Everything about Banhammer totally explained
The term
banhammer, sometimes called the
ban stick, is a satirical term for the banning or blocking of users of Internet forums or online games. The term is often used as a nickname for the actual anti-cheating software that performs the banning action. These actions are usually invoked for such offenses as violating the website's
Terms of Service,
trolling, promoting
prejudice, disrespect of
moderators, or promoting
illegal acts.
Gaming usage
Its concept has since expanded into more mainstream venues, such as
Bungie's
Halo 2 video game for the
Xbox console. A patch released in July of 2005 -- required for future online play -- scanned the user's hard drive and summarily restricted them from joining
Xbox Live if it was determined that their copy had been
modded without possibility of appeal or leniency. News site
Slashdot began using the term at that point and has subsequently applied it to multiple instances of similar housecleaning occurring on
World of Warcraft.
In other games such as
Blizzard's
StarCraft, the host has a hammer
icon next to their name and is able to boot people from the chat for being disruptive. The banhammer has even made an appearance in
RPG, where it can be found on the corpse of an
NPC.
Origin
The origin of the term appears to be the comedy website
Something Awful's forums. The term was in use as early as 2000. The corpse of the NPC in
Morrowind that possesses it's also named R-Lo, a shortening of Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka, similar to J-Lo being a shortening of
Jennifer Lopez. The associations with
Bungie and
Bethesda may also stem from the rumors that developers with both companies hold accounts on the forums.
Further Information
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