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

You have the gall to ban me for 2 weeks for no reason??? I guess you just want to get rid of customers don’t you? I would like a refund from halo 5 for the 2 weeks I can’t play. I have been playing this game since the beginning of halo 2. This crap I have never heard of. You have gone too far. 2 weeks for doing nothing wrong. Unbelievable

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> I was in a fire team of 4 with my friends. After playing a game where nothing unusual happened we exited to the lobby only to find that 3 of us had been banned for 2 weeks. I still don’t know why and I am furious. Why only 3 of us?? It is so difficult to get answers to anything and I would really like some. We did nothing wrong.

The two week bans are usually for mathmaking or rank manipulation; have a go here if you can manage to be constructive.
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts

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> You have the gall to ban me for 2 weeks for no reason??? I guess you just want to get rid of customers don’t you? I would like a refund from halo 5 for the 2 weeks I can’t play. I have been playing this game since the beginning of halo 2. This crap I have never heard of. You have gone too far. 2 weeks for doing nothing wrong. Unbelievable

A: Please don’t post multiple time in a row. If you need to add more information or quote other users, you can edit your last post. Thanks
B: If you were banned for wrong doing, you were doing wrong.

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> > I was banned for 14 days for no reason what so ever. I would like to know why and have this appealed. It is ridiculous.
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> 14 day bans are for manipulation of the ranking system or playing with someone who is manipulating the rank system .

How would anyone even do that? How is that even a reportable offense when 343 has changed the ranking system to prevent smurfing and such

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> > I was in a fire team of 4 with my friends. After playing a game where nothing unusual happened we exited to the lobby only to find that 3 of us had been banned for 2 weeks. I still don’t know why and I am furious. Why only 3 of us?? It is so difficult to get answers to anything and I would really like some. We did nothing wrong.
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> The two week bans are usually for mathmaking or rank manipulation; have a go here if you can manage to be constructive.
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts
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> > You have the gall to ban me for 2 weeks for no reason??? I guess you just want to get rid of customers don’t you? I would like a refund from halo 5 for the 2 weeks I can’t play. I have been playing this game since the beginning of halo 2. This crap I have never heard of. You have gone too far. 2 weeks for doing nothing wrong. Unbelievable
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> A: Please don’t post multiple time in a row. If you need to add more information or quote other users, you can edit your last post. Thanks
> B: If you were banned for wrong doing, you were doing wrong.

Excuse me I am a level 151 and I’m a gold 5 and had 5 kills that game. How is that wrong doing???

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> > > I was in a fire team of 4 with my friends. After playing a game where nothing unusual happened we exited to the lobby only to find that 3 of us had been banned for 2 weeks. I still don’t know why and I am furious. Why only 3 of us?? It is so difficult to get answers to anything and I would really like some. We did nothing wrong.
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> > The two week bans are usually for mathmaking or rank manipulation; have a go here if you can manage to be constructive.
> > https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts
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> > > You have the gall to ban me for 2 weeks for no reason??? I guess you just want to get rid of customers don’t you? I would like a refund from halo 5 for the 2 weeks I can’t play. I have been playing this game since the beginning of halo 2. This crap I have never heard of. You have gone too far. 2 weeks for doing nothing wrong. Unbelievable
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> > A: Please don’t post multiple time in a row. If you need to add more information or quote other users, you can edit your last post. Thanks
> > B: If you were banned for wrong doing, you were doing wrong.
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> Excuse me I am a level 151 and I’m a gold 5 and had 5 kills that game. How is that wrong doing???

Post in the thread you were linked to and you may get a response; based on what I’ve seen either you or someone in your party was attempting to manipulate matchmaking conditions, ranking, or something along those lines.

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> > > > I was in a fire team of 4 with my friends. After playing a game where nothing unusual happened we exited to the lobby only to find that 3 of us had been banned for 2 weeks. I still don’t know why and I am furious. Why only 3 of us?? It is so difficult to get answers to anything and I would really like some. We did nothing wrong.
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> > > The two week bans are usually for mathmaking or rank manipulation; have a go here if you can manage to be constructive.
> > > https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts
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> > > > You have the gall to ban me for 2 weeks for no reason??? I guess you just want to get rid of customers don’t you? I would like a refund from halo 5 for the 2 weeks I can’t play. I have been playing this game since the beginning of halo 2. This crap I have never heard of. You have gone too far. 2 weeks for doing nothing wrong. Unbelievable
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> > > A: Please don’t post multiple time in a row. If you need to add more information or quote other users, you can edit your last post. Thanks
> > > B: If you were banned for wrong doing, you were doing wrong.
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> > Excuse me I am a level 151 and I’m a gold 5 and had 5 kills that game. How is that wrong doing???
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> Post in the thread you were linked to and you may get a response; based on what I’ve seen either you or someone in your party was attempting to manipulate matchmaking conditions, ranking, or something along those lines.

It was for partying with a deranking player who threw 10+ matches and went from Bronze to Onyx over the course of a few games.

Partying with derankers will get you the same ban they get. Partying with them again will get you the same escalating ban (double time) they get.

Hello,

I think I was banned for inting the game a while ago. I was just wondering if I can get unbanned. I know what I did was wrong and I was just playing too much at the time and got into the moment. I will not be unsportsmanlike in the future or have any more misshaps in the future thank you.

Question: If I randomly join a lobby of players I never knew, and say one player had been deranking without me even knowing, and he gets banned, will I be banned for being unlucky and joining them without knowing they did such?

Edit: Basically, will I be banned if I join up with guys who have deranked even if I had no idea they did?

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> Question: If I randomly join a lobby of players I never knew, and say one player had been deranking without me even knowing, and he gets banned, will I be banned for being unlucky and joining them without knowing they did such?
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> Edit: Basically, will I be banned if I join up with guys who have deranked even if I had no idea they did?

If you are randomly matched with a deranker and play one game with them, I don’t think that will trigger the system to think you are trying to benefit off of matchmaking manipulation. However, if you were to party up with them and become a fireteam, that’s a different story. My suggestion would be, if you enter a match and a player does uncharacteristically good for their rank, don’t join their party. Similarly, if you’re in a party with players and suddenly one of the players starts playing insanely well compared to how they were before, you should leave that party.

Look man im scared i never boost my rank im crying why was i banded plz i was boosting in the past and someone that i was playing with was boosting it was not me you can check my game history

Banned for 169 days why exactly I’ve boosted in the past but stopped due to my mistake

I’m still learning the ropes of the game so I accidentally kill myself a lot. I’m not doing this on purpose. Can you please lift my ban or give me a refund on the game I just bought.

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> Banned for 169 days why exactly I’ve boosted in the past but stopped due to my mistake

If you were banned for 169 days that means you were caught boosting again.

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> I’m still learning the ropes of the game so I accidentally kill myself a lot. I’m not doing this on purpose. Can you please lift my ban or give me a refund on the game I just bought.

Bans are handled automatically and cannot be reversed I’m afraid. Best thing to do is try the maps out is custom games and get used to the layout

The only time it might of looked like I was boosting was when I was running with a friend in slayer who’s friends were plats

Im was banned for no reason why for 167 days im crying plz check my game history

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> Im was banned for no reason why for 167 days im crying plz check my game history

If you are banned for 167 days, it’s not for no reason. It’s because your account was caught manipulating the matchmaking / ranking system
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts

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> > Im was banned for no reason why for 167 days im crying plz check my game history
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> If you are banned for 167 days, it’s not for no reason. It’s because your account was caught manipulating the matchmaking / ranking system
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts

Idk but im crying and i love Halo 5 but i got for no reason they banned the wrong person plz check
my game history plz 343

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> > Im was banned for no reason why for 167 days im crying plz check my game history
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> If you are banned for 167 days, it’s not for no reason. It’s because your account was caught manipulating the matchmaking / ranking system
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts

Plz check my game history idk want you mean by that but plz you guys banned the wrong person for 167 days now its 165 days plz check my game history plz

Please don’t post multiple times in a row shell shocked 80, you can see that thread that I linked for more information

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> > > Im was banned for no reason why for 167 days im crying plz check my game history
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> > If you are banned for 167 days, it’s not for no reason. It’s because your account was caught manipulating the matchmaking / ranking system
> > https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics/matchmaking-and-ranking-manipulation-bans/33494f76-41cc-4090-b537-01a46582f88f/posts
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> Plz check my game history idk want you mean by that but plz you guys banned the wrong person for 167 days now its 165 days plz check my game history plz

I double checked with enforcement. Your recent history shows you in a party with a player who threw all of their placement matches just after being unbanned. So you repeated the same exact offense that you were banned for shortly after being unbanned.