Why Did I Get Banned - The Official Thread

> > I would like to know why there is a credit ban on my entire console, not specific accounts, and for how long - specifically?
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> > Thank you.
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> Well your GT has played with a GT AaronTyB 3000. AaronTyB 3000’s game history has a number of AFK matches. If this GT plays primarily on your console, there’s your console ban.
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> AaronTyB 3000’s naughtiness
> AFK
> AFK
> AFK
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> Those are just three full AFK examples. I see a half dozen games on the first page of AaronTyB 3000’s game history that might be partial AFK games as well.
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> EDIT: If this is your first ban, it’s usually 24-48 hours. If you’ve had other bans previously, the current ban might be longer (up to 2 weeks). Significant AFK activity will eventually get you credit reset to recruit.

I’m confused. Where is this documented? What warning, if any, was given? Why is there no specific time? Who determines how long this lasts?

Also, just playing solo I’m also getting this message. I can’t earn credits playing solo?

OK so not being a smart AAA if u was to play main player and guest in a games. And ur guest being someone who completely. Sucks at it and gets like let’s say 2-4 Kills a game. And the main player gets 15-20 a game u can be possibly banned just because the person who is ur geust sucks at getting kills in that game? It doesn’t seem fair I mean I understand why we have the system but if u do it by accident then u will get banned am I correct?

Hello,

i was banned(Credits) but i dont know why?

I want to play halo reach ,because i love it and then so? :frowning:

> Hello,
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> i was banned(Credits) but i dont know why?
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> I want to play halo reach ,because i love it and then so? :frowning:

Are you banned or have you hit the daily limit ? 200.000 is the maximum daily amount, not sure if custom games count to that or not, if it’s a daily thing you should be fine tomorrow.

No , i have play 10 rounds today,and then came ,that i banned from credits.My console is banned from credits…:frowning:

Ok here goes…you people working at 343i. You guys are seriously more interested in banning people for credits than actually doing something to the modders and profile hackers in this game. Dont even give me that bs about “permanent bans for modders and hackers” because people that actually play this game on a frequent basis, unlike most of you people who do not and rely on a “banhammer” to do your work for you. Ummm…you can definitely tell that more people mod than are caught and I have several “friends” who brag about the modding that they do and still have yet to be caught. (And yes smartarse they actually do it because you can clearly see it.) So anyways apparently having a few people over and drinking having a good time results in a credit ban because heaven forbid all the controllers aren’t moving every second of every game, because piss breaks, cig breaks, beer runs, and teaching new people to play on others’ gt’s is forbidden in 343’s world. So without further adieu you people can shove this game up your -Yoink- without lube, sideways and then get off your -Yoinks!- and fix your precious “banhammer” that screws genuine players over and lets cheaters run free.
But, you will never screw me again because I will not play this ridiculous game nor ever buy anything with 343i on it ever again. And I will be sure everyone knows how this system works and will strongly advise others to break and never buy your games again.
And while we’re at it this just goes to prove your “system” is flawed and you could care less about your fans or customers because when you make…oh excuse me…when your “banhammer” makes a decision to ban its final…but yet when you reach inheritor you keep getting credits but if you get too many all of a sudden or teach newbies how to play, oops you’re banned. So sit on your thrones and think you’re gods, there will a day when halo is replaced (hopefully not by something you people made and put a stupid “banhammer” in) by something completely better in every way.
Oh and to further your blantant lack of care or concern for your fans and customers you have a thread and not actual help in which people who do not work for you post and reply on here, after searching your gamertag which itself is annoying and creepy, when some users want actual employees or a credited tech support to help and receive answers.
Kudos guys. Great customer satisfaction I see and experience with your “holier-than-thou” attitudes.
And for the groupies who hang out posting replies here and being rude to us people who want answers, go outside and look at the sun for the first time in years. Don’t even bother searching this gt and trying to creep on my -Yoink-, its not even real and I wont be back to read replies because this account will be deleted. :slight_smile:
Peace out girlscouts.

most of them are custom games, and custom games have different rules. I tried my best to get 1 point but it is impossible because it is a CUSTOM GAME that made for FUN!

I swear it is my first time being banned, and I’ve been banned for 3 days. I really think this is sick. and why the entire console can’t earn credit even though only one account from 6 accounts has AFKed?

> I swear it is my first time being banned, and I’ve been banned for 3 days. I really think this is sick. and why the entire console can’t earn credit even though only one account from 6 accounts has AFKed?

You were console banned. That means noone on your console can do anything. Next time, don’t AFK and this won’t happen.

> > I swear it is my first time being banned, and I’ve been banned for 3 days. I really think this is sick. and why the entire console can’t earn credit even though only one account from 6 accounts has AFKed?
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> You were console banned. That means noone on your console can do anything. Next time, don’t AFK and this won’t happen.

I believe I know that it won’t happen if I didn’t do it, but I’m asking WHY THEY PUNISH EVERYONE EVEN THOUGH ONLY ONE ACCOUNT SHOULD BE PUNISHED. I hope now u understand what I meant.

It’s july 9 2012, and i’ve had Reach for about 5 days now. I’m not even familiar with the maps, but some kids invited me to play a custom game once I joined them it was pointless. They didn’t really play. By the end of the game, they all quit. Whem I went back to Matchmaking it said That I’ve been quitting too many games ! I haven’t quit one game ! Am I the victim of some loop hole an employee of Halo told their kids about? It doesn’t make me want to make friends online. It doesnt make me want to renew my subscription either.

If someone is cheating eg Lag switching, How are you meant to report them? Or if they have a 200% speed boost, I now i report them, but i’m pretty sure nothing happens to them

Hi I just got credit banned, i am not sure what it was for but i think it was ‘Heaven forbid’ trying to teach my girlfriends younger brother how to play xbox online. Yes he sucks, but if this is the case why i have been banned is that fair. He didn’t really effect game that much beside i made up for his deaths by killing everyone and still won most of the time.

If this wasn’t the case please let me know what i did wrong.

PLEASE HELP

Gamertag: XxDJ CARNAGExX

People can get banned in many ways boosting, glitching , they even can get banned for some other reason which I can’t recall the ban hammer is a good part in the system. It keeps the hackers and such out of our games the fragers and etc. Fragers are people who ban people by hacking fyi.

> Ok here goes…you people working at 343i. You guys are seriously more interested in banning people for credits than actually doing something to the modders and profile hackers in this game.

People manipulating the credit system far outweigh the people who mod and hack. So naturally, more people are banned for credit manipulation/AFK’ing, than modding / hacking

> Dont even give me that bs about “permanent bans for modders and hackers” because people that actually play this game on a frequent basis, unlike most of you people who do not and rely on a “banhammer” to do your work for you. Ummm…you can definitely tell that more people mod than are caught and I have several “friends” who brag about the modding that they do and still have yet to be caught. (And yes smartarse they actually do it because you can clearly see it.)

They get permanent bans if they ARE caught. With the large volume of players on the matchmaking servers at any givin time, a few modders/hackers are bound to slip through the cracks. But believe me, they WILL eventually be caught and punished.

And a note on the automated ban sysytem: Does it make any sense to have an army of real people anyalizing every person, in every game? The amount of people required for such an impossible task would be huge. And everyone of those peoplle would need to be paid, which would make every copy of halo that more expensive. Could you imagine each copy of halo costing thousands of dollars?

> So anyways apparently having a few people over and drinking having a good time results in a credit ban because heaven forbid all the controllers aren’t moving every second of every game, because piss breaks, cig breaks, beer runs, and teaching new people to play on others’ gt’s is forbidden in 343’s world.

If you are busy with something else, why would you play a game you know you have no time for?

When you and your drinking buddies put the controller down in the middle of a game you are robbing everyone else in the game of a competant team mate/opponent. It lessens the fun level for EVERYONE in that game. Why should you get to ruin my game experiance? How is your fun time more important than everyone else’s fun time in the game? Take a bit of consideration for others with you when you hit up matchmaking.

> So without further adieu you people can shove this game up your -Yoink!- without lube, sideways and then get off your -Yoinks!- and fix your precious “banhammer” that screws genuine players over and lets cheaters run free.
> But, you will never screw me again because I will not play this ridiculous game nor ever buy anything with 343i on it ever again. And I will be sure everyone knows how this system works and will strongly advise others to break and never buy your games again.

I think i speak for many people who’s game experiences have been ruined: Goodbye, and good riddence.

Make sure to tell your friends why you’re telling them to break their game discs and boycott 343i: They caught you doing something against the rules, so you got banned. Heaven forbid that they enforce their own rules. You can also tell them that the majority of players who were banned, deserved it without the slightest bit of restraint.

> And while we’re at it this just goes to prove your “system” is flawed and you could care less about your fans or customers because when you make…oh excuse me…when your “banhammer” makes a decision to ban its final…but yet when you reach inheritor you keep getting credits but if you get too many all of a sudden or teach newbies how to play, oops you’re banned. So sit on your thrones and think you’re gods, there will a day when halo is replaced (hopefully not by something you people made and put a stupid “banhammer” in) by something completely better in every way.

It should be common sense, or at least pretty obvious that taking inexperienced or new players into a competitive playlist is a bad idea. There are many options for teaching new players: Firefight (custom and matchmaking), Campaign, Custom games, Action Sack ETC.

I’m sure if you wrote the script and code for a better ban system, then they would happily take a peek at it. But until you can, you’ll have to live with it, or not play.

> Oh and to further your blantant lack of care or concern for your fans and customers you have a thread and not actual help in which people who do not work for you post and reply on here, after searching your gamertag which itself is annoying and creepy, when some users want actual employees or a credited tech support to help and receive answers.

Why would they pay anyone, to have to continuously repeat and rehash the same things after every post (IE “you AFK’d”, “you reset challenges” “ban lengths are as follows”, ETC.). 98% of the answers people seek could be obtained by reading the rules page, or reading the first or last few pages of this thread. A real person would get fed up with giving the same answer again and again (i got fed up after my first few posts in this thread, hence why i don’t frequent ths thread anymore). And then when people have an explanation of why they were banned they’ll cause a fuss because they think they shouldn’t have the same rules applied to them. Or they’ll swear, insult and flame because they’re angry that they got caught.

> Kudos guys. Great customer satisfaction I see and experience with your “holier-than-thou” attitudes.
> And for the groupies who hang out posting replies here and being rude to us people who want answers, go outside and look at the sun for the first time in years. Don’t even bother searching this gt and trying to creep on my Yoink!, its not even real and I wont be back to read replies because this account will be deleted. :slight_smile:
> Peace out girlscouts.

The only reason we are rude to people, is when they fly off the handle when they get caught dead to rights (much like yourself). And we’re tired of keyboard cowboys making new accounts to shoot their mouths off and then go hide. You don’t like us because we won’t sugar coat the truth.

Most game developers don’t even have a user based ban help thread. So before critsizing, do your research.

Lastly, id like to thank the people at 343i for protecting my interests, as well as the interests of a vast majority of halo gamers, from AFK’ers and boosters. And not giving in to cheaters who whine when they get caught.

> > > I swear it is my first time being banned, and I’ve been banned for 3 days. I really think this is sick. and why the entire console can’t earn credit even though only one account from 6 accounts has AFKed?
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> > You were console banned. That means noone on your console can do anything. Next time, don’t AFK and this won’t happen.
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> I believe I know that it won’t happen if I didn’t do it, but I’m asking WHY THEY PUNISH EVERYONE EVEN THOUGH ONLY ONE ACCOUNT SHOULD BE PUNISHED. I hope now u understand what I meant.

They do it like that for the following reason:

1.Main account gets banned for boosting.
2.The booster signs that account out.
3.The booster signs secondary account in.
4. Booster continues to cheat with no consequences

Does it make more sense now?

I am 71 years old and have attained the rank of inheritor, have full armour and over 11million credits so have no reason to cheat. I am a really crap player with an atrocious K/D ratio but my rank has been built up by the many hours playing swat. I have been banned from getting credits when I played with my wife as a guest so my wife got her own account but the console and my account have been banned so she cannot progress. A previous ban was only lifted a few days ago. So can somebody explain why there is this semi-permanent ban on my account and why there is no recourse or complaints procedure so that I can utilize 100% a game that I have bought and paid for. I am NOT a cheat and object to being coloured as one.

I was just woundering why I was Banned and for how long?

GT: Th3MiZz Xx

I think I was fraged.
Is it possible to see who banned u?

Hey Im confused why my account was temporarily banned from recieving credits… I played about 7 hours yesterday. And I stayed up until about 5 am playing grif ball and swat. However at one point I left to go eat in the middle of a game and I didn’t come back for another 45 minutes because I had to do a few chores. Maybe this could cause it, but idk