Microsoft to begin penalizing naughty Xbox One players

Notifications for the Xbox One reputation system will start appearing this month, Microsoft announced.

There are three types of reputation levels on Xbox One.

Those that fall in the green, or “Good Players,” will be rewarded for their good behavior with unannounced things to be shared sometime in the future.

Those that fall in the yellow and orange, or those that “Need Work,” will soon begin receiving notifications about their effect on the community and encourage more positive interactions. These warnings are based on community feedback collected since Xbox One launched.

And finally, those that fall in the red, or “Avoid Me,” will begin experiencing penalties like reduced matchmaking pairings and may be unable to use certain features like Twitch broadcasting.

Microsoft stresses that the alogrithm used to determine your reputation level won’t penalize you for bad reports over a few weeks of play, and will adjust for false reports from people who might intentionally report you for reason outside of what the system is meant for.