Support for detecting private games to prevent cheaters

General Feedback & Requests
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Game: Bedwars

STEPS:

  1. Load into a private game with no other players, just your alternate accounts, e.g., PC + phone
  2. Farm eliminations and secure wins
  3. Check the scoreboard

OBSERVED:
The game records eliminations and wins from private matches. There is currently no way to detect whether players are in a private/public game or if they are in a party.

EXPECTED:
Offer Creators support to detect private games and identify when players are in a party. We are limited in offering this to the players, in validating whenever the scores submitted are true matches played against other players in public matches, or someone is farming their wins.

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You can already limit matchmaking privacy on island settings to prevent private games on your island:

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Thank you for the suggestion! However, that’s not quite the intent of this ticket.

Restricting private games puts a hard limitation on players, since not everyone is aiming for scores or the leaderboard. Allowing Creators to filter out private games when calculating scores doesn’t stop people from playing privately — it simply ensures those results won’t count towards the leaderboard.