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> > But I had a match were I quit because two of my four teammates were inactive…This was the first time I has quit in 3 days.
> > I got a 24 hour ban…surely thats not right…
> > Had to wait it out and a day of social CTF.
> > Can anyone tell me why I got a 24 hour ban for this?
> > I’ m not mad ( ANYMORE ) but would still like to know why I got the huge ban if possible.
>
> Was this your first ban? Most likely not. Each time you’re banned the ban length becomes longer.
Not true, myself and two friends just got banned for 6 days. It was our first offence.
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> > > But I had a match were I quit because two of my four teammates were inactive…This was the first time I has quit in 3 days.
> > > I got a 24 hour ban…surely thats not right…
> > > Had to wait it out and a day of social CTF.
> > > Can anyone tell me why I got a 24 hour ban for this?
> > > I’ m not mad ( ANYMORE ) but would still like to know why I got the huge ban if possible.
> >
> > Was this your first ban? Most likely not. Each time you’re banned the ban length becomes longer.
>
> Not true, myself and two friends just got banned for 6 days. It was our first offence.
Initial bans for most misconduct are short. If you were banned for 6 days I assume it wasn’t for DNFs, Idling, or griefing.
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> > > > 2535460752631391;45:
> > > > But I had a match were I quit because two of my four teammates were inactive…This was the first time I has quit in 3 days.
> > > > I got a 24 hour ban…surely thats not right…
> > > > Had to wait it out and a day of social CTF.
> > > > Can anyone tell me why I got a 24 hour ban for this?
> > > > I’ m not mad ( ANYMORE ) but would still like to know why I got the huge ban if possible.
> > >
> > > Was this your first ban? Most likely not. Each time you’re banned the ban length becomes longer.
> >
> > Not true, myself and two friends just got banned for 6 days. It was our first offence.
>
> Initial bans for most misconduct are short. If you were banned for 6 days I assume it wasn’t for DNFs, Idling, or griefing.
It was for griefing.
not racing
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> > > > > 2535460752631391;45:
> > > > > But I had a match were I quit because two of my four teammates were inactive…This was the first time I has quit in 3 days.
> > > > > I got a 24 hour ban…surely thats not right…
> > > > > Had to wait it out and a day of social CTF.
> > > > > Can anyone tell me why I got a 24 hour ban for this?
> > > > > I’ m not mad ( ANYMORE ) but would still like to know why I got the huge ban if possible.
> > > >
> > > > Was this your first ban? Most likely not. Each time you’re banned the ban length becomes longer.
> > >
> > > Not true, myself and two friends just got banned for 6 days. It was our first offence.
> >
> > Initial bans for most misconduct are short. If you were banned for 6 days I assume it wasn’t for DNFs, Idling, or griefing.
>
> It was for griefing.
> not racing
That was probably a special case.
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> > > > > > 2535460752631391;45:
> > > > > > But I had a match were I quit because two of my four teammates were inactive…This was the first time I has quit in 3 days.
> > > > > > I got a 24 hour ban…surely thats not right…
> > > > > > Had to wait it out and a day of social CTF.
> > > > > > Can anyone tell me why I got a 24 hour ban for this?
> > > > > > I’ m not mad ( ANYMORE ) but would still like to know why I got the huge ban if possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > Was this your first ban? Most likely not. Each time you’re banned the ban length becomes longer.
> > > >
> > > > Not true, myself and two friends just got banned for 6 days. It was our first offence.
> > >
> > > Initial bans for most misconduct are short. If you were banned for 6 days I assume it wasn’t for DNFs, Idling, or griefing.
> >
> > It was for griefing.
> > not racing
>
> That was probably a special case.
Not trying to start an argument or anything but other than lagging out of the occasional game ie. 1 a month or so, it was all of our first times for being banned. It did take about three days before the BanHammer to strike, but it seems it does swing pretty hard sometimes.
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> The following FAQ should answer some of your questions about Halo 5 bans. We will update this FAQ as necessary.
>
> **I received an in-game message saying I have been banned. Why?**If you are checking this page because of an in-game message, it is likely that you have been banned for violating the terms of use and/or committing a code of conduct violation. It is also possible, in the case of an especially egregious violation, that your Xbox One system itself is now banned from Matchmaking. The duration of this ban is based on the type, frequency or nature of the committed violation. In most cases, Custom Games will still be available. In extreme cases, they will not.
>
> **How can I tell how long I was banned for?**Ban duration will be shown on the red ban screen as the ban hammer strikes. First offences are generally low and last only a few minutes, but will increase in duration incrementally with each subsequent ban. The ban timer itself displays times as follows -
> **Days : Hours : Minutes : Seconds****What types of actions can result in a ban?**Types of violation include, but are not limited to, the following example actions:
> - Modifying your Xbox One hardware or game software and services in any way. - Idling through games, habitual quitting/suiciding/betraying, or any other type of unsociable and unsportsmanlike behavior. - Impersonating a 343 Industries or Microsoft employee on Xbox LIVE with intent to defraud or cause harm to other players.Why was I banned for winning a match / quitting one match / quitting a custom game? __You weren’t. The ban system runs at least 1 game behind so your ban will have been placed for a previous offence. After completing your next event, whether it is a matchmaking game, custom game, forge session, spectating a friend or viewing theatre, the system will then show you a message telling you that you have been banned. As it takes more than a single offence to earn a ban you will never be banned for leaving one match, it will be multiple offences that have led to a ban being placed on your account.
>
> **I shouldn’t be banned. My brother/sister/cousin/dad/mom/friend must’ve logged on with my account and done bad things. Will you please reverse my ban?**If this is indeed the case, we do understand your frustration. However, it is your sole responsibility to keep your account information secure and not share it with others who would abuse it. We have no way of detecting who is playing with your account, and if your gamertag is caught making naughty, you will be banned. Those are the rules.
>
> **I didn’t do anything wrong, and you can’t prove it. Will you please reverse my ban?**Our automated system builds up a digital case of wrongdoing before any ban is enacted. If you accidentally disconnect a time or two, you won’t get banned. Instead the system looks for patterns that can’t happen accidentally. If the banhammer detects enough wrongdoing, you were doing wrong.
>
> **Will posting in this thread guarantee my ban will be lifted and that someone will respond personally to every post?**Unfortunately, no. We simply don’t have enough eyes, ears and typing hands to respond to every single post. However, the community will help keep you honest. You have a public game history for everyone to see. If you post you were banned unjustly, the community is in their rights to check out your history to confirm or deny your claims.Please, just keep it clean.
>
> The purpose of this thread is to keep all questions pertaining to bans in one place. Without a megathread for such questions, the rest of the forum will almost certainly turn into a cavalcade of ban questions.
>
> If you were banned and think you have a case, this is the ONLY thread you should post in. If other moderators see posts pertaining to bans in other threads, they will either be deleted outright or a kind-hearted mod might just move the posts to this thread.
>
> If any users are caught habitually spamming ban threads in other threads, we will consider that a violation of the forum Terms of Use. You will risk being banned here as well. We don’t want to have to ban anyone, but we do want an open, honest and positive place to post about all things Halo, so a thread like this is necessary.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> __ [updated: 05/25/2016]
The solution to prevent a ban as a result of a legit disconnect (due to network issues) is really simple and was discussed elsewhere already:
Instead of annoying people by placing them in already running (and often lost) matches just simply allow a player who gets disconnected to re-join that match.
That should be done for both social and ranked matches. No replacing of early quitters by innocent players looking for a match.
I get my fair share of game disconnects and I doubt it is anything with my xbox or my network. I am in a party with friends and that party still works fine.
IMHO this is a clear indicator that the disconnect more likely is on the Halo side (so-called dedicated server).
I am just curious if the stacking offences ever reset or do they stack indefinitely?
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> I am just curious if the stacking offences ever reset or do they stack indefinitely?
There isn’t a reset as far as I know. I have a hypothesis that it is in part based on percentages which means a lot of matches played without incident should make it less likely for you to get banned.
Wish they brought the voting mechinasism back like in halo reach. My first ban was because I was in Swat training my commendations and I kept getting wrong game type . So I left at beginning not realizing others wouldn’t join. Now I worry about leaving any game Even big team battle. I wish I knew more precisely what caused bans.
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> Wish they brought the voting mechinasism back like in halo reach. My first ban was because I was in Swat training my commendations and I kept getting wrong game type . So I left at beginning not realizing others wouldn’t join. Now I worry about leaving any game Even big team battle. I wish I knew more precisely what caused bans.
Go to this link.
Scroll down to the section “Matchmaking”, subsection “The Banhammer Strikes!”.
There you will find a list of all the behaviors that qualify as matchmaking misconduct.
- Quitting matches - Betrayals or team killing - Idling (AFK) - Intentional suicides - Excessive disconnects
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> > Wish they brought the voting mechinasism back like in halo reach. My first ban was because I was in Swat training my commendations and I kept getting wrong game type . So I left at beginning not realizing others wouldn’t join. Now I worry about leaving any game Even big team battle. I wish I knew more precisely what caused bans.
>
> Go to this link.
> Scroll down to the section “Matchmaking”, subsection “The Banhammer Strikes!”.
> There you will find a list of all the behaviors that qualify as matchmaking misconduct.
> - Quitting matches - Betrayals or team killing - Idling (AFK) - Intentional suicides - Excessive disconnects
I meant in greater detail than that, I already looked it up many times but nothing really detailed just General things . No #'s or what game types. For example a player can commit 50 suicides in rally hog race yet not get banned . My first ban wasrank at SR 95 and it was for DNF but I had left plenty of games long before I reached that. Thing is though most were warzone or social at SR 95 I played swat and left two games. And was banned for two minutes, then I di dent understand still got banned for 10 trying to figure out the system
so does leaving a ranked vs a social or warzone different
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> > > Wish they brought the voting mechinasism back like in halo reach. My first ban was because I was in Swat training my commendations and I kept getting wrong game type . So I left at beginning not realizing others wouldn’t join. Now I worry about leaving any game Even big team battle. I wish I knew more precisely what caused bans.
> >
> > Go to this link.
> > Scroll down to the section “Matchmaking”, subsection “The Banhammer Strikes!”.
> > There you will find a list of all the behaviors that qualify as matchmaking misconduct.
> > - Quitting matches - Betrayals or team killing - Idling (AFK) - Intentional suicides - Excessive disconnects
>
> I meant in greater detail than that, I already looked it up many times but nothing really detailed just General things . No #'s or what game types
I don’t think there is any game that specifically states how much leeway you get. Like “You can quit 2 games before you start getting banned”. If people knew that information, everybody would abuse that leeway.
The point of the matchmaking rules isn’t to let you know how much you can get away with before experiencing consequences. The rules are there to tell you what kind of behavior to abstain from at all times.
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> > > > Wish they brought the voting mechinasism back like in halo reach. My first ban was because I was in Swat training my commendations and I kept getting wrong game type . So I left at beginning not realizing others wouldn’t join. Now I worry about leaving any game Even big team battle. I wish I knew more precisely what caused bans.
> > >
> > > Go to this link.
> > > Scroll down to the section “Matchmaking”, subsection “The Banhammer Strikes!”.
> > > There you will find a list of all the behaviors that qualify as matchmaking misconduct.
> > > - Quitting matches - Betrayals or team killing - Idling (AFK) - Intentional suicides - Excessive disconnects
> >
> > I meant in greater detail than that, I already looked it up many times but nothing really detailed just General things . No #'s or what game types
>
> I don’t think there is any game that specifically states how much leeway you get. Like “You can quit 2 games before you start getting banned”. If people knew that information, everybody would abuse that leeway.
> The point of the matchmaking rules isn’t to let you know how much you can get away with before experiencing consequences. The rules are there to tell you what kind of behavior to abstain from at all times.
I understand that which is what makes it difficult for example I joined big team slayer scored ended at 10 to 100 instead of enjoying a even game I get forced Into maps I really dislike like Altar so again I say I wish players had a say in which map is played on via voting that way I at least had a chance and wasn’t just put into a match I hate. Also I wasn’t trying to get away with anything the reason I leave a game is 1) my team betrays me non stop. 2) I leave at beginning so another player can fill in in big team battle if I despise the map . 3) I am getting farmed I want to know those get penalized too.
Then there are times were betraying is the best option for the team . Action sack paintball, friendly fire enabled so 1 member of our teams kills the three of us on purpose so next round we take him
out before he does it again , it’s a team effort sometimes. Does the ban hammer take those factors into account.
Or in slayer game one team member was constantly Spartan charging me for about five minutes he never kill me but he did get me killed as long as the enemy finishes me. He wouldn’t be penalized.
In a game of CTF a guy kept firing at me and taking out my shields so I threw a in front of him to get him to stop note non lethal toss , he kept at it so I threw another and he walked over it and died still he came back this time I was under attack from enemy and him so I stick him then defend our flag. Do you get penalized for that it is self defense so to speak.
The rules provided make it seem you need to suffer betrayals, farming and other stuff and you can’t do anything about it.
The way I see it is there is the letter of the law and the intent of the law. The intent was not to make you suffer farming or teammates who damage you but don’t kill you all the way. Yet that is a consequence of the law so I ask for greater detail to be provided.
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> I understand that which is what makes it difficult for example I joined big team slayer scored ended at 10 to 100 instead of enjoying a even game I get forced Into maps I really dislike like Altar so again I say I wish players had a say in which map is played on via voting that way I at least had a chance and wasn’t just put into a match I hate. Also I wasn’t trying to get away with anything the reason I leave a game is 1) my team betrays me non stop. 2) I leave at beginning so another player can fill in in big team battle if I despise the map . 3) I am getting farmed I want to know those get penalized too.
Hopefully it doesn’t happen too often that your own team betrays you. So that one quit every blue moon shouldn’t do much in regards of the ban hammer. Leaving “at the beginning so other player can fill in” is still something that shouldn’t be done and should warrant a full force ban hammer. Yesterday I had a match where two people (out of 4) left and nobody joined for the remainder of the whole match. As for the farming - I haven’t quit out of those either. I just did my best to minimize the damage.
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> Then there are times were betraying is the best option for the team . Action sack paintball, friendly fire enabled so 1 member of our teams kills the three of us on purpose so next round we take himout before he does it again , it’s a team effort sometimes. Does the ban hammer take those factors into account.
> Or in slayer game one team member was constantly Spartan charging me for about five minutes he never kill me but he did get me killed as long as the enemy finishes me. He wouldn’t be penalized.
>
> In a game of CTF a guy kept firing at me and taking out my shields so I threw a in front of him to get him to stop note non lethal toss , he kept at it so I threw another and he walked over it and died still he came back this time I was under attack from enemy and him so I stick him then defend our flag. Do you get penalized for that it is self defense so to speak.
A situation like that should be the exception - not the norm. So again if you have to do that once in a blue moon that shouldn’t impact the ban hammer. I just hope you use the Xbox Live feedback system to report those who start this mess.
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> The rules provided make it seem you need to suffer betrayals, farming and other stuff and you can’t do anything about it.The way I see it is there is the letter of the law and the intent of the law. The intent was not to make you suffer farming or teammates who damage you but don’t kill you all the way. Yet that is a consequence of the law so I ask for greater detail to be provided.
The one really unfortunate part in all this is that apparently words are being punished much more severely than any of the actions listed above. Whether it is early quitting or ruining the gaming experience by betraying your own team or using any other means to willfully sabotage a match the real consequences for those people are laughable while if you send them a message on Xbox Live and tell them in quite colorful words how you really feel about their actions you risk a 2 week communication ban or even a full 2 week multiplayer ban (including communication ban). Both happened to me and it sucks that those who ruin the game get away with it or just get a slap on their wrist while those who just say something to vent get the so much more severe punishment.
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> I am getting banned every single time I leave a game a couple hours ago I was banned for leaving one game for half an hour and that’s probably the first game I’ve left in a few days and then after waiting for the 30 minutes to be up I played about 10 matches and then I left a game and I am banned again for 47.05 minutes?! Huh?! Are you serious?!
> you don’t think the skill match ups are completely wayyyyy out? Wouldn’t it be very easy to match people up on their K/D ratio??? Damn this is becoming a joke long time halo fan played since the original and I’m finding myself actually considering telling people to avoid the game 
not to mention its 1:47am and I only have another hour to play then can’t play til the same time tomorrow… you really gotta consider everyone not just the bulk.
Excessive quiting can result in an ban.
And thats your problem,you quitted a few games latley,so,the only one that can make a change here us YOU and noone else.
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> I am getting banned every single time I leave a game a couple hours ago I was banned for leaving one game for half an hour and that’s probably the first game I’ve left in a few days and then after waiting for the 30 minutes to be up I played about 10 matches and then I left a game and I am banned again for 47.05 minutes?! Huh?! Are you serious?!
> you don’t think the skill match ups are completely wayyyyy out? Wouldn’t it be very easy to match people up on their K/D ratio??? Damn this is becoming a joke long time halo fan played since the original and I’m finding myself actually considering telling people to avoid the game not to mention its 1:47am and I only have another hour to play then can’t play til the same time tomorrow… you really gotta consider everyone not just the bulk.
You are getting banned because you are leaving games. It doesn’t matter why you left those games; the fact is you left your teammates high and dry and disadvantaged even more than they were before. If every 10 matches or so you get matched against a much better team, then that’s not too bad a thing. Stick it out, lose with dignity and finish the game, and you won’t get banned.
Also it is worth noting that matching people based on K/D wouldn’t make matches more fair. A Champion can have a 1.0 K/D, and a Bronze can have a 1.0 K/D, but that doesn’t mean they should be matched against each other.
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> > I am getting banned every single time I leave a game a couple hours ago I was banned for leaving one game for half an hour and that’s probably the first game I’ve left in a few days and then after waiting for the 30 minutes to be up I played about 10 matches and then I left a game and I am banned again for 47.05 minutes?! Huh?! Are you serious?!
> > you don’t think the skill match ups are completely wayyyyy out? Wouldn’t it be very easy to match people up on their K/D ratio??? Damn this is becoming a joke long time halo fan played since the original and I’m finding myself actually considering telling people to avoid the game not to mention its 1:47am and I only have another hour to play then can’t play til the same time tomorrow… you really gotta consider everyone not just the bulk.
>
> You are getting banned because you are leaving games. It doesn’t matter why you left those games; the fact is you left your teammates high and dry and disadvantaged even more than they were before. If every 10 matches or so you get matched against a much better team, then that’s not too bad a thing. Stick it out, lose with dignity and finish the game, and you won’t get banned.
>
> Also it is worth noting that matching people based on K/D wouldn’t make matches more fair. A Champion can have a 1.0 K/D, and a Bronze can have a 1.0 K/D, but that doesn’t mean they should be matched against each other.
It would be a hell of a lot more fair if urban was matched up inn K/D though no doubt about that.
i understand im leaving a few games but seriously… I’m not allowed to leave a game? As I sair earlier the current way it works is unfair proven by the thousands of complaints…
just experienced a great game example! I’m playing a game getting absolutely hammered my whole team had left and then my batteries go in my controller… I have no other batteries and now I have to leave myself in this game taking death and death for what reason? Because the rules are ridiculous. I could’ve easily just turned my Xbox off and it would’ve effected nobody… instead a team of 4 just ran around killing me… hmm I can’t believe there’s any players that are actually agreeing with the rules.
Also I didn’t edit my original post last night but phone died as I was typing and cba typing it all again 
I checked my games I’ve had 11 DNF since the 25th which fair it is many but at least 4/5 was due to connection failure which would leave 7 in 13 days… now I’m getting banned every time I leave a game??? When does it reset? Or do i just get banned whenever I leave a game for the rest orb my life now?! 
Crazy these rules are
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> > I am getting banned every single time I leave a game a couple hours ago I was banned for leaving one game for half an hour and that’s probably the first game I’ve left in a few days and then after waiting for the 30 minutes to be up I played about 10 matches and then I left a game and I am banned again for 47.05 minutes?! Huh?! Are you serious?!
> > you don’t think the skill match ups are completely wayyyyy out? Wouldn’t it be very easy to match people up on their K/D ratio??? Damn this is becoming a joke long time halo fan played since the original and I’m finding myself actually considering telling people to avoid the game not to mention its 1:47am and I only have another hour to play then can’t play til the same time tomorrow… you really gotta consider everyone not just the bulk.
>
> You are getting banned because you are leaving games. It doesn’t matter why you left those games; the fact is you left your teammates high and dry and disadvantaged even more than they were before. If every 10 matches or so you get matched against a much better team, then that’s not too bad a thing. Stick it out, lose with dignity and finish the game, and you won’t get banned.
>
> Also it is worth noting that matching people based on K/D wouldn’t make matches more fair. A Champion can have a 1.0 K/D, and a Bronze can have a 1.0 K/D, but that doesn’t mean they should be matched against each other.
“It doesn’t matter why you left those games”
thats gotta be one of the more ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. So no situation at all am I allowed to leave a game? So I see someone get hit by a car outside and I leave a game to go help them and I get banned?! Hahahahahaha sort it out 343 messed up big time on this!