I just received an ingame warning for using scripts. I just play the game, I don’t even know about ‘scripts’. I do use macro’s from wowhead and addons that I get through curseforge. So how do I get to the bottom of what it is i’m supposed to have done wrong?
My original account that I had for 15years was suspended for 6-months and the only explanation given was that I’d been caught cheating in-game. After repeated requests for specifics, I was simply told ‘you’ve been caught, were suspending your account and we will ignore any appeals you make’. At the time, all’s I was doing was dailies, farming some herbs and ores and delves.
I need help with this because I have spent a lot of money playing this game and I have never used cheats. If one of the macro’s or addons (that I’ve used for well over 10-years) have suddenly been classified as cheating then I do really think its only fair to let people know. As for now, I am completely baffled by what this warning is about, any help would be greatly appreciated
Ban discussions aren’t allowed on the forums.
Looking it over, it appears to be more then a warning. Typically, cheating bans can be given up to a permanent ban.
Unfortunately, the only thing that Blizzard will let you know is the general category of why you’re getting penalised for and its duration. If specifics were given, it could give advantage to cheaters or armchair lawyering.
It appears that your appeals were thoroughly considered to the point that they have to ignore future appeals.
Most speculation is that if you’re using a work PC it could infringe upon the anti-cheat data or using hardware/software macros like Razer buttons or AHK etc etc. Many reasons but none confirmed.
Instead, the only advice that is left is that you will need to take a 6 month break. If you want, you could start a new game license on the same BNET after clean wiping your PC and not do anything that can be considered suspicious on it.
I am not discussing a ban, I mentioned my original account being suspended because its looking like there is something going on that is considered cheating by Blizzard, but I have never cheated nor have I have ever attempted to cheat. If there is some random script in an addon or macro, or a button shortcut that’s considered cheating then I am trying to find out what that is so that I can remove it and not get my account suspended again.
I’ve played wow no differently for 15years and then suddenly I get a suspension, did Blizzard just wake up one morning and say ‘oh look, that guy has been cheating for 15years lets suspend his account’? because that’s what’s happened. And without specifics how am I, a genuine non-cheating player ever to be able to understand the intricacies of what it is I’m apparently doing wrong?
A great many people pay a great deal of money to play this game, myself included! I consider requesting help with getting to the bottom of a something, that is clearly not an intention to cheat by me, is not an unreasonable request. Perhaps if Blizzard could spend as much effort in customer support as it does in taking our money then they would retain a great many more customers and maintain the ability to keep taking their money.
I’m sorry, you’re not discussing a ban yet in the same sentence continue discussing a ban?
They have considered your appeals. And decided that there is enough evidence to keep you penalised after an investigation and refuse your money.
I will state again that I am trying to find out what is going on with my ‘current’ account and the warning I received. I specified what happened to my old account as an outcome of what I want to avoid. If you could, for a moment, consider the actual problem that I came to these forums to solve and get off the ‘no discussing ban bandwagon’ then perhaps I can solve a problem before Blizzard decides that I’m cheating again ‘when I am not!’
They do not give warnings for scripting. It’s either a suspension/ban or not.
Let’s backtrack a bit and start, where did you receive this warning from? How was this worded? Do you have a screenshot? Why did you think it was for scripting?
it was an in-game warning message that said:
You are attempting to run a custom script. Running scripts could compromise your character causing the loss of items or gold.
It then game me the option to allow or not the use of custom scripts; I chose ‘no’. When I looked this warning up online, it says that its a warning that could lead to a suspension or ban.
Considering that I have just lost all my characters for 6-months that I have worked hard on for 15years, I didn’t want to run the risk of it happening again. And even in 6months when I log back into my original account then I’ll likely just get banned again for again doing nothing intentionally wrong. This is not a fair system when I am a player who has never had any intentions to cheat. I am the GM of my guild on my original account and because I’ve been unable to manage the guild, I’ve lost members and the guild is starting to suffer. This situation is completely unfair and affecting not just me but other players as well
Ah this one, I get ones like these too when I run LUA ones for my WeakAuras.
That is a common infowarning because they can steal your stuff through custom scripts (given by you from strangers) and that you should thoroughly check the code. It is not a Blizzard account action.
We had some very big thefts in the past through compromised scripts like that some time ago. It’s not the same thing like a Cheat or Botting ban. Blizzard does its best to limit certain script codes because of that nowadays.
I had a theft recently too, but apparently I’ll get it back in 6-months before it will probably get stolen yet again. If only I could get to the bottom of it, but the people with that knowledge won’t help. I took to the forums to request help from others who have experienced similar actions and I ended up being messaged by a hacker, asking me to pay and they would return my account to me - I refused… because I won’t be associated with immoral or underhanded tactics when I have done nothing wrong… if only the company I pay so much money to could be as forthright.
Your account isn’t owned by you, so nothing is “stolen”. And the ingame script warning is different from the Blizzard account action you’ve received.
Recent legalese has prompted software companies to add some clearer languages so consumers won’t have false expectations like explaining directly with a disclaimer before purchase that you’re getting a license. It was already so in the Terms so nothing really changed but sigh.
A different type of scam I’ve been seeing lately, nobody can help you get your account back but the company themselves so good choice.
I am the victim of discriminatory actions, told that I am in the wrong somewhere and subsequently punished, without any ability to know what specifically I did wrong and therefore not provided the opportunity to deny or defend myself, there’s a word for that, its called ‘victimisation’
What discrimination? Please show proof. How did they specifically target you, and discriminate you based on…?
If you look back in this thread, you’ve been jumping from reason to reason. First it was allegedly a “script warning” which is not a Blizzard action, then “theft”, then “discrimination” and then finally “victimisation”. Like what, they specifically chose you out of millions of players to become a victim of a cheat suspension for 6 months? And the next 4-X GM’s agreed to it???
You keep moving the goalpost. There is a reason why they stopped your appeals. They’re not going to endlessly review your case.
That is not entirely correct, you may always appeal and a fresh set of GM’s will review the evidence they have over you. They don’t like to ban people FYI.
As I said earlier, ban discussions like these lead to nowhere as you will keep circularly armchair lawyer yourself around your own points.
The original question of “script warning” was explained to you. Have a nice Winterveil!
Appeal what exactly??? I still don’t know what I have supposedly done wrong. All I got was an email saying ‘you cheated’. If doing delves, dailies and farming herbs and ores is considered cheating then sure i’m guilty because that’s all I was doing around the time. So yes it is ‘victimisation’ when I am being accused of something (not specified what), without which I can’t possibly appeal a very general allegation.
Imagine for a second that your accused of shoplifting, sent to court and punished, but at no time where you allowed or told where the shop was or when this supposed crime occurred, your just told ‘we know your guilty and here’s your punishment’, because that’s exactly what happened to me. I got a list of things I could have done to be found to be cheating - using automations, scripts, or other means to cheat in-game. That could be anything. What’s more likely is that I’ve killed a rare elite before a Blizzard player could tag it for a kill - and I can say that because apparently, wild generalised allegations without showing proof is how its done here in wow
Do you use WeakAuras? If so, then it sounds like this was the warning you received. It is simply letting you know, when you add a new Weak Aura to the addon, that you should check it came from a trusted source before using it.
Everything else you are arguing about is irrelevant and, by your own request, shouldn’t be discussed here: