4 accounts PERM BANNED

About your account:
1. Was the game account created after the 13-May-2015 banwave? 3 YES, 1 NO
2. EU or US realm? US
3. Did the account have any previous suspensions or bans? None
4. How many (average) hours per day did you bot? 10-15hrs/day
5. What estimated percentage of the time did you supervise your bot? 25%
6. Was your account involved in gold selling? No
7. How many auctions per day did you post on this account? None
8. Did you use any non-Honorbuddy bots with this account? No
9. Did you use any H4cks, Che4ts, or mods with this account? No
10. Do you have any observations about the event you'd like to share?

For a few months, I was farming the same LK dungeon with 2 of the 4 accounts. I farm the dungeon with only 1 character since it was only a LK dungeon, and was making about 550gold/hr. A few days ago, I decided to add another bot to my operation, making it 3 bots solo-farming the dungeon, separately. It all appeared to be safe with the 3 accounts, so lastnight I decided to add the 4th bot to my process to do the same thing. Within 10 hours or so, the 3 accounts were perma-banned. All 3 emails were the same and gave the reasoning for : "NOTICE OF LICENCE TERMINATION" due to "USAGE OF BOTS OR OTHER ***** SOFTWARE."

At first, the 4th account that I added last was not banned. So, I stopped the bot and logged out of that account. About 6 hours later, I received an email for this account stating it was closed. The reason for this account was "EXPLOITATIVE ACTIVITY FOUND." They claimed this account was "ABUSING THE ECONOMY."

When I received my first little personal ban wave, I opened a livechat ticket with Blizzard for one of the Perma-banned accounts. The representative told me they knew of the other accounts in my name that were banned for the same exact thing, at the same location. They said that the information they had regarding my accounts was obvious that I was botting, according to them. I know I should not have opened a ticket and probably should have just dealt with my loss and continued on, but I did not. So, now they are doing some more research of this all and will determine if my accounts were guilty of what they accused me of or if they made an error. Obviously, I know they are not going to overturn their decision. As a matter of fact, 6 hours later was when the 4th account was banned. So, now I'm sitting here waiting to see if my 2 main WoD accounts, that I only bot to level, will be affected on my other computer. I of course stopped botting all together for the time being to see what the hell is going to happen.

Point is, I do not know why or how I was caught. Not sure if somebody had seen me and reported me, or what. It appeared that I had a good run when I was only using 2 bots to farm this dungeon and when I decided to add more, that's when I got caught. Coincidence? I don't know. I think they will reverse the decision on the 4th account with "abusing the economy" because I don't know wth they are talking about with that specific account closure.

I think something might be happening here. Blizzard seems to be banning people more frequently it seems. What I do not understand is why some people receive a 72hr suspension, some people are banned, but given additional chances and warnings, and others only receive one ban and are perma-banned, without any other chances.

At this point, I'm not sure if I should start a couple of new battle-chest accounts or what...Touché Blizzard, touché...

 

Okay, so to update this - ALL OF MY ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING MY 2 WOD ACCOUNTS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BOTTING ARE NOW BANNED. LOL. THIS IS A LESSON TO ANYBODY, NEVER OPEN A LIVE CHAT AND TRY TO ARGUE WITH BLIZZARD SO THEY CAN OPEN AN ESCALATION BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE, 2 OF THE ACCOUNTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY DINGED FOR BOTTING WENT FROM PERMA-BANNED TO 72 HR SUSPENSION. BUT THEN 12 HOURS LATER WAS WHEN MY 2 MAIN WOW ACCOUNTS WERE BANNED. THE ONLY THING I DONT LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THE INCONSISTENCY FROM BLIZZARD. WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU UNBAN A THIRD OF MY ACCOUNTS BUT BAN THE REST? I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET BACK MY MAIN ACCOUNTS BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO IF I DO OR EVEN IF I DONT...

 

I got a reply back from Blizzard stating that my 2 main WOD accounts, that were NOT botting are perma-banned. lol. Again, these 2 accounts were not botting at all and only got banned due to them being in the same name as the botting accounts that were banned.

What is ridiculous is the accounts that were banned for botting, was reviewed and received a lower sentence of a 72 hour ban, but the accounts that didn't do anything wrong are perma-banned.

I know this is a lost cause, but I opened another ticket as a last resort for them to call me to ask why they are not consistent and that they should only suspend my 2 main WOD accounts if anything....

Touché Blizzard again, touché. /sigh