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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bigchukkaPosted:

I think that people wouldn't bother liking/repping people. I really do think people will only use the system to down vote anyone that is better than them. Sure it can be a cool system but im not the biggest fan of it.

I think im oing to be spending a lot of time on the phone asking them to help me with it.

TitanFallPosted:

Brock_Lesnar i **** someone pretty hard in bf or cod and they gonna troll be by avoding and i would have to play with the real cheaters and jerks no thanks microsoft this is one of the main reason why im switching to ps


Thank god you are switching we need less people like you :D

NodusPosted:

This is going to be bad for me I'm going to be put with annoying kids because of my rep %

TitanFallPosted:

People who are saying its going to be abused, do you honestly think microsoft hasn't already thought of this? ffs stop spamming saying its going to get abused seriously

LesnarPosted:

I will end up with red or amber/yellow probably LMAO

IndoPosted:

its going to be abused a lot as it was abused on here

neboPosted:

I don't know... it may get abused and some random users getting downvoted would be so stupid

AyrPosted:

If this does work out and manage to function correctly, it will be an amazing feature.
It'll be a feature that people forget exists though, a lot of people don't use the rep system on Xbox 360.

RugratsPosted:

Looks alright. Will probably get abused though.

WubsPosted:

I will most likely have the red one.