Ban Wave Meaning?
5.5BRAINROT SCOREBan Wave A single large-scale batch of account bans a platform issues all at once, typically after a period of accumulating cheating or fraud reports before acting on them together.
Origin:Gaming community vocabulary for the periodic mass-enforcement events platforms run, contrasted with the ongoing, individual bans issued the rest of the time.
First Seen:2015
Peak Era:2026 (Machine Judgment Culture)
Aura Impact:+2 Aura (Surviving a Ban Wave Clean) / -3 Aura (Getting Caught in a Ban Wave by Mistake)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"Ban wave hit overnight, half the leaderboard is just gone this morning."
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