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

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> > > It’s funny OP because you don’t realize that sometimes people quit a match because of lags or glitches to. You should update your post because you’re forgetting the most important reason of quitting a match. It is not our fault that you have terrible servers. You should be the ones getting blamed for making crappy servers. Btw, I am sick and tired of getting banned in halo 5 for no reason. All I had was a laggy server. Oh and don’t even get me started on how you don’t ban someone who betrayed me on purpose but you ban me for accidently attacking my own team mate in grifball. Halo 5 is possibly the worst game I have played in my life and I am going to quit playing the game. If you try to ban me again on forums, go ahead I don’t care anymore. Halo 5 is a scam.
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> > You have quite a few DNFs in your history.
> > Every single one of them with a Negative K/D, not counting the Firefight one.
> > Some matches you seem to quit early as well due to having a very low death value.
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> > Here’s my guess.
> > For whatever reason you were unable to finish the match.
> > The ban hammer system checked for a pattern.
> > In your case, more deaths than kills and quick to leave the match (for whatever reason).
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> > That’s just me though.
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> Bruh don’t be so quick to judge. I play video games for fun alright. I don’t play to win or anything. But if you can’t have comfortable gameplay such as having the lags and glitches, then it won’t be fun at all. Today I got my a@s whooped in btb horribly. I swear to god I did not quit that match. I have it in theater mode. So don’t think it is about the losing or winning that makes me want to quit. It is the bad servers with lags and glitches.

I’m not judging you.

I’m assuming what the Banhammer “thought” based on your DNF history.

When are you going to realize or admit that this feature does not work correctly. With all the glitches and server problems, I can’t believe that you idiots continue to defend this. This has got to be one of the most poorly managed games I’ve played. I don’t expect that you’ll change anything. I’ll just vote with my wallet next time.

Hey 343 can someone please help me??? I got banned and I have absolutely no idea why… I didn’t quit a game. I didn’t lag out of a game. I didn’t message anyone. I didn’t receive any messages. I didn’t use my mic or talk at any point today during play today. I literally did not do a thing nor were there any instances of particular note that occurred during my play period today. How is it that I could get banned? I really need someone to explain this to me because I am seriously frustrated to say the least!!! Maybe I was banned by mistake or it was intended for someone else, but I would like some clarification please. Is this commonplace? To receive a ban for no reason at all is, in my opinion, ridiculous. Truthfully, there were not even any unusual circumstances that could be misconstrued as inappropriate behavior, connection issues or any other infraction as outlined in your policy. I would appreciate if someone would address this issue for me at the earliest possible convenience. Thank you for your time and attention.

I believe I have been band for 2 accidents when trying to shoot other players and there is yet no timer when I click on slayer,swat,etc.

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> Hey 343 can someone please help me??? I got banned and I have absolutely no idea why… I didn’t quit a game. I didn’t lag out of a game. I didn’t message anyone. I didn’t receive any messages. I didn’t use my mic or talk at any point today during play today. I literally did not do a thing nor were there any instances of particular note that occurred during my play period today. How is it that I could get banned? I really need someone to explain this to me because I am seriously frustrated to say the least!!! Maybe I was banned by mistake or it was intended for someone else, but I would like some clarification please. Is this commonplace? To receive a ban for no reason at all is, in my opinion, ridiculous. Truthfully, there were not even any unusual circumstances that could be misconstrued as inappropriate behavior, connection issues or any other infraction as outlined in your policy. I would appreciate if someone would address this issue for me at the earliest possible convenience. Thank you for your time and attention.

I didn’t notice an excessive amount of DNFS in your history. What did the “Banhammer strikes” message actually say?

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> I believe I have been band for 2 accidents when trying to shoot other players and there is yet no timer when I click on slayer,swat,etc.

I assume from you using the phrase ‘accidents when trying to shoot other players’ you were banned for griefing (betrayals.) It is impossible for the system to differentiate between an intentional betrayal and an accidental betrayal, however the way the system currently works if an enemy has done damage to the player you betray it counts as a kill for them…so it would be extremely difficult to accidently betray outside of a poorly aimed rocket or a splatter.

As for the length of your ban, you haven’t played for very long so I’m assuming this is your first ban. The first couple of bans are very short (usually a few minutes.) Unfortunately, as far as I know there isn’t a way to view the length of your ban other than the initial ‘banhammer strikes’ message, but I suspect your ban is over now.

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> When are you going to realize or admit that this feature does not work correctly. With all the glitches and server problems, I can’t believe that you idiots continue to defend this. This has got to be one of the most poorly managed games I’ve played. I don’t expect that you’ll change anything. I’ll just vote with my wallet next time.

Seems to work just fine to me. I don’t quit, grief, afk, or the like and I don’t get banned. People who don’t follow the rules face the consequences of their actions in a progressive discipline system.

I assume I have been banned but have no clue why. Last game was 16 hours ago with no quitting or other issues. A guy walked into a splinter granade in the 4th or so game from my last for the night. I received no ban message but am unable to play. Please provide some clarification on what’s going on.

I am getting a “could not find a server that was suitable for all members of your fireteam” message and I am playing solo and I have not been banned to my knowledge. I realize this is probably the wrong thread for this but can someone please look into this.

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> I assume I have been banned but have no clue why. Last game was 16 hours ago with no quitting or other issues. A guy walked into a splinter granade in the 4th or so game from my last for the night. I received no ban message but am unable to play. Please provide some clarification on what’s going on.

Can you describe what happens when you try to enter matchmaking? Perhaps provide a screenshot of what is going on?

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> I am getting a “could not find a server that was suitable for all members of your fireteam” message and I am playing solo and I have not been banned to my knowledge. I realize this is probably the wrong thread for this but can someone please look into this.

You’re not banned, all the servers are down. I thought the same at first, but no, servers are down.

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> > I am getting a “could not find a server that was suitable for all members of your fireteam” message and I am playing solo and I have not been banned to my knowledge. I realize this is probably the wrong thread for this but can someone please look into this.
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> You’re not banned, all the servers are down. I thought the same at first, but no, servers are down.

Thanks for the information. In that case hopefully its just down for maintainance then.

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> > > I am getting a “could not find a server that was suitable for all members of your fireteam” message and I am playing solo and I have not been banned to my knowledge. I realize this is probably the wrong thread for this but can someone please look into this.
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> Thanks for the information. In that case hopefully its just down for maintainance then.

Yea hopefully it’s back up soon. If this is routine maintenance I wish they could have given warning.

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> > > > I am getting a “could not find a server that was suitable for all members of your fireteam” message and I am playing solo and I have not been banned to my knowledge. I realize this is probably the wrong thread for this but can someone please look into this.
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> > > You’re not banned, all the servers are down. I thought the same at first, but no, servers are down.
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> > Thanks for the information. In that case hopefully its just down for maintainance then.
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> Yea hopefully it’s back up soon. If this is routine maintenance I wish they could have given warning.

As far as I know it is unscheduled, no statements from their twitter or the H5 XBL feed.

Played a game of team doubles, team mate quit. Game was really laggy, so I just killed myself to speed up the game. Next game, team mate quit again, game was laggy so I killed my self to speed up the game. Got a perm ban. That’s a bit unfair I think. See as thought I haven’t had a temp ban in months.

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> Played a game of team doubles, team mate quit. Game was really laggy, so I just killed myself to speed up the game. Next game, team mate quit again, game was laggy so I killed my self to speed up the game. Got a perm ban. That’s a bit unfair I think. See as thought I haven’t had a temp ban in months.

What makes you think it’s a permanent ban?

Hello i have halo 5 guardians I got a message saying one player in your fireteam is banned from playing halo 5. Over the last 3 days I will play one matched then banned for a whole day. So 1 match then banned all day for 3 days now. I will let me play warzone but not arena. I chatted with someone on line from xbox and they told me to post in here. I never had this problem before and i did not get any sort of ban hammer. So i dont know why are how long these bans will continue.

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> Hello i have halo 5 guardians I got a message saying one player in your fireteam is banned from playing halo 5. Over the last 3 days I will play one matched then banned for a whole day. So 1 match then banned all day for 3 days now. I will let me play warzone but not arena. I chatted with someone on line from xbox and they told me to post in here. I never had this problem before and i did not get any sort of ban hammer. So i dont know why are how long these bans will continue.

You are being banned for quittin/not finishing games. You have only played 187 games and you have quit/disconnected from 41 of those. They won’t reverse your ban and the bans will get longer. When your ban is over, I suggest not quitting.

Gamer tag:mptim

why was I banned?

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You got banned for the four DNFs in your last twenty games.

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> You got banned for the four DNFs in your last twenty games.

I haven’t even been in my apartment, stupid roommates. How long is the ban for?

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> I haven’t even been in my apartment, stupid roommates. How long is the ban for?

I don’t have a ban hammer