Soon you won’t be able to curse in Rocket League with a new ban system

It looks like Rocket League is getting a new “Language Ban” system that will automatically ban players from online matches, and the reason? Using some bad and nasty words that they got reported on.

Developers at Psyonix have come up with an initial list of over 20 words and variants which hadn’t been made public, but the team did say it includes racial slurs. The list will evolve over time to include words and phrases from multiple languages as it currently has only English words.

“Each word has its own threshold, and once a threshold for any word has been reached, that player will be automatically subject to a ban. These bans will typically start at 24 hours, then escalate to 72 hours, one week, and finally, a permanent ban.” says the announcement.

Rocket League has a huge player base of 34 million players, so it’s not surprising to learn the developers receive thousands of reports every day. The majority of these reports are about in-game abuse and harassment, in the form of abusive language. The Language Ban system adds a new layer of automation to the report-ban process, Psyonix stressed.

“This new Language Ban system will help us address reports quickly and precisely while we also continue our usual monitoring of Reddit and other social channels for feedback,” Psyonix said.

Currently, PS4 and Xbox One players can play with PC players, but they can’t see text chat typed by PC players, so this new Language Ban system seems targeted at Rocket League’s PC community.