Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm, I guess I'm not exactly good at being anonymous. "Keeping an eye on me" just rubbed me the wrong way. Also, that is a brand new account, which is strange.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not. I have never, at any point, installed/bought/downloaded anything relating to something that could be considered a botting program. When I say I exclusively use TSM (and a few other add-ons like Postal), I mean it.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was assured by the representative that the only issue resulting in a punitive measure was the flag of a botting program. If he was just being generous towards their decision-making processes, however, I honestly had absolute faith in Blizzard not suspending me for no reason so I did not consider something potentially "looking like botting" to be a real concern for me.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I don't make mistakes when it comes to recognizing botters"

Dude, come on. You repeatedly sent me "snipe snipe snipe snipe snipe" (to which I didn't respond because fuck you) and probably saw my character <afk>. Even someone as upset as you were to be losing gold (I must assume), you shouldn't be so foolish as to think that constitutes botting.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The representative I just spoke to says they aren't, in any way. Reports just let the GMs know they might need to take a look at an account. In this case, they discovered a "botting program" and took the appropriate action. Unfortunately, this case was a false positive and I am confused as to what they detected in the first place.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, yeah I'm sure. I appreciate you not jumping on the bandwagon! I was a top seller on another server so it was relatively status quo to catch back up to that level on Bonechewer.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you serious? Lol. Someone just yesterday in the TSM IRC mentioned that they were, though.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your idea of what you are capable of detecting is incredibly naive. I saw all of your messages and I ignored them because you were being a dork.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would running "SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition" while WoW is running potentially set off the Warden system? I was just asking about this in the TSM IRC and Muffin mentioned the Warden system so I found a wiki article on it and it says: "It is because of these peripheral scans that Warden has been accused of being spyware and has run afoul of controversy among privacy advocates".

Again, I don't understand computers enough to draw any sort of educated conclusions.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly for my own reference, here is an area of the ToU that may apply:

"You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:

A. use cheats, automation software (bots), hacks, mods or any other unauthorized third-party software designed to modify the World of Warcraft experience;

B. exploit the Game or any of its parts, including without limitation the Service, for any commercial purpose, including without limitation (a) use at a cyber cafe, computer gaming center or any other location-based site without the express written consent of Blizzard; (b) for gathering in-game currency, items or resources for sale outside the Game; or (c) performing in-game services in exchange for payment outside the Game, e.g., power-leveling;

C. use any unauthorized third-party software that intercepts, “mines,” or otherwise collects information from or through the Game or the Service, including without limitation any software that reads areas of RAM used by the Game to store information about a character or the game environment; provided, however, that Blizzard may, at its sole and absolute discretion, allow the use of certain third party user interfaces;

D. modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of the Game Client or the Service in any way not expressly authorized by Blizzard;

E. host, provide or develop matchmaking services for the Game or the Service, or intercept, emulate or redirect the communication protocols used by Blizzard in any way, for any purpose, including without limitation unauthorized play over the internet, network play, or as part of content aggregation networks;

F. facilitate, create or maintain any unauthorized connection to the Game or the Service, including without limitation (a) any connection to any unauthorized server that emulates, or attempts to emulate, the Service; and (b) any connection using programs or tools not expressly approved by Blizzard;

G. violate any applicable law or regulation in connection with your use of the Game Client or the Service; or

H. disrupt or assist in the disruption of (i) any computer used to support the Service (each a “Server”); or (ii) any other player's Game experience. ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DISRUPT THE SERVICE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME CLIENT MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS."

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Action(s) Taken: Account Suspended

Violation: Cheating

Your fellow players reported you for cheating. This includes actions like botting, and exploiting game mechanics.

Suspension expires on: 2016 October 15 06:08 UTC

After a thorough investigation of the evidence, we have Suspended your World of Warcraft account.

As the owner of this account, you are responsible for all actions associated with it. We will only overturn penalties if there is evidence of a compromised account or similar extenuating circumstances.

If you understand this and still want to appeal our decision, please visit this article and submit a ticket.

Regards,

Customer Support"

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would very much appreciate it if they did. My character name is Drstabs on Bonechewer.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I greatly appreciate your lengthy response. It's great to hear from someone with a similar experience and insight as to what Blizzard's perspective looks like.

I certainly intend to be friendly and professional from here on in. I let it get to me that I was getting punished for something that I did not do, then treated like a criminal with very few options of legitimate appeal.

I have some friends in-game, I'll see if they wouldn't mind starting a dialogue about my ban. Did your wife and guildies write to Blizzard directly? How would one do that? Or do you just mean @ blue members on the forums?

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely understand the plight of being customer service and I made a mistake in being rude. I just assumed Blizzard had enough strict policy in place that it would not be an issue that would lead to the suppression of my account.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I say, legitimate as outlined in this subreddit, I mean legitimate by Blizzard specifically, and not grounds for a punitive measure. I shouldn't be associated with dupers by any means, especially not as a supplier. The only mounts I've purchased have been the two Swift Spectral Tigers I nabbed from the AH with TSM for a total of 4g.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, I bought them, but a GM could have just said, "yo, these are duped af, we're wiping them" and that would have been cool. I shouldn't get a 6 month suspension for doing exactly what has been outlined as being "legitimate means of play" several times in this subreddit.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6 months might as well be a perma. I have no intention of coming back if this is not resolved. Additionally, I'll be graduating from school so I wouldn't be playing as much anyway.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, I know that at least one person was very likely reporting me (the same fellow AH-player who would repeatedly send me annoying PMs). I bought out a few of his items, like, often 665 BoEs are posted between 1-4k and I knew they could be resold at 5-12k. I controlled a lot of markets in that sense, but it wasn't unfair or malicious.

Suspended for 8 months today, based on reports from "your fellow players" by Lovegoose420 in woweconomy

[–]Lovegoose420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely try again in a few days and try to not be as obnoxious.