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!!!