The official Halo 5 "Why was I banned?" thread

Just got my first time being banned in arena. It was just for a few minutes. But I don’t know why. Is there some place I can check it?

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> Just got my first time being banned in arena. It was just for a few minutes. But I don’t know why. Is there some place I can check it?

2 out of your last 10 matches were DNFS. The most common reasons for being banned are quitting/leaving matches (this can include disconnects), griefing (suicides, betraying your teammates), and Afking (I.E. Being away from your controller for a periods of time.) If you haven’t done the last two, your ban was likely do to the first.

what recourse is there for being logged into a bad server that loads 2 yes I repeat 2 sessions of arena on my console at the same time. I have no control on being selected for this server with the oversized intermission screen, yet even when i completely log out of multiplayer, I repeatedly automatically get connected to the second game already running in the background most of the time just in time to see the, WAKE UP JOHN screen. Sure would be nice not to have to unplug my console after every arena match just make sure i am not on this bad server or that i stop getting banned for not being in two arenas at the same time, since i have no control too avoid this weird rogue server that repeatedly selects me as a player.

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> > > > I’ve left ONE match in playing Halo 5… JUST ONCE!!! and I get a ban!!! What is that??? I never am idle, I always play and hardly betray… What is going on???
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> > > Due to this.
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> > > > > > The unbalanced BTB is so absurd… Gooool
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> > > > > Bypassing the word filter
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> > > > Just showing how anything can be bypassed… Like bans even.
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> > > Sane was attempting to tell you that bypassing the word filter is against forum rules as is flaming. So you might want to edit that before the mods arrive.
> > > You can read about them here.and the penalties are here.
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> > I don’t care. I’ll take my ban and my list taken down with pride. As long as a few see the frustration that 343 is ignoring I’ll be a martyr
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> You have 10 DNFs within the past week. Strangely enough, almost every**single one you ended up losing or going negative on.
> So enjoy your ban, you can’t be a martyr if the banhammer is doing its job correctly.

Was that directed towards me? Lol Cause I have gotten no bans. I’m good like that. I’ve been dropped a lot from the server though. Lmao

godspeed

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> > Just got my first time being banned in arena. It was just for a few minutes. But I don’t know why. Is there some place I can check it?
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> 2 out of your last 10 matches were DNFS. The most common reasons for being banned are quitting/leaving matches (this can include disconnects), griefing (suicides, betraying your teammates), and Afking (I.E. Being away from your controller for a periods of time.) If you haven’t done the last two, your ban was likely do to the first.

Ok, thanks for following up for me. I have been having some connection problems . And also power shut off. Losing doesn’t bother me, I enjoy the game for fun. So I’m not a rage quitter. Thanks again for your reply. Now I know in case it happens again.
Cheers!

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> > So I don’t see a ban for kickin -Yoink- in team arena soooo why was I banned?
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> Because you have 10 DNFs within the last 48 hours.

I got back into arena the day I posted my comment and only played 4 games so plz tell me why was I banned

i played warzone and got banned from areana. Like REALL

i played warzone and got banned from areana. Like REALL

i played warzone and got banned from areana. Like REALL

i played warzone and got banned from areana. Like REALL

i played warzone and got banned from areana. Like REALL

bull -Yoink- lie, i was lagged into a game i didn’t want to play, i left went and played a game of doubles and then was banned for leaiving ONE GAME

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> > > So I don’t see a ban for kickin -Yoink- in team arena soooo why was I banned?
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> I got back into arena the day I posted my comment and only played 4 games so plz tell me why was I banned

Because I see multiple games that you have DNFs in. Your most recent game at the time of this comment was a DNF…

7/31 - Firefight at Escape from ARC
7/31 - Warzone at Escape from ARC
7-31 - Firefight at Raid on Apex 7
7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar
7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar (again)
7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
7/30 - Snipers at Plaza
7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock
7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock (again)
7/30 - Griffball at High Charity
7/30 - Firefight at Urban
7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar (again)

That’s a total of 14 DNFs within 48 hours.

Got banhammered twice. both times it was after only the second match and had a really blurry main menu screen with no menu both times just before the banhammer. then today got banhammered after getting betrayed in a grifball match 3 times by the same guy.

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> > > > So I don’t see a ban for kickin -Yoink- in team arena soooo why was I banned?
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> > > Because you have 10 DNFs within the last 48 hours.
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> > I got back into arena the day I posted my comment and only played 4 games so plz tell me why was I banned
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> Because I see multiple games that you have DNFs in. Your most recent game at the time of this comment was a DNF…
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> 7/31 - Firefight at Escape from ARC
> 7/31 - Warzone at Escape from ARC
> 7-31 - Firefight at Raid on Apex 7
> 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> 7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar
> 7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar (again)
> 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> 7/30 - Snipers at Plaza
> 7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock
> 7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock (again)
> 7/30 - Griffball at High Charity
> 7/30 - Firefight at Urban
> 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar (again)
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> That’s a total of 14 DNFs within 48 hours.

the sniper and firefights I finished I have the game saved in theater I saved them for clips. the ones on the 31 are not true cut I just started playing rn and it’s about 10:30am unless you ment 7/30 then yes but we lost that match unless they ban you for losing matches and I lost some sniper matches but I put I’m more work than my team that was just standing and shooting

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> > > > > So I don’t see a ban for kickin -Yoink- in team arena soooo why was I banned?
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> > > > Because you have 10 DNFs within the last 48 hours.
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> > > I got back into arena the day I posted my comment and only played 4 games so plz tell me why was I banned
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> > Because I see multiple games that you have DNFs in. Your most recent game at the time of this comment was a DNF…
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> > 7/31 - Firefight at Escape from ARC
> > 7/31 - Warzone at Escape from ARC
> > 7-31 - Firefight at Raid on Apex 7
> > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> > 7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar
> > 7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar (again)
> > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> > 7/30 - Snipers at Plaza
> > 7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock
> > 7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock (again)
> > 7/30 - Griffball at High Charity
> > 7/30 - Firefight at Urban
> > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar (again)
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> > That’s a total of 14 DNFs within 48 hours.
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> the sniper and firefights I finished I have the game saved in theater I saved them for clips. the ones on the 31 are not true cut I just started playing rn and it’s about 10:30am unless you ment 7/30 then yes but we lost that match unless they ban you for losing matches and I lost some sniper matches but I put I’m more work than my team that was just standing and shooting

I’m looking at your game history, you’ve had matches done today, or last night past midnight. Unless someone else has your account or something.

If you managed to finish matches and it kicks you out at the end, then your connection may be the problem.

Regardless, you still have the Griffball match, and 2 Warzone matches all in the same day.

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> > > > > > So I don’t see a ban for kickin -Yoink- in team arena soooo why was I banned?
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> > > > > Because you have 10 DNFs within the last 48 hours.
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> > > > I got back into arena the day I posted my comment and only played 4 games so plz tell me why was I banned
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> > > Because I see multiple games that you have DNFs in. Your most recent game at the time of this comment was a DNF…
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> > > 7/31 - Firefight at Escape from ARC
> > > 7/31 - Warzone at Escape from ARC
> > > 7-31 - Firefight at Raid on Apex 7
> > > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> > > 7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar
> > > 7/30 - Warzone at Darkstar (again)
> > > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> > > 7/30 - Snipers at Plaza
> > > 7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock
> > > 7/30 - Snipers at Deadlock (again)
> > > 7/30 - Griffball at High Charity
> > > 7/30 - Firefight at Urban
> > > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar
> > > 7/30 - Firefight at Darkstar (again)
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> > > That’s a total of 14 DNFs within 48 hours.
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> > the sniper and firefights I finished I have the game saved in theater I saved them for clips. the ones on the 31 are not true cut I just started playing rn and it’s about 10:30am unless you ment 7/30 then yes but we lost that match unless they ban you for losing matches and I lost some sniper matches but I put I’m more work than my team that was just standing and shooting
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> I’m looking at your game history, you’ve had matches done today, or last night past midnight. Unless someone else has your account or something.
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> If you managed to finish matches and it kicks you out at the end, then your connection may be the problem.
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> Regardless, you still have the Griffball match, and 2 Warzone matches all in the same day.

yeah probably cuz my friend has my account I totally have forgotten that she had it. I don’t usually play Griffball so that’s why I got suspicion though I got hacked or something but it’s clear now so I ain’t gonna complain about it, it’s over so whatever

Hey people, long time halo player and new guardians player. Aside from the weird new abilities, I fairly enjoy the game. Its only my SECOND day playing and I seem to have run into a serious problem (at least it is for me). Being banned.

I understand banning players for TKing, idiling and quitting but being disconnected shouldnt count. Its not in my control if my internet acts up or the host has poop connection. I wouldnt even have a problem if it was like a 15-20 minute ban but -Yoink- i think its been nearly 2 hours since ive played slayer!

I guess its not so bad since theres warzone but i dont want to play that annoying gametype all day.
I know 343 is trying to seperate themselves and stand out from previous titles (or at least it seems that way) but they still make HALO. So why they cant follow previous examples is just beyond me and my simple mind.

And now onto a question I have. While playing warzone if you accidently betray a teamate (because they have very poor situational awareness, or to an explosion launching my vehicle) add to the time of the ban? Also its now been 3 and a half hours of no arena. If anything this makes me want to just play the old halos…

EDIT: on top of the 3 hours ive waited ALREADY i still have a “3:35:02 cooldown” Prophet of Regret can someone tell me why anyone deserves this after paying around 50 for this game

cool