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

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> Hi I was playing FFA and when I won the game and when I was returned to lobby it said connection loss you have been banned for 2d 2:17:55 while I won the game and stayed in the lobby and did not do anything wrong. Could you please reverse this ban.
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> Thank You
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> GT: Tom Gerencer

The match before your last FFA game thst you won was a DNF. It occurs quite often that the banhammer is delayed atleast one match. This is most likely the DNF that got you banned, but you had time for another match before the banhammer took action.

A long bantime usually mean it’s not your first ban.

I am unaware of i343 lifting bans, but keep us posted how that work out.

I quit an arena game to use the restroom and I went and played another round of arena and I was the last one killed. The game then promptly kicked me for ā€œquitting to muchā€. I have only been able to play about 20 arena matches without getting banned for ā€œquittingā€. This is really starting to get o annoying so can you please fix this, thanks.

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> I quit an arena game to use the restroom and I went and played another round of arena and I was the last one killed. The game then promptly kicked me for ā€œquitting to muchā€. I have only been able to play about 20 arena matches without getting banned for ā€œquittingā€. This is really starting to get o annoying so can you please fix this, thanks.

uhh you have 8 DNF out of the last 30 arena games and 4 DNF out of 20 warzone games

12 DNF in the last 50 games defiantly gets you a ban you avg quitting 3 games nearly every 10 games you enter.

when will ppl learn to look past the last game… and look at your overal record

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> > I quit an arena game to use the restroom and I went and played another round of arena and I was the last one killed. The game then promptly kicked me for ā€œquitting to muchā€. I have only been able to play about 20 arena matches without getting banned for ā€œquittingā€. This is really starting to get o annoying so can you please fix this, thanks.
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> uhh you have 8 DNF out of the last 30 arena games and 4 DNF out of 20 warzone games
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> 12 DNF in the last 50 games defiantly gets you a ban you avg quitting 3 games nearly every 10 games you enter.
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> when will ppl learn to look past the last game… and look at your overal record

How can u see my previous matches I can’t find out.

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> > > I quit an arena game to use the restroom and I went and played another round of arena and I was the last one killed. The game then promptly kicked me for ā€œquitting to muchā€. I have only been able to play about 20 arena matches without getting banned for ā€œquittingā€. This is really starting to get o annoying so can you please fix this, thanks.
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> > uhh you have 8 DNF out of the last 30 arena games and 4 DNF out of 20 warzone games
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> > 12 DNF in the last 50 games defiantly gets you a ban you avg quitting 3 games nearly every 10 games you enter.
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> > when will ppl learn to look past the last game… and look at your overal record
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> How can u see my previous matches I can’t find out.

go to your service record on way point then select game history

I keep getting banned for disconnects that happen as soon as a game ends. Im getting really sick of this. It’s not my fault that that servers are bad. I just received a 30 min ban for something I have no control over.

Banned for ā€œpoor connection to dedicated servers.ā€

I usually dashboard and quit the game when I get put into a war zone game that is in progress. You can tell because instead of the background for the map, it shows the picture with the Spartans battling a knight. I’ve never once had an enjoyable experience with a game in progress and since I play for the enjoyment, I simply don’t play games in progress.

Recently I had to dashboard and quit three times in a row since this game insists on screwing the people who join solo and placing me into three games in progress in a row which led to the ban. And this, is why I simply stopped playing games in progress. I used to have no problem with games in progress when I needed REQ points, as they were usually easy points no matter how unenjoyable. However, even then it wasn’t uncommon to be put into multiple games in progress in a row. If the system were more intelligent and put a ā€œgame in progressā€ timeout on players that were just added to and completed a game in progress, I’d stick around for one every now and again. If the system is smart enough to time players out for bad connections and quitting early, it doesn’t seem like it should be too difficult to keep people out of games in progress if they just finished one.

Bottom line, stop putting me into games in progress, I’m not going to play them until this brilliant system takes people who join solo into consideration so 80% of the games we’re joined to aren’t already well underway. Feel free to ban me, I’ll just go play something else. If that’s the goal of this system, it worked, though, it certainly doesn’t put forth a whole bunch of logic.

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> > > Hey 343i, Bungie called! They want their game back!!! This banhammer crap is ridiculous!!! Why should I have to get penalized for quitting a game after hours of getting my -Yoink!- handed to me because your servers can’t manage to put me it a competitive game!!! This is stupid!!! I paid $60 for this game! If I wanna quit, I should be allowed!!! It’s not like every flippin match is a final in a freakin halo tournament! People get fed up after a while. Everyone does! I get sick and tired of watching dudes running in circles shooting the freakin ground while I’m gettin lit up by the enemy who is less than 10 ft. away from said idiot!!! AND THIS HAS BEEN THE NORM FOR ME ALL G.D. DAY!!! So, forgive me for quitting a few games, but an almost 3 hour ban is stupid. Defkrytix is my gamertag. Yes, I’ve quit games before. But only when I get sick of playing with retards!!! You don’t like my wording?.. That’s not the point. Get over it! Fix it!!! I know for a fact I’m not the only gamer who feels this way!!!
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> Too true

agreed… the ban system is a joke… way over done.

How long is the average ban supposed to be for?
Is there a place you see the length of the ban?

I had the ban message come up the other day after quitting a game (I’ve quit the odd few-I have no excuse). I restarted the xbox and PvP worked fine again.

Can you even get a 60 second ban?

Is there a reason that Arena would let you play another round before initiating a ban? I know I have several DNFs from the past couple of days, but it showed me I had a ban just a bit ago after a match I completed. On a semi-related note, I wish the game got rid of AFK players in a bit more timely a manner.

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> How long is the average ban supposed to be for?
> Is there a place you see the length of the ban?
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> I had the ban message come up the other day after quitting a game (I’ve quit the odd few-I have no excuse). I restarted the xbox and PvP worked fine again.
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> Can you even get a 60 second ban?

Ban time is said to increase every time you get banned. So there’s reslly no average ban length. Think max you can get is three days though.

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> Is there a reason that Arena would let you play another round before initiating a ban? I know I have several DNFs from the past couple of days, but it showed me I had a ban just a bit ago after a match I completed. On a semi-related note, I wish the game got rid of AFK players in a bit more timely a manner.

I’d say you have time for a match if you get to join quick enough after leaving a match becase the bsnhammer system analyze the new information and it may take some time.

I know this is the ban thread but you guys need to fix the matching system, my team has lost by 20-30 kills every time. Perfect example a few minutes ago we were down 7-31. This has been happening all day and the system needs to be fixed quickly.

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> I know this is the ban thread but you guys need to fix the matching system, my team has lost by 20-30 kills every time. Perfect example a few minutes ago we were down 7-31. This has been happening all day and the system needs to be fixed quickly.

As you said, this is the ban thread. Any queries about matchmaking should be posted in the matchmaking forums thanks

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> > I know this is the ban thread but you guys need to fix the matching system, my team has lost by 20-30 kills every time. Perfect example a few minutes ago we were down 7-31. This has been happening all day and the system needs to be fixed quickly.
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> As you said, this is the ban thread. Any queries about matchmaking should be posted in the matchmaking forums thanks

So which matchmaking forum should I use, please leave a link

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> > > 2535436781347467;715:
> > > I know this is the ban thread but you guys need to fix the matching system, my team has lost by 20-30 kills every time. Perfect example a few minutes ago we were down 7-31. This has been happening all day and the system needs to be fixed quickly.
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> > As you said, this is the ban thread. Any queries about matchmaking should be posted in the matchmaking forums thanks
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> So which matchmaking forum should I use, please leave a link

Make a thread about your matchmaking issue here:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/58b8518e005f432381ab99fbcaf931e0/topics

Hello, I was just put into a game of Grif Ball, and every time I spawned I was spawning inside a wall or out of the arena, doesn’t really matter. Anyways I kept on dying because I was falling and it counted as a suicide… Now I am banned, tbh it doesn’t matter how long the banned because I shouldn’t have been banned.

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> I keep getting banned for disconnects that happen as soon as a game ends. Im getting really sick of this. It’s not my fault that that servers are bad. I just received a 30 min ban for something I have no control over.

you also have 9/60 games you didnt finish, some the amount of deaths your team had doesnt add up to the amount of kills the other team go. also it seemed the games you DNF your team was getting stomped pretty badly. coincidence maybe idk.

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> Banned for ā€œpoor connection to dedicated servers.ā€
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> I usually dashboard and quit the game when I get put into a war zone game that is in progress. You can tell because instead of the background for the map, it shows the picture with the Spartans battling a knight. I’ve never once had an enjoyable experience with a game in progress and since I play for the enjoyment, I simply don’t play games in progress.
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> Recently I had to dashboard and quit three times in a row since this game insists on screwing the people who join solo and placing me into three games in progress in a row which led to the ban. And this, is why I simply stopped playing games in progress. I used to have no problem with games in progress when I needed REQ points, as they were usually easy points no matter how unenjoyable. However, even then it wasn’t uncommon to be put into multiple games in progress in a row. If the system were more intelligent and put a ā€œgame in progressā€ timeout on players that were just added to and completed a game in progress, I’d stick around for one every now and again. If the system is smart enough to time players out for bad connections and quitting early, it doesn’t seem like it should be too difficult to keep people out of games in progress if they just finished one.
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> Bottom line, stop putting me into games in progress, I’m not going to play them until this brilliant system takes people who join solo into consideration so 80% of the games we’re joined to aren’t already well underway. Feel free to ban me, I’ll just go play something else. If that’s the goal of this system, it worked, though, it certainly doesn’t put forth a whole bunch of logic.

the only reason i see this happening is when joining to a JIP game once the game is selected it is not like a normal lobby where dashboarding is ok and wont hurt you. being at the screen for JIP the game will hurt you though.

BS…it seems to me every time a totally Massacre enemy team and Win match I get banned instantlY. never misconduct on my part unless you count jumping off the map after it says victory or defeatother than that I’ve had teammates attack me and so I attack Back…why buy a game or xbox live for that matter if you can get banned for accidents bad connection or It seems also for returning friendly fire when fired upon Like if there were a way to sue for this BS I surely would doubt it though nobody ever reads the terms of use been playing Halo since it was in beta testing for Halo:1I know my feelings toward Hilo is f*** this s*** going to burn my books Get ride of all my halo crap and just say -Yoink- it and go to Call of Duty I mean like for real though I buy all the packs spend a bunch of money on Halo and then I start getting banned for no reason longer and longer every time and back-to-back Bans as soon as I win a match -Yoink- you 343 better wen it was Bungie

oh my God I’m beginning to believe it’s just crappy server says I’m banned for 16 hours and literally the second I posted my last post on here I look at my screen and press A and my ban is lifted guarantee right now I’m going to go play a match no misconduct is going to ban me right after

now I feel very sorry for my language and these two posts because the 16-hour band went away

I was banned for quiting 1 game and I quit because Halo would not allow me to mute players for some reason and I didn’t want my kids to hear some of the crap coming out of the other players mouths. Getting banned for quiting 1 game is ridiculous. I bought the game so I could play it so I could imagine playing it. Get off your power trip and let people play.