How to avoid 1-year bans by Xbox Enforcement Strike System

While Xbox has become a very popular console, especially in the US region, its popularity also comes with a lot of cyber abuse and virtual attacks. Microsoft products, per se, are known to be prone to attacks, phishing, and other unlawful intentions.

But as always, Microsoft is taking the means to reduce them as much as possible. For example, recently, the Redmond-based tech giant stated an Xbox banning tool rumored to be true, is, in fact, false, and promised people that nobody, aside from Xbox, can ban them.

And, to make it even more clear, Xbox has released its own banning system, called Xbox Enforcement Strike System. This comes some weeks after Xbox also implemented a feature that allows you to record and report inappropriate voice chats while playing on Xbox.

The new Xbox Enforcement Strike System works similarly to a driver’s license suspension. The more you violate Xbox policies, the more strikes you get, up to a total of 8. When you reach 8 strikes, you’ll get a one-year suspension from Xbox.

Players have a total of eight strikes and, once reached, will be suspended from Xbox’s social features like messaging, parties and party chat, multiplayer and others for one year from the enforcement date.

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Avoiding the Xbox Enforcement Strike System 1-year bans

It’s good to know that you won’t be instantly banned from Xbox if you break the rules. However, Xbox will ban you gradually. As we mentioned earlier, the more strikes you have, the more time you’ll get.

So this is what you need to know:

1. Starting now, you’ll begin your Xbox journey with 0 strikes.
2. You can receive a total of 8 strikes, and, important to remember, each strike remains on record for six months. This means that if you broke the law 5 months ago, that strike will still follow you today, until next month.

The number of strikes also increases the number of suspended days, as follows:

• 1 strike – 1 day
• 2 strikes – 1 day
• 3 strikes – 3 days
• 4 strikes – 7 days
• 5 strikes – 14 days
• 6 strikes – 21 days
• 7 strikes – 60 days
• 8 strikes – 365 days

Important! However, you can also get multiple strikes at once, so you’ll have to take this into account:

• Profanity – 1 strike
• Cheating – 1 strike
• Sexually inappropriate – 2 strikes
• Harassment or bullying – 2 strikes
• Hate Speech – 3 strikes

Microsoft says this system will greatly reduce abuse of any kind on Xbox. In fact, in 2022, fewer than 1% of all players received a temporary suspension, and only 1/3 of those received a second suspension. And according to their data, players typically stop inappropriate behavior after one enforcement.

But if you get a strike, and you think it’s not justified, then you can appeal it. If you’re right, then the enforcement will be reversed and the strike will be removed.

However, to surely avoid the 1-year ban by Xbox Enforcement Strike System, we recommend you should read the Xbox Community Standards, and make sure not to overstep with your reactions. After all, kindness goes a long way, indeed.

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