kanadqa 0 Posted January 16, 2024 Hello Bohemia, I have a problem, I was given a VAC BAN When I didn't play for almost 2 weeks, I want to appeal the account because I didn't break the rules. I do not even know why I was blocked, I played for fun without any third-party programs. I always played with the anti-cheat "Battleye" turned on. There was one time when I tried to log in without it, then I didn't know what it was, was that why I was blocked? In general, I do not know what to do in this situation, here is my steam account https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199039232780/ I hope for the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enclave21 0 Posted January 17, 2024 On 1/16/2024 at 12:21 AM, kanadqa said: Hello Bohemia, I have a problem, I was given a VAC BAN When I didn't play for almost 2 weeks, I want to appeal the account because I didn't break the rules. I do not even know why I was blocked, I played for fun without any third-party programs. I always played with the anti-cheat "Battleye" turned on. There was one time when I tried to log in without it, then I didn't know what it was, was that why I was blocked? In general, I do not know what to do in this situation, here is my steam account https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199039232780/ I hope for the best. They will just point the finger at BattleEye, they won't help you and BattleEye will likely just redirect you to them. Neither of them claim any responsibility. I received a random ban at some point while I was offline awhile back and logged in the following morning to find my account had been banned with no explanation, it's been a forever circle jerk ever since and they give you no reason as to why. I've got over 2000 hours on the game and I've had it for a literal decade to just suddenly be randomly banned from it and have no recourse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kanadqa 0 Posted January 18, 2024 On 1/17/2024 at 12:49 PM, Enclave21 said: They will just point the finger at BattleEye, they won't help you and BattleEye will likely just redirect you to them. Neither of them claim any responsibility. I received a random ban at some point while I was offline awhile back and logged in the following morning to find my account had been banned with no explanation, it's been a forever circle jerk ever since and they give you no reason as to why. I've got over 2000 hours on the game and I've had it for a literal decade to just suddenly be randomly banned from it and have no recourse. Hi, what should I do? Where should I contact? This is my first time in such a situation and I don't know what to do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enclave21 0 Posted January 18, 2024 On 1/18/2024 at 8:19 PM, kanadqa said: Hi, what should I do? Where should I contact? This is my first time in such a situation and I don't know what to do Lol well I can't advise you on what to do, as I'm currently still trying to figure that out. However it's looking like you just got screwed and they don't care so there's nothing that can be done. I figured out I have an In-game ban only but still they won't help. I've never figured out why I got banned, it was never explained and they won't tell you why. I think its funny that people would even hack on that game as it's already easy and the whole point of it is to just run inland, get gear, kill and or die, then repeat. So cheating on it would completely remove any point of playing on it. I'm also a firm believer in hardcore survival, so I actually enjoyed more difficult servers. The fact though is that having over 2000 hours on the game and I suddenly get banned for what I'm assuming was some false positive by BattleEye, I mean I've had it for 10+ years so if I was cheating that would make them look incredibly stupid and incompetent for allowing it to go on for so long. I've never actually cheated on a game though cause most games these days are just way too easy as is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SY17 0 Posted January 28 (edited) Hello, same situation as you. I was banned 10 years ago for no reason and even when I wasn’t online! I tried to contact Bohemia Interactive Support several times over the years, and they told me to contact BattleEye, who doesn’t respond at all. I also tried reaching out to Steam Support, but they said they couldn’t do anything. It’s somewhat reassuring to see that I’m not the only one in this situation. Feel free to keep me updated on any progress. Edited January 28 by SY17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nemorus 281 Posted January 29 What progress? There is none of that. Vac ban is served by steam and only steam can reverse it. Battleye ban can only be reversed by Battleye. And there's also so-called "dev ban" which is served by game developers, its the rarest of all and only devs can take that down. Three types of bans. If you're certain you havent breached any rules, no cheating was going on and the one who applied ban is non-responsive then you can do only two things: 1) demand from the entity who assigned ban to prove their claims and sue them immediately if they fail to present evidence. Because its stealing access you've paid for for no reason. Restitution will have to be paid as well. 2) buy another copy of a game (be + dev) / start a new steam account and buy another copy of game (vac). But this one is just making eventual victim pay twice. I don't know how many people were banned by mistake over the years. What i know is that there really were people blocked just like that. These people should fight with the slander and defamation. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SY17 0 Posted January 29 I'm actually talking about progress in their investigations. Deep down, you're right—the problem is that, beyond not providing any proof, they simply won’t respond at all. Personally, I’m not trying to get unbanned just to play this game again, and I have no intention of buying it again, no matter what. It just drives me crazy to see this on my profile when I haven't done anything. I know that after seven years, other people can no longer see it on my profile, but it still blocks certain community features on an account I've had for a long time, with over a hundred games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites