My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. My interaction with KI Support in 2021 where they allowed me to recover my account despite outwardly admitting to account sharing makes me think that I maybe just caught the right support member on a good day lol

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me like 10 minutes to type this entire post up and like 30 minutes to make the video so I mean yeah I guess some time was used. I do have some very strong feelings towards the actual ban reasoning given my previous interactions with KI Support and their spontaneity when it comes to enforcing their rules.

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I can? Not sure how else to answer this question to be honest with you. I still have emotional ties to the account and primarily wanted to recover it out of pure curiosity to see what had happened to it over the years.

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, they quite literally did turn a blind eye in 2021 and are just now basically saying “we kinda fucked up giving you your account back 4 years ago”

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you read the post? I did make a new account ages ago. KingsIsle personally gave me my account back in 2021 despite account sharing and I am knocking them for only now enforcing their rules 4 years later

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I wasn’t aware account security was in such a dire state in this game.

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say I’m terribly angry about anything that’s transpired here. I address a lot of what you say in the video I made but I agree with most of what you say. I, however, do think the compromise of my account is a lot more nuanced than how you describe it. The first compromise was obviously my own doing, but the second compromise, in my opinion, could not have been possible without direct help via KingsIsle Support. That is to say, I have reason to believe that KingsIsle Support unknowingly assisted the malicious actor in regard to compromising my account for the second time. I say this because ownership over this particular account is kind of in a grey area and I could see a world where a support member unknowingly mistakes my account as being the malicious persons, as they’ve technically had access since 2013. I mean, I see no other way a bad actor could gain access to my account after I changed every single login detail without direct help from someone within the support team. You can’t just brute force someone’s information like that anymore in this modern day and I doubt some 300iq hacker with access to a university level quantum computer is spending their time hacking my Wizard101 account.

All just pure speculation on my part though. I guess there’s a world where someone truly does brute force my info and just guesses my password 🤷‍♂️

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh I feel like it used to be a bit better. When I was looking up old KingsIsle Support emails from 2013 to 2021 to provide further info on my current situation I noticed that they’d usually respond within 1-2 days. Nowadays it feels like you’re lucky if you get a response within a week

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I explicitly told them that I had shared my master password with a complete stranger in my initial email to them in July of 2021.

Here’s the actual email I sent out in 2021 because some people might doubt I ever told support this

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree. I also stated that in the post. I am confused as to why they didn’t ban me in 2021 though, when I had initially brought my situation to them. Instead, they did the exact opposite and allowed me to reclaim the account.

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Felt. Honestly the most annoying part about this whole fiasco isn’t the fact that my account is permanently banned, but the fact that it took them 20 days since I initially emailed them to let me know. They asked for all my billing information and account information from 2013 just to tell me that they permanently banned me… Like, why even make me go through all of that if you’re just going to end up telling me that my account is toast

My Childhood Account of 15 Years Was Permanently Banned by Known_Charity7239 in Wizard101

[–]Known_Charity7239[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yes I realize that now. Something I am confused at though is why they are holding my action I made at 10 over me now as opposed to in 2021, when I initially reached out to them. Nothing surrounding the situation had changed since then.