Hey @FNCreate, If Mall Mania was banned over the word “suicide” appearing in a backend print statement, something players never even see, what exactly is the best course of action here? It feels unreasonable to instantly ban maps and lock creators out over nonplayer facing code, especially when these same terms exist within Epic’s own backend systems. I feel terrible tagging you, @TimSweeneyEpic, but this is becoming a major issue and I believe you should be made aware of our struggles. Multiple creators are now being flagged and locked out by the AI moderation system reviewing Verse code. Many of us have exhausted every appeal option with no success. One creator, a Dev trying out the FNC space, even reached out today, their project was banned because a single Verse line triggered this system. Their appeal was denied, and they lost access to their entire project. Here was their line they were banned for: Print("🩹 HEALTH REGEN: Applied +{AppliedHealthThisTick} (stack total {TotalHealthPerSecond}) for player ({CurrentHealth} -> {NewHealth})", ?Duration := 1.0, ?Color := NamedColors..Green)
Mall Mania Prop Hunt was permanently banned because I once tested a Verse device that printed the Bee Movie script line by line in the backend, I did it for the memes and I forgot to remove it. Some terms in that script triggered a sanction, even though none of it was forward-facing. Now the project is banned/locked and my discoverability may potentially be impacted. I have even submitted an appeal and was denied. This raises a bigger concern, many creators write backend notes or leave unused assets that players never see. Should those really result in banned/locked projects? What are your thoughts on this, @TimSweeneyEpic

Nov 7, 2025 · 1:22 AM UTC

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I want to add to this, I really don't even care about Mall Mania anymore. The user who reach out to me is a new creator in the space that I have helped recently and seeing all their hard work get taken down before it even went public is a terrible first experience for them...
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Google put me on the naughty step forever a few year ago for an app on the Play Store that was never published or even tested as it had the work Squid in it.. this is the way... (sadly)
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I got updates rejected from emojis so i guess the "🩹" could be the reason
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We faced a similar problem with one of our games getting rejected and appealed twice but still got rejected. (For Drug and alcohol references in the code) In the third appeal we just asked to pin point and show us where the issue was and the ban got lifted, funny stuff.
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