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diff --git a/Chatbot.py b/Chatbot.py
index c5cbf1a..5fecf2b 100644
--- a/Chatbot.py
+++ b/Chatbot.py
@@ -72,7 +72,38 @@ def steamAchievementPercentages(steamID, gameID): #Emily
         reply = ["You really don't have a life do you? You have all of the achievements for this game. \nDo they fill the hole in your life?"]
     return random.choice(reply)
 
+def isUserBanned(steamID):#Emily
+    linkCheck="http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerBans/v1/?key=" + steamApiKey + "&steamids="+ str(steamID)
+    api = requests.get("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerBans/v1/?key=" + steamApiKey + "&steamids="+ str(steamID))
+    print (linkCheck)
+    api = api.text
+    #api = ['"CommunityBanned":true', '"VACBanned":true', '"NumberOfVACBans":1', '"DaysSinceLastBan":1', '"NumberOfGameBans":5', '"EconomyBan":"none"}]}']
+    #this section turns the string into a list 
+    api = list(api.split(","))
+    api = api[1:7]
+    print (api)
+    
+    if api == ['"CommunityBanned":false', '"VACBanned":false', '"NumberOfVACBans":0', '"DaysSinceLastBan":0', '"NumberOfGameBans":0', '"EconomyBan":"yes"}]}']:
+        reply = ["Looks like you've been good! No bans all round"] 
+    else:
+        banList = []
+        if '"CommunityBanned":false' not in api:
+            banList.append("Community banned")
+        if '"VACBanned":false' not in api:
+            banList.append("VACBanned")
+        if '"EconomyBan":"none"}]}' not in api:
+            banList.append("Economy Banned")
+        if '"NumberOfGameBans":0' not in api:
+            gameBans = api[4]
+            gameBans = ''.join(x for x in gameBans if x.isdigit()) #for this list I used https://www.tutorialspoint.com/How-to-remove-characters-except-digits-from-string-in-Python for help
+            banList.append("you've had " + gameBans + " games ban you")
+        daysSinceBan = api[3]
+        daysSinceBan = ''.join(x for x in daysSinceBan if x.isdigit())
+        banList.append("and it's been " + daysSinceBan + " days since you were last banned")
+        reply = ["Looks like you've been a bad little gamer because you have been: \n" + ", ".join(banList), 
+                 "Getting quite the ban collection here because you're: \n" + ", ".join(banList)]
 
+    return random.choice(reply)
 #================Emily=Function=End============================================
 
 #================BenHB=Function=Start==========================================
@@ -110,38 +141,6 @@ def findSteamID(message, discordID):
         return("To link your steam requires a SteamID64 which can be found at:")
 #SteamID END
 
-
-
-def isUserBanned(steamID):#Emily
-    api = requests.get("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerBans/v1/?key=" + steamApiKey + "&steamids="+ str(steamID))
-    api = api.text
-    #api = ['"CommunityBanned":true', '"VACBanned":true', '"NumberOfVACBans":1', '"DaysSinceLastBan":1', '"NumberOfGameBans":5', '"EconomyBan":"none"}]}']
-    #this section turns the string into a list 
-    api = list(api.split(","))
-    api = api[1:7]
-    print (api)
-    
-    if api == ['"CommunityBanned":false', '"VACBanned":false', '"NumberOfVACBans":0', '"DaysSinceLastBan":0', '"NumberOfGameBans":0', '"EconomyBan":"yes"}]}']:
-        reply = ["Looks like you've been good! No bans all round"] 
-    else:
-        banList = []
-        if '"CommunityBanned":false' not in api:
-            banList.append("Community banned")
-        if '"VACBanned":false' not in api:
-            banList.append("VACBanned")
-        if '"EconomyBan":"none"}]}' not in api:
-            banList.append("Economy Banned")
-        if '"NumberOfGameBans":0' not in api:
-            gameBans = api[4]
-            gameBans = ''.join(x for x in gameBans if x.isdigit()) #for this list I used https://www.tutorialspoint.com/How-to-remove-characters-except-digits-from-string-in-Python for help
-            banList.append("you've had " + gameBans + " games ban you")
-        daysSinceBan = api[3]
-        daysSinceBan = ''.join(x for x in daysSinceBan if x.isdigit())
-        banList.append("and it's been " + daysSinceBan + " days since you were last banned")
-        reply = ["Looks like you've been a bad little gamer because you have been: \n" + ", ".join(banList), 
-                 "Getting quite the ban collection here because you're: \n" + ", ".join(banList)]
-
-    return random.choice(reply)
 #==================END OF DEFINITIONS===================
 
 
@@ -175,10 +174,18 @@ async def on_message(message): #checks for a message
     
     achievementWords = ["achievement", "steam" ] # This is to call the steamAchievementPercentages() function
     #if [entry for entry in achievementWords if(entry in message.content.lower())]:
-    if "steam" and [entry for entry in achievementWords if(entry in message.content.lower())]:
-        await message.channel.send(steamAchievementPercentages(findSteamID(), fetchGameID()))
-    if "steam" and "banned" in message.content.lower():
-        await message.channel.send(isUserBanned(fetchSteamID()))
+    if "steam" in message.content.lower() and [entry for entry in achievementWords if(entry in message.content.lower())]:
+        await message.channel.send(steamAchievementPercentages(findSteamID(message.content.lower(), message.author.id), fetchGameID()))
+
+    banWords = ["banned", "ban", "bans"]
+    if "steam" in message.content.lower() and [entry for entry in banWords if(entry in message.content.lower())]:
+        try:
+            await message.channel.send(isUserBanned(findSteamID(message.content.lower(), message.author.id)))
+        except:
+            randomSteamIDErrorReplies = ["Ben get your SteamId function under control I can't work under these conditions", 
+                                         "Something went wrong *looks pointedly at Ben*",
+                                         "Why it looks like the SteamID function broke down, I wonder why, *Ben*"]
+            await message.channel.send(random.choice(randomSteamIDErrorReplies))
         
     # ================================================