Ban


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Bans are a form of punishment given out to players who violate certain regulations.

Communications ban

This form of ban restricts both text and voice communications. It does not affect matchmaking The matchmaking screen Matchmaking is the process through which the system groups players into opposing teams for public games. With the exception of bot games, matchmaking is mostly determined by matchmaking ratings (MMR). Contents 1 dota2 , and will not put players into low priority Priority is a status that determines how quickly the system will match you with other players. All players start at Normal priority by default. Contents 1 Low Priority 1.1 Removal 2 High Priority 3 See .

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Criteria

There is one known offense for Dota 2 that warrants a VAC ban, as seen in the table below. According to unconfirmed sources, crashing dedicated servers while playing a matchmaking game can also lead to a permanent VAC ban, as soon as the fact of servers being crashed by one of the players is revealed and confirmed by Valve.

Offense Punishment
Using external tools attached to Dota 2 Permanent

Resetting

If a player does not receive any bans for 3 weeks since the last ban expired, the ban duration will revert back to 1 day.

VAC ban

A Steam profile with recorded VAC ban. This record cannot be hidden.

This form of ban is performed under the Valve Anti-Cheat system (VAC). It suspends the user from the game entirely. During this time, Dota 2 will be inaccessible.

VAC bans are recorded on the user`s Steam profile, and will be permanently visible to all other users.

Exceptions

The following will not result in a VAC ban:

Matchmaking Ban

Players who neglect to accept a match, decline a match, or leave a match immediately after connecting will be disallowed from matchmaking for a short time. Players who do this multiple times in a short period will receive longer duration bans. Ban durations will return to normal after a few days of good behavior.

Offense Punishment
1st decline 5 minutes
2nd decline 30 minutes
3rd decline 24 hours