There’s plenty of multiboxers that have 20+ accounts. If all it took was 20 reports, then players wouldn’t have complained ENDLESSLY for months that reports DO NOTHING against bots.
If 20 reports is all it took to automatically ban a bot, then all those bots outside of ZG on popular servers would be banned immediately.
Players can’t ban other players.
Well it has happened to my Guild Master so I am not going to take the word of a player. Perhaps if I could speak to a real person at Blizzard I could accept it, but they won’t even provide evidence on why my Guild Master was suspended. They did mention that they received mass reports however.
I find it a little funny that when you believe a Blue post confirms your bias, you’re willing to use it as evidence that you’re correct. When I point out that the Blue post actually contradicts your belief, you go to wowhead to confirm your bias.
Believe Blizzard when it suits you, and call them liars when it doesn’t?
You took the word of a player in that wowhead article. You’re ignoring the words of the Blizzard employees that I’m linking here.
That is for that situation, but they did admit that they received false reports so it did happen. I think they are trying to hide the true nature of the system so it is not exploited, but it is a little late for that.
They admit to having an automatic chat mute from player reports. They do not admit to having an automatic ban from player reports.
One is true, one is a false narrative spread by less than honest members of the community.
It happened to my Guild Master though. The initial action said they received mass reports. It was also an automated response.
Templated response and automated punishment are not the same thing. You should ask your Guild Master to be honest with you.
He is being honest with me, and I played with him most of the time that week. He did not bot or account share at all. He was suspended due to mass reports from the pvp community who were upset that he broke brackets. Game Masters are now upholding because it is a quick ticket to fluff their numbers
You had my sympathetic to your complaint up until this post. Doesn’t mean I believe one side or the other, however, the “fluff their numbers” argument smells of conspiracy theory and I don’t buy it.
There have been suspicions and complaints of mass reporting causing bans. There have also been blue posts denying such a mechanic exists. I think both sides of the argument have some baked in lies.
A GM is nothing more but a customer service rep, and they do fluff their numbers to increase metrics. Slapping uphold on account action takes a few seconds whereas actually investigating the issue takes some time and effort.