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The Xbox strike-based enforcement program is taking its toll on players already. Stallion, the world’s first Gamescore millionaire has been handed a 2 days ban by Xbox and the witch-partner can’t mask his surprise. Only days after its official implementation, it looks like the program has its first celebrity prey.

Stallion is a popular name in the gaming community and his self-imposed challenge has been getting a lot of attention from fans. Days back, he became the first person ever to hit one million in-game score on Xbox. With such a feat under his belt, Stallion’s ban is all the more surprising to the fans.

Gamescore millionaire gets banned

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Stallion took to X, formerly Twitter, to share his ban news with his fans. The YouTuber and Twitch streamer posted screenshots of his ban being served by Xbox. The email does not reveal a lot of information but makes it clear that his gaming hours will be taken away for at least two days. During this time, Stallion is also barred from posing on the Xbox network and can’t communicate with others through voice chat or something similar.

The email from Microsoft informed Stallion that his recent behavior has been deemed as a violation of the Xbox or Microsoft terms of Community Standards and hence has been decided to be suspended. How they found out about such behavior also hasn’t been revealed in the mail.

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With so much ambiguity to the matter, there are some concrete decisions made already by the Xbox team. The email also reminded Stallion that though the suspension is for two days, the strike will be valid till February 2024.

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The strike-based enforcement system is a new Xbox program that is focused on reducing toxic behavior from Xbox platforms. In the new system, Xbox players will be assigned 1 strike for every offensive behavior. Every offense carries differing degrees of repercussions and the punishment will be based on the magnitude of the crimes. Every strike also be valid for six months and will result in more severity in punishment if the next offensive activity is within that time period. 8 strikes will result in a year-long ban.

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However, Stallion later commented under his original post that being banned does make it kind of badass. In a way, he does sound proud after his uncouth behavior has been deemed guilty. What would our reactions be if your profile got suspended? Tell us how you would react to the news in the comments below.

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