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Yllena · Feb 19, 2015, 10:35 AM // 10:35

The only mmo I ever played that was shut down, was WAR and they announced it about a year or so in advance.

Honestly, server costs - as long as you already need those game servers for something else, like gw2 - are negligable. I really dont think they want to shut GW1 down

Rather, QA on that automated banning system wasnt done properly, if at all. Probably someone thought they found perfect way to detect bots, but instead of doing a proper testrun and see responses, they went all out and banned all they got.

And in light of those thoughts... it IS rather funny that a certain person in charge of security deletes threads immediatly ^^

Zephyr of Light · Feb 19, 2015, 12:25 PM // 12:25

As long they can make money from GW1 by game purchase or micro transactions they will ofcourse keep their servers up, but dont forget they also have other game franchises like Aion, Tabula Rasa, Lineage, WildStar to update and maintain, its less obvious to think they will just ban us away from GW1 just so they have a good reason to close it down.

Their big priority lays in GW2 as that is the biggest ship of their fleet that generates their income to continue building on that game only.

If GW2's money has to maintain their other games that it will be money drained in the sink as GW1 is not capable of maintaining its own.

That being said, there wont be much future for it after the 10th year anniversary. (Imo)

BadOwnZu · Feb 19, 2015, 12:54 PM // 12:54

I have just checked all of my banned Guild Wars accounts and I have now been unbanned... It seems like someone is finally working on fixing the automated bans placed...

I advise everyone who is banned to check their accounts once again. finally.

katscratched · Feb 19, 2015, 01:00 PM // 13:00

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Originally Posted by BadOwnZu

I have just checked all of my banned Guild Wars accounts and I have now been unbanned... It seems like someone is finally working on fixing the automated bans placed...

I advise everyone who is banned to check their accounts once again. finally.

Thank you! I was also unbanned!

I'm very glad that they fixed their mistake. Hopefully this doesn't happen again.

BadOwnZu · Feb 19, 2015, 01:05 PM // 13:05

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...pport-to-reply

it seems like they got pressured into checking. would make them look bad if they blatantly ignored it on their guild wars 2 forum

acelazrs · Feb 19, 2015, 01:07 PM // 13:07

Just checked and I've been unbanned as well!

rovon · Feb 19, 2015, 02:04 PM // 14:04

Congrats to everyone who was banned unfairly.

Although neither my wife nor I received a ban, we have both had our fingers crossed for all those who have.

@cosy. I really hope they've reinstated your accounts also

Blue Inferno Master · Feb 19, 2015, 02:09 PM // 14:09

ok how do we "myself and my wife" go about getting our accounts back. we have never botted and have been reporting ppl for botting and exploiting and all of our accounts. main and storage accounts"4" of them got Perma ban can anyone plz help us

Peace · Feb 19, 2015, 02:09 PM // 14:09

Hello , I my self was not banned , but I wanted to participate now on this thread and congrats all the gamers who got unbanned

) so happy for you all

take_me · Feb 19, 2015, 02:16 PM // 14:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadOwnZu

I have just checked all of my banned Guild Wars accounts and I have now been unbanned... It seems like someone is finally working on fixing the automated bans placed...

I advise everyone who is banned to check their accounts once again. finally.

Quote:

Originally Posted by katscratched

Thank you! I was also unbanned!

I'm very glad that they fixed their mistake. Hopefully this doesn't happen again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by acelazrs

Just checked and I've been unbanned as well!

Woow, nice. Congrats to you !! I really hope Cosy's accounts and those of many others are back as well.

Sardaukar · Feb 19, 2015, 02:18 PM // 14:18

Just reporting in that my main account has been restored.

Many thanks to all who participated in this thread and got a hold of Anet's attention.

For those still banned, hang in there. I imagine it'll take a little while to sort things out. We're only in the first hours of the restoration.

Off to see if the other accounts have been restored...

EDIT: All accounts have been restored!!

Questions:

Will Anet address what happened?

Do we have to worry about the security of our account/s?

Will there be recompense for this?

A CNY redux would be nice as I missed out on it entirely because of this.

At the very least an apology from Chris Cleary would be nice. If this guy wants to brag about being a tough guy on the internet and banning bots amongst friends that's one thing, but to be so flippant about it publicly was just salt in the wound. This guy should know his remarks in public reflect on the company that he works for. And that this type of egomaniacal behavior only serves to drive a wedge between the company and the player base. If you're that needy of attention that you need to brag about banning bots, do it offline. I'm not impressed when one does the job he's being paid for and then feels the need to tweet "Hey look, I'm doing my job!" I'm impressed when one does what he's being paid to do and acts in a professional manner. /rant

Title Points R Us · Feb 19, 2015, 02:45 PM // 14:45

My main was unbanned but others weren't as of yet. It's now empty check your acc's.

Melanie Mckenzie · Feb 19, 2015, 02:58 PM // 14:58

I just checked my main account, it has been unbanned. Thanks so much to everyone here that so selflessly advocated for all of us. You're the reason why the GW1 community is as amazing as it is! <3 Amazing people sticking together, thats what its all about!
I really feel like Gaile had something to do with this, she's always been good to us when there's been an outrage.

Checked my old GWAMM account, thats been unbanned too

Aaand checked my husbands account, his has been reinstated as well! =D

Seriously, guys, thanks so much to everyone that helped get this attention. I cant stress my gratitude enough.

Chooty · Feb 19, 2015, 03:07 PM // 15:07

Told u the forum pressure would work.

Anyways hope they don't go to the other extreme and just unban everybody who asked for it now. I'm still seeing gold sellers.

Melanie Mckenzie · Feb 19, 2015, 03:08 PM // 15:08

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Originally Posted by Chooty

Told u the forum pressure would work.

Anyways hope they don't go to the other extreme and just unban everybody who asked for it now. I'm still seeing gold sellers.

Honestly, I'd rather see gold sellers in every outpost than have ANY of my fellow players get unjustly banned.

jayson · Feb 19, 2015, 03:11 PM // 15:11

Glad to hear some positive news!

Memnon · Feb 19, 2015, 03:36 PM // 15:36

That's good news indeed!

Blue Inferno Master · Feb 19, 2015, 03:45 PM // 15:45

are only the accounts that have sent in a request about it being restored? does anyone have any idea? I am unsure where to go or what to do about this?

Melanie Mckenzie · Feb 19, 2015, 03:52 PM // 15:52

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Originally Posted by Sardaukar

At the very least an apology from Chris Cleary would be nice. If this guy wants to brag about being a tough guy on the internet and banning bots amongst friends that's one thing, but to be so flippant about it publicly was just salt in the wound. This guy should know his remarks in public reflect on the company that he works for. And that this type of egomaniacal behavior only serves to drive a wedge between the company and the player base. If you're that needy of attention that you need to brag about banning bots, do it offline. I'm not impressed when one does the job he's being paid for and then feels the need to tweet "Hey look, I'm doing my job!" I'm impressed when one does what he's being paid to do and acts in a professional manner. /rant

100% fully agree with this. When I looked up shazbawts twitter after reading here who was banning us, I was utterly shocked and appalled. This is no way for a professional to act. I wonder, does Arenanet know about his behavior on twitter? Acting so smug about doing his job, and doing his job badly, is very disgusting behavior. Lets just say this man is lucky punches dont go through internet cables. I was absolutely LIVID to see him brag like that, althewhile ADMITTING that he enjoys botting himself. He's done more botting than most people hes banned! Since ynow, most people he had banned didnt touch one, at all, ever.
It looks completely unprofessional, and really makes me wonder if anet looked at who they were hiring at all. He makes himself come off as a child by bragging over something he shouldnt have done (ban innocent accounts), which isnt a good look for someone that's supposed to be a team lead. Hell, I know plenty children with better judgement.

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Originally Posted by Blue Inferno Master

are only the accounts that have sent in a request about it being restored? does anyone have any idea? I am unsure where to go or what to do about this?

My main account did have a ticket in, as did my husbands account, but my old gwamm account got restored without me filing a ticket for it. So I dont think you have to file a ticket, unless they unbanned me on IP-basis.

BeefWellington · Feb 19, 2015, 03:52 PM // 15:52

Just checked and both accounts here have been restored. Well done everybody!
And I hope they fixed this for everybody. <fingers crossed>

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melanie Mckenzie

Honestly, I'd rather see gold sellers in every outpost than have ANY of my fellow players get unjustly banned.

^^ THIS ^^

In all honesty, they should just blanket un-ban everybody from the last week or so. They've had too many false positives. (Well, assuming they didn't already do just that.)

And really, they shouldn't have an "automatic ban" system in place at all. If you're going to delete somebody's account, a living human should verify that they're a bot first. Most MMO's I know of, a GM will at least observe you while invisible to make sure that you are up to no good. And, assuming you're not AFK and standing still, a GM can also try talking to a suspect bot - because bots don't talk back to you.

If they can't spare the manpower to do this - then don't ban accounts.

I'd also like to thank whoever keeps Guild Wars Guru up and running. Who knows, without this site we might all be in ticket hell for another few months. Maybe even banned forever.