No black box. Here's exactly what happens between your selfie and your verified badge.
Every verification runs all three, automatically, in under a minute.
Your selfie is converted into a face descriptor — a mathematical map, not a photo lineup — and matched to confirm it's really you.
Your descriptor is compared against every verified profile in the network. If the same face already has an account — including banned ones — it's flagged before you ever get a badge.
A short challenge confirms a live person is in front of the camera. Photos, recorded videos, and masks don't pass.
The greatest hits of online gaming fraud.
Multi-accounts. Same face, second profile — flagged at signup, not after the damage.
Ban evaders. Banned under one name, back under another. The face doesn't change, so the ban sticks.
Stolen selfies. Someone else's photo won't survive the liveness check.
Bot accounts. No live person, no badge, no seat at the table.
Verification shouldn't mean surveillance.
Your verification data is encrypted. It's used for one thing: proving you're you.
Your face data is never sold, shared with advertisers, or used for anything outside verification.
Delete your account and your verification data goes with it.
You get a clear reason and a retry. Failed checks don't ban you — they just don't issue a badge until the system is confident.
Under a minute in most cases. No manual review queue, no waiting days.
No. The selfie check is the verification. No uploading your driver's license to a gaming site.
Verification proves identity, not character. That's why every profile also carries ratings and dispute history — the badge gets you in the door, your reputation keeps you there.
Leave your email and you'll be first in line when verification opens.