Friend Banned on Forums for no good Reason

A friend of mine made of post about features in the game he would like to see fixed and implemented and was kick out of forums with post removed. I'v read what he posted and read the reply's he was getting and nothing was bad. I went to go check it and the post was gone then he told me he was banned from forums. Anyone else have an issue like this?

It appears that SE is being pretty heavy handed with bans lately.

If it was a clear and respectful post it should have stayed.

He probably cussed. Who knows without having seen the text.

He should have gotten an email with a copy of the post and which sections of the agreement that he broke (if he did break any that is).

I got banned for saying "I'm tired of the 'you're a winner, even if you're a l*ser' mentality in games these days".

Heck, I might even get banned for mentioning it. Edited the L word for good measure.

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In all seriousness, it does seem to be happening a lot lately, one would think there would be an explanation but then tbh communication doesn't seem to be a strong skill around here does it? :p

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Originally Posted by Sidious

I got banned for saying "I'm tired of the 'you're a winner, even if you're a l*ser' mentality in games these days".

Heck, I might even get banned for mentioning it.

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You only get banned if someone reported it. People get away with a lot but some posts be so damn harmless...
Also, posting in a deleted thread.

I got banned for saying "This community is full of C*y B**bies"

Buuutt we can't get all those teleporting bots and what not banned.

I didn't get the email stating why until several days later.

TOS is often ignored by the MMO communities
Being banned from Forums is nothing , being banned form the game is something .........

Square Enix says to read the TOS before posting/ playing of the game , yet I bet everyone just scrolls down and hits accept without even bothering to read one line !

My husband was temporarily banned for saying (heavy substitution here, but you'll get what it was): "No excrement popular literary detective currently played by Benedict Cumberbatch"

When his temp ban was over, he posted a nice, normal post asking for some feedback on something white magey, and was perma-banned.

*shrug*

After a day or two, he decided he didn't care because the forums can be so toxic, it's better if he doesn't visit them. ^^

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Originally Posted by Jre418

A friend of mine made of post about features in the game he would like to see fixed and implemented and was kick out of forums with post removed. I'v read what he posted and read the reply's he was getting and nothing was bad. I went to go check it and the post was gone then he told me he was banned from forums. Anyone else have an issue like this?

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I got banned here once. A e-mail sent to me and it clearly point out the paragraph that cause my ban and what fourm laws I broken. Naming and shaming for my case.

Please post that e-mail here as proof that your comment didnt broke any fourm rules.

I got banned a while ago for discriminating. Maybe your friend did that. They'll send you an email with the post of why you got banned.

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Originally Posted by TrystWildkey

My husband was temporarily banned for saying (heavy substitution here, but you'll get what it was): "No excrement popular literary detective currently played by Benedict Cumberbatch"

When his temp ban was over, he posted a nice, normal post asking for some feedback on something white magey, and was perma-banned.

*shrug*

After a day or two, he decided he didn't care because the forums can be so toxic, it's better if he doesn't visit them. ^^

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The person he responded to likely seen he was unbanned and reported him again to perma ban him lol - People hold grudges in this community when it comes to the forums.

I can make 5 posts a day and each post can be a maximum of 1000 characters. Do you know how much that is? That's like a Twitter message or something. I don't understand this. Why? Why am I limited to 1000 characters?! It makes no sense what so ever.

I called someone stupid once and got banned for 10 days, and they really were being stupid. These forums are a joke.

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Originally Posted by Dyrstahl

I can make 5 posts a day and each post can be a maximum of 1000 characters. Do you know how much that is? That's like a Twitter message or something. I don't understand this. Why? Why am I limited to 1000 characters?! It makes no sense what so ever.

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I think its based on how many characters you have and their levels.

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Originally Posted by Varok899

I called someone stupid once and got banned for 10 days, and they really were being stupid. These forums are a joke.

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Bless the God that you are born in North America. In many asia countries, it is civil offense for insulting people over the fourm. People getting sue, go over the court, and pay the fine. :cool:

Stuff like this happens all the time unfortunately. As others said, if enough people report something, it can very well lead to a ban from the forums.

What I don't get is why they don't delete the posts in question. The posts are hidden while a person is banned, but when it is lifted they're back again.

I just wonder how long it is till i get another ban for pointing out the GIANT flaw in someones brilliant idea to make the game better.

perhaps making a comment about making a future comment will get me banned.

Stay tuned!

This thread is filled with so many lies and should be deleted.

This is a community forum.

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Originally Posted by Jre418

A friend of mine made of post about features in the game he would like to see fixed and implemented and was kick out of forums with post removed. I'v read what he posted and read the reply's he was getting and nothing was bad. I went to go check it and the post was gone then he told me he was banned from forums. Anyone else have an issue like this?

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And you're about to get banned, too. This exact same thing happened to me (got me a nice 10 day ban for suggesting there should be an alternative to the incredibly lame tomestone vendor in Mor Dhona), and then to a friend of mine who posted wanting to know why I deserved said ban. Apparently, you cannot question a ban ever no matter the circumstances, so enjoy your next 10 forum-less days. :)

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Originally Posted by Divinemight

I got banned here once. A e-mail sent to me and it clearly point out the paragraph that cause my ban and what fourm laws I broken. Naming and shaming for my case.

Please post that e-mail here as proof that your comment didnt broke any fourm rules.

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Those e-mails they send aren't always entirely accurate. In my case, they didn't send a paragraph but the entire post, and essentially called me a troll ("Posting with the intention of creating a negative reaction on the community" or something along the lines of that).

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Originally Posted by Varok899

I called someone stupid once and got banned for 10 days, and they really were being stupid. These forums are a joke.

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lol, I remember Rokien got permabanned from the forums for responding once to one of the plethora of insults other people flinged at him on each of his tons of threads. I don't remember a single person being banned for constantly treating the guy like shit, but he responded like once and he got perma'd, lulz.

I got banned too, for aggressive language. I said that I wouldn't like to see dou*** with the power to kick others from instances (hypothetical person, not anyone on the thread).

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Originally Posted by RoosterAgathos

I just wonder how long it is till i get another ban for pointing out the GIANT flaw in someones brilliant idea to make the game better.

perhaps making a comment about making a future comment will get me banned.

Stay tuned!

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Well, pointing out a flaw and being rude about it are two different things.

I got a 10 day ban and I try to be as friendly as possible on forums or in game. Never use a cuss word on the forums or talk down to anyone. My post was deleted but you can still see it since peole quoted it a few times on the first few pages. If you care go and peruse the right click b list thread and you may see it quoted. Did anyone take the time to find it? Yep that got me a 10 day ban. For paraphrasing what SE already said.

Now that people are saying you only get noticed if someone reports, why would anyone report that? Very heavy handed on these forums.

I got banned for posting a joke. A non offensive joke without any swearing. They said that my post didn't add anything to the thread. Except it did.

I submitted a couple tickets and they said that I violated ToS. Last I checked (I actually didn't) a joke doesn't violate ToS, unless it offends someone. I can't imagine a joke that didn't single any one group or individual out to be offensive. They eventually got back to me saying that they were sorry to hear that I got banned but they couldn't overturn it.

Biggest croc of garbage I had seen in a while. Some people deserve a ban, but they're too loose with their interpretation of who needs one. Plenty of threads have off topic posts and absolute garbage in them and those people aren't banned at all. I would like to see some unbias community mods here, but with SE's track record probably won't happen. Hell I might get banned again for this since I am now on their radar after being banned once.

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

My post was deleted but you can still see it since peole quoted it a few times on the first few pages. If you care go and peruse the right click b list thread and you may see it quoted. Did anyone take the time to find it? Yep that got me a 10 day ban. For paraphrasing what SE already said.

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I went and found it. I laughed, then shook my head.

See, to be banned for something like that means that someone reported you for that post. That kind of behavior, to me, defines the 'white knight' because they were so offended that they reported it.

Now I have something else to make me shake my head regarding these forums. Who goes around just reporting people for not even borderline offensive/against TOS posts?? So very, very sad. :(

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

I got a 10 day ban and I try to be as friendly as possible on forums or in game. Never use a cuss word on the forums or talk down to anyone. My post was deleted but you can still see it since peole quoted it a few times on the first few pages. If you care go and peruse the right click b list thread and you may see it quoted. Did anyone take the time to find it? Yep that got me a 10 day ban. For paraphrasing what SE already said.

Now that people are saying you only get noticed if someone reports, why would anyone report that? Very heavy handed on these forums.

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LOL, I just looked it up myself. Man, that's just ridiculous, haha. Why would anyone even report someone for such a post? What the heck is wrong with people? I just... lol, I don't even

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Originally Posted by TrystWildkey

I went and found it. I laughed, then shook my head.

See, to be banned for something like that means that someone reported you for that post. That kind of behavior, to me, defines the 'white knight' because they were so offended that they reported it.

Now I have something else to make me shake my head regarding these forums. Who goes around just reporting people for not even borderline offensive/against TOS posts?? So very, very sad. :(

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Hey, these are the forums that had threads that were about 50 pages long on average just chock-full of insults towards the OP for no reason at all other than the fact that their opinions differed with his - and ironically, it was the guy that made the threads that got banned, not the army of white knights insulting him and treating him like crap. I actually felt bad every time I saw a new Rokien thread, not because it was "another Rokien thread", but because I knew full well the kind of responses I'd find in them...

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Originally Posted by iPlayBad

I got banned for saying "This community is full of C*y B**bies"

Buuutt we can't get all those teleporting bots and what not banned.

I didn't get the email stating why until several days later.

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I got my forum access suspended once in the beta and once around the start of september for the same thing. It's amazing how we can get 10/20 day suspensions for calling out how negative and ungrateful the vocal minority of the community is, yet there are so many aggressive and offensive threads floating around that nobody seems to care about.

Someone at SE must read reported threads to make sure that said reported thread did in fact break the rules right? I can't imagine some people reporting a thread simply because they don't agree with it and SE siding with them saying "Yup, this idea is wrong! BANNED!". Maybe they could search for threads and posts by the reporter(s) to make sure they aren't doing this just to annoy the person they're reporting, but that would be too much work.

I got banned for telling someone to stop blaming lag for being bad at videogames.

The hurt feelings police are out in full force. I guess all we can do is (gasp) be nicer to people.

I got a 72h ban for saying "Get out" lol

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Originally Posted by TaruPower

I got banned for telling someone to stop blaming lag for being bad at videogames.

The hurt feelings police are out in full force. I guess all we can do is (gasp) be nicer to people.

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The problem is that being nice doesn't always work :( But I guess we just have to pretend that everything is sunshine and flowers and happy times or we'll get banned.

Also, I got a 10 day ban for quoting a post and saying I wish I could like that post more than once. According to the email I got 2 days after my ban started I was stereotyping.

I like encourage you work stamped out toxic post in your post maybe it help you get less banned. before i post i away think first then post while i think i ask this question will hurt anyone feeling

I got T ban for inducing hate among community. I agree it is my fault. So those who said they are ban for weird reasons.. I really wonder.