Hello for about a year now ive been trying to get help with finding a way to appeal a ban i have on my main account. ive quickly made a new one to try find some help on the halo waypoint forums directly.
i was banned about 6 years now when halo 5 released. i was facing a gamebreaking bug on day 1 of the game that persisted for a couple days until the matter was resolved. at the time i was 16 and i was just a stupid kid really. its no excuse but honestly its my only reasoning for my behaviour. in my frustration of not being able to play the campaign for the first couple days i voiced my frustrations publicly on the waypoint forums and was getting angry and mouthy with people. in the process i got my account banned by a moderator until the year 2552. at first i wasn’t bothered by this but over the course of the 6 years of being banned its slowly dawned on me more and more that i miss being able to use these forums and interact with other halo fans.
i grew up with halo since i was 4 years old playing halo: CE with my older brother on the original xbox. as vague as my memories are they we’re the foundations of my love for halo, the music that played when the flood was chasing me as a kid haunts me it still give me Goosebumps when i hear it haha. the reason im trying so desperately to get back into these forums is that im primarily a PC player at this point and have been for the last 8 years, so when halo the master chief collection dropped for PC i was so happy it actually brought a tear to my eye, not to mention launching these games each time they came out and testing them in the flights. The issue is that even though ive been playing halo on PC, and lucky enough to play every flight ive felt very disconnected from the entire experience. in the sense that ive been unable to report bugs or get help from other halo fans who might be able to help me with certain problems when they do arise because im banned.
This feeling has never been more apparent than on July 30th - August 2nd when i was lucky enough to be in the first flighting for halo infinite and it was the most amazing experience ever i was so happy to be part of it, but at the same time that level of disconnect from the halo community was at the strongest its ever been in these 6 years of being banned. i wasn’t able to play my part as a tester and report bugs or chat with other testers on the forums about their experiences with the game, it was all so amazing but at the same time very hollow and lonely. Halo infinite is right around the corner and i would just love to be part of the waypoint forums again in time for when it does finally release. Im now 23 years old and have grown as a person im not the same angry kid i was back then, i would just love a second chance to be part of this community again and chat with other halo fans like myself i really do miss it. ive tried every single thing i can think of, tweeting mod that banned me, trying to use halo support, searching online for other solutions i honestly dont know what else to do.
if a moderator does see this i would just really appreciate it if you could consider unbanning me or at least pointing me in the directions of where to go to resolve this matter.
thank you.