So yesterday I made a post about our tank been banned for ‘botting’. He isn’t a bot, we all play together and he streams and he’s never online randomly in a evening not responding to people. Anyway, I was obviously annoyed. I called out blizz in a post (not realisiing they said the forums isn’t the place to appeal) but I’d probably choose a better wording this time.
I understand that these players are most likely collateral for crushing the bots (We all hate them, even the person in question was talking about how he supports their choice) But that do you do when you’re in this position? How will Blizzard reimburse these people when they’re proven to be innocent? Wait a week when they haven’t done anything wrong? The person I’m talking about received a automated response but imagine if your account was in the same position. I’d be pretty irritated. Especially considering the amount of effort we put into the game.
I know these people are most likely in the vast majority when it comes to the ban wave, thank god it culled the bots, but how does blizzard respond to their mistakes ?
Personally it should be on their agenda to unban these people as soon as possible, but knowing blizzard, that wont happen.
Thanks
Collu
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So posting about the ban for the third time or is it the fourth? Never a good idea.
The tank needs to appeal it, you posting will not affect it at all.
My guess is that he used a macro program to automate. Or maybe he fishingbotted or something like that.
You cannot know what he did or didn’t do unless you were physically with him 24/7.
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Yeah, but my issue isn’t about the specific ban but the players who get banned when they’re just unlucky the system picked them out. He didn’t use any macro, as I said he streams. Blizzard have a track record of making mistakes and to be honest it’s hard to blame them when the games rampart with cheaters / bots. But I agree that from your standpoint thats a valid conclusion but it isn’t the case.
thanks 
As I said they only way for him to appeal is via a ticket, personally I don’t think you knew him as well as you think.
You making another generalised thread will not help anyone, Blizzard only look at bans on a one by one basis, except once when people using t-morph were banned.
Yeah I guess you’re right. Just frustrated. Blizzard haven’t really been great recently. Regardless I hope they resolve their mistakes swiftly.
how can you be 100% sure he never botted? maybe he has a 2nd character not in your guild? with that character maybe he botted to farm gold? who knows?
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I hope it is a mistake but something tells me it’s not.
Hmm, I think you’re too hastily judging here. Apparently hes been mass reported and since it’s our main tank I doubt its a accident. So that explains the ban, just hopefully they get back to him soon I guess.
So, what did he do to get mass reported?
No clue… He’s just been farming Maraudon for the past week with guildies. Thats literally it. Not scripting or anything… I mean why would be need to bot in order to just pick loot up? He 100% wasn’t doing anything malicious. We’ll just have to wait though I guess. 
Again you can’t be sure of that.
You can’t be sure that’s all he was doing. That’s all you know he did.
People can be reported a thousand times, if they are not doing anything they won’t be banned.
Edit: He could even have been banned for something in Retail.
I mean you’re assuming the worst in him but I don’t blame you since you don’t know the guy, but trust me he’s not botting on a character that has thunderfury and rank10 that he grinded for. He wouldn’t even know how too. I know you lack context of him or the situation but from my personal prespective and everyone whos played with him, this is outrageous. I mean the guys done jump runs untill this new recent farm for ages with again, different guildies and always on disc. I think it’s honestly just a targeted mass report and he also doesn’t play retail. Jeez you’re really trying to make it seem likes hes botting. I guess thats what bots do the the community. Meh
And you are doing the exact opposite, calling him a saint, I assure you very few people are, everyone has a bit of bad in them.
This is a guy you have never met you don’t know his background and as I’ve said before it may not be an actual botting program but a macro program, even with one running in the background you can get banned, he could be using t-morth or something else like that.
Remember the US serial killer BTK? He was an upstanding member of the community who no one had a bad word to say about. I not saying that he is anywhere near that bad, it’s just an example of how people can fool others.
Another phrase is “A wolf in sheep’s clothing”
If the case is that your server grouped up to get him banned, im a bit worried about all the bots that gets left alone for months before they touch them even with so many reporting them each day?
He did something bad and now his paying for it…
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If you keep posting about the same topic, you gonna be banned from the forum. On general, your prev same topic closed by modder for reasons. Better delete this, for your sake.
I mean my point isn’t about the specific ban - It’s about what happens when the bans are not valid, whats the protocol? Let’s say for argument sake my premis is correct- What do they do?
The protocol seems to be to not commment on it publicly, and lift the ban if it is appealed and they have no evidence. There is nothing you can do though. The only person who can ask blizzard to unban him is the account owner. If he says Blizzard won’t listen that probably means they have good evidence, and he is well aware of what he did.
Thanks for the response. I hope it’s a mistake. He’s very genuine but as you say you never know. But I’d put my money on it as been a accident. Cheers Rich.
if he was farming maraudon maybe he done the landslide farm and blizz got mad and saw it as exploit :D?
Don’t know if your story is true or not, but u have my support, it has happened to me and I’m sure to others. People who say to not post this, I disagree as more people posting= bringing awareness and higher chance we get our accounts back.To the people who claim " you can’t possibly know him" the same arguement goes for you, alot of you are downvoting us on reddit and generally condemn us already, and while we don’t ask for your support at least you can keep an open eye and don’t claim knowledge of the truth.This is what I would do at least, since blizzard has a track record of banning people and then reverting the bans.
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