Massive ban wave hits FACEIT, how many banned?

FACEIT earlier announced that it plans to take toxicity incidents in Counter-Strike 2 seriously, and the recent ban wave and blog specify exactly how serious.

In June 2024, the matchmaker revealed that it would no longer tolerate abusive behavior in CS2. Offenders will start to get serious punishments if they display toxic behavior. This includes smurfs, bullies, trolls, and everyone who falls into the bracket of “unsportsmanlike.” Now, new numbers have revealed that FACEIT has already taken a big step in combatting smurfs and trolls and now has more apparent penalties in place. Since June, FACEIT has rolled out over 150,000 extended bans to toxic players.  To add to it, the company recently started its biggest-ever ban wave against smurfing and boosting-related infractions in September.

If the FACEIT ban wave has hit your account, here’s how long it will remain banned.

How long is a toxicity ban period on FACEIT?

According to FACEIT, repeat offenders can remain banned for as long as one year after the update.

“Players banned for unsportsmanlike conduct (such as toxicity or griefing) will now also be subject to a length of time where further incidents will lead to an even longer ban,” said FACEIT.

Players who are sure that they have been banned for being toxic in voice or text chat will get their accounts back based on how severe their offense was. First-time offenders don’t have much to worry about, but they’ll remain under FACEIT’s watchful eye for one month after the ban period. Repeated actions during this period will result in a lengthier ban. This new system is called the “probation period.”

Here’s how long each toxicity ban lasts on FACEIT.

• First toxicity ban (Level 1): One week ban AND one-month probation
• Second toxicity ban (Level 2): One month ban AND three-month probation
• Third toxicity ban (Level 3): One year ban AND six-month probation
• Cooldown (Cases that don’t quite warrant a level one ban or players pending review): Zero days ban, but one-month probation

That means players don’t necessarily need to receive a ban to land in FACEIT’s bad books. Displaying any sort of toxic behavior could earn a cooldown as well, which is when FACEIT will keep reviewing behavior for one month and may roll out a ban if further unsportsmanlike behavior is detected.