Will I get banned for this?

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

So Blizzard isn’t sending apology emails and retractions less than 24hours after enacting a mass ban wave. Cool.

[Delimicus-benediction]

@Delimicus-benediction

Many players have been AFKing or playing passively in AV. Those players were being reported across many games and Blizzard has a process for investigating AFK reports in AV. They look at the account in question and how many games that player had zero or close to zero damage/healing. If they notice a pattern, they flag the account for suspension.

After people started appealing their suspensions, Blizzard realized their criteria for suspending people in this wave included too many people who were actually defending objectives and happened to have a lot of games where they incidentally did zero or close to zero damage and healing. Such is the nature of a BG like AV, where a conflict of strategies between opposing teams could leave players defending objectives with no one to fight. Blizzard realized their error after reviewing appeals and decided to remove the suspension on many accounts.

What sounds more reasonable, this explanation or the ludicrous claim that Blizzard has given every player GM banning powers with extra steps. One person earlier claimed that it only takes 5 reports to automatically ban someone. Does that mean that each individual account has 20% of a GM’s power to ban people?

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

Quoting yourself, that’s cool, as if you are an authoritative source. Blizzard has been sending out emails apologizing for the false bans.

[Mezrine-dalaran]

That is not true whatsoever read the blue post, you will get a AFK debuff which will kick you from the match unless you’re doing damage then the report is disregarded.
as long as someone is doing damage the report is useless also he must be reported over several battlegrounds before the ban takes place.

So yes only toxic players are being banned and rightfully so

[Delimicus-benediction]

@Obamadìn-grobbulus

as if you are an authoritative source

Is Blizzard an authoritative source?

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

Their emails saying they made a mistake?

[Delimicus-benediction]

Do you believe that Blizzard is an authoritative source?

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

It doesn’t matter what I believe. Blizzard sent out emails apologizing for a mistake they had made with this ban wave. Unless that is incorrect and they have investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong, again.

[Kekbot-jom-gabbar]

@Rendrael-benediction

Probably not the amount that claim it.

Ah yes, one of those guilty until proven innocent folks. For an automated ban system, in a game of toxic report hungry players. Great stance champ.

[Delimicus-benediction]

7 day suspension

For non-participation players may report you if they feel you may be /afk or not participating. When enough reports are received in a match you will usually receive a temporary debuff that encourages you to get into combat. If you do not, you are usually removed from the match. Those reports may also trigger an investigation, but none of that is automated. A member or members of a specific team are tasked for these kinds of things and will look into the reports and your in-game behavior to de…

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

“Blizzard investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong”
5 min later
Community council members banned, apology emails, unbannings occur.
Your corporate narrative checks out.

[Delimicus-benediction]

“I only believe Blizzard when it fits my narrative!”

– You.

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

So, who accidently banned all those players?

[Emmortahl-nazjatar]

If you aren’t repeatedly AFKing, you won’t get banned.

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

That was proven incorrect with the emails and retractions of players being banned.

[Delimicus-benediction]

@Obamadìn-grobbulus

Quoting yourself, that’s cool, as if you are an authoritative source. Blizzard has been sending out emails apologizing for the false bans.

“You’re not an authoritative source! Blizzard is! They’re sending out emails apologizing for their automatic bans!”

I post a link saying the bans are not automated.

“Ha ha, you corporate shill! You actually believe Blizzard?”

– You.

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

Who incorrectly banned the players getting the emails?

[Obamadìn-grobbulus]

We can do this! You will get there!

[Delimicus-benediction]

@Delimicus-benediction

Many players have been AFKing or playing passively in AV. Those players were being reported across many games and Blizzard has a process for investigating AFK reports in AV. They look at the account in question and how many games that player had zero or close to zero damage/healing. If they notice a pattern, they flag the account for suspension.

After people started appealing their suspensions, Blizzard realized their criteria for suspending people in this wave included too many people who were actually defending objectives and happened to have a lot of games where they incidentally did zero or close to zero damage and healing. Such is the nature of a BG like AV, where a conflict of strategies between opposing teams could leave players defending objectives with no one to fight. Blizzard realized their error after reviewing appeals and decided to remove the suspension on many accounts.

What sounds more reasonable, this explanation or the ludicrous claim that Blizzard has given every player GM banning powers with extra steps. One person earlier claimed that it only takes 5 reports to automatically ban someone. Does that mean that each individual account has 20% of a GM’s power to ban people?

[Emmortahl-nazjatar]

Great, so sitting stealth behind a random tree is going to continue being rampant because Blizzard can’t stick to punishing AFKers.