What does the ‽ (interrobang) mean in Showdown?

Jan. 6, 2018

So when I was spectating a tournament battle in the tournaments room, someone kept showing up and leaving the battle and their name kept changing but it followed one pattern. their name was always ‽[insert insult to one of players here]. I was hoping if someone could find out what the interrobangisbecause it might be something bad…

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If a user on PS has a ‽ to the left of their name,it means they have been locked by a moderator there. When this happens, they will be unable to chat in the lobby they got locked from. So presumably, the person you saw did something inappropriate and someone banned them.

Having your account locked doesn’t stop you from changing your alt though, so people can switch to a rude name if they want to continue being awful. Switching in and out of the room means the joining message appears in chat, and thus their new name gets shown to everyone. They still can’t post in the chat though, since locks affect the IP.

Basically, some person was being nasty and they got a ban.