that was speculation but alot of people have said they did not and were banned. People are very fast to say oh u are guilty cuz blizz said u are but here u have blizz saying oh we messed up sorry and yall think its not ok for blizz to shell out free game time to the people they falsely accused of stuff and took action against in a have hazard manor without any evidence to back it up
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So I don’t know where people are getting this information but many are saying that around a 25% of the sub base were hit with this banwave…
If that were true, it isn’t surprising why they’d decide to unban them all - it’s a huge loss of money for something as preposterous as changing your boob size or turning a Void Elf into a High Elf.
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Speculation
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Speculation
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Someone on Reddit said they had used the mod back during Legion, but not in BFA. However, the mod was still installed, so it was picked up by the Warden scan and that is likely what led to the ban.
And yes, that person’s account has been restored. I’m sure there are other cases, a mass restoration of accounts wouldn’t be underway if they had just a few stray accounts caught up. The net must have been super wide, and caught far more than just the guilty.
I’d expect a blue post in the next few days about this.
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You’re saying 6 month is justifiable for a 1st ban? Remember for a long time Blizzard never cared about it until now.
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There is no controversy.
They violated a well-known part of the terms of service since vanilla and got banned.
This isn’t a “Oh, what do you mean I violated an obscure part of the Terms of Service? I SHOULDN’T GET A BAN FOR THAT?!?” This is probably the most well known part of the Terms of Service.
People used it back in Vanilla to skip huge parts of AQ, and it’s why it’s in the Terms of Service now.
People aren’t being banned because they modded character models. That’s just a side effect. People are being banned because the same method used to mod character models is used to mod things like Ore Nodes, Terrain, etc. to cheat.
Blizzard literally has no way to distinguish between them. So unfortunately, everyone gets banned. And no, they are not going to waste time figuring out a way to distinguish between them all so you can get NSFW character mods, this is a game that has kids on it.
You violated the ToS, you get banned. It’s as simple as that.
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thats what im getting at the not guilty deserve to be compensated for the undue anguish caused by blizz incompetence
It wasn’t though.
If model edits were found to be effecting gameplay, action would be taken.
And if Blizzard found out about any cosmetic changes that someone was using, action would be taken.
It was pretty much “DONT GET FOUND OUT GUYS”
Still pretty much is. Just now, Blizzard is scanning a bit deeper than they were able to before.
There were a few edits in the past that would actually shift your characters model around so that your hitbox was different. It doesnt sound like much, but in stuff like PVP, it could really throw off other players, even if they couldn’t see the change.
There are many other ‘dangerous’ character changes that could be done, but I’d be here for days listing them.
Blizzard set the rules for -NO ALTERATIONS- to avoid any confusion or loop holes. SO no one could be like WELL THIS ONE IS ALLOWED SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THIS OOOONE.
Which people do.
A lot.
:l
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And then unbanned, like most players in this situation right now. So your point is moot. ![:slight_smile:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=6" ":slight_smile:")
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I’m not saying it was justified in just saying if that’s the case that it was well within blizzards rights. Also the other thing I said was that katrtijgfa dude was ridiculous for saying they should get 6 months of free game time.
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As it stands if blizz is running scans of more then my active memory thats BS they have no right to scan hard drives. Programs installed and not running are none of their business.
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There’s a fine line between never cared about and turned a blind eye / forgot to action it / had other things to do. Blizzard is known for sitting on things a long time, then deftly slamming the hammer down, known for knee-jerk reactions to things both deservedly and undeservedly.
That’s ridiculous
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just wait until somthing happens to you when someone says you did somthing you didnt do and you get punished. Maybe you spend 10 years in jail before DNA clears you… Sure you will be rich cuz you know how the real world works millions of dollars will be paid out to you for the wrongful punishment
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Just want to reiterate the actual reason “innocent modders” got banned. They used a 3rd party program to alter the game, the same way hackers and bot programs do.
Also this was always an at your own risk activity. Against the TOS but generally hard to catch.
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Using a ridiculously hyperbolic example of something to support your ridiculous argument is ridiculous.
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They knew that what they were doing was a violation of the terms of service and they knew the penalty for doing so. It isn’t upon Blizzard to inform you that they are about to punish you for doing something you know is wrong.
That said, I do agree that 6 months is insane for that…
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That’s the thing though. “Someone said you did something you didn’t”
This isn’t your word vs. theirs. Even being wrongfully banned meant you got flagged for something. The take away here is that the crime needs to fit the punishment. Retributive justice and all. It has nothing to do with wrongful imprisonment and is hardly comparable.
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For their stupid mistake on such a ridiculous ban putting them on that sort of pressure. They should get something back than I’m sorry. I know they’re not on FFXIV level when it comes to that.
Well for their sake they better watch how they handle it or else another Cataclysm of respect falls down on them again especially on this type of violation.
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