1/6-2013 Perm banned!

[Homerrox]

1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account? Honorbuddy

2)If so, when was the last time?: This night

3)What profile were you using?: Private halls of lightning profile

4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname: Singular

5)What plugins are you using?: None

6)How many hours per day did you bot for?: 8-10

6.5)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot? 50%

7)How many auctions per day did you have?: 0

8)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods? No

9)Was your account involved in gold selling? Nope

10)EU or US realm? EU

11)Is the banned account a Scroll of Resurrection or an actual paid account? Paid with irl money!

Anyhow, my password was changed one hour before I was banned, maybe I was actually hacked? Atleast thats what i'm trying to tell Blizzard atleast. Since it is kinda odd it was changed.

Got this mail:
***NOTICE OF LICENCE TERMINATION***

Account: WOW1
Offense: Use of Bots or Third-Party Automation Software

Blizzard Entertainment has terminated this World of Warcraft license after identifying the usage of bots or other cheat software.

These programs (commonly called cheats, bots, and hacks) automate certain aspects of gameplay, or provide unintended advantages and abilities to the player. This type of cheating undermines other players' experience and severely upsets the balance of the game environment.

Blizzard Entertainment reserves the right to terminate access for conduct of this nature, with or without warning, as noted in the World of Warcraft Terms of Use:
Blizzard Entertainment:World of Warcraft Terms of Use

This page contains details on how suspensions are appealed and reviewed:
http://www.battle.net/support/article/6741

Regards,
Blizzard Entertainment

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How do you see the chances to get a 72h suspension instead, or atleast getting it lifted because I was 'hacked'?

 

[ivanedavila]

do not use the hacked excuse becasue they look at IP's and will say you werent hacked.. just say you didn't do anything and that you love to play the game

 

[Homerrox]

This is the latest response from Customer Support:
Your account was suspended for 72 hours due to use of third party programs, which is against the Terms of Use:
Blizzard Entertainment: World of Warcraft Terms of Use

When running, the World of Warcraft client may monitor your computer's random access memory (ram) and/or cpu processes for unauthorized third party programs running concurrently with World of Warcraft. An unauthorized third party program as used herein shall be defined as any third party software, including without limitation any addon or mod, that in Blizzard Entertainment's sole determination:

I. enables or facilitates cheating of any type;

II. allows users to modify or hack the World of Warcraft interface, environment, and/or experience in any way not expressly authorized by Blizzard Entertainment; or

III. intercepts, mines, or otherwise collects information from or through World of Warcraft. In the event that World of Warcraft detects an unauthorized third party program, Blizzard may

a) communicate information back to blizzard entertainment, including without limitation your account name, details about the unauthorized third party program detected, and the time and date the unauthorized third party program was detected; and/or

b) exercise any or all of its rights under section 6 of this agreement, with or without prior notice to the user.

The use of such programs or files is clearly unfair to the World of Warcraft community playing regularly and is not tolerated on our servers.

Following a review of your case, we can confirm that such program has been used on several occasions by your account, and that the subsequent action taken is appropriate. We would not look to enter into any further communications on this issue as the matter is now considered closed.

Please be advised that sanctions in relation to this matter will not be taken against any new accounts you may wish to create, but the characters from your cancelled account will remain irretrievable. If you should wish to create a new account, you will need to obtain a new and unused CD key with a retail copy of the game.

If you wish to review our current Rules and Policies, they can be found at:

https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/100644
Blizzard Entertainment: World of Warcraft Terms of Use

What does the ?Answered? status mean?
- A ticket in ?Answered? status means that a Customer Support representative has provided an answer to your ticket.

What can I do next?
- You can click ?Need More Help? in-game, after you view the in-game response.
- Or, you can choose the ?I still have a problem? option on the ticket detail page. Please note that if you choose this option, your in-game ticket will be converted into a web ticket. It will no longer be viewable in game, but will be visible on the Blizzard Customer Support web site instead."

If you have additional questions or concerns, please log in to the Blizzard Customer Support web site at <http://www.battle.net/support/> and reply to the ticket.

Regards,

The Customer Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment

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Ehm they reversed it to a 72hr ban instead? Or was it only 72hr in the first place? It is from the mail I got from them after appealing

 

[Stuxie]

1)Were you using Honorbuddy, Gatherbuddy or both on the account? Honorbuddy
4)What combat class were you using? if None Just put Default then the Classname: Singular

You were banned because a player reported you, because singular is incredibly obvious in battlegrounds. Like BUGGY and blatantly obvious that you're botting.

You cannot appeal a ban saying you were hacked as they will compare the logs with you IP and it's a slam dunk.

You should have used a custom combat class.. this is 'lazy botting'.

 

[eXtOphius]

You cannot appeal a ban saying you were hacked as they will compare the logs with you IP and it's a slam dunk.

You should have used a custom combat class.. this is 'lazy botting'.

That is 100% not true. There is no evidence whatsoever to support your position that a Custom Class would have prevented a ban instead of Singular. Perhaps if you took up the position that "botting in Battlegrounds is not very safe", then maybe I could have taken you seriously.

You can appeal any ban for whatever reason. I have had numerous bans on many accounts for 'hacks', and I have won appeals for some of them using 'I was hacked' as the reason.

Don't spread false information.

Cheers,
XtO

 

[Homerrox]

You were banned because a player reported you, because singular is incredibly obvious in battlegrounds. Like BUGGY and blatantly obvious that you're botting.

You cannot appeal a ban saying you were hacked as they will compare the logs with you IP and it's a slam dunk.

You should have used a custom combat class.. this is 'lazy botting'.

It is 'lazy reading', as I wrote "PRIVATE HALLS OF LIGHTNING PROFILE" never used BGbuddy, so how should I be banned for that?

 

[Homerrox]

Also, appealed, and got a second mail which I copied above stated I was banned for 72hr, I just dont get why they didnt say that in the first mail

 

[eXtOphius]

It is 'lazy reading', as I wrote "PRIVATE HALLS OF LIGHTNING PROFILE" never used BGbuddy, so how should I be banned for that?

Instance botting is very dangerous, private profile or not.

There are simply too many mass Scroll of Resurrection accounts that are involved in it.

XtO