> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bloxiana.lol/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Blacklisted Games

> Why some games can't be sniped

Ever tried to snipe a player in a massive game and got a `Game blacklisted` error? This isn't a bug. It's a measure to keep Bloxiana's snipe feature running smoothly and fairly for everyone. Here's the reasoning behind the blacklist.

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## The core reasons

When a game has an exceptionally high number of active servers (often in the tens of thousands), it creates several problems for our system:

* **It slows performance for everyone.** A single snipe attempt in a massive game can monopolize our snipe hosts, creating a long queue and slowing down every other user trying to snipe in different games.
* **It consumes excessive resources.** Scanning thousands of servers takes a huge amount of CPU and memory, and risks the stability of the entire snipe host.
* **It drains proxies quickly.** We use proxies to scan servers. A single snipe in a blacklisted game can burn through a large amount of proxy bandwidth, hurting other bot features and raising operational costs.

## A technical example: the "Grow a Garden" test

To understand the limits, we ran multiple tests on popular, large-scale games, and hit a clear technical barrier.

During tests with games like Grow a Garden, we found that the Roblox API consistently fails to return server data after checking around 2,750 servers on average. Past that point the bot is physically unable to find a player, so continuing the scan would waste resources with no chance of success while delaying everyone else's snipes.

## Our goal: a fair and stable experience

By blacklisting a small number of these exceptionally large games, we keep the snipe feature fast, stable, and fair for the thousands of other games on Roblox. It's a necessary trade-off for a more reliable experience across the whole community.

If you're unsure whether a game is blacklisted, the bot tells you right away when you try to use `/snipe` on it.