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

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> > A ban of 46:42 would be for 46 minutes, you can find details of how the timer works on the first page of this thread
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> Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.

He was replying to me, apologies.

However a ban of nine hours is quite strange, when it apparently CLAIMED yours was of 46:42.

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> Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.

You have three back to back DNFS in the anniversary playlist on the 27th. Do you remember if you received the ‘banhammer strikes’ message after the third of those? I have a hypothesis that due to the delay in the ban being enacted the system may activate another ban for further misconduct without an appropriate message. I.E. Your final straw match was the second of those DNFS and when you failed to finish the third match the system enacted your ban. However since you failed to finish the third match the system then enacts another ban… Mind you this is just a bit of conjecture based on your case and a few others I’ve seen recently. It would be nice to know definitively.

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Buenas tardes vengo porque tengo un problema desde q empeze a jugar halo 5 y es q constantemente me saca de partidas y cuenta como abandono por ende me banean el ultimo fue de 3 horas y estoy preocupado ya q no se si me puedan banear permanentemente ademas de q me molesta mucho q puedo hacer?

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> Buenas tardes vengo porque tengo un problema desde q empeze a jugar halo 5 y es q constantemente me saca de partidas y cuenta como abandono por ende me banean el ultimo fue de 3 horas y estoy preocupado ya q no se si me puedan banear permanentemente ademas de q me molesta mucho q puedo hacer?

Woho Amigo,the Ban thread crew only speak english,so would you be so friendly ?

The FAQ is wrong, because I was disconnected from Halo 5 multiplayer repeatedly due to connectivity error, and lost connection to my party in the process, and I still ended up being ban hammered. So, therefore, incorrect information.

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> The FAQ is wrong, because I was disconnected from Halo 5 multiplayer repeatedly due to connectivity error, and lost connection to my party in the process, and I still ended up being ban hammered. So, therefore, incorrect information.

Excessive disconnects (even unintentional ones) can eventually trigger a ban.

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> > Buenas tardes vengo porque tengo un problema desde q empeze a jugar halo 5 y es q constantemente me saca de partidas y cuenta como abandono por ende me banean el ultimo fue de 3 horas y estoy preocupado ya q no se si me puedan banear permanentemente ademas de q me molesta mucho q puedo hacer?
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> Woho Amigo,the Ban thread crew only speak english,so would you be so friendly ?

Translation for those who want it:

Good afternoon I am here because of a problem, since I began playing Halo 5 and it is constantly removing me from games, and counts as abandoning the game. My last ban was three hours, and I am worried because I do not know if I can be permanently banned.

Essentially that’s the message.

Yisus, you only have one DNF most recently, 11/30/2016 Swat.
With a large gap between that and your LAST DNF, which was 11/29/2016 Free-For-All Slayer. You were in fifth place, and left before the match ended.
How does this have anything with your ban exactly? Your games seem to be running quite well, it could either be an internet issue, or you simply quit the game.

Translation of the above text for him.

Yisus, solo tienes un DNF más recientemente, 11/30/2016 Swat. Con una gran brecha entre eso y tu último DNF, que fue 11/29/2016 Free-For-All Slayer. Estabas en el quinto lugar, y se fue antes de que terminara el partido. ¿Cómo tiene esto algo con tu prohibición exactamente? Sus juegos parecen estar funcionando bastante bien, podría ser un problema de Internet, o simplemente salir del juego.

I was banned from arena for 30 minutes for quitting to many matches. After waiting 30 minutes, the ban message disappeared, so I went back to arena. However, I was still banned. I am not even allowed to see how much time is left in the ban. Is this a glitch? What should I do?

I keep stubbornly playing matches even when it’s with terrible players or quitters (although who am I kidding…some matches I have been the terrible player). Although I have never been banned to my knowledge could someone mail me a plush teddy bear to help me cope with my 1 V 4 Team Slayer action and just trying to drag out the minutes until nightmare stops? Much appreciated. Hammer keep hammering.

Ive been banned for no reason in arena and I do not get any message about a ban. Because of connection host ive been getting kicked and now ive been banned for the past 3 days please help/ CONTACT ME.

Ive been banned for no reason in arena and I do not get any message about a ban. Because of connection host ive been getting kicked and now ive been banned for the past 3 days please help/ CONTACT ME.

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> Buenas tardes vengo porque tengo un problema desde q empeze a jugar halo 5 y es q constantemente me saca de partidas y cuenta como abandono por ende me banean el ultimo fue de 3 horas y estoy preocupado ya q no se si me puedan banear permanentemente ademas de q me molesta mucho q puedo hacer?

English
As others have noted the forum is English only you may wish to use translation software in the future. I’ve yet to hear of a permanent ban for DNFs. They can get pretty high if the DNFs persist, however. If you are disconnecting you might first want to hard reset your xbox if that fails to ease the problem there are a variety of threads devoted to improving your connection which you can find using the search feature.

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Como otros han observado que el foro es sólo en inglés, es posible que desee utilizar el software de traducción en el futuro. Todavía no he oído hablar de una prohibición permanente para DNFs. Sin embargo, pueden llegar a ser bastante altos si los DNF persisten. Si está desconectando, puede que primero desee restablecer su xbox si no logra solucionar el problema, hay una variedad de subprocesos dedicados a mejorar la conexión que puede encontrar usando la función de búsqueda.

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es injusto el demaciado tiempo de BAN por culpa del servidor cuando te llega sacar de una partida

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> es injusto el demaciado tiempo de BAN por culpa del servidor cuando te llega sacar de una partida

The team here only use english,but I know what you want.
Except from a few custom games DNFs there is nothing.
Do you betrayed and or grifed?
Could also be a reason for a ban.
Member note:
This post also creates page 200 which is bad.

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> > > A ban of 46:42 would be for 46 minutes, you can find details of how the timer works on the first page of this thread
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> > Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.
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> You have three back to back DNFS in the anniversary playlist on the 27th. Do you remember if you received the ‘banhammer strikes’ message after the third of those? I have a hypothesis that due to the delay in the ban being enacted the system may activate another ban for further misconduct without an appropriate message. I.E. Your final straw match was the second of those DNFS and when you failed to finish the third match the system enacted your ban. However since you failed to finish the third match the system then enacts another ban… Mind you this is just a bit of conjecture based on your case and a few others I’ve seen recently. It would be nice to know definitively.

That’s when it usually happens; after 3. If what you are saying is true, then again that goes right back to 343’s programming problem, not mine. As such, either fix it or do away with it. Doubt they will do either.

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> > > > A ban of 46:42 would be for 46 minutes, you can find details of how the timer works on the first page of this thread
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> > > Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.
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> > You have three back to back DNFS in the anniversary playlist on the 27th. Do you remember if you received the ‘banhammer strikes’ message after the third of those? I have a hypothesis that due to the delay in the ban being enacted the system may activate another ban for further misconduct without an appropriate message. I.E. Your final straw match was the second of those DNFS and when you failed to finish the third match the system enacted your ban. However since you failed to finish the third match the system then enacts another ban… Mind you this is just a bit of conjecture based on your case and a few others I’ve seen recently. It would be nice to know definitively.
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> That’s when it usually happens; after 3. If what you are saying is true, then again that goes right back to 343’s programming problem, not mine. As such, either fix it or do away with it. Doubt they will do either.

Keep in mind that if my hypothesis holds true then your ban wouldn’t have been inappropriate or misapplied, you merely would have eared the next step in the system before you had been informed of the first. Say you’re on the job and you show up late four days in a row and on Friday your boss intends to have a sit down and you neither call-in nor show up…it’s the same thing.

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> > > > > A ban of 46:42 would be for 46 minutes, you can find details of how the timer works on the first page of this thread
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> > > > Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.
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> > > You have three back to back DNFS in the anniversary playlist on the 27th. Do you remember if you received the ‘banhammer strikes’ message after the third of those? I have a hypothesis that due to the delay in the ban being enacted the system may activate another ban for further misconduct without an appropriate message. I.E. Your final straw match was the second of those DNFS and when you failed to finish the third match the system enacted your ban. However since you failed to finish the third match the system then enacts another ban… Mind you this is just a bit of conjecture based on your case and a few others I’ve seen recently. It would be nice to know definitively.
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> > That’s when it usually happens; after 3. If what you are saying is true, then again that goes right back to 343’s programming problem, not mine. As such, either fix it or do away with it. Doubt they will do either.
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> Keep in mind that if my hypothesis holds true then your ban wouldn’t have been inappropriate or misapplied, you merely would have eared the next step in the system before you had been informed of the first. Say you’re on the job and you show up late four days in a row and on Friday your boss intends to have a sit down and you neither call-in nor show up…it’s the same thing.

Your work analogy is somewhat lacking. Regardless, it’s a material misrepresentation to say only 1 thing but mean something else entirely. Similar to how 343 promised us that you would never join a match already in progress. They simply are not being truthful with what they say is going to happen and what actually happens. Bungie at least fulfilled expectations by doing exactly what they said they would do; not overpromising on something they couldn’t deliver. Idt it’s something that 343 can’t do; they just choose not to deal with it because they already have our $ anyway. Kinda like buying a used car with the “buyer beware” thing. There are soo many other companies that do this far better. Respawn counts it as a loss and you don’t get credits. Ubisoft doesn’t allow for you to get your xp renown etc. Banning is a bit extreme and has shown it’s inherent flaws in the programming language that 343 has put forth. Goes right back to my original premise in this thread.

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> > > > > > A ban of 46:42 would be for 46 minutes, you can find details of how the timer works on the first page of this thread
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> > > > > Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.
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> > > > You have three back to back DNFS in the anniversary playlist on the 27th. Do you remember if you received the ‘banhammer strikes’ message after the third of those? I have a hypothesis that due to the delay in the ban being enacted the system may activate another ban for further misconduct without an appropriate message. I.E. Your final straw match was the second of those DNFS and when you failed to finish the third match the system enacted your ban. However since you failed to finish the third match the system then enacts another ban… Mind you this is just a bit of conjecture based on your case and a few others I’ve seen recently. It would be nice to know definitively.
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> > Keep in mind that if my hypothesis holds true then your ban wouldn’t have been inappropriate or misapplied, you merely would have eared the next step in the system before you had been informed of the first. Say you’re on the job and you show up late four days in a row and on Friday your boss intends to have a sit down and you neither call-in nor show up…it’s the same thing.
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> Your work analogy is somewhat lacking. Regardless, it’s a material misrepresentation to say only 1 thing but mean something else entirely. Similar to how 343 promised us that you would never join a match already in progress. They simply are not being truthful with what they say is going to happen and what actually happens. Bungie at least fulfilled expectations by doing exactly what they said they would do; not overpromising on something they couldn’t deliver. Idt it’s something that 343 can’t do; they just choose not to deal with it because they already have our $ anyway. Kinda like buying a used car with the “buyer beware” thing.

JIP was announced well in advance of Halo 5’s release. It was something a lot of people requested for the unranked (WZ at the time) modes. It is also off topic to the ban thread as most of your post is. As I said, if my hypothesis holds true the error in the system is failing to notify you of the correct length of your ban after you’d earned the second one. It would be quite nice if you could view the ban timer at any point rather than only in the ‘ban hammer strikes message’ it would eliminate a lot of confusion.

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> > > > > > A ban of 46:42 would be for 46 minutes, you can find details of how the timer works on the first page of this thread
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> > > > > Yes. I’ve understood that for over a year. I was banned for over 9 hrs when the ban said 46:42.
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> > > > You have three back to back DNFS in the anniversary playlist on the 27th. Do you remember if you received the ‘banhammer strikes’ message after the third of those? I have a hypothesis that due to the delay in the ban being enacted the system may activate another ban for further misconduct without an appropriate message. I.E. Your final straw match was the second of those DNFS and when you failed to finish the third match the system enacted your ban. However since you failed to finish the third match the system then enacts another ban… Mind you this is just a bit of conjecture based on your case and a few others I’ve seen recently. It would be nice to know definitively.
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> > Keep in mind that if my hypothesis holds true then your ban wouldn’t have been inappropriate or misapplied, you merely would have eared the next step in the system before you had been informed of the first. Say you’re on the job and you show up late four days in a row and on Friday your boss intends to have a sit down and you neither call-in nor show up…it’s the same thing.
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> Similar to how 343 promised us that you would never join a match already in progress.

As comedyshermit said, 343i stated that ranked Halo 5 matches would never use JIP, and would always start fresh. They did not say that all Halo 5 matches would never use JIP.
Edit: actually, I realize now that when 343i first talked about no JIP, the only playlists they had in Arena were ranked. Social playlists didn’t exist at launch, so their statement was, in fact, that Arena wouldn’t use JIP: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/enter-the-arena. However, the addition of social games probably caused them to update that policy.

I was just playing paying some BTB with capture the flag. Then the game ends for me outta nowhere a I get the Ban Hammer for no reason. If someone could help, 5$thats be great