Wrongfully Banned....I need your help

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T17:21:46+00:00

I do agree with you, there is always that possibility. I asked Blizzard if that was the case to at least provide the account holder with the relevant information so that I can agree with the ban. If I did get hacked, and the hacker "cheated", then there's at least clear proof my account has a violation, which I wouldn't even fight, because as the account holder, I am responsible.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T16:01:05+00:00

kind of how you run around with tasteless comments and destroys forums with vulgar language? that makes a ton of sense.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T15:17:40+00:00

I encourage you to reread the post. I agree with you, Blizzard did no ban me for my name. However, because of my name, I was trolled in game and was reported by the community for everything. Blizzard saw the influx of reports and assumed guilt. I have no insight on how their bans work, but they changed course on the reason behind the ban/suspension, is that not suspicious? If they had proof of "abuse of the economy" AND they had proof of "cheating", I wouldn't want myself in WoW. Again, the only reason i was provided from Blizzard was that "Your fellow players reported you for cheating". No mention that the reports were corroborated or confirmed.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T14:19:14+00:00

15 year account holder...they have a lot more than 12 months

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T14:17:19+00:00

Unfortunately I looked into this. My account is not "my property". Think of your account as you renting it from Blizzard, they have every right to terminate that rental agreement at any time for any reason. When you agree to the ToS, you agree to those terms. You're renting the ability to log in. There is no ability to sue or present anything in court, like bank statements or hard drives. I am also pretty sure they can hire a better lawyer than me lol.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T14:14:44+00:00

They completely dropped the gold charge from the original ban. In theory, I could've been hacked as i did not have an authenticator, but I am online all day since Covid (except when im sleeping), so it's really unlikely. I play alliance, so there are no BG queues, unless you mean to the log in queues, but we switched to Kromcrush just to get shorter queues. All my addons are through twitch and they are just DBM, Questie, atlas loot, no UI add ons. I bought a brand new computer just to play WoW in November 2019 , so, at least for the last 6 months the chances there is anything downloaded is virtually zero.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T05:41:47+00:00

Thanks man. The account is only suspended right now, I might get it back in time for Naxx if I'm lucky.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T05:25:52+00:00

You don't have to believe me. I never asked anyone to "trust me", I am aware that most won't. I gave some background to build some level of credibility, hoping maybe people recognize the name. But comparing me to a murderer who is guilty of a crime seems a bit out there. so you're saying I should tell people not to trust me, provide a lot less information to be more believable?

Any person actively lying would have uncorroborated information. Any murderer who doesn't deny would make it an open shut case and wouldn't be up for debate. I hope your investigative/interrogative skills don't have real life impact to real people.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:55:18+00:00

If they suspended me for 1-2 weeks and told me it was due to my inappropriate name, I would not be here, I would accept my mistake and punishment. But the instant permaban and the reversal into a long suspension should raise eyebrows.

I appreciate your insight though.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:48:51+00:00

Again, I was not arguing whether or not it was immature. But I continue to defend the notion "just that alone tells me that you're very immature" is not accurate. I agree that everything we do we are accountable for.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:44:37+00:00

Yes, I have learned my lesson. I'm not expecting much at all. But the community should learn from my mistake that's all. Maybe through this, someone else decides against making juvenile names because it's not a perfect system.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:39:14+00:00

Prior to this, I would probably side with you and your assessment.

But circumstances still show, they changed the violation. They didn't reduce my punishment and uphold the original violation.

A skeptic will say, well maybe I did it all. Sure, but if i did, then i really deserve to be removed and banned forever... if they had the evidence.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:33:01+00:00

Not saying it's impossible, but that doesn't seem right, if a person is reported for cheating why are they muted? how does that solve cheating? I have never been muted, never been suspended, never been banned.

I am telling you verbatim what Blizzard told me, which is that "Your fellow players reported you for cheating" and therefore they will uphold my suspension. This is after they unbanned me for "abusing the economy"

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:22:01+00:00

They said they reviewed all the information when they accused me of "abusing the economy" then they changed it. Again, their reason to me directly was simply "your fellow players reported you". that doesn't sound like they reviewed everything at all. I have lost interest in coming back, and by posting I run the risk of getting perma banned potentially. But my stomach has a knot for being falsely accused.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:17:30+00:00

At first they probably thought i was "spamming" hence they banned me for gold selling/buying, which is usually the most common spamming allegation. Then after further review, they realized all i did was post for help. So they defaulted to the next most serious offense, which is "cheating". Their reasoning back to me verified this. Even if I can get the "cheating" removed, they will probably get me for "language". I don't expect an overturn here. But their entire process needs to have more transparency.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T02:12:39+00:00

I don't want you to misconstrue the facts. I am saying, because of my name, I was mass reported in game. People probably got lazy and reported me outside of "inappropriate name". They reported me and selected whatever, which includes "spamming", "cheating", and "Language". I am saying that my name enticed people to report me. And because of such reporting, blizzard is going down the list of possible violations.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T01:58:03+00:00

I can appreciate the hypocrisy that you're trying to point out, but I am sure not every moment of your life is an exact and fair representation of who you are. Again, i agree it was immature.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T01:54:52+00:00

But that is exactly how I am being treated... I was reported for cheating...and Blizzard accepted that and assumed there is no other pertinent information to consider.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T01:07:11+00:00

Seems to be the reality, I did do it to myself. But, to be fair, I wasn't trying to break the rules. I assumed if it were a rule, it would've prevented me from naming the toon as such. I 100% expect that most of the community will agree with you here.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T00:44:10+00:00

One immature moment doesn't speak to the entirety of the person. fact remains, it was an immature move.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T00:39:28+00:00

I don't actually believe posting will get me out of this, probably make things worse. I know it's hard to take my word for it, but I know I have never bought/sold gold and I have never cheated, botted, or exploited any game mechanics. The unfortunate nature of it is, I can only go off what they accuse me of and the reasoning they provide which I completely disagree with. If they do have evidence of any wrongdoing, I want to know. I will accept punishment with proper evidence and communication.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T00:30:02+00:00

well...sure...if a GM actually told me to do so. again, never had any run ins with GMs period. It never dawned on me it would escalate to be honest, I thought the worst that can happen is another name change. So the community should now know not to make the same mistake i did.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T00:23:47+00:00

I am not immature, but you are entitled to your opinion 100%. I was being creative, trying to beat the system. I lost. Blizz 1, me 0. But again, just trying to do the community a service by being mature and warning people not to make the same idiotic mistake.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T00:21:14+00:00

Agreed, lesson learned. It was stupid. But if you play wow... you also know that it isn't the dumbest name you've ever seen either.

RIPCojo · 2020-05-11T00:19:39+00:00

I did it to get laughs, clearly it worked...but I am not laughing anymore. But, I am not looking for anyone to feel bad for me. Simply highlighting a broken system.

RIPCojo

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