First ban - looks like a perma no prior notice

[ectocooler]

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

both

2)Which version (and Beta or Release)?:

Honorbuddy: 2.5 r9958 Build 729

3)If so, when was the last time?:

Today (at time of ban)

4)What profile were you using?:

Tyrael

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

TuanHA Paladin

6)What plugins are you using?:
Anti Drown - Disabled
AutoEquip2 - Disabled
DrinkPotions - Disabled
LogMeOut! - Enabled
MIR2 - Enabled
Potion User - Disabled
Questhelper - ItemForAura - Disabled
Refreshment Detection - Enabled
Talented2 - Enabled


7)How many hours per day did you bot for?:

Various

8)What honest percentage of time did you supervise your bot?

80%

9)How many auctions per day did you have?:

probably too many (mostly greens and some herbs recently)

10)Did you Use Any Other Bots, Hacks, or Mods?

only those on this site

11)Was your account involved in gold selling?

no

12)EU or US realm?

US

13)Is the banned account a Scroll of Resurrection or an actual paid account?

Paid

was surprised to have the bad right after I left a dungeon, and got dumped from game to be met with the little "banned" symbol. No prior warnings or anything. I waited a few minuted and got this email:

***NOTICE OF LICENSE TERMINATION***

Account: <redacted>
Offense: Use of Bots or Third-Party Automation Software

Blizzard 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 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:

 

[Tonybelic]

Three of us hit with same account closure. Bummer.

 

[ectocooler]

Three of us hit with same account closure. Bummer.

I wonder, did you load in .728 and attempt to use gatherbuddy or professionbuddy?

I'm just speculating here, because I was logged in that time, (and in and out a few times trying to get fishing to work) then used autoangler for a bit, then ran a scenario and a heroic dungeon, then the ban

 

[Aion]

The therm "Various" brings nothing to the report.

Like, I was banned for doing various of activities for various timeframes and filling the AH with too many auctions

Be more precise please, or its useless ...

 

[saltychip]

Looking at his post history hes used GB2 several times and some farm spots for xmog gear.

 

[ectocooler]

Looking at his post history hes used GB2 several times and some farm spots for xmog gear.

Yes, and the various was because some days is was for 30 minutes, others it was for 6 hours and I think I had one or two days of 10 hours of gatherbuddy farming of ore

 

[saltychip]

using GB2 at all is asking to be banned its too risky nowadays

 

[ectocooler]

using GB2 at all is asking to be banned its too risky nowadays

I see as much of this as I see the opposite. this will absolutely make me think more about the amount of GB I use, however.

 

[Xom]

First time offense, appeal it for a 72h temp (guaranteed).

 

[ectocooler]

First time offense, appeal it for a 72h temp (guaranteed).

That's what I'm hoping for, who knows how it will go though

 

[saltychip]

i've had three first time offenses account not given 72hr after perma ban it depends on the GM you get. Out of my 10 banned accounts only one has been reversed from perma ban to 72hr ban and that was via LIVE CHAT!

 

[BestKarthusNA]

what do you have to say for an appeal?

 

[Xom]

Are you sure? I should've saved the chat but a GM told me they give everyone a "second" chance, a warning if you will. Simply ask nicely, tell them you farm hard, not sure why you got banned. Obv if you have purchases on your account you can't go with "foul play" of "i got hacked, my account is being used by someone"...

Yes, I was on via live chat as well. I'd call if live chat didn't work out for you, not many GM's will start shit on the phone with you...


Edit: Btw, I'm a crazy bastard as well. I tried to even appeal the 72 hr ban (any innocent person would) and I went through like 3-4 different GM's and finally opened an appeal ticket directly. They ended up telling me not to email them again about or they'd ignore me on the matter. I still sent them one last message asking for "proof", although, the previous GM did say there were such things as "false positives" on the matter... which I was declined on

Will not bot on main anymore. There's still some theories I want to test on botting, about perfected run times / idle times, I will tell you if you run your bot for 15 hours a day you will get banned

 

[ectocooler]

what do you have to say for an appeal?

well... nothing... all I did was ask about the appeal process, and they dumped it to a 72h suspension... oh well, I'll take it