- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Shishka
If you've been EXP banned, and you believe yourself to be innocent, post here. But first, let's get some nonsense out of the way:
- If you're cheating to get Achievements, you're still cheating. The banhammer is aimed at the behavior, not the intent. "I was just trying to get Yorick" won't get you out of the EXP ban.
- No, people aren't getting banned just because they play a lot with their friends. There's a difference between boosting and actually playing with friends, and we can tell the difference.
- If you haven't been banned, you won't see a message that says you have. Be careful that you did not confuse what we call the "nag message" that we introduced after TU2 with a ban message. Don't try to stir people up by claiming to be unjustly banned when you are not.
- All EXP bans given out so far are considered "first offense" bans. Two weeks is the duration for a first offense. The degree and duration of ban increases if you're caught cheating again.
- As is said on http://www.bungie.net/ban, it is not our problem if it is your brother, cousin, best friend, mom, dad, girlfriend, boyfriend, or kitten that got your console banned. If it turns out that your gamertag is suffering from their wrongdoing, that is an issue you'll have to take up with them.
- If you are "not sure" if you've been banned, then you haven't been. People who get banned are notified very clearly.
That should cover it. Post away! Keep it civil. People who get belligerent about their ban, especially when it's justified, are just going to get themselves in more trouble.
[Edit] One other thing: This is now the ONLY thread for discussion on EXP bans. Any new threads created to argue a ban will get locked.
Ok so explain this one to me. I created a free one month xbox live account on my xbox, and then gave it to my friend. He recovers to his xbox console, and then quits out of a bunch of games of grifball(that I wasn't involved in mind you). This had nothing to do whatsoever with my console. Next time I go to get on I get a message saying my console has been banned from matchmaking for a week. I called microsoft about this and they directed me to bungie, but considering you guys don't have a phone number or anything I guess I'm forced to post on here. I guess what happened is the system banned my console because that is where the account was created. Could you guys actually look into this and unban my. console because I didn't do anything. Oh yeah and for people saying I deserve a ban let me say this clearly THE BANNED ACCOUNT WAS NOT ON MY XBOX IT WAS CREATED ON MY XBOX, THEN HE RECOVERED IT. I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE QUITTING UNTIL I WAS BANNED AND FIGURED OUT WHAT HAPPENED. MY XBOX WAS OFF COLLECTING DUST.