3 hour ban for PVP exploitation

[pattaz123]

Hi, at the weekend I played a lot of PVP. It was in AV, as it was the weekend, but on sunday morning at about 2am I got a 3 hour ban for exploitation. Now, I have never ever hacked or tried to and I'm confused as to why I got this ban. I've been alt-tabbing out of game sometimes when defending for example and sometimes got marked afk and removed from the battleground. Is that why I got banned? Doesn't seem like exploitation to me.

Thanks again MMO.

[Frumpy Frumpy Frak]

I don't think we're hearing the full story.

And it's a 3 hour ban jeez, go see a movie or something.

[Kynyia]

I don't think we're hearing the full story.

I'm going to agree with you on that.

[Arathull]

theres always 2 sides to a story

[terrorlord15]

theres always 2 sides to a story

No there isnt there 9 =/

[G_A]

If you were continuously AFK'ing in BGs, then that alone would warrant the ban.

You're ruining others enjoyment for the sake of your effort, and the fact that you continue to do it after the first few times shows that it doesn't bother you.

And as others have said, I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the full story, but the AFK'ing alone is ban-worthy as it is.

[Glomp]

3 hour ban?

God forbid you will have to sleep rather than play WoW rite

[pattaz123]

There is no other side to the story, like I say, I got afk'd out a few times whilst being tabbed out.

[GrieverXIII]

Are you one of those kids trying with a macro saying '' /e has reported you for being afk, to be unflagged please type /afk '' or something like that (don't remember the exact macro).

If yes, its a bannable offense.

Otherwise, i don't know. Blizzard rarely ever ban without a reaosn, so going to agree with others saying we didn't hear the whole story. Anyway just take a look at you e-mails, they usualy send one with the exact reason why you got banned.

[Oneru]

Alt-tabbing and being AFK in bg's is worth a ban in my opinion. When you're in a bg, you pvp.

If you wanna alt-tab and be afk, go stand in Dalaran or any other boring place.

[Taianne]

Are you this guy?

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....50268256&sid=1

Either way, you'll find your answer if you read the whole topic.

[GrieverXIII]

Alt-tabbing and being AFK in bg's is worth a ban in my opinion. When you're in a bg, you pvp.

If you wanna alt-tab and be afk, go stand in Dalaran or any other boring place.

While i agree to an extent, they don't even ban bots lol ,so kinda doubt they will start banning ''alt-tabbing'' people.

[Zarios]

Alt tabbing ban worthy? That's lol. Defending is boring, Especially in AV. I would reread why you got banned and come back to us, they usually have the reason to why.

[Nangz]

If you get afk'd out multiple times and reported it can be considered exploiting because this is how it plays out for blizzard.

Blizzard thinks that you are exploting by not playing and just farming honor. Being afk'd out once is fine but a few times is considered exploiting as you are just trying to get honor without playing. Its obvious, you admitted to not playing even on here.

[hodant]

Ya, shouldn't be any ban for alt-tabbing as theres nothing wrong with it and there is a anti-afk system already in place. However, it is only a 3 hour ban just take it and go do something else for 3 hours.

If your worried that this ban will be showing up on your record and cause you more likely to receive harsher penalties/suspensions/bans in the future then it might be worth repealing, but honestly it is nothing.

[Irony]

3 hour ban? Go outside.

[pattaz123]

Are you this guy?

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....50268256&sid=1

Either way, you'll find your answer if you read the whole topic.

Yeah, thats pretty much my problem spot on actually. For those telling me to go get a life etc I understand its a 3 hour ban and I was about to go get some shut eye anyway. For the record I know I wasn't playing and deserved to be kicked out on afk, I wasn't bitching just wanted an explanation. Thanks.

[wingcommander]

Are you one of those kids trying with a macro saying '' /e has reported you for being afk, to be unflagged please type /afk '' or something like that (don't remember the exact macro).

If yes, its a bannable offense.

Otherwise, i don't know. Blizzard rarely ever ban without a reaosn, so going to agree with others saying we didn't hear the whole story. Anyway just take a look at you e-mails, they usualy send one with the exact reason why you got banned.

Will bliz do anything to these kind of people? Seen it happen to a few other people.

[Deleted]

Blizzard doesn't have to list every possible way in which you can "exploit" the game in the T&C. You wouldn't be the first person to be punished for AFKing in Bgs. I think it is when it happens multiple, repeated times in a short space of time, don't forget they can then check your log for what other actions you're taking in the BG and ascertain if you're just occasionally moving to get rid of the flag, or if you were genuinely playing and just had to get the phone.

It's not an exploit to get AFKed out because you had to go do something, it could be considered an exploit to act with the intention of gaining honor but not actually playing, how they'd assess this would be overall behaviour in the bgs along with how many flags in a short space of time.

They obviously don't consider that you were using an auto bot or anything or it would be worse than a 3 hour ban, but the logs must suggest that you did not intend to play and were trying to "exploit" the honor system to get free stuffs.

Try not to alt tab in bgs.. if you don't actually want to be in that bg playing then don't enter it.

[Iamsylar]

Oh no 3 hour ban.............

Okay, move on.