Hello, I am Ryxku, and it has taken considerable time and effort to attain the necessary rank to address this critical issue on the DevForum concerning Team Create. This bug report represents my most complex bug to report, driven by a desire to contribute to help and save a lot of developers, as this issue posed a threat to both a friend and myself.
Team Create has proven to be an invaluable feature during my game development endeavors, fostering strong bonds and friendships with fellow Roblox enthusiasts. It served as a vital communication tool when we had no social links.
However, beneath its surface, Team Create harbors a perilous side, a facet that hasn’t always been prevalent.
Typically, the negative impact of Team Create arises when a trusted friend turns traitor, absconding with or maliciously deleting your game. That’s a rather obvious manifestation of the dark side. Yet, the true menace lies in the realm of being banned without sufficient information from moderators.
The process is seemingly straightforward: as the owner of a Roblox place, you bear full responsibility for any update &happening in your place. However, I contend that this system is inherently unfair. Drawing a parallel to real life, if a friend entrusted with safeguarding your property inadvertently sets your house in fire, justice would rightfully hold them accountable. Similarly, Team Create can lead to bans when a collaborator, unbeknownst to you, incorporates rule-breaking elements or duplicates copyrighted content into your creation.
The subsequent ban leaves you in a predicament, unaware of who tainted your work. Appeals to moderation become challenging when you lack access to your creations and informations.
Accusing friends becomes a desperate measure.
Reclaiming our old accounts seems a very hard task, given Roblox’s stringent rule that prohibits unbanning an account after one month. Although exceptions exist, such as individuals in the Star Program who can be unbanned for mysterious reasons, this rule remains relatively not famous for most of Roblox users. It’s as if a grim reaper looms over all of us, poised to banish our accounts at any unforeseen moment.
I find it troubling that Roblox influencers have not brought attention to this issue, perhaps because they are unaware of it.
Expected behavior
Now, I will propose several changes, acknowledging that not all can be done.
Firstly, when a bot detects a rule-breaking element in a map, users should be able to request a copy of the map in question to clarify matters.
Additionally, safeguards pop-ups could be implemented to prevent users from unintentionally affecting their accounts with problematic maps, like Pokémon Brick Bronze or +18 maps.
The act of updating a Roblox place can trigger a robot detection, leading to a ban.
This issue could be mitigated by updating a baseplate on the problematic map, ensuring that no rule violations are detected during the process.
The current bot tasked with detecting Pokémon copies appears ineffective, as people continue to exploit the game due to external data stores. Instead of focusing solely on these offenders, the bot often penalizes those who may have innocently interacted with the Roblox map. In my case, I was terminated in November 2021, and my Pokémon map had been broken and untouched since 2018. A Roblox staff member advised against touching the maps (even if I wanted to delete them permanently), only for someone else to enter and update it while I was offline, leading to my ban.
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