World of Warcraft

Has anyone else notice that the mods sense of humor has gone completely away?  I understand that the Official forums could get out of hand sometimes, but recently when a couple Guild Members went to log in they got a message that they had too many warnings/Suspensions on the forums and the latest suspension included an inability to log in to the game while suspended from the forums.

When did this start? is this even legal that they can continue to charge you yet you are unable to log in because you Trolled their fourms?

idk when it started but the forums should be seperate from the game. it is wrong to suspend someone from the game cuz of what they did in the forums.  now yes some ppl are very annoying and should be banned but the game and forums shouldnt be linked together. if im paying i should be able to play unless i did something IN GAME to get myself banned

Yeah when one of them contaced Blizzard they told it was a new policy..I'm just wondering how log it has been in effect and why they didn't bother to tell folks about it, personally I stay off the forums....but  a Ninja policy like that Ain't  cool in the slightest

Originally posted by xbellx777

idk when it started but the forums should be seperate from the game. it is wrong to suspend someone from the game cuz of what they did in the forums.  now yes some ppl are very annoying and should be banned but the game and forums shouldnt be linked together. if im paying i should be able to play unless i did something IN GAME to get myself banned

I agree, but the sad truth is it's Blizzards game, and they can do what they want in terms of banning people, as im pretty sure in their TOS or EULA it mentions that they can revoke gameplay privilages for any reason they want (Not going through and reading/citing it, im not THAT bored).

Originally posted by todeswulf

 

Has anyone else notice that the mods sense of humor has gone completely away?  I understand that the Official forums could get out of hand sometimes, but recently when a couple Guild Members went to log in they got a message that they had too many warnings/Suspensions on the forums and the latest suspension included an inability to log in to the game while suspended from the forums.

When did this start? is this even legal that they can continue to charge you yet you are unable to log in because you Trolled their fourms?

 

The forums and the game are actually covered by the same set of rules (altho obviously you most likely won't see people running 3rd party programs to post faster... ).

Legal?

The consumer has the option to do a charge back and not pay.  Then of course the account will be banned.  However, it is an option as a consumer.

The boards are private and belong to blizzard just as the game servers.  When you add:

"they got a message that they had too many warnings/Suspensions on the forums and the latest suspension included an inability to log in to the game while suspended from the forums."

So obviously this isn't an issue they just developed.  They have an ongoing history of violating the forum rules...

Maybe they should have stopped after a few warnings and/or suspensions?

I mean one has to *ponder* wtf the problem is exactly... it doesn't seem to be on Blizzard's end.

*edited to add*

It seems most likely that Blizzard has a policy in place that when you keep taking up resources to be dealt with on the forums.  They eventually suspend you from BOTH the forums and the game.. to try and get the message through.... 

Originally posted by deathdude360

Originally posted by xbellx777

idk when it started but the forums should be seperate from the game. it is wrong to suspend someone from the game cuz of what they did in the forums.  now yes some ppl are very annoying and should be banned but the game and forums shouldnt be linked together. if im paying i should be able to play unless i did something IN GAME to get myself banned

 

I agree, but the sad truth is it's Blizzards game, and they can do what they want in terms of banning people, as im pretty sure in their TOS or EULA it mentions that they can revoke gameplay privilages for any reason they want (Not going through and reading/citing it, im not THAT bored).

ya i just hope they dont pull a soe and start banning ppl like mad.  they can take a hit in numbers but one day when their numbers start dropping and the game dies they might wish they had treated the paying customers a little better. not that im not saying their doing a bad job now all the stuff i have bought from blizzard has been well made and i have had no reason to bash them, but now that their a bigger company they might start acting like it then we'll end up with another EA

Originally posted by Antarious

 

The forums and the game are actually covered by the same set of rules (altho obviously you most likely won't see people running 3rd party programs to post faster... ).

Legal?

The consumer has the option to do a charge back and not pay.  Then of course the account will be banned.  However, it is an option as a consumer.

The boards are private and belong to blizzard just as the game servers.  When you add:

"they got a message that they had too many warnings/Suspensions on the forums and the latest suspension included an inability to log in to the game while suspended from the forums."

So obviously this isn't an issue they just developed.  They have an ongoing history of violating the forum rules...

Maybe they should have stopped after a few warnings and/or suspensions?

I mean one has to *ponder* wtf the problem is exactly... it doesn't seem to be on Blizzard's end.

Yeah I know they should have stopped, but Blizzard has a history of letting Trolling on the forums slide... it just seems to to be the further  Homogenizing of Blizzard,  WoW has gotten easy cheesy..anything slightly offensve  is quickly removed  SC2 and D III has these bright cheery graphics.  I may be wrong but it looks to me like Craptivision is calling all the shots now, and Blizzard that we knew is long gone.

Originally posted by xbellx777

 

ya i just hope they dont pull a soe and start banning ppl like mad.  they can take a hit in numbers but one day when their numbers start dropping and the game dies they might wish they had treated the paying customers a little better. not that im not saying their doing a bad job now all the stuff i have bought from blizzard has been well made and i have had no reason to bash them, but now that their a bigger company they might start acting like it then we'll end up with another EA

I'm just concerned that a lot of the LOL moments that we have all had on the forums and in game are gone..... Really I could see this happen if my guys linked to porn or said somthing racist...but one called a guy a Fing Idiot and bypassed the profanity filter so he could read it and the other basically did a Rickroll...now they can't play the game for two weeks.  I'm sorry that's harsh. that is SOE harsh.

Originally posted by todeswulf

Originally posted by Antarious

 

The forums and the game are actually covered by the same set of rules (altho obviously you most likely won't see people running 3rd party programs to post faster... ).

Legal?

The consumer has the option to do a charge back and not pay.  Then of course the account will be banned.  However, it is an option as a consumer.

The boards are private and belong to blizzard just as the game servers.  When you add:

"they got a message that they had too many warnings/Suspensions on the forums and the latest suspension included an inability to log in to the game while suspended from the forums."

So obviously this isn't an issue they just developed.  They have an ongoing history of violating the forum rules...

Maybe they should have stopped after a few warnings and/or suspensions?

I mean one has to *ponder* wtf the problem is exactly... it doesn't seem to be on Blizzard's end.

 

Yeah I know they should have stopped, but Blizzard has a history of letting Trolling on the forums slide... it just seems to to be the further  Homogenizing of Blizzard,  WoW has gotten easy cheesy..anything slightly offensve  is quickly removed  SC2 and D III has these bright cheery graphics.  I may be wrong but it looks to me like Craptivision is calling all the shots now, and Blizzard that we knew is long gone.

The things you're referring to happened long before the Activision merger. Blizzard just happens to be in the position where they don't need to coddle asshats to keep their subscription numbers up. The crackdown is long overdue. Banning people from forums is a execise in futility. Banning people from a game gets their attention.