Curse

fadekill · Feb 20, 2015, 03:15 PM // 15:15

Everytime I read this thread I'm scared that I'm banned the next time I'm logging in judging by the number of people that got banned while apparently doing nothing wrong.

take_me · Feb 20, 2015, 03:29 PM // 15:29

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Originally Posted by fadekill

Everytime I read this thread I'm scared that I'm banned the next time I'm logging in judging by the number of people that got banned while apparently doing nothing wrong.

Same here. Even though I hardly play anymore I'd be more than pissed if it ended that way for me without doing anything wrong.

Surge goes pre · Feb 20, 2015, 04:09 PM // 16:09

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Originally Posted by take_me

Same here. Even though I hardly play anymore I'd be more than pissed if it ended that way for me without doing anything wrong.

I wouldn't worry too much if I were you man. I don't think you are their target ^

BurningHead · Feb 20, 2015, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Welp, this has turned into quite the fiasco. Discovered I was banned the other day, and there's an autoban in place on me, currently doing a test to see if it's HWID or IP based.

Apparently all of the accounts that I logged into in the past month are banned. I have a buddy that gets me accounts for free, so I do kind of have an ungodly amount. (Think 30+, more than I could ever run at once, I only really used them to smurf and /dance * in towns occasionally) But didn't do anything illegitimate, just afked on rings with 6 or 7 accounts. Also I was playing on one account and occasionally saying a message in multiple districts with another.

Pretty odd stuff, but I'd say I look pretty guilty in their eyes regardless. Oh well, I only play for the events now anyway.

Melanie Mckenzie · Feb 20, 2015, 05:07 PM // 17:07

Even though I'm real happy I was unbanned, I dont feel I can really play anymore. I'm too scared of being flagged for absolutely no reason again. Am I really not allowed to use texmod? Is multilaunch not OK anymore? We need answers here. Since it has been previously stated that both texmod and multilaunch are perfectly fine to use, if their view has changed we need to know about it. Either way, I'm not touching either until we have any idea of their views at the moment. Guess I'll have to walk from room to room if I ever want to trade something from one account to another, because obviously doing that rather than just doing it on one computer is less of a problem, somehow. -.- I dont get that logic. Youd think theyre able to tell the difference between me trading something over or opening the gate in pre and logging off again, and abusing multiple accounts (which is most definitely not something I've ever done).
I'm terrified of even farming now, I'm terrified of being logged in at all. All trust I had in this company has just been shattered.

Lord Asakurra · Feb 20, 2015, 05:49 PM // 17:49

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Originally Posted by Melanie Mckenzie

Even though I'm real happy I was unbanned, I dont feel I can really play anymore. I'm too scared of being flagged for absolutely no reason again. Am I really not allowed to use texmod? Is multilaunch not OK anymore? We need answers here. Since it has been previously stated that both texmod and multilaunch are perfectly fine to use, if their view has changed we need to know about it. Either way, I'm not touching either until we have any idea of their views at the moment. Guess I'll have to walk from room to room if I ever want to trade something from one account to another, because obviously doing that rather than just doing it on one computer is less of a problem, somehow. -.- I dont get that logic. Youd think theyre able to tell the difference between me trading something over or opening the gate in pre and logging off again, and abusing multiple accounts (which is most definitely not something I've ever done).
I'm terrified of even farming now, I'm terrified of being logged in at all. All trust I had in this company has just been shattered.

^This x9000000

As excited as I am to get my accounts back, I'm skeptical as to whether to log on to my storage alts at the same time...

Oh, and check your banks, those who were innocently banned. I'm missing half my darkwing collection as well as ~600 armbraces IIRC...

kerosinigami · Feb 20, 2015, 06:12 PM // 18:12

My bank was okay when I logged in and checked it out. I wasn't sure if there was a roll back so I wanted to see. That sucks you lost a bunch of stuff.

Still haven't checked on the other accounts of mine, I can assume they are free since all my accounts were banned at the same time but who knows. I don't want to check because I don't want to log in too many accounts consecutively.

Melanie Mckenzie · Feb 20, 2015, 06:43 PM // 18:43

I checked my banks yesterday, everything is still there.
Not that theres much to delete, I've never exactly been a rich player. I'm just proud of having 1 set of obbi for myself, and having bought 1 set for hubby. No extra ecto laying around, let alone armbraces =P I'm bad at saving up.

**cosyfiep** · Feb 20, 2015, 07:31 PM // 19:31

I only used texmod so no idea if that is a no-no now, I do use 2 separate computers (not multilaunch etc) to play--and they got me in the 2nd and 3rd waves...so it may not be could to have 2 computers at the same ip (and they should be able to tell from my specs that my computers are totally different---one is xp sp ONE the other is xp sp THREE) so my ip would be the same.
and did check most of my accounts when I got back in--didnt see anything different that I didnt remember doing (though it had been about a month since I had been on)

and yep, waaay too scared to play, only checked out stuff in an outpost on a few characters.

and now noticed that the 7 day and older thread is back to 3 day--and no they did not respond to my ticket at all either.

Zahr Dalsk · Feb 20, 2015, 07:34 PM // 19:34

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Originally Posted by Melanie Mckenzie

Even though I'm real happy I was unbanned, I dont feel I can really play anymore. I'm too scared of being flagged for absolutely no reason again. Am I really not allowed to use texmod? Is multilaunch not OK anymore? We need answers here. Since it has been previously stated that both texmod and multilaunch are perfectly fine to use, if their view has changed we need to know about it. Either way, I'm not touching either until we have any idea of their views at the moment. Guess I'll have to walk from room to room if I ever want to trade something from one account to another, because obviously doing that rather than just doing it on one computer is less of a problem, somehow. -.- I dont get that logic. Youd think theyre able to tell the difference between me trading something over or opening the gate in pre and logging off again, and abusing multiple accounts (which is most definitely not something I've ever done).
I'm terrified of even farming now, I'm terrified of being logged in at all. All trust I had in this company has just been shattered.

If Chris Cleary gets fired over this screwup - and he might, his linkedin page suggests he's got a poor track record with every company he's worked as security at, usually staying only for around a year give or take - you can probably rest easy that the problem left with him.

If he sticks around then you would have cause to worry.

Lord Asakurra · Feb 20, 2015, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Welp, too bad the account restoration has been gone since the game was launched... Oh well, I had no use for all that anyway, guess I'll just work on titles...

Age · Feb 20, 2015, 08:26 PM // 20:26

I logged in yesterdy did 2 BHs and logged in today np.I didn't use GWx2 but I do need to.

Kimmie Kitty · Feb 20, 2015, 08:41 PM // 20:41

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Originally Posted by Surge goes pre

I wouldn't worry too much if I were you man. I don't think you are their target ^

Why the hell did they ban me? I have ONE account and don't bot or use 3rd party programs. I always just get on and play. It's beyond bs and someone has their crap wrong.

Title Points R Us · Feb 20, 2015, 08:57 PM // 20:57

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Originally Posted by Kimmie Kitty

Why the hell did they ban me? I have ONE account and don't bot or use 3rd party programs. I always just get on and play. It's beyond bs and someone has their crap wrong.

Was cause your in PINK ;-)

Cleavage · Feb 20, 2015, 09:26 PM // 21:26

Are they banning for cybering now ?

Bristlebane · Feb 20, 2015, 10:21 PM // 22:21

I find it interesting that before the bans, gold sellers was roaming free in GW. Whenever you checked Party Search in American districts, there they were. I even saw them appear in Yak's Bend, of all places. Now, did Chris did anything about this?
Same with all the JQ-bots I heard of, but since I never PvP:ed other than AB years ago, I can't confirm that myself. But it seemed like such easy tasks for him, with all the ingame report against bots and scammers.

Kimmie Kitty · Feb 20, 2015, 11:17 PM // 23:17

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Originally Posted by Title Points R Us

Was cause your in PINK ;-)

nah, has nothing to do with being in pink...lol good try though

Lord Asakurra · Feb 20, 2015, 11:24 PM // 23:24

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Originally Posted by Bristlebane

I find it interesting that before the bans, gold sellers was roaming free in GW. Whenever you checked Party Search in American districts, there they were. I even saw them appear in Yak's Bend, of all places. Now, did Chris did anything about this?
Same with all the JQ-bots I heard of, but since I never PvP:ed other than AB years ago, I can't confirm that myself. But it seemed like such easy tasks for him, with all the ingame report against bots and scammers.

Yea, I don't think he was monitoring ingame behavior, I think he tried writing a program to automate the bans and it got out of hand when he realized his parameters included human players, too.

**cosyfiep** · Feb 20, 2015, 11:38 PM // 23:38

...and no one from the company is saying anything

we have bunches of people too afraid to log in and more people being banned---

and still I ask: has anyone who belonged to the mass banning/unbanning been rebanned as of yet?

Linksys · Feb 20, 2015, 11:40 PM // 23:40

So far so good, still not banned. I'm still afraid to even step into the HA outpost though. Especially if I go afk and look like a sitting alt account.