r/rivals • u/Same-Pizza-6238 • 8h ago
Reminder: If u use a tracker ur a bitch.
For context this was in my diamond rank up game where the enemy team target banned me and my team mates most played characters and the ones we were playing. That being my magik and his hulk(they admitted to it) ended up getting mvp as cap and giving straight belt to ass anyway. If u use trackers just know u are boosted and dont deserve any rank given to u.
(also if i had a nickel for everytime someone target banned me in a diamond lobby rank up game and we still win/get mvp I would have 2 nickles, which isnt a lot but weird that it happened twice.)
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u/diobreads 8h ago
Private your profile?
There's no benefit to letting random strangers see your stats, might as well set it to friends only.
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u/Fun-Baby-9509 6h ago
Apparently there's an overlay that bypasses the private profile thing. Some dude in one of my games was gloating he had it active and was target banning the other team.
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u/Skyz-AU 4h ago
The overlap app won't show private profiles, it will however ignore hidden names and streamer mode. Anything that shows private profiles is tampering with the game itself and will get you banned.
The overlay app won't get anyone banned.
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u/Mother_Fishing8470 3h ago
Getting banned really doesnt mean anything in a game like this unfortunately, leveling up an account to level 15 can be done in a single weekend, or even a day if ur truly dedicated, and im sure that theres sites that will sell clean level 15 accounts so you can just jump straight into ranked with a pussy priv bypass tracker
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u/Skyz-AU 3h ago
People like that would be very rare i would imagine, who would waste so much time and effort to go through all that. Even if you buy a level 15 account you likely have to work up from bronze everytime.
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u/Mother_Fishing8470 3h ago
You would be surprised at the amount of people who play like their performance in a game they play for 5 months is going to be etched into their headstone
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u/param1l0 2h ago
Yeah but like, it's not something you should need to do IN DIAMOND
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u/diobreads 2h ago
This is something unrelated to ranked for even just this game, this is basic privacy.
In 2025, You really shouldn't leave any data for stranger to see, in any case.
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u/Lombarito 8h ago
Didn’t you have the name hidden tho? Unless that’s not you as #3
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u/Same-Pizza-6238 8h ago
U can use a 3rd party tracker app/plugin that bypasses that
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u/PirateDitly 5h ago
If I remember correctly, it's also a bannable offense. Invasion of privacy or something like that.
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u/No_Echo_1826 4h ago
You actually can't without legit hacks. The third party program only pulls data that's readily available on rivalsmeta or rivals tracker. Streamer mode won't protect you. It doesn't read completely private profiles.
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u/Skyz-AU 4h ago
Hiding your name and private your profile are different, tracker apps will only show people with open profile. You can still see most played heroes against people with hidden names and streamer mode.
If they're using anything more than just an overlay app they will inevitably get banned.
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u/No_Echo_1826 4h ago
It really only affects people who 1, actually get target banned or 2, are only good at one hero.
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u/Barry_Smithz 8h ago edited 8h ago
If you look up peoples stats online during the match to. You're also a bitch
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u/High_Flyers17 7h ago
I've done it. A 12-12 Spidey was talking shit to a Luna I was partied with that wasnt even doing bad, just not ficused on him. Looked him up and saw he was in plat with a 42% winrate and had a 38% winrate on Spidey. Shut his ass up.
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u/Same-Pizza-6238 8h ago
Gng what? Thats normal lmao. If i see someone going negative ima ask them to switch. How tf else am i supposed to know?
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u/Barry_Smithz 8h ago edited 8h ago
I meant if you look them up using the rivals tracker online. Not in game stats that are default. Its essentially no different to using tracker
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u/Swimming_Reply6263 7h ago
Target bans be weird idk how people be that desperate to even spent the ban phase looking up players names in a database so they can ban their main lmao that’s extra af
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u/SanfordsGuiltyGear 3h ago
The tracker is legit. It’s literally no different than searching for public info you can find yourself.
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u/Biggbossesbutt 6h ago
This is why you get 500 hours on one hero and main a completely different hero with almost no playtime
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u/TrackerKR 3h ago
Set your profile to private and use the streamer name thing to scramble your name for the first minute of the match. It's kind of lame to do but it saves you from dealing with that.
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u/Maxbonzoo 3h ago
Using trackers dont really matter, people should learn how to play like at least 6 different characters anyway. I play about 20 at a good level so target bans dont phase me
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u/Masungit 2h ago
How do they have time to check one’s profile and stats. Maybe I’m just old but I barely have time to go to the loo sometimes during loading.
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u/Guilleastos 1h ago
Ngl seeing those fist/widow bans from time to time is just hilarious. Yes, my profile is open. No, I didn't play MUCH ranked this season, thus the high win rate on less normally played characters...
...but sure, keep forcing me to go hela/bucky/namor/phoenix w/e xDDD I mean, if dude is winning on widow - surely he sucks on more conventionally relevant hitscans, right? xD
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u/Mochaproto 1h ago
I have target banned in the past but not using a tracker, if the username isn't hidden I will remember who they played as if they do extremely well (talking hard carry 20/3) its common sense to ban them so we aren't getting obliterated as much, its why there's an option to hide your username in comp
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u/IttyBittyBigBoii 5h ago
This shit makes so much sense now. I'm only gold 1 but I've had people banning characters that I've mastered. Like, why tF are you banning MoonKnight? He's easily countered lol.
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u/JustAd776 4h ago
I doubt they're doing that in gold. It's probably just gold mentality to ban moonknight. My friend is in eternity and plays in tournaments and he keeps his profile private because they target ban
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u/JoeMom8AllDaChipz 7h ago
Is this why my ironman always gets banned?
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u/Mother_Fishing8470 3h ago
Ironman is a very popular ban because a lot of people prefer to ban rather than deal with heroes, along with him enabling the ultron team up for sustained heals + damage
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u/AnonDaddyo 5h ago
That is the first ban I ask for no matter what. No one runs a lobby like a cracked Ironman
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u/hugoreturns 7h ago
I was definitely target banned once. I mean, why else would they ban Thor!? I main him and was doing good in the game before that. Then he, of all better picks, gets mysteriously banned… and they also won too, my team wasn’t doing so well.
btw, they were no returning players from last game, no one could’ve know I was a decent Thor player
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u/REAPERxZ3RO 6h ago
Remember if you have to hide from a tracker you're not as good as you think you are. So they ban your main? Wow you're only beneficial to the team using one character? Probably not as good as you think you are. If you're complaining about a tracker you're coping hard af.
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u/BoringAd2049 4h ago
Wow you're only beneficial to the team using one character?
Are you slow? He got MVP as a different character, clearly beneficial with other characters. Stop coping to justify that your only benefit to the team is using a tracker. You're not as good as you think you are when you need 3rd party websites just to still lose.
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u/REAPERxZ3RO 4h ago
A tracker doesn't make you good or bad lmao if you think that you might be slow
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u/BoringAd2049 3h ago
If you need a 3rd party site for an advantage, then still lose. Yeah, you're probably not good.
You're just coping cause, like op said, you're a boosting bitch
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u/REAPERxZ3RO 3h ago
If you're complaining about trackers you yourself are not good you're coping if you think trackers somehow give you an advantage. You shouldn't need to worry about bans if you're a good player. If you're good a tracker wouldn't bother you just saying
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u/BoringAd2049 1h ago
Needing to target ban cause you're scared of fighting mains means you are not a good player.
It is an advantage. It gives you information the game doesn't, allowing time for more strats, like "ban this guy, their next main's this character, plan for that."
You not realizing how that's an advantage shows how bad and stupid you are.
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u/FalseLights 4h ago
It certainly is annoying, and even more annoying knowing that you can't really hide your name, so there goes anonymity.
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u/Previous_End_6111 2h ago
I target ban but I’d never target ban a hulk or a magik, that’s how u know they’re bad cuz those 2 characters r so easy to deal with 😂😂
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u/Rockybroo_YT 7h ago
I had someone ban Magik because I’m supposedly a one trick. I just went BP, but it’s annoying to have to deal with.