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Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:29 am
by 36drew
Yesterday I banned a lot of accounts.
I went through players who had more than 6 accounts registered under their email, and if any of those accounts was ever reported stolen, all of the accounts registered to that email were banned until all of them are able to have their ownership proven.
I am trying to cut back on the rampant account theft / point trading that goes on, and this is one step in that process.
So if you had 9 accounts under your email, 3 of them have been reported stolen, and had logged in to 20+ accounts in the previous 24 hours from your cd-key, you have a lot of explaining to do.
Logging in to an account that is not your own, even if you have "permission" (note: ESO accounts are not transferable) you run the risk of getting all of your accounts permanently banned. Look back in this thread to see that this has always been the policy of ESO.
If all 12 of your accounts have been banned, ask yourself why you have 12 accounts, and if you can prove ownership of all 12, then email in to
age3support@robotentertainment.com
If your "friend" gave you his other "friends" account, you probably will not be unbanned.
Thought I would just post this here. It was posted by Aloysius at AgeSanctuary.
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:35 am
by gendarme
They should have a court and a jury with volounteers from AoE players voting for ban or no ban imo.
This sucks too much imo. They ban and when you message the reply after 500 years.
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:40 am
by Aaryn_GenD
great news... but...
it's always the same^^ he's only after the money, thus he bans account thefts etc.
the community would much more benefit if the droptrickers would be gone, instead of sum dumb **** trading accounts back and forth then wondering why they're banned. if one of 2 people who are trading acounts tries to permanently take over his opponents acc, then he gets reported to RE and then banned
and like he said (read between the lines) he knows some guys he banned didn't share any accounts but just themselve switching between their own numerous accounts, they can easily get their accounts back by writing an e-mail and proving it (PID, E-Mail, CD-Key, RE knows IP adress etc.)
overall he did a good job, in a community likes this bannings need to take place from time to time ;-)
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:36 am
by Drag
People on agesanctuary give him such a hard time, and I really can't see why...
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:15 am
by Sporting_Lisbon
Lol at these bannings, why doesn't he investigate the cases when people have e-mailed him asking to get the account back? -.-''
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:59 am
by I__CHAOS__I
for the case of Aoe3, I like this policy of "guilty until proven innocent"
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:18 pm
by deadhanddan
these bannings are a bad thing imo.
sure - account theft is bad , but why not actively seek out the accounts that have been reported as stolen instead of just '' assuming '' they are stolen? i can't understand it
also can't understand why the heck aloysius doesn't go after the reported drop trickers - i know RE has ways of finding out who does it
if RE spent half of the time they've spent banning on a fixxing imbalances then the overall quality of ESO would > current state of affairs
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:41 pm
by esam709
They dont care about the game they just ban people with lots of accounts because they are most likley to get another copy.
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:39 pm
by danno527
I never really understood the whole banning point traders, I mean how often do you find yourself going aw dammit i just got stomped by a point trader. The thing that bugs me is drop tricking. They should hunt down the droptrickers when they want to use their banning stick.
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:45 pm
by blayzer13
Drop tricking is network manipulation no? wouldn't it be significantly easier to trace than account thieves in the first place?
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:46 pm
by djdan
[quote=""deadhanddan""]these bannings are a bad thing imo.
sure - account theft is bad , but why not actively seek out the accounts that have been reported as stolen instead of just '' assuming '' they are stolen? i can't understand it[/quote]
Because hes lazy, he probably has a database somewhere where he can sort through the accounts, grouping the same e-mail addresses together, and probably ban them collectively, instead of doing the considerate thing and reading through emails and pointing out the eso name of just a few accounts
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:09 am
by wicked_assassin
i wouldn't care less, what sensible person has more then 6 accounts on 1 e-mail adress?
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:28 am
by Sporting_Lisbon
I hope eskaton didn't get banned
Used to have some funny conversations on expert chat
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:25 pm
by Aaryn_GenD
[quote=""Sporting_Lisbon""]I hope eskaton didn't get banned
Used to have some funny conversations on expert chat[/quote]
no worry he didn't ;-)
aloysius is a benefactor - now those ppl with 10+ accounts can finally start to get a life
Re: Mass Bannings by RE
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:33 pm
by gendarme
Haha, I wonder if Robot Entertainment has the CD key generator...