Not sure why this happened for so long and even after an appeal I got an automated response telling me I’m out of luck and have to sit the 1 week silence.
Not sure if this has something to do with a new report feature but I’ve been playing WoW since vanilla and a first offense silence never should last this long. This account in particular I’ve had since Legion and even in Legion they implemented a new silence system stating that the first offense will ONLY be 24 hours. I think there was a mistake. Not only that but it also transfers over to WoW classic. Not sure if that’s intended or not but I can play every other Blizzard game and speak normally.
There was no mistake in the consequence delivered, I’m afraid. As is the guarantee with the ever-changing nature of an MMO, the new system they implemented back then was not enough of a deterrent as they’d have liked.
It was changed again several months ago.
A mistake that action was taken is always a possibility, which is why the appeals system is in place, as you’ve discovered. You’re welcome to continue appealing until they explicitly state no further appeals will be looked at.
It does follow logic that the connected Classic account is also affected, though.
Well this policy makes no sense, and I highly doubt I would’ve been suspended over calling someone an autist in Legion. Literally can’t play the game for a week over a single report. Oh well Ty for the help.
Blizzard has been cracking down on the rules as they should have been from the get go, and a single day’s sanction obviously hasn’t worked so they upped it to drive home that certain behaviors are unacceptable. It’s caused a rude awakening for a number of folks like yourself, unfortunately. The player toxicity has been an issue for far too long. What might have flown back in previous expansions is not the case anymore.
I would advise you to be careful from here on, because these sanctions stack. Next time will be a suspension, and after that the time doubles. It’s also worth noting that they don’t fall off, these sanctions stay with your account.
Very old system chat infractions would result in a suspension. Duration was up to the GM based on offense, past history, and policies. This could include account closure.
Legion 2016 they rolled out the Silence system for many chat infractions. It started at 24 hours and doubled each time after that. GMs could still apply a Suspension or account closure depending on nature of offense or history of the account.
Current system, because the shorter silences did not seem to have the desired impact, is a week Silence for a first offense, and suspensions after that, with each getting longer ending eventually in account closure. Depending on nature of the offense, even a first penalty can be a suspension or closure.
Please take this as friendly advice but if you keep thinking this way, you’re going to get more silences or they’ll just upgrade them to suspensions.
You really shouldn’t say “oh this must be a mistake” or “this must be because of the new policy”. No, you should be saying “maybe I need to tone it down.”
I’ve also noticed that people are just saying what they want, thinking they’ll get 24 hours, so it makes sense that Blizzard said “hmm 24 hours isn’t a deterrent”. Your OP kind of confirms that.
The fact you see nothing wrong with throwing around a neurological condition that people struggle with as an insult, and admit as such while trying to make yourself look better, assures me the suspension was more than justified.