This is really unfair, but a long time 10-year in-game friend of mine (who is a late 50s disabled mother) was recently tagged with permanent account closure. I met her during WoW Vanilla and have played with her and her son ever since. Until today, we've played Diablo 3 as a group for the past 2 months whenever we could or were all on together.
She stays at home while her S.O. and son go to work, she's been unable to work since her last hospital stay the year before last. So she has nothing to do while home, and she's always been an avid gamer that stays online all day whenever she's not sleeping. She loved doing bounties, helping other friends of ours powerlevel characters or just helping out. Essentially, when she's not asleep, she's been playing D3 and was always happy when we would take her into T5 or 6 and help her get some gear (she's not the best player, but she's always grateful).
She was slapped with permanent account closure today. After call-ins, web-based chat, and correspondence, she was closed because she is logged in far too much, and according to the person on the phone, "Nobody plays like that". In her case, it was nearly 18 hours a day being logged into the game and somedays I know she never logged out of the main screen because she was on whether it was early morning or when I got home, and didn't realize she sat in front of the game THAT much and she always stayed logged into the game (doesn't shut down at night for whatever reason). Either way, requests for review were fruitless, and they're going to go with a full on ban for playing the game too much. I know, sounds like a bot, but that's simply not the case I can assure you that.
I'm only posting this because I know there are far more important D3 badguys out there, but come on, a disabled mother who's entertainment is video games? She played Warcraft like this, and Rift, and about everything else she joins in on. Further, if you're a person who plays like this, watch it, Blizzard seems to not give a care who you are. I'd just like to say that if they don't want you playing the game that much, then caution us.
There's a fish around here somewhere, I can smell it.
Believe as you wish, just forwarding the information and explaining that there is such a thing as collateral damage so others who may play like this know it can happen.
based on my experience with gaming forums and gamers, this definitely reads like an elaborate "I got banned for botting" story. if it's true though that's unfortunate, in my experience with a phone call up explaining the situation with possible proof they should have instantly unbanned her though. Definitely seems fishy, there's something you're not telling us.
While Blizzard isn't omnipotent, and they can make mistakes, a "permanent" account closure isn't a first step they take against what they think might be someone botting / modding ect. There's something else in that story.
What is proof of not botting though? I have heard of people sharing accounts with a group in order to play 24/7 and get up to crazy paragon levels. Also, with no auction house and no seasons, I may be in the minority, but I see no harm in botting. If someone wants to cut part of the fun out of their own gaming experience by denying themselves the satisfaction of leveling on their own, or the joy of finding that awesome item after so much grinding...well that is their deal. It doesn't hurt me.
If you want to have the ppl believing this you should show the mail with the "permanently closed for playing too much". I mean c'mon, you seriously think that Blizzard or any other company, would do this? There are ppl out there who haven't shutdown WoW for the past 3 years and were online 24/7 and are still around
I know Blizzard can get a bit draconian with bans - namely banning people with questionable behavior and then letting them get themselves un-banned as a precaution. But I just can't believe that Blizzard is in the business of banning people who have logged in for significant amounts of time but clearly aren't creating/joining games. It just doesn't add up. Honestly it doesn't even seem like something that would be on their radar.
They care about botters and cheaters. There is just no rational reason for them to care about someone sitting at the "lobby" for 18 hours/day though. There has to be something else to the story.
I have a friend who has an alternate acc and has botted for MULTIPLE days straight, no account warnings or closure. So, what most likely happened, is your friend got reported.
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This is really unfair, but a long time 10-year in-game friend of mine (who is a late 50s disabled mother) was recently tagged with permanent account closure. I met her during WoW Vanilla and have played with her and her son ever since. Until today, we've played Diablo 3 as a group for the past 2 months whenever we could or were all on together.
She stays at home while her S.O. and son go to work, she's been unable to work since her last hospital stay the year before last. So she has nothing to do while home, and she's always been an avid gamer that stays online all day whenever she's not sleeping. She loved doing bounties, helping other friends of ours powerlevel characters or just helping out. Essentially, when she's not asleep, she's been playing D3 and was always happy when we would take her into T5 or 6 and help her get some gear (she's not the best player, but she's always grateful).
She was slapped with permanent account closure today. After call-ins, web-based chat, and correspondence, she was closed because she is logged in far too much, and according to the person on the phone, "Nobody plays like that". In her case, it was nearly 18 hours a day being logged into the game and somedays I know she never logged out of the main screen because she was on whether it was early morning or when I got home, and didn't realize she sat in front of the game THAT much and she always stayed logged into the game (doesn't shut down at night for whatever reason). Either way, requests for review were fruitless, and they're going to go with a full on ban for playing the game too much. I know, sounds like a bot, but that's simply not the case I can assure you that.
I'm only posting this because I know there are far more important D3 badguys out there, but come on, a disabled mother who's entertainment is video games? She played Warcraft like this, and Rift, and about everything else she joins in on. Further, if you're a person who plays like this, watch it, Blizzard seems to not give a care who you are. I'd just like to say that if they don't want you playing the game that much, then caution us.
Hope this helps others protect their account.
But on the other hand. Proof of not-botting should get the account opened again.
So either proof or fake.
They care about botters and cheaters. There is just no rational reason for them to care about someone sitting at the "lobby" for 18 hours/day though. There has to be something else to the story.