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Subject: The only "omg I gut EXP banned for NO RAISON" thread

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Posted by: Mysterious Ryan
Can we talk about why our fileshare was banned because my friend has had his fileshare banned because he put a silly Cat picture on his fileshare.. is it possible to appeal this and if so how?


Sorry but no. The File Share bans have been out for at least a year now, so really your "friend" really has no reason to not know about it. If it's not Halo 3 related or some map that's been modded, it doesn't go into your file share. It just doesn't matter if it was a "silly cat pic".

[Edited on 04.25.2009 2:21 PM PDT]

  • 04.25.2009 12:53 PM PDT

just wondering....because of the heat were i live and considering my mom keeps the AC of to save money my console has been overheating alot, so i only play at night (which has bine working btw)anyway if i am in the middle of matchmaking and my console overheats will it be considered quiting early and i get banned?

  • 04.25.2009 1:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: HolyGrail7
just wondering....because of the heat were i live and considering my mom keeps the AC of to save money my console has been overheating alot, so i only play at night (which has bine working btw)anyway if i am in the middle of matchmaking and my console overheats will it be considered quiting early and i get banned?


The Banhammer is looking for the behavior of EXCESSIVE quitting.I believe it was stated by Shishka or another employee that they can tell the difference between someone who quits and someone who has their connection drop. That being said you would still run the risk of getting the banhammers attention if your connection drops ALOT. Be it overheating or a bad connection, if you drop out of matches excessively you're asking for problems.

[Edited on 04.25.2009 2:30 PM PDT]

  • 04.25.2009 2:29 PM PDT

-blam!- YOU SHISKA YOU PRICK!

  • 04.25.2009 3:09 PM PDT

Posted by: Church187
Posted by: HolyGrail7
just wondering....because of the heat were i live and considering my mom keeps the AC of to save money my console has been overheating alot, so i only play at night (which has bine working btw)anyway if i am in the middle of matchmaking and my console overheats will it be considered quiting early and i get banned?


The Banhammer is looking for the behavior of EXCESSIVE quitting.I believe it was stated by Shishka or another employee that they can tell the difference between someone who quits and someone who has their connection drop. That being said you would still run the risk of getting the banhammers attention if your connection drops ALOT. Be it overheating or a bad connection, if you drop out of matches excessively you're asking for problems.


thanks

  • 04.25.2009 3:37 PM PDT
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this guy is clearly right ive seen to many people saying that they have been banned for no reason well bungie wouldent just ban people that havent done anything wrong would they i thought not and to be honest if i were bungie i wouldent xp ban them i would perm-ban they should get what they deserver mr-banhammer

  • 04.25.2009 8:55 PM PDT

Don't make me angry or i will shove coal so far up your stocking you will be choking out diamonds.

Sorry but no. The File Share bans have been out for at least a year now, so really your "friend" really has no reason to not know about it. If it's not Halo 3 related or some map that's been modded, it doesn't go into your file share. It just doesn't matter if it was a "silly cat pic".


Well how was he meant to know when he downloaded it from the Bungie.net site? and it was on someone's fileshare in the first place why wasn't it removed? he was wrongfuly banned and he wants to appeal his ban.

  • 04.26.2009 12:27 AM PDT
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i was banned on 3-15-09 for a week cpnsole banned then it went to a month console banned after that

(This is my first and only offense too)

it is now 4-26-09 clearly over a week and a month. 4 days to be exactly over...
two questions:
1. when will i get unbanned?
2. If this is my first offense how can they put a ONE MONTH CONSOLE bann on top of a ONE WEEK CONSOLE BANN if it is my first time?

  • 04.26.2009 9:14 AM PDT

Posted by: Mysterious Ryan
Sorry but no. The File Share bans have been out for at least a year now, so really your "friend" really has no reason to not know about it. If it's not Halo 3 related or some map that's been modded, it doesn't go into your file share. It just doesn't matter if it was a "silly cat pic".


Well how was he meant to know when he downloaded it from the Bungie.net site? and it was on someone's fileshare in the first place why wasn't it removed? he was wrongfuly banned and he wants to appeal his ban.


No he wasn't. No he can't appeal it. Bungie has made it clear that their stance on modded content is serious. The person he downloaded the modded content from probably is banned as well.

[Edited on 04.26.2009 10:17 AM PDT]

  • 04.26.2009 10:14 AM PDT

Posted by: l Foxx Iz Bak l
i was banned on 3-15-09 for a week cpnsole banned then it went to a month console banned after that

(This is my first and only offense too)

it is now 4-26-09 clearly over a week and a month. 4 days to be exactly over...
two questions:
1. when will i get unbanned?
2. If this is my first offense how can they put a ONE MONTH CONSOLE bann on top of a ONE WEEK CONSOLE BANN if it is my first time?

1. It goes from when you opened the message, maybe thats different from the date you gave.
2. The one week was probably an account ban.

  • 04.26.2009 10:16 AM PDT

I got EXP banned for 2 weeks because i went with some friends into mythic matchmaking to get the zombie achievements. As far as I'm concerned, this is NOT cheating. First of all, its not ranked and we are playing with friends so its as harmless (to other players) as a custom game. Second, I was merely taking advantage of a matchmaking flaw which for some reason was only working on the mythic maps, so how is that my problem? Of course people are going to take advantage of any (server) flaws which would allow them to get achievements. Especially stupid achievements like these mythic ones. I worked hard to get my katana and the original 1000 GS on halo 3, and then they have to come out with a handful of other random achievements that I can't even achieve yet?! Don't get me wrong, I understand what I did was wrong (according to bungie/microsoft) and my consequences could have been worse, but imo these achievements are strictly for personal gain and have no value, and i wasn't hacking or hurting anybody by doing what I did, so I don't really see the big deal. Sorry if this post is ridiculously long. BTW the other ppl i was playing with received NO ban.

  • 04.26.2009 10:23 AM PDT
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when i go to play it has this xbox has been one month console banned.

it never said i was perm banned at all

[Edited on 04.26.2009 10:40 AM PDT]

  • 04.26.2009 10:34 AM PDT
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solution found. dont cheat.

[Edited on 04.26.2009 11:22 AM PDT]

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Posted by: SabianBlacK
I got EXP banned for 2 weeks because i went with some friends into mythic matchmaking to get the zombie achievements. As far as I'm concerned, this is NOT cheating. First of all, its not ranked and we are playing with friends so its as harmless (to other players) as a custom game. Second, I was merely taking advantage of a matchmaking flaw which for some reason was only working on the mythic maps, so how is that my problem? Of course people are going to take advantage of any (server) flaws which would allow them to get achievements. Especially stupid achievements like these mythic ones. I worked hard to get my katana and the original 1000 GS on halo 3, and then they have to come out with a handful of other random achievements that I can't even achieve yet?! Don't get me wrong, I understand what I did was wrong (according to bungie/microsoft) and my consequences could have been worse, but imo these achievements are strictly for personal gain and have no value, and i wasn't hacking or hurting anybody by doing what I did, so I don't really see the big deal. Sorry if this post is ridiculously long. BTW the other ppl i was playing with received NO ban.


I don't think Bungie has a problem with all your friends going into a social playlist... but make sure they aren't just empty controllers being killed lmao.

  • 04.26.2009 1:31 PM PDT

i dont know if anyone is going to see this but i would like bungie to review my ban. me and my friends were messing around in rumble pit and for some reason i got banned from exp and no-one else with me got banned. at times i didnt get exp either. i dont understand exactly why i got banned. Can someone please review this?

  • 04.26.2009 7:56 PM PDT

i dont know if anyone is going to see this but i would like bungie to review my ban. me and my friends were messing around in rumble pit and for some reason i got banned from exp and no-one else with me got banned. at times i didnt get exp either. i dont understand exactly why i got banned. Can someone please review this?

Nice half-hearted excuse. Bungie isn't going to review your ban. Maybe next time you won't boost rumble pit. I don't think I need to post the games, you are probably well aware of them.

[Edited on 04.26.2009 8:35 PM PDT]

  • 04.26.2009 8:34 PM PDT

Posted by: Dynamo Jaxon7
i dont know if anyone is going to see this but i would like bungie to review my ban. me and my friends were messing around in rumble pit and for some reason i got banned from exp and no-one else with me got banned. at times i didnt get exp either. i dont understand exactly why i got banned. Can someone please review this?

Nice half-hearted excuse. Bungie isn't going to review your ban. Maybe next time you won't boost rumble pit. I don't think I need to post the games, you are probably well aware of them.


u wanna check the vids in theater mode? i wasnt boosting we were messing around...

  • 04.26.2009 9:27 PM PDT

Posted by: shatterdsouls93

u wanna check the vids in theater mode? i wasnt boosting we were messing around...


The "vids" are irrelevant. You have custom games at your disposal. Your "messing around" was boosting Mr. I have guests not moving and me getting most of the kills for medals and EXP.

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  • 04.26.2009 9:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: shatterdsouls93
Posted by: Dynamo Jaxon7
i dont know if anyone is going to see this but i would like bungie to review my ban. me and my friends were messing around in rumble pit and for some reason i got banned from exp and no-one else with me got banned. at times i didnt get exp either. i dont understand exactly why i got banned. Can someone please review this?

Nice half-hearted excuse. Bungie isn't going to review your ban. Maybe next time you won't boost rumble pit. I don't think I need to post the games, you are probably well aware of them.



u wanna check the vids in theater mode? i wasnt boosting we were messing around...


What you and many others tend to forget is that the Banhammer doesn't care what your intentions are. If your behavior in a match looks like boosting like in this match you'll get the attention of the hammer.

[Edited on 04.26.2009 9:48 PM PDT]

  • 04.26.2009 9:45 PM PDT

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  • 04.26.2009 9:49 PM PDT

Posted by: Church187
Posted by: shatterdsouls93
Posted by: Dynamo Jaxon7
i dont know if anyone is going to see this but i would like bungie to review my ban. me and my friends were messing around in rumble pit and for some reason i got banned from exp and no-one else with me got banned. at times i didnt get exp either. i dont understand exactly why i got banned. Can someone please review this?

Nice half-hearted excuse. Bungie isn't going to review your ban. Maybe next time you won't boost rumble pit. I don't think I need to post the games, you are probably well aware of them.



u wanna check the vids in theater mode? i wasnt boosting we were messing around...


What you and many others tend to forget is that the Banhammer doesn't care what your intentions are. If your behavior in a match looks like boosting like in this match you'll get the attention of the hammer.


yea well this will probable be my last post. the thing is im confused why i was banned and no-one else. Also theres people out there boosting tons of exp (100's of exp or more per day) yet the banhammer goes after me for ONLY a few matches that we messed around in not even really boosted, i really dont understand the banhammer. Welp theres nothing i can really do about it so im just not going to play halo 3 for 2 weeks and i allready have all the achievements that you can get so far, im good for the time being as no-one will be on my side so im just going to take a guess that bungie wont either.

  • 04.26.2009 11:32 PM PDT

This one time at band camp...

"git gud sun"

So I'm wondering when the "ban for de-EXPing" thing started, I was just randomly playing Infection and right at the start I get a message that says I've been banned for a week that flashed about four times and now I'm unable to play at all do to the ban.

Isn't the first warning suppose to be no EXP for a week for a minor offence and a two week ban for a first major offence?

I remember reading in one of the articles on the front page about a year ago how no harmful actions were going to be taken against those that de-EXP and now having just read the "Banhammer" list I still see no listing for de-EXPing.

The only games I quit consecutively are today for the DoubleXP Infection weekend and in Ranked Objective, although I fail to see how the system would even consider me quitting those games as de-ranking since I never go down in rank and in fact went up twice in a two hour period one time.

I don't expect to have my ban/suspension alleviated but I'd like to know what not to do in the future to prevent further "punishments". although I'd imagine all anyone is going to say is don't do the above, but yeah.

All help is much appreciated.

  • 04.27.2009 12:34 AM PDT
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i played a couple games on living dead and then i went to sleep. when i woke up it said i was banned for a month and i have no idea how i got banned. in the couple games i got a killionaire and an untouchable because i was in a high spot and no one could jump up to get me but thats all i could think of

  • 04.27.2009 6:01 AM PDT

Posted by: mcnichoj18
I don't expect to have my ban/suspension alleviated but I'd like to know what not to do in the future to prevent further "punishments". although I'd imagine all anyone is going to say is don't do the above, but yeah.

All help is much appreciated.
Stop quitting games would be enough dude. You have over 500 EXP penalties. That is a lot of quitting. I just looked at your last page of games and you quit out of most of them.

The ban isn't about de-ranking. It's about habitual quitting and harming others MM experience. When you quit that much, other people suffer, especially in team games.

  • 04.27.2009 6:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: HMajor11
-blam!- YOU SHISKA YOU PRICK!

Wow clever use of words.....way to endear the Bungie staff to your cause. Bottom line, don't cheat and you won't incur the wrath of the banhammer.

  • 04.27.2009 7:06 AM PDT