{"id":2830,"date":"2026-04-13T05:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/FiLmHJLG7GqZ9fAtZhCwTN"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:54:14","slug":"valve-employee-apologizes-for-punishing-dota-2-teammate-with-ban-banhammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-employee-apologizes-for-punishing-dota-2-teammate-with-ban-banhammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve employee apologizes for punishing Dota 2 teammate with ban Banhammer!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a recent Dota 2 match, player Minijuanjohndoe was sent to the game’s low priority queue<\/a>, a punishment system for players who “abandon games or receive excessive reports.” Like many others who’ve been hit with an in-game penalty for their behavior, Minijuanjohndoe took to Reddit<\/a> to argue that they were the victim of an injustice. In this case, however, Valve agreed.<\/p>\n

According to Minijuanjohndoe, their only crime was telling the team to go to mid tower. A teammate, Vanaman, thought it was a bad idea, but this was no ordinary player. He was Valve employee Sean Vanaman, and according to Minijuanjohndoe, that exchange alone led to Vanaman punishing him with Valve’s backend tools.<\/p>\n