Don't respond to pm asking for carry: People are abusing the report feature

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Well, this is a trainwreck to wake up to.

  1. Necro from many months ago
  2. Discussing specific account disciplinary actions
  3. Politics
  4. False claims regarding mods
  5. Name calling and insulting people

Pretty easy to see why some people run into issues when they can’t follow the rules they agreed to.

With regard to duration of the Silence penalty - it starts at 24 hours* and doubles each time you get a Silence. The Silence system started in 2016 and applies to your Bnet account, not each game separately. So while you may have only recently been Silenced in D3, if you were Silenced in another Blizz game, that would increase your penalty.

Here is a handy penalty chart.

Number Hours Days Years
1 24 1
2 48 2
3 96 4
4 192 8
5 384 16
6 768 32
7 1536 64
8 3072 128
9 6144 256
10 12288 512 1.4
11 24576 1024 2.8
12 49152 2048 5.6
13 98304 4096 11.2
14 196608 8192 22.4
15 393216 16384 44.9
16 786432 32768 89.8

I talk in General Chat all the time when I play and have never ever run into issues. The chat logs are attached to the report when it is made. If a GM hits the wrong button and accidentally penalizes someone, they can, and should, appeal. I have never had to though. I have never been silenced, suspended, banned, or otherwise actioned in any game or forum in my life.

There is currently a bug that prevents Silenced players from making a game in D3. It is covered in the Known Issues list on the Bug Report forum. Player List of Known Issues

When the Silence ends you can play again.

*Note: While a silence usually starts at 24 hours, Blizzard reserves the right to apply harsher penalties depending on the nature of the offense, up to, and including, permanently closing the account.

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