I HAVE NEVER USED ANY CHEATS OR PROGRAMS WAS I HACKED!? WHY DO I HAVE to wait 24 hours for a response this is nuts.
Account Action: Account Closure
Offense: Exploitative Activity: Unauthorized Cheat Programs (Hacks)
This account was closed for use of unauthorized cheat programs, also known as hacks or bots. These programs provide character benefits not normally achievable in the game and detract from the integrity of the World of Warcraft game environment.
Even though you say you dont use programs like that, there are some programs and overlays that may trigger blizzards warden. Some mouse and keyboard software is really bad for that. Especially if it lets you program macros or anything that looks like automation.
Bottom line here blizzard wont take ur word for it here appeal and keep appealing till they tell you to stop.
This is as far as this needs to go we arenât allowed to discuss account actions here period especially since the blues have gone home for the nite and. Iâm 99% certain wed just go in circles till the blues come in in the morning.
this is the the only thing I did, follow a bot, report itâŚ
Irrelevant that woudlnt cause ur account closer.
I still dont get why players waste there time folowing bots around theres better things to do right click and reporting does way more then folowing and videoing etc If the bots have warmode turned on by all means knock ur self out bu what real purposed other then wasting ur time does folowing a bot do.
because it was farming for what seemed days at a time in the same area i was farming⌠and i wanted to ascertain it was a bot by following it for a bit⌠to see if its movements were legitimate or not? This is the reason i got banned I guarantee it . Either that or the fact i have Master MX 3s mouse and they didnât like the scroll wheel lolâŚ
Appeal.
Putting bots on follow for multiple daysâŚyeah I just donât know what to say about that. I suspect there is more there. Good luck.
I didnât follow it for days dude⌠i followed it for like 5 mins
âLately I have been monitoring some bots in Suramar-Frostmourne, and auto-following âthemâ.â
Donât do that again. Right-click report instead. Appeal.
I didnât think people could get away with botting 3-4 days in a row, they were responding to me when I was like o hey are you botting?.. so I had to make sure that I wasnât falsely flagging someone for botting⌠hence the post about neural networking⌠I thought maybe it beat the system⌠LOL now I am banned, yea appealing but i think this mentality in the forum of guilty until proven innocent is pretty backwards⌠people make mistakes even blizzard employees
Whispering really isnât a good way to determine botting.
Should not let that worry you. If you think someone is, report and move on.
Now, bots are never banned here or there. They are always banned in a mass ban wave to give them little to no warning that theyâve been detected.
But - it is extremely unlikely that what you claim is the reason for the account action.
More often than not, it could simply be something to do with a programmable keyboard/mouse that has been set up (either intentionally or unwittingly) that breaches the âone action per keypressâ rule.
I report bots a lot. Investigations take time. They also ban in waves. It can take up to a month or more sometimes. Especially with some of these new bots and randomizing and all that. This can be frustrating for everyone, but there is no way to do it quicker. I am pretty sure of that given what I have seen.
You /followed bots for a period making it look like you were in the group.
Appeal. If that was what happened, and they donât have more evidence on the back end, then, seriously good luck.
And donât do that again. Just right click report. If they are in war mode, and you are feeling froggy, report before ganking.
Finally, all of us here wish you good luck and hope that it is a false positive. That does happen sometimes. Rarely. But most of the innocent victims we have seen tend to turn out not so innocent.
So, again, appeal, good luck, donât /follow bots. JustâŚdonât.
Edit: Nephe may be correct too. This may have nothing to do with getting grouped into a bot wrangling by Blizzard. It may be a program on your system or somethiing else entirely. Appeal, good luck.
Its an account closure dude.
I multibox, I do it 100% legit.
I was caught in the same area as a glider, mouse wheel up and down on inactive windows with a mouse.
Is there some new rule Iâm not aware of?
interact with target + mouse-wheel⌠= heâs farming efficiently lets ban him
or followed a bot caught in the algorithm = banned
So you were controlling characters in another client window without that window being your active client at the time?
We are not permitted to do anything that would streamline playing. That means you are unable to do anything at all that would allow you to control characters outside of your current active client.
Blizzard post about policy update on multiboxing rules: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/policy-update-for-input-broadcasting-may-2021/956613
Mind you that this is pure conjecture and should be taken with a grain of salt - I recall a few months back there was a wave of suspensions for people that had macroâd their scroll wheel. It seemed to be a common thread, but this was never verified by Blizzard (which, to be honest, most things are not). Especially with scroll wheel macros, spells or actions can fire off too quickly and can seem like automation.
And Iâll admit, I typed that up before finishing out the thread with your bit on multiboxing. So either can be the cause of it.
Itâs foolish to think following assumed bots around would do anything. If that were the case, weâd be flooded here with similar reports. A lot of the population feel the need to follow, interact and stalk supposed bots or illegal multiboxers. I personally donât understand it, but itâs their time and money being frittered away.
Appeal your sanction, thatâs all you can do. Even though our SFAs will often try to pop in and offer some sort of insight into things, there really isnât anything they have provided in the past for this particular category of sanction.
Also, asterisk-ing out a vulgarity is no different than typing it outright. I can understand your frustration, but the language is unnecessary and against the rules to boot. Especially when Kyzera was just making sure you knew the policy. If you were streamlining in any fashion, thatâll bite you.
Good luck to you in your appeals.
âWhile we encourage you to report players that are behaving in a disrespectful manner, falsely reporting another player with the sole intent of restricting their gameplay is also unacceptable and will result in penalties to your account.â - I was banned for flagging a botting account. ?
Greetings,
This action has been taken in accordance with our Terms of Use and our In-game Policies ( https://blizzard.com/support/article/42673 ), which all players acknowledge and agree to prior to playing. These policies and conditions allow us to maintain a fun and safe game environment for all of our players.
Our Battle.net Terms of Use can be found at https://blizzard.com/company/legal/eula.html
Regards,
Game Master Team
Blizzard Entertainment
Is this a gaslight or something?
No, you were not.
Youâre taking everything to the extreme.
Did you even read what you copied and pasted?
If you were to falsely report someone over and over with the intent of getting their account actioned, then that will result in penalties against you.
Generally, reporting a bot will not get you actioned, even if they arenât botting.
I reported them once maybe twice!? On every account that I owned because I thought I had the rite to do so⌠either way this has nothing to do with the original sanction - âOffense: Exploitative Activity: Unauthorized Cheat Programs (Hacks)â . This is a kangaroo court or something? Starting to think the bots were blizzardâŚ
Well, seeing as there isnât a court to start with, itâs rather pointless to bring that up. Bottom line is this:
Regardless of what you think or believe caused the account action; itâs meaningless as Blizzard only use their logs and nothing else in determining account actions. If their logs show proof of such, theyâre going to upheld the action. Posting on the forums has no bearing on it, nor does it mean anything whatâs said here.