Curse

Balthazars Bane · Jul 05, 2006, 10:40 PM // 22:40

I love you Anet!

,<--- unbanned

llsektorll · Jul 05, 2006, 10:40 PM // 22:40

Out of curiosity I wanted to know how many poeple were banned because they were innocent?

Sid Doog · Jul 05, 2006, 10:44 PM // 22:44

i am unbaned ty anet

Distant · Jul 05, 2006, 10:48 PM // 22:48

Im still banned, I did nothing wrong. Ive never had a complaint against my account or a strike, or any kind of suspension ever.
15k armor for 4 characters, over 5 million in items... 400k ingame cash... 20~custom swords 10 custom axes, 5 custom bows (including urgoz longbow) over 1300hours. I am very relieved that it is a mistake... yet...that is a very terrible mistake to make. I hope they unban me. Or I give up anet products for life.

Silent Kitty · Jul 05, 2006, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Swift

Im sorry but can someone please be kind enough to give me the E-Mail address or a way of contacting A-Net so they can unban my account ASAP please =).
All i was doing was the Sanctum Cay mission with my necro and just about to finish cause the boat was comin and then i got logged out with a permanent ban

and i was so confused as i have NEVER used a bot (I dont even know how to get them for that matter

)

Thank you to whoever can help me in contacting A-Net

http://www.guildwars.com/support/default.php

Serafita Kayin · Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM // 23:02

This IS odd, I agree, but keep it civil in here.

We don't need MORE trouble on top of bans.

The Swift · Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM // 23:02

YAY! tyvm! My accounts unbanned! <3 to all! TY Silent Kitty and ty A-NET!!!!!!!

Living Stone · Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM // 23:02

For those of you got your account un-banned, plz tell the rest of us who are still banned by mistake what happened? How long did it take them to fix it? I'd like something more than "fast response" for a description plz

The auto response to my "question" on the NC page says they will answer with-in 24 hrs!? that's unacceptable.

Lady Ana Stacia · Jul 05, 2006, 11:06 PM // 23:06

It took my husband approx 2 hrs to get unbanned. He got a generic email then another asking for his acct name and some other info and then it took just a short while after that.

Hope that helps
:-)

unholy guardian · Jul 05, 2006, 11:06 PM // 23:06

sorry to here you guys got banned for botting.. i mean don't bots usually move at least? afk arn't bots :\

natuxatu · Jul 05, 2006, 11:11 PM // 23:11

No kidding no one should be banned for being afk... if they don't want you afk they could at least kick you off. It sounds like the problem is getting fixed so that's good.

I'm very upset about this. A.Net should update it to give a reason or something along those lines. Again if it's fixed in a timely manner it's not AS big of an issue then but for the person saying they felt like crying I would be so upset and sad. (My account wasn't banned but if it was I know I would be SO upset angry/sad/confused ect) Having also played it for over a year I can imagine how upsetting it must be.

Perhaps they could have like five reasons for banning.... such as offensive use, and whatever else people get banned for ... but yeah I hope everyone else gets their account back too.

makosi · Jul 05, 2006, 11:12 PM // 23:12

afk bots = bad bots....i guess :-S

No info on the GW official site. Odd.

Age · Jul 05, 2006, 11:13 PM // 23:13

Well being July the 4th weekend I guess most were on holidays and away for the long weekend.I guess they must of left the automated bot scanner running and it thought some of you were bots maybe.I was there lastnight to but going afk shouldn't pose a problem even on a long quest.How and why bots would be there I don't know?

tmarosi · Jul 05, 2006, 11:18 PM // 23:18

they are banning everybody who use bots for farming (now and before) and that is good (i hope they never get back accounts to those bot farming people)

but its not ok if they ban someone who isnt using bots

Living Stone · Jul 05, 2006, 11:19 PM // 23:19

Ty Lady Ana Stacia, sry if this comes off as a rant, just very frustraited that this would happen with no explainantion from Anet or NC .. there should be something on the log-in page. Frankly, I don't understand why they can't recognize that there is a problem, and then just un-ban ppl untill they can reconfirm the ones that are banned for a reason. That makes a whole lot more sense than spending all this time looking at all the accounts that got banned acidentally .. they could even just do that with say the last 4 - 5 hrs. just reverse all those bans and then re-ban the ones they confirm.

just my 0.2$ lol

Across The Battle · Jul 05, 2006, 11:20 PM // 23:20

I think the only realistic thing anyone can do is simply post on forums and send emails to Anet. They might be on vacation or something but they will get back to you. If you truely did nothing wrong then there shouldn't be a problem bringing you back up.

Next time people see Gaile on, accually ask her something relevent and find out what happened, for some reason I dont see her coming on when something BAD is happening. But people need to ask her the real questions, not about minipets :-\

Rebirther · Jul 05, 2006, 11:26 PM // 23:26

might want to take a quick nip over to gwonline
(http://forums.gwonline.net/showthrea...408959&page=19)

Gaile has responded on that thread in regards to the situation, might help clear things up (would copy and paste it but its easier if you read through it to get a better idea on the story)

nataku_05 · Jul 05, 2006, 11:26 PM // 23:26

i ask gaile (id1 shing jea now) about the bannings, apparently there was around 4000 accounts banned assumed all bots, but they got humans by mistake. to get unband just inform anet support

Living Stone · Jul 05, 2006, 11:27 PM // 23:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmarosi

they are banning everybody who use bots for farming (now and before) and that is good (i hope they never get back accounts to those bot farming people)

but its not ok if they ban someone who isnt using bots

I agree whole heartedly!

I was in a long forgotten game by now I am sure ... Asheron's Call years ago, and that absolutly RUINED the game. The greatest parts that I love about GW is the lack of the ability for "griefers" to make the game miserable for others. In AC, you couldn't have your own play area, you had to share the same laggy crappy space as everyone else, and if you weren't the biggest baddest guy in the room, you couldn't get the kill on the boss mob .. that and ppl had bots with what we refered to as "macros" that allowed them to have a chr play night and day and if you happened to have a desire to hunt the same place, sucked to be you! You had to deal with the Mage that was exploiting a trick that allowed him to get stuck in a corner high above all the mobs that just drained and drained till they died, but if you tried to even walk there you could bearly move! So props to Anet and NC for preventing that sorta thing.

I just don't understand why it is taking several hours for this to be resolved, and nothing has been said (that I know of) to explain the circumstances behind the problem.

The other thing I love about Anet is that they stop the use of 3rd party programs! AC's balance was severly skewed by this practice ... skills impress me, not bots

Ulivious The Reaper · Jul 05, 2006, 11:30 PM // 23:30

Well, i hear the accounts were unbanned, but

Okay, after about another 10 trys i got in, but it said on the plaync site that its a problem with my internet or somfin, how ever i was clearly able to come to this site,so yeh wtf XD