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Kerwyn Nasilan · Apr 10, 2009, 01:21 PM // 13:21

GWs ban system is mostly automated (they have like 8 guys working on the live team they cannot afford to do it themselves) so they will get people incorrectly often. Send in a support ticket and 9 times out of ten they will return your account.

tcratty · Apr 10, 2009, 01:48 PM // 13:48

wow 6,500-9,000 chest opened thats alot of broken lockpicks not even to much the money spent on them

Songbringer · Apr 10, 2009, 03:50 PM // 15:50

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Originally Posted by Konker2020

I got perma-banned on an acc't a while back for lvling too quickly...

Had to submit what turned out to be an essay to support about my play style and how I got to lvl 20 in 4 hours...

EDIT: Probably should have added, I got it back...

That is easy. You can do that in factions so darn easy. You can get to level 10-12 and get to kc doing the bare minimum. Then buy 2-3 scrolls and punchout in gwen in under 4 hours. I just did it on my mesmer.

fb2000 · Apr 10, 2009, 03:58 PM // 15:58

Dont be surprised at anything.
I still find the ultimate ROFFLEZ was when a couple of guys accidentally duped some item and reported to ANET, in order to get it fixed.Got them banned tho. Thats some serious brainpower

Its getting more ridiculous every single day

Quote:

Originally Posted by Songbringer

That is easy. You can do that in factions so darn easy. You can get to level 10-12 and get to kc doing the bare minimum. Then buy 2-3 scrolls and punchout in gwen in under 4 hours. I just did it on my mesmer.

a bit less than 3 hours for my assassin

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Apollo Smile · Apr 10, 2009, 04:01 PM // 16:01

ArenaNet support is that way ---->
There is nothing we can do for you.

belladonna shylock · Apr 10, 2009, 04:05 PM // 16:05

maybe someone reported you for botting...and they actually looked into it because you weren't in FA

Hengis · Apr 10, 2009, 04:10 PM // 16:10

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Originally Posted by Lyssa Mac

This is a potential warning to others.

My account was terminated permanent last night, supposedly for using a third party programme. I have never used a third party programme. I was running chests in Fronis Irontoe's Lair. (Quite a lot of chests *holds up hand and admits to being an addict). Apparently it was witnessed by a games moderator.

I am trying to work with support to resolve this. I only include this message as a warning to any others chest running in this area (I was in Eng 1 district).

Apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place.

Hope you get your account back!

Seems a bit shortsighted of a mod to think you were botting doing something that is a guarenteed way of losing money!

It's more likely that you triggered some automated system that looks for bot like behaviour, and as that area only has a very limited range of spawns, then you would be repeating the same actions time after time.

I did about a few hundred Fronis chests, but got too bored of it to keep it up for long myself.

Good luck!

Puddin Cheeks · Apr 10, 2009, 04:11 PM // 16:11

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Originally Posted by belladonna shylock

maybe someone reported you for botting...and they actually looked into it because you weren't in FA

I see what you did there. That is the truth, Bots in FA must have asylum or something.

Carboplatin · Apr 10, 2009, 04:45 PM // 16:45

wow i gotta be careful, i've ran 450 chests in one day before in doomlore...

Zodiac Meteor · Apr 10, 2009, 05:06 PM // 17:06

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Originally Posted by Massive Impulsa

At least they "try" to ban bots

Tbh, id rather have 10 Bots banned (who ruins the economy) and 1 innocent. Then he can send support-ticket w/e and get it back

Fixed, send a e-mail to arena-net telling them they messed up. Poof account back.

There is nothing we can do but give suggestions.

crazybanshee · Apr 11, 2009, 12:59 AM // 00:59

I ran about 500-700 chests a week in irontoes lair to max my title, I didn't get banned for it. Were you doing something else? Using a drunk bot? Anything?

Lycan Nibbler · Apr 11, 2009, 01:31 AM // 01:31

I can confirm that they ban accounts without any proof, only that yout account was playing too long in one area over a period of time.
I know this as a fact. I was farming on amatz basin with just h/h on a separate account on another computer, while I did ABs etc on my main. all it involved doing was entering the mission and flagging the heros once every 15 minutes. For this, they banned the account for 3rd party program use - even though if they checked, they could see I was at the main computer (which is next to the other) during all the time doing ABs/mision etc.
So just because anet ban you, do not let them get away with it - I know I am not and you may hear about it in the near future....

Coney · Apr 11, 2009, 01:53 AM // 01:53

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Originally Posted by TideSwayer

You can look like a bot and act like a bot, not be a bot, but still sometimes (accidentally) get caught up in bot sweeps.

Sounds to me like the typical sh!tty code for an email spam filter, which in the best cases is about 97% accurate.

Should be a flag set, which then requires actual *inspection*. I highly doubt there's inspection, tho.

fb2000 · Apr 11, 2009, 08:19 AM // 08:19

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Originally Posted by Coney

Should be a flag set, which then requires actual *inspection*. I highly doubt there's inspection, tho.

Do you realize how many people are needed to check on the hundreds of thousands of possible flags each day???? It can never ever work like that..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

There is nothing we can do but give suggestions.

He didnt even ask for anything, just informed the rest of us. You people should really read posts

Nemo the Capitalist · Apr 12, 2009, 09:23 AM // 09:23

.....see this is why i just leech in Jade quarry whenever im at college.

GM's messing up the game like this

Nemo the Capitalist · Apr 12, 2009, 09:26 AM // 09:26

.....see this is why i just leech in Jade quarry whenever im at college.

GM's messing up the game like this

MisterB · Apr 12, 2009, 09:44 AM // 09:44

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Originally Posted by fb2000

I still find the ultimate ROFFLEZ was when a couple of guys accidentally duped some item and reported to ANET, in order to get it fixed.Got them banned tho. Thats some serious brainpower

Its getting more ridiculous every single day

That is not what happened. Two forum members tested the method to determine how the duping was done(it wasn't accidental), filed a report with ANet with their findings, then deleted the duped items(red dye, I believe). ANet used the information they provided to automatically scan and block users using the exploit, including the two who reported it. They then manually unblocked those two.

We only have the OP's side of this story, and details are vague at best. Since the OP has already contacted support, there's nothing much to see here.

immortius · Apr 12, 2009, 10:11 AM // 10:11

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Originally Posted by MisterB

That is not what happened. Two forum members tested the method to determine how the duping was done(it wasn't accidental), filed a report with ANet with their findings, then deleted the duped items(red dye, I believe). ANet used the information they provided to automatically scan and block users using the exploit, including the two who reported it. They then manually unblocked those two.

We only have the OP's side of this story, and details are vague at best. Since the OP has already contacted support, there's nothing much to see here.

Also the reporters didn't specify their character names when they reported, so Gaile had to get their names after the banning - otherwise they probably wouldn't have been banned at all.

fb2000 · Apr 12, 2009, 10:29 AM // 10:29

I do think they had their names on the screenies. I also believe it took Anet a long time to unban them. Defo didnt seem right at the time

immortius · Apr 12, 2009, 12:04 PM // 12:04

Looking back through the threads, it appears they were likely banned for less than 6 hours. Certainly Enko was only banned for 3-4 hours, based on thread creation time to when he states his accounts were reinstated. Fenix was likely reinstated shortly after he sent his details through. And yes, Gaile states they didn't have their IGNs or anything (whether you believe her, up to you).

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...8&postcount=38
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...7&postcount=75