals against them through its player support on the Embark ID help centre. This…
Sea of Thieves is developed by Rare and published by Xbox Game Studios; Rare's Player Support reviews penalties set in the game, while Xbox reviews enforcement on the…
Rust is developed by Facepunch Studios, which decides on its own game bans, while Easy Anti-Cheat bans and bans on community servers follow separate routes. This guide…
Rainbow Six Siege (R6) is published by Ubisoft, which sets sanctions on the game or on the Ubisoft account and decides on appeals through Ubisoft Support. This guide…
PUBG: Battlegrounds is published by KRAFTON, which decides on bans and on requests to review them through PUBG support. This guide sets out the grounds in KRAFTON's…
Overwatch 2 is operated by Blizzard Entertainment, which sets silences, suspensions, competitive bans and permanent bans on the Battle.net account and decides on…
Minecraft is developed by Mojang Studios, an Xbox Game Studio within Microsoft, which decides on bans of the Minecraft account, whereas bans on servers such as Hypixel…
League of Legends (LoL) is operated by Riot Games, which sets restrictions, suspensions and bans and decides on appeals against them through its player support. This…
GTA Online is operated by Rockstar Games, which decides on suspensions and bans and, through Rockstar Support, on appeals against them. This guide sets out the grounds…
Fortnite is operated by Epic Games, which sets bans on the Epic Games account and decides on appeals through the Sanctions and Appeals Portal of its Safety Center. This…
FiveM is a multiplayer platform for Grand Theft Auto V that forms part of Rockstar Games' Creator Services, with player support under the Cfx.re name. This guide…
EA Sports FC is published by Electronic Arts (EA), which decides on suspensions and bans, including those in FC Ultimate Team, and reviews appeals through its Penalty…
Dota 2 is developed and operated by Valve, which sets matchmaking penalties, communication bans and permanent bans through the game and the Steam account. This guide…
Destiny 2 is developed and published by Bungie, which decides on restrictions and bans and reviews appeals through its own contact form. This guide sets out the grounds…
Dead by Daylight (DBD) is published by Behaviour Interactive, which sets bans on the game account and decides on appeals against them through its player support…
DayZ is a Bohemia Interactive game, but its global anti-cheat bans are administered by BattlEye, while community server admins decide bans on their own servers. This…
Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) is developed and operated by Valve, which decides on VAC bans, game bans, cooldowns and trade restrictions through its own systems and Steam…
Clash Royale is a Supercell game, and Supercell decides on suspensions, bans and disqualifications and reviews disputed penalties through the Help and Support function…
Call of Duty: Warzone, Modern Warfare and Black Ops are operated by Activision, whose security team enforces one policy on the Activision account across all of them…
Roblox Corporation moderates Roblox accounts and decides on appeals against its own bans, whereas a ban inside a single experience is set and reviewed by that…
Arena Breakout: Infinite is developed and published by MoreFun Studios, whose security team sets bans and whose player support receives appeals against them. This guide…
Apex Legends is developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, which decides on bans and on appeals against them through the Penalty History tool…
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) is operated by Moonton, which decides on bans and on appeals against them through the customer service in the game. This guide sets out…
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Where the bans of each game are appealed, the steps in order and the questions players ask most.
AdventureQuest 3D ban appeal
Albion Online ban appeal
Among Us ban appeal
Animal Crossing ban appeal
Apex Legends ban appeal
Arena Breakout ban appeal
Arena of Valor ban appeal
ARK: Survival Ascended ban appeal
ARK: Survival Evolved ban appeal
Arma 3 ban appeal
Battle.net (account ban) ban appeal
Battlefield ban appeal
Battlefield 2042 ban appeal
Black Desert Online ban appeal
Blade & Soul ban appeal
Brawl Stars ban appeal
Call of Duty: Black Ops ban appeal
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 ban appeal
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ban appeal
Call of Duty: Warzone ban appeal
Civilization VII ban appeal
Clash of Clans ban appeal
Clash Royale ban appeal
Critical Ops ban appeal
