My story on being banned
 

Hi, after posting questions and seeing the moronic and immature replies, or should I say flames, that exist at the battle.net forum I have come here.

I was a Diablo user since the first game came out. When D2 was released I purchased it if I remember correctly the first day it was available at stores. I did not get on b.net till a while after due to the firewall I was using at home would not allow on-line gaming. Only after I upgraded did I see the fun that COULD be had playing online.

On b.net my first character I got up to lvl 62 without ever joining any parties or being rushed. After that I began to take the characters up a little faster, but still a lot of work was involved.

As of last week I had 8 characters all above lvl 90. I had at that point traded for some of the top items available, so I was pretty pleased with what I had. This took hours and hours of trading and doing MF searches.

But then, I log in one evening to eventually learn I was banned. Lost my Hardcore account as well as a mule account that had lots and lots of good items for trading. I at first thought this was a gross mistake and that Blizzard would correct their error, I was wrong.

I went so far as to calle Blizzards tech support and demanded to speak with a supervisor to at the very least explaing what happened. But first and foremost I demanded that someone investigate further for I knew that this was a major blunder on their part.

The most I was told was that the server had recieved illegal packets from my machine while I was logged on using these accounts. No more information was provided. Angry, sad, depressed that I was helpless I deleted D2 off of my computer.

My feelings on Blizzard have changed from great respect to utter disdain. I have no intentions or desire to go back to playing this game. Why would I if I have no assurences I would not loose my account again.

I do not, and have never hacked. In regards to b.net, especially. If some wish to hack that is their business completly,as long as it does not affect me personally I dont care.

What caused the illegal packets? I have no clue as blizzard would not even give me the time and date of the offense so I could see if it was even ME.

I think by now it is quite clear that the mass banning of 240,000 some accounts was meant to send a message, that those that got caught up innocently in these is a small price to pay. For me it was a large price to be sacrificed for their in-adequencies.

And for Blizzard, I can honestly say I have no more interest in purchasing any more of their titles. I spent $70 on this game alone and I do not wish to throw my money away. There are other interests in life I would rather pursue that wont waste my time. For now, that is all I can think of my time on b.net- A waste of time for nothing

Sincerely-Ex-Blizzard customer.

p.s. To any who think that there wasnt anyone "innocent" in this mass banning, think again, for YOU could be in the same boat as some of us next time round.

The funny thing is that I've duped a bundle and sent a load of illegal packets on purpose cuz I like getting realm down when I'm bored, and my account is still there.

And you still spend your time, going to google or yahoo, to search for a diablo II fourm, and then spend a hour to whine about it? what's your problem bro?

Anubis i know what your going through the same thing happened to me and it sucked.Bizzard and battlenet are a bunch of un organized assholes who don`t know how to run a bussiness that would please there customers.

I do give them some credit the game does kick ass but they suck and eventually they will make it so no ones gonna play it anymore.I know im sure not gonna anymore.I`m gonna go to the store and purchase a new game don`t know what yet.But one thing is i`ll be much happier.

Later all and peace.

Edited by Senesia

Post edited. Basically I removed your offensive comments, the first paragraph for instance.

It is hard to justify what "SOB" means. It might literally mean sobbing.

Anyway, I'll split them out for the sake of peace.


In response to anubis:
Trust me, I understand how you feel. My main account got banned as well. Even though that is not my solo account, I worked quite hard on it for 1-2 years. Didn't play for 2 months, logged on last week and my account was still there.

And I had to reinstall D2 just to find out my account was closed. I might not feel as bad or depressed as you do, since I've lost my interest in the game, and it's not the first time they did it to me. Blah, I felt worse when Blizzard deleted my mule accounts last time. Afterall, I'm just waiting for 1.10, and I hope time will ease your pain.

Most people believe that Blizzard's mass bannings were aimmed at random accounts, since most people use MapHack, so people can't really argue when they bring it up.

But anyway, it has happened. Can't change it now, no matter you like it or not. I'd like to remind you that it's just a game, just a game for your spare time relaxation and entertainment. Don't feel too bad about it. :)

well taco i didn`t see your last post b-for i posted my last post.My bad thanks for clearifiying what you ment!!

Edited by Senesia

Heh, I'll delete your last message as well to prevent further flame. Try not to heat this up. I'm 19, by the way.

senesia how could i get special privalages to delete or close forumns?

Only moderator of that section, or Senior Mod + can close, edit, trash thread/post.

Next time just PM me if you want to direct a message to me. ;)

how do i become a mod?

sorry about clutering this post up with a bunch of junk messages.

Next time, use the edit button instead of double posting.

Jesus Christ, I've just recently seen a kid saying he was crying because his account got deleted. Seriously, it's not that big of a deal. Just play a different game or go outside and go swimming or something like that. Don't let this game rule your life forever. There are better things to do, you know?

I still think it's funny that I did everything that they said they are banning for, and my account didn't get deleted.

The same thing goes for me. I've duped, sent illegal packets, used Maphack, Autoaim, Yay, Mephbot, D2JSP, Oneside, anim8, and a few others I'm sure.

Are you two trying to tell us that you're some lucky bastards? ;)

No, just that they are unlucky bastards. I didn't bot by the way.

Thats a sad story, I was caught up in the first mass banning and lost a primo account. I never botted and never duped but I did use maphack. I also heard if you were even IN a game where maphack was being used you could be banned. Now that would be virtually impossible on B-net.

But you see, there are people who do devote a LOT of time to the game, going through it countless times to get better characters, better equipment, etc, without ever cheating. There is no reason for their accounts to be banned, as they are (or were, in most cases) hardcore Blizzard supporters who never planned on cheating. Heck, if everyone is getting banned regardless of whether they cheat or not, what the hell do you have to lose by cheating?

The real cheaters don't have much to lose actually.

They sell items on Ebay, even if you ban their keys they will have leftover cash to get a new one. Banning several of their accounts won't do them much harm.

I started to support Blizzard since Warcraft 1. I bought War 1, War 2, Diablo 1, Diablo: Hellfire, Diablo2, Diablo 2: LoD, Starcraft, Starcraft: Broodwar, War 3. They ban my accounts for no particular reason, but i'd still support them, as in buying their future products.

Same here, even though I didn't get banned.

i`ll never support them again.I deleated diablo out of my computer and shipped it off to virginia beech to my 4 year old nephew who likes to play the game.I figure the game is only good for that age group who doesn`t care about their accounts!!

peace!!!

My theory is battle.net tech guys have no idea on how to check if someone is using a 3rd party program. So, they just deleted mass accounts ( even if they were using hacks or not ) to inturn make people think they know if someone is using a hacking program. I think they just don't care about the consumers anymore cause they are not getting any more money from this game and I guess they want people to but their new games. I think they are cold hearted bastards and deserve to die. And by the way I still use maphack and I'm not banned.

They didn't ban CD Keys they only banned accounts so there would be no reason to have to buy a new Diablo 2 CD.

Most forums believe that.

I'm talking about upcoming games, if someone was stuck on Diablo2 then they won't want the new game get it ?

Edit * Senesia did u just quote yourself ?

It is their loss if they don't play the new game, really.

Games are what most people to when they have free time. I don't actually buy the game to support Blizzard, I just want the entertainment.

Edit:

Yes, I just did quote myself. Didn't want to type everything out again.

Just because someone is hooked on D2 doesn't mean they wont buy new blizzard games. That's the stupidest argument I've ever heard.

Well, you come up with a better money making skem to use in Diablo 2 to make money im all ears and in fact shut the hell up I dont care what u think.

If you don't care what I think, don't read what I say.

It isn't my fault you're trying to find some motive for blizzards bans which makes no sense.

Well, your " It doesn't matter its just a game " crap doesn't make any sense. Time is money. If someone wanted they're time thrown away they wouldn't work for something hard just to have it deleted.

If someone didn't want their time thrown away, they shouldn't be playing the stupid game.

=P

Anyway, don't try to heat this up.

People should be playing this game in their free time.

" It doesn't matter its just a game " would make sense, because no matter how much time you've spent, wasted on a game, it will still be a game. "Doesn't matter" means it shouldn't affect you that much.

OMFG, can you people get the idea that blizzard gives a flying fuck about you out of your heads. I'm trying to say if I wanted to waste my time I would go wack it or something not work hard for good items only to have them deleted with no proof of false actions and no freaking legitamite reason it was fucking done !

Omfg, we don't give a flying fuck about Blizzard, why they should give a flying fuck about us? Time is money, people spend their time on the game and don't make back the money are stupid. That prove your are stupid. (only true to badboy, b/c he start the Time is money statement)

Read what I've said. O.O

Don't take a game too seriously.

So you'd rather want a realm wipe or something? Or take down battle.net for d2 until 1.10? Why do Blizzard need legitimate reason? Did the law say they can't delete things on their servers?

P.S. This thread will be closed if I see more personal insults and flames...

its day 3 now since my account was deleated and since i played the stupid game and i feel dam good!!!Screw bizzard and battle net!!!!!!

I know what you all are feeling ,but fuck it lets just go on with our lifes.allot better things to do in life.

Time to drink beer and get fucked up.

I bet Blizzard just picked a handful of accounts and banned them, assuming they used maphack. That's not necessarily a bad thing, because most of the experienced players use maphack. About them telling you illegal packets were being sent from your computer to diablo 2, that's a load of bullshit. Blizz probably just had to make something up so they didn't look bad. But we can't do anything about it. I'm glad to see that some of you are getting on with your lives.

Frankly, nobody with thousands (or even hundreds) of posts in a forum has a right to tell someone to "get on with their life" (not really aimed at you NonGayMan, but to most people posting in this thread).

This game is an addiction. People work hard (well, they spend countless hours) making their characters the best they can. Regardless of whether you've lost interest in the game or not, if you played it legitimately and had your hard work poured down the drain, you cannot deny that you would be pissed. Unfortunately, none of you can say you wouldn't be pissed because about 99.9% of those posting in this forum cheat, which (in THIS game) requires the mindframe of "I'm not wasting all of my time for a friggin game..."

No, I don't cheat back when I actually play the game. I started to use bot several months after I quit.

I did gain all my items in a legitimate way. I used to do 1-2 hours of Meph run everyday, I have played a lot of builds, I've soloed every class into hell cow without trading and joining public games.

My legit accounts got deleted, by legit I mean, the accounts I made 2 years ago. No duped, hacked, anything at all in that. As I've mentioned for a few times, I didn't play that account for months, and it got deleted.

Was I pissed? Probably for 5-10 seconds. Then I realize, who cares, I don't play that account anymore. It's not only me who got banned for no reason.

If the game became that much of an addiction, I really think one should stop playing. One should not let a game get into his/her way in real life.

Final someone who understands what im trying to say, you work hard legitamitely for for something, hours upon hours of endlessness, and then one day blizzard desides to delete thousands of accounts just cause they can, and you get fucked thats what im trying to say, not saying that I got deleted or anything I'm just saying its a waste of a persons time and if they weren't playing this game they could be making money by working or something ( thats where the fucking time is money comes in ! god damnit ) and though they have lost everything they are just supposed to go on like nothing happened ? I say no, I say we start a ban on blizzard games for this injustice and then maybe they will get the picture that the consumer is always right.