I was banned for 10 days and I never say slurs and am in general just posting funny meme stuff in chat in delves like others do but I have been banned for 10 days and then they upheld my ban on appeal through a automated GM response. Why is there zero transparency on what we are banned for?
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You’ve gotten an email on what group the action it was applied in. And with that said, given the fact you’ve appealed before, this forum isn’t for ranting. If you think it was done in error, you can appeal until they say to stop.
And to point it out: They use templates, it isn’t a means to talk to anyone, plea a case, or try to talk to lessen an action.
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The system dedicated to this broke down over time and was eventually disabled because of constant inclusions of the wrong chat logs. There’s no current timeline on when it’ll come back.
You’re welcome to wait around these parts and see if an SFA might shed a little light on your scenario, however.
The appeals system IS your recourse, however. The responses are not automated and you can continue to appeal until you’re told any further petitions will be considered GM harassment. Every new appeal is looked at by a different member of the team.
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What others do is inconsequential. What you do in following rules or not is what matters.
There is no such thing. A template is chosen by a GM after review.
Your email should tell you the category.
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You can appeal! Even if what you posted was not offensive you could have been considered to be spaming. Plus if in the wrong channel if the stuff had nothing to do with wow that could be another cause.
Maybe one of the SFA’s might give more clarity. Either way the response you got is not automated. They send a form letter reply but each appeal is reviewed by a human.
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Just because u dont find it offensive doesnt mean others do and could consider it spam the other thing that gets players is thinking masked language is ok when its reportable and actionable.
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Your response wasn’t automated, it was a template, both the original action and subsequent appeal would have been reviewed by an actual GMs. You can also be assured that you did something if your appeal was rejected. If this was a 10 day suspension (not ban) that means that this isn’t likely your first offense, as the first chat offense would be a silence, since penalties ramp up on each offense.
If your being truthful and you just were posting memes, its quite likely your meme’s were not as funny as you thought, and were more offensive, the fact that you might find them funny however is not an excuse for posting offensive material in Blizzard chat. The GMs won’t provide you with a detailed reason, all you will get is the templates either confirming the suspension remains, or if it’s been lifted. I suspect if you think about it you should have a good idea on what you did.
That said, sometimes CS will jump in here and give you a bit more at least point you in the direction of what you said, that triggered the account action.
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If your suspension was upheld then that means another GM investigated the evidence surrounding your account action and found no reason to overturn it. And if this was a 10-day suspension, then this was definitely not your first violation.
Eh, that could mean absolutely anything and usually does, but this is not the place to talk about it. All you can do is appeal until you are told to stop.
You still have time to delete this thread before an SFA comes in and tells everyone what really happened.
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you cant delete a thread once its been replied to.
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Ah, the receipts are likely on the way then. I noticed the panda is in full form today, too…
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Inappropriate chat and profanity, Sarengo.
This isn’t a ban, bans have no end date. This is a suspension.
Suspensions are a natural progression from a silence. You were silenced 12/23. Suspensions then get longer with subsequent infractions until they eventually hit a permanent ban if the behavior isn’t remedied.
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in a game with a profanity filter? also 2025 to 2023. Perfect behaviour is there no fall off period?
Correct. You agreed to follow the rules. And no, those previous digressions don’t fall off.
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Some years ago there was a reset when we changed the system on the backend, but that was many years ago.
Outside of that - no, there is no reset.
Profanity has always been against our code of conduct - always. If reported, it is actionable.
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That doesn’t make the no cursing rule go away whatsoever. Even if someone has it on, its still against the rules.
No, if there’s a proven history, then any actions will pile up. There’s no lowered time for good behavor, this isn’t a jail.
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Taelsin recently posted that he made fun of someone dead parent and I doubt there’s any action in this. I would love to have a specific account of what was said.
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What someone else does have ZERO to do with your own actions. This isn’t pre-k, others actions have no interaction on your own.
If the blues want, they cane give you a vague recall of it, but nothing word for word. If it’s against the rules to say it in game, it’d be against the rules to say it on the forums.
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… it was a “your mom” joke in response to someone blaming him for team-killing with a mechanic. Not even remotely close to mocking someone’s dead parents.
Be real.
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Unless it was reported nothing would. Blizzard does not give that kind of information
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It would depend, but no one would be able to give details on others. Stick with your own situation. Don’t be toxic, use foul masked language. Been the same rules since the start.
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