Chronic server failure?

Glowie

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I don't leave matches, my internet connection is consistently stable and good, and my computer handles the game perfectly fine. I understand MOBA etiquette, so I never expected to see one ban, let alone several. One ban came after I exited the exploration mode, and another two happened after the servers seemingly booted me instantly. In those two instances, the loading screen froze and I was taken back to the Hideout without explanation. For the first 5 or so hours of playing the game, I experienced no issues, but I've been sitting on several bans since then because of sudden and seemingly inexplicable connection issues that I have no reason to believe are on my end. I'm currently in low priority, and serving a 24 hour ban.

From what I understand, this is not an uncommon issue after the Apollo patch. I don't want to argue with the ban system, but there does seem to be some critical error on the game's part preventing me from connecting to any match, including private singleplayer bot servers. When I first started playing, I noticed that those private matches tended to behave the same way, only without the bans.

I can't provide match IDs for the two connection failures, but here is my Steam profile. I've attached the ban message from earlier today.
 

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This happened again after serving another 24-hour ban which did not even follow a connection issue. So I've been reprimanded after finishing a game, for apparently no reason, before being banned again 24 hours later without even connecting to a server.
 
Update, since this is apparently a very common issue. When I load into the game, I queue for a private bot match. It will fail to connect, and then subsequent connections will go smoothly. This has fixed the issue for me. Hope it helps other folks.
 
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