Investigations Context
oPaul
I think we need way more context in investigations, such as closer rating ranges (+-100), the country they're from (because if they're from the country they might know a location), maybe even the amount of people that reported this guy. and most importantly, the entire game, not only the round they were reported for. This is to eliminate lucky guesses.
NawnBonThanon
Upvoting only for the idea of letting the reviewer see the entire match, and maybe also playing stats like total games in multiplayer and singleplayer (having 1000s of games in singleplayer builds the skills needed for "luck" in multiplayer).
Any other stats that can introduce personal bias (seeing the person's nationality, seeing how many people you've helped get banned) will only make toxic people more toxic.
Pokervane
Showing the countries was a bad idea when it was first suggested and it is still a bad idea even after having been suggested a hundred times.
oPaul
Pokervane
how is it a bad idea tho?
Pokervane
oPaul Because people can put any country they want, so you don't know where they are from. Because a lot of people are prejudiced and will adjudicated based on that. Two obvious reasons just for a start.
NawnBonThanon
Pokervane I initially liked this idea, but now I agree that it's bad. I was born in the USA, and my strongest country is the USA. I 5K New York and Los Angeles literally every time in duels. But my country is Thailand. I shouldn't be suspected simply because I didn't put an American flag next to my name.
Not to mention the types of people who will say "All Indians are cheaters" or "This guy's country is a colonizer, he deserves no mercy".
Riandur
oPaul It is perfectly normal for players to specialize in countries that aren't their own, I for example often do great in Bangladesh rounds as I learned to read the script and helped map it for "a moving world". My native Sweden typically goes worse as 2/3s just is near-identical looking forest to me. The correlation between "flag showed" and "good at country" is very loose. More relevant (but still probably doing more harm than good) would be strong/weak countries as shown on the profile.
oPaul
a nice little extra would be to show your stats, like how many people have been banned because you (and probably others too) reported them as guilty, or how many people have been proven innocent because of you. Just some stats to motivate people to do their investigations :)
NawnBonThanon
oPaul You already have this information in total. Splitting it just breeds toxic and negative behavior; people who want a better "cheater" stat will be more likely to say someone is cheating instead of "insufficient information."
You're doing a great service whether the person gets banned or not. Helping a legit player beat an accusation is just as important as catching cheaters (and so is being honest when you're unsure). There is no need to encourage reviewers to be toxic.