"banned for no reason".Fact or Fiction?

[taco241 393]

Why is it that all the guys claiming they're getting "banned for no reason" seem to be new to the forum?

Has any long-term contributing member here ever been banned for no reason?

Is any of this even remotely legit? If Steak and Potatoes suddenly started a thread, I might believe it but coming from these guys, I just don't buy accidental global bans are possible. (I realize the admin bans are another animal altogether).

Thoughts?

Edited May 3, 2013 by taco241

[spinager 152]

What you talking about boi!

[GOD™ 2795]

I've been kicked by battleeye for no reason.

But not banned.

[nik21 287]

Those people coming to the DayZ forums claiming they've been innocently banned are mostly either script kiddies (easily identified by allcaps and full-rage hurr-durr mode) or people THINKING they've been innocently banned when they got IN FACT their Arma 2 OA keys stolen (which has then been used for cheating by someone else bla bla..).

The only case of a false positive was in August 2012, those bans were lifted within 3 days, but that's about it. Every ban has evidence gathered behind it, and no, BE doesen't have any false positives atm.

So yeah. Most people coming here are just newbies, fail at keeping their system safe and then blame BE for "banning without reason bla bla..." when they don't have a single clue of what's even going on.

I've been kicked by battleeye for no reason.

bs, the reason is indicated by the kick message.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Nik21

[h3retic 224]

I have a 100% legit friend (yes, i am absolutely sure of that) who s been global banned "for no reason".

- not that im siding with the people who cry on the forums about having been banned

Edited May 3, 2013 by h3retic

[JIJOK 49]

actually yes, its possible

if u read here it says "Download link and other options (no you will not be banned by BattleEye)" but happened to some friends , also some hacks has "Remote bypass = you can execute scripts on other players" so if i m not wrong BE will detect that YOU spawned weapon Edited May 4, 2013 by JIJOK

[applejaxc 2500]

I've seen banned occurred by for-or-less bullshit reasons, but the only 2 examples I can give resulted in a return (when the ban was checked by BI). I've seen kicked for all sorts of reasons.

[Auslovich 48]

bs, the reason is indicated by the kick message.

He means that he did nothing wrong, eg he was on a server with added in Apache helicopteres, he fired the missiles and was kicked, etc.

[Rage VG 4033]

I've been kicked by battleeye for no reason.

But not banned.

You had a "kick me" sign on your back.

Also, I have two videos that cover Global bans (

and

), and 9/10 after some prying with questions or a little snooping, I can either find a dodgy but innocent looking download has taken place, or they're simply hackers. So often, I choose to simply ignore any "Lol for no reason why" questions because I have disproved it so many times before.

All of the cases are either one of two things:

1. A hacker, simply flat-out lying, or

2. Someone who really didn't hack, but downloaded something like an FPS booster that stole their key.

If you were to do the following:

1. Never even attempt to hack

2. Only get your downloads from trusted, active sources such as popular threads here, or ARMAHolic.

3. Never let other people use your CD-Key

4. Don't randomly join Skype calls with random people from the forums

Then you're golden. Only when I see someone who I know does all of those get banned, will I reconsider.

Edited May 4, 2013 by Rage VG

[spankerfist 44]

I was globally banned for acess flooding after i put a bugged ghilliesuit on. The ban was lifted after 30 min.

[Guest]

By admins yes I have been banned but never by Battleye.

It's simple kids.

Play the game and don't download anything more than required.

Xbox on the other hand... I have been banned 6 times :P

[Mr Mouse 61]

Never been banned from an online game since online gaming began (yes I'm that old). You're doing something wrong if you get banned, and I'll leave you to work out why that is.

[nik21 287]

I have a 100% legit friend (yes, i am absolutely sure of that) who s been global banned "for no reason".

Seems absolutely legit... funny how it's always the friend, brother or goldfish... I guess when can all be 100% sure that he didn't attempt to cheat or got his CD-Key stolen.

actually yes, its possible

if u read here it says "Download link and other options (no you will not be banned by BattleEye)" but happened to some friends , also some hacks has "Remote bypass = you can execute scripts on other players" so if i m not wrong BE will detect that YOU spawned weapon

1st, is a random youtube video description a trusted source? That thing could perfectly be a keystealer. And yea.. happened to "some friends". Seems legit.

2nd, yes you are wrong, executing scripts on other players has always been possible, getting globally banned for that is not possible.

He means that he did nothing wrong, eg he was on a server with added in Apache helicopteres, he fired the missiles and was kicked, etc.

There is always a "reason" for a kick, probably, as in 99% of the cases, either a incorrectly configured server or an error on his end, but not on BE's side.

I was globally banned for acess flooding after i put a bugged ghilliesuit on. The ban was lifted after 30 min.

You can't get globally banned for access flooding. That was most likely an admin ban, caused by DayZ Anti-Hax which is known to have this kind of false positive, or a incorrectly configured beserver.cfg.

All in all, I own my copy of Arma 2 OA since early 2011 and my key has never been falsely globally banned whatsoever and I have yet to be kicked for an Error on BE's side, expect in Arma 2 vanilla, when (I believe in early 2012) BE Client version 1.155 caused a timeout which caused a kick for "Client not responding" after about 30 Minutes of playing (fixed by a client update shortly after).

[disorder 344]

I was globally banned for acess flooding after i put a bugged ghilliesuit on. The ban was lifted after 30 min.

Same as me, restriction 34 or whatever. Been kicked for a number of random bugs. But not banned and never by BE

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4. Don't randomly join Skype calls with random people from the forums

Why?

[Ken Bean 175]

Never been banned from an online game since online gaming began (yes I'm that old). You're doing something wrong if you get banned, and I'll leave you to work out why that is.

Oh, I once joined a Battlefield 2 server the very first time. A guy started shooting at me as I spawned, so I shot back. This entire action from joining to get banned took maybe up to 1 minute. He died and I got banned. This was 5 years ago or so. I checked that server 2 years later and still was banned. I bet this didn't change till today.

Some server had a rule to not to make spankills. I don't know the exact reason why I got banned, it didn't say anything, but this one could be a possability. This still amuses me. :D

Edited May 4, 2013 by Ken Bean

[OrLoK 16186]

Hello there

There is NEVER "no reason".

It may be for a unjust reason but there's ALWAYS a reason.

Thats just how computers work. If you are GB'd then your system has somehow infringed the parameters BE has set. Thats why there is an appeals procedure in place.

Rgds

LoK

[Rage VG 4033]

Why?

I'm fairly certain that someone with enough spare time on their hands could do some dodgy stuff via Skype. I'm sure most people can't, but there's no reason to risk it, anyway.

[Sutinen 635]

I have never been banned and I've played for a long time.. But I once got kicked for trying to wear a ghillie suit. I guess that was just the script resist thing fucking up. I did join the server a minute after, but my ghillie was gone.

[thepimpz 0]

It Is possible i was playing Breaking Point and this was the second day now and the only problem i had was a black screen so i looked up youtube how to fix it someone said you had to reinstall BE i did that and i could play again.(the black screen still came from time to time).

To make this long story short i was picking my friend up (fresh spawn) with a normal gun (lee enfield) and just normal stuff that you find in the game and suddenly Global ban#BCAA9A.

I never downloaded something blinded

I never tought or did hacked/cheated/scripted

I did not pick up any hacked weapon.

The only thing i did was playin like i always do and what do i get from not hacking ? i danm global ban

i already opened a ticket and send a mail to BE but it is a Fact

If you dont believe it then ye i cant change your opinion but things happen and my cd key couldnt be stolen cause i did not downloaded any stuff.

Please can someone tell me why i am Global banned? any ideas ?

[OrLoK 16186]

Hello there

we cannot help you with a GB. Only BE can. See the stickies and read the various threads on the only reasons you can be GB'd.

Back on topic please.

Rgds

LoK

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

It Is possible i was playing Breaking Point and this was the second day now and the only problem i had was a black screen so i looked up youtube how to fix it someone said you had to reinstall BE i did that and i could play again.(the black screen still came from time to time).

To make this long story short i was picking my friend up (fresh spawn) with a normal gun (lee enfield) and just normal stuff that you find in the game and suddenly Global ban#BCAA9A.

I never downloaded something blinded

I never tought or did hacked/cheated/scripted

I did not pick up any hacked weapon.

The only thing i did was playin like i always do and what do i get from not hacking ? i danm global ban

i already opened a ticket and send a mail to BE but it is a Fact

If you dont believe it then ye i cant change your opinion but things happen and my cd key couldnt be stolen cause i did not downloaded any stuff.

Please can someone tell me why i am Global banned? any ideas ?

Seeing as how you were playing breaking point that might be a different beast to tackle all together since the reddit awareness thread.

As for taco you silly duck.

[nik21 287]

...

Registred today and 1 post. Tells me enough...

I have yet to see any trusted long-time ARMA community member banned "for no reason".

Edited May 10, 2013 by Nik21