Uh WTF?

[Anozireth]

I would think that multiple accounts connecting from the same IP would be so common that it wouldn't even register. Maybe more than 5 from the same IP would be a little weird, but even then probably legit.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Blizzard is cracking down hard on multi-boxing. They will soon come around to your house and confiscate all your PCs, media, girlfriend and dog.

NOO! NOT MY DOG!

/rofl

P.S. No ban type issues here.

[Gallo]

I didnt have a problem last night *knock on wood*... Hopefully I'll be all good. I'm glad that it sounds like Blizz is working to correct this fast for legit users.

[Tehtsuo]

If it was many accounts on the same IP, wouldn't that affect people living in student dorms/apartments with a common WAN address? I wonder how many single-box users got hit.

[Xzin]

I didn't get any emails.

[Eteocles]

I logged on my Boomkins briefly before Hyjal last night but never got kicked and as near as I can tell from here no "Banned!" "WHOOPS LOL NEVERMIND" emails for me lol

[marvein]

Sounds like gold sellers are taking a huge hit via "the warden"! Yet the warden sniffed out the wrong bitches.

The warden looks for runnig programs and other software exploits, it doesnt look at what a player is physically doing. This just seems like someone had a serious stupid moment.

*edit* I was in 2 of my accounts last night, checking the others today, no problems at all and no emails.

[Vyndree]

I've logged in twice since the 2.4 patch -- Tuesday for about a half hour and yesterday for maybe an hour or two. Suvega has only logged in on his main PC (his new beefy one) on one character to go try out Magister's Terrace. No bansticks in our direction.

Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, it surprised me that they were allowing an automated system make the judgement call automatically which placed players on the top of the "penalty volcano". It makes sense from someone's explanation from their inside source that the automated system was supposed to flag for human followup and somewhere the code was fubar'ed.

Pretty big slip, if you ask me. There's an apology on the CS forums but I'd like to see them give out something to those affected by the ban, particularly since it hit right when 2.4 came out and everyone's itching to see the new content. It's not like a free week of gametime would be out of line. But it's their decision -- and their screw-up.

And for clarification -- it's hitting everyone -- particularly families, lan-party goers, and multiboxers since it's entirely based on how many accounts are logged in per household (IP). This is not a multiboxing specific ban -- and if I see some turd post about multiboxers getting the banstick on the general forums thanks to this thread I am literally going to chew their head off.

[Gallo]

and if I see some turd post about multiboxers getting the banstick on the general forums thanks to this thread I am literally going to chew their head off.

Ohhh, can't wait

[Basilikos]

... and if I see some turd post about multiboxers getting the banstick on the general forums thanks to this thread I am literally going to chew their head off.

That's almost tempting enough to have a low level alt troll the forums just so Vyn gets the word out some more!

But I wouldn't do that...