How likely to get a ban?

The question is in the topic title. I myself have not yet encountered and I know that multiboxing does not violate ToS. But, nevertheless, at this forum sometimes there are topics from players who have received ban. How real is the threat?

Recently, one guy wrote to me in a chat that I was a cheater, that he made a report on me, and so on. Two days have passed - all is well. But what if there are several such guys? Sometimes 2-3 guys hang around me, and they write in the chat "wtf is going here ???" Is it worrying (or am I paranoid?)

Another question is that sometimes one of my pawns randomly disconnects from the server. For no apparent reason, the Internet is working. Reading topics about bans, I realized that this is one of the methods by which the GM checks whether I am a bot. It turns out that I have already attracted their attention?

The best way to avoid a ban is to not call other players an eyesore?

Share your experience.

P.S. I use google translate, so my English is not like Shakespeare.

As long and you are not breaking and of the ToS rules you are fine don't worry about it I been called out so many times its not even funny.

The funny thing when I was low level when I got the most hate now that I am 53 they all pm for help lol and yes I play on a PVP server. any ways good luck and have fun..

Been boxing on retail for 2 years all the time,not a single whisper from GM but I've been checked prolly few times. Also, I've been called cheater, abuser for zilion times, still nothing happened ever.

Also, boxing on Classic as well, been called cheater trilion times. Nothing happened. If you don't do any fishy stuff, or really do things like making zone disruptable nothing will happen.

I believe that eventually, GM's/CS flag you as a multiboxer, and "cheater" reports end up being ignored.

If abiding by the rules, there is approximately a 0.721493% chance of having action taken against your accounts, although studies show that it is slightly higher in non-English speaking regions.

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It goes hand-in-hand for cheaters to also be dishonest, so when they tell people why they got banned they generally dont tell the truth. Sadly you'll even see these kind of people contaminating this amazing community once and a while.

I was wondering about this because I got sick of horde camping every single FP with raid groups so I went to Freewind Post in thousand needles and took sole control of it for hours at a time. I Instantly killed the flight master whenever it spawned, the innkeeper, any civilians and of course any horde. Would that be against TOS? It sounds crappy but from a moral perspective it’s no different than what horde are doing elsewhere in the world.

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Originally Posted by Hksix

I was wondering about this because I got sick of horde camping every single FP with raid groups so I went to Freewind Post in thousand needles and took sole control of it for hours at a time. I Instantly killed the flight master whenever it spawned, the innkeeper, any civilians and of course any horde. Would that be against TOS? It sounds crappy but from a moral perspective it’s no different than what horde are doing elsewhere in the world.

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in retail it is punishable, but multiboxing has nothing to do with the reason it isnt allowed(same rules for solo, group, and multi), and it's not a black and white decision but instead a GM makes their own choice whether or not the offender was causing the game to be unplayable for others by camping important npc's. The GM doesnt just outright punish the offender either, they do give ample warning and ask politely to alter gameplay. When you see someone punished for this offense, they will have definitely declined the GM's requests to stop knowing they are likely to get punished. (i personally believe it's a bad rule and signing up for pvp servers/enabling pvp means you should understand you can be attacked and killed anytime anywhere).

In classic when the issue first came up, blizzard took a hands off approach similar to how it was in vanilla. Only extreme camping was punished, and by extreme i mean camping for half a day or more, and the punishments were very light. But now with phase 2 and the impact it has had on wpvp they really can't punish anyone for it because of how prevalent it is. I'd be shocked if anyone got in trouble for camping zones atm. When BG's open up on Dec 10th all this changes and i think we go back to the retail-like ruleset disallowing it to nothing more than a couple sweeps through an area. But no worries, expect a GM whisper before you ever feel as if you are crossing the line and as long as you comply your accounts will be A-okay.

If the number of people that reported you was directly proportional to the chance of getting banned, every multiboxer on Magtheridon back in the day (and there were a lot) would have been banned repeatedly.

I've been multiboxing for years, and I get reported multiple times pretty much any time I'm on and not just spamming dungeons (and sometimes even then), and I've never had so much as a suspension for anything. Follow the rules and everything will be fine. And even if it isn't, you can appeal and should get your accounts back.

The only suspensions that might have resulted from my multiboxing are to people reporting me because they either told me to kill myself or used various slurs. I can't confirm - I just tend to ignore people once they cross either of those lines, so they cease to exist for me - but I've been told by someone else that at least one got banned for it.

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The only suspensions that might have resulted from my multiboxing are to people reporting me because they either told me to kill myself or used various slurs. I can't confirm - I just tend to ignore people once they cross either of those lines, so they cease to exist for me - but I've been told by someone else that at least one got banned for it.

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LOL it's so satisfying when they cross those lines and you just know they done messed up.

I worked for a short while back in TBC-wraith for blizzard offices in the European Centre in Ireland. doing “gm” work, and honestly it’s call Centre work...
I can 100% garuntee everyone on this forums accounts have all been reported, but having worked on the other side all that happens is we get a report for botting. We open the ticket. Search the players profile, see if they’re online... go watch. If they’re boring they flagged and sent to accounts/billing, if it’s a multibox (which is damn obvious as we all know, we will tend to fuck with the toons a few times to see if it’s a human response or not. Like breaking follow, transporting it away from group, such forth and so on. Even occasionally I would /w people and talk to them. Depending on how many tickets were on the boards and how my quota was looking. After the second or third time you get reported your accounts would be flagged as a multiboxer and all we would do was check that all accounts were in the one name. If so, just disregard the ticket and put it down as solved without even looking.

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After the second or third time you get reported your accounts would be flagged as a multiboxer and all we would do was check that all accounts were in the one name. If so, just disregard the ticket and put it down as solved without even looking.

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And if accounts on differents name? I created them for multibox, but used different fake names ...

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Originally Posted by Pesso

And if accounts on differents name? I created them for multibox, but used different fake names ...

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well using fake names on the accounts means you're F'ed. Registering accounts under fake names is a pet peeve for blizzard.

I'd call support and try my hardest to rectify that asap, while the accounts are in good standing. If you bought hard copies you will want to have the serial numbers ready. If you bought digital copies and did this, oof. You might be able to show the credit card ownership ect. I had to send pics of my I.D and hard copies of diablo 3 just to retrieve my account when i had one tagged for suspicious activity. If i had registered under a fake name there was zero chance to get it back. Get it fixed or you wont be able to retrieve them if you ever lose control of them for any reason, let alone looking suspicious when boxing under different names.

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After the second or third time you get reported your accounts would be flagged as a multiboxer and all we would do was check that all accounts were in the one name. If so, just disregard the ticket and put it down as solved without even looking.

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For real you checked the names? I have been multiboxing on battlenet with different names from tbc to mop and 300k HKs worth of reports (however that number translates in reports) and nothing ever happend xD. I either got lucky or german GM's didnt take it that serious with the rules.

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Originally Posted by Purpleflavor

well using fake names on the accounts means you're F'ed. Registering accounts under fake names is a pet peeve for blizzard.

I'd call support and try my hardest to rectify that asap, while the accounts are in good standing. If you bought hard copies you will want to have the serial numbers ready. If you bought digital copies and did this, oof. You might be able to show the credit card ownership ect. I had to send pics of my I.D and hard copies of diablo 3 just to retrieve my account when i had one tagged for suspicious activity. If i had registered under a fake name there was zero chance to get it back. Get it fixed or you wont be able to retrieve them if you ever lose control of them for any reason, let alone looking suspicious when boxing under different names.

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Currently you can create new accounts and just use the trial WoW that on retail lets you go to level 20 (and thus buy nothing) and then start a subscription. I did that on some of my accounts because some of my existing ones shared the same battle.net and I wanted to keep all my accounts on separate battle.nets going forward.

That being said they are all under my name so no concerns there.

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Originally Posted by Kruschpakx4

For real you checked the names? I have been multiboxing on battlenet with different names from tbc to mop and 300k HKs worth of reports (however that number translates in reports) and nothing ever happend xD. I either got lucky or german GM's didnt take it that serious with the rules.

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Ya, standard first practice was to check account names, this was pre battlenet and account sharing and boosting was a major industry. People boosted accounts using Paladins to aoe down instances and then sell the accounts after, so if you got a report step 1 was check account names because if they didn’t match what was on file in was insta flagged/locked and sent to accounts/billing no more work needed from you... a ticket answered in 30 seconds instead of the 10 min while you follow him around in game looking to see if he glitches or has pathing issues.

As far as I know the non English servers were handled in my office as well, there was a team of multinationals there.

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Originally Posted by Kruschpakx4

For real you checked the names? I have been multiboxing on battlenet with different names from tbc to mop and 300k HKs worth of reports (however that number translates in reports) and nothing ever happend xD. I either got lucky or german GM's didnt take it that serious with the rules.

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You are playing with fire dude :p

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Originally Posted by Baltyre

You are playing with fire dude :p

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didnt repeat that mistake with classic accounts, but I still have to laugh about all the people who reported me over the years and yet it was such a simple error that could have gotten me banned forever