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beeboobaa3 ◴[] No.41862678[source]
> If a player joins with a different Steam ID but with an IP address that is already banned, the system now re-bans them

This works great until you realize you're punishing innocent players because of CGNAT and IP addresses getting rotated. Cheaters usually know how to get their router to request a new IP address. That IP address then gets assigned to someone else later.

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1. Vvector ◴[] No.41862730[source]
That was addressed in the article.