Banned "On Behalf of Developers"

[76561198799044235]

Developer didn't want me playing and no evidence was given. I have used hacks before on this game but it's been a long time, I've reformatted, reinstalled Windows, and gone many months/years since that time. I might be using a practically blank account but I never used hacks on this game, even if I might have link to older account that did.

So why was I banned this time not "by the game developers" but a message stating it was a ban "on behalf of the developers?" they seem to be willing to just ban people for no reason out of their game for being better than the average skill curve and so forth.. I had been playing more than usual over the past month. Yet, the only thing I had been doing is using SteamEmu to unlock DLC of the game which no one ever gets banned for (I even have multiple friends using it now that still never got banned who rarely play Arma3).

I would contact BI Support and Devs but frankly I already paid for a CD Key (meaning the devs did not recieve any money, and probably got ripped off anyway).. but the fact is that in this case I had been playing "for months" without any issue and now I got banned with a custom message/request from the developers. This isn't the first time they randomly ban people for doing trivial nonsense or doing nothing.

Please send "actual evidence" instead of claiming "the proof is there" to me personally @ [e-mail] or post details here so I don't have to spend 13$ on a new account and just unlock the DLCs again to play a few more months or years. I don't care at all whether or not you are obligated but it feels stupid to be banned with a custom request/message for it when you have done nothing wrong at all..

In this case I am glad that I did not pay for Arma3 and probably will never pay for it again without either refunding it fully or purchasing from a place that harms the dev rather than helps them, afterall, if they can ban you for no reason, they do not deserve 'your money', which luckily, they did not recieve.

Thank you.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Wumbologist:

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

On a side note I have searched and found something from last week that might be relevant to why I got banned:
https://www.mp gh.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1361177

Apaprently unlocking DLC without owning it can cause a "on behalf of developers" ban now but not sure how prevalent or new it is

That makes sense. Maybe it does that because that is kind of like stealing from the devs.

not "kind of" it's theft.

[BullStork]

Steamemu? Pirated DLC's? GTFO!

[Alaskan Glitch]

As far as I'm concerned, if you hack a multiplayer game you should lose the ability to play that game for the rest of your life. Any investment you made into that game should be taken away, permanently. With absolutely no chance of a repeal or repreive.

If I had my way I would shoot hackers on the spot.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

I also *chortle* about the "but...but... I havnt hacked for ages!" response.

all is as it should be.

(I think shooting them is a little harsh tbh)

[heartc]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Alaskan Glitch:

As far as I'm concerned, if you hack a multiplayer game you should lose the ability to play that game for the rest of your life. Any investment you made into that game should be taken away, permanently. With absolutely no chance of a repeal or repreive.

If I had my way I would shoot hackers on the spot.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Henry Ford:

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

[Alaskan Glitch]

Oprindeligt skrevet af -OrLoK-:

(I think shooting them is a little harsh tbh)

Only a little harsh? I was hoping it would be extremely harsh.

[Daddy Cool]

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

I have used hacks before on this game

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

it feels stupid to be banned with a custom request/message for it when you have done nothing wrong at all..

... are you stupid or...?

[Trickst3r83]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Ppyskw5Vw&t=42s

[Trickst3r83]

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

Developer didn't want me playing and no evidence was given. I have used hacks before on this game but it's been a long time, I've reformatted, reinstalled Windows, and gone many months/years since that time. I might be using a practically blank account but I never used hacks on this game, even if I might have link to older account that did.

So why was I banned this time not "by the game developers" but a message stating it was a ban "on behalf of the developers?" they seem to be willing to just ban people for no reason out of their game for being better than the average skill curve and so forth.. I had been playing more than usual over the past month. Yet, the only thing I had been doing is using SteamEmu to unlock DLC of the game which no one ever gets banned for (I even have multiple friends using it now that still never got banned who rarely play Arma3).

I would contact BI Support and Devs but frankly I already paid for a CD Key (meaning the devs did not recieve any money, and probably got ripped off anyway).. but the fact is that in this case I had been playing "for months" without any issue and now I got banned with a custom message/request from the developers. This isn't the first time they randomly ban people for doing trivial nonsense or doing nothing.

Please send "actual evidence" instead of claiming "the proof is there" to me personally @ [e-mail] or post details here so I don't have to spend 13$ on a new account and just unlock the DLCs again to play a few more months or years. I don't care at all whether or not you are obligated but it feels stupid to be banned with a custom request/message for it when you have done nothing wrong at all..

In this case I am glad that I did not pay for Arma3 and probably will never pay for it again without either refunding it fully or purchasing from a place that harms the dev rather than helps them, afterall, if they can ban you for no reason, they do not deserve 'your money', which luckily, they did not recieve.

Thank you.

1st - You cheated, doesn't matter if recently or a while ago, that doesn't change the fact that you cheated

2nd - If you are better then the average skilled player then you wouldn't need to cheat, or do you?

3rd - You used a dlc unlocker giving you content for DLC without paying anything for, that would be the same as cheating and maybe even worse since it's a type of extortion from the game and devs since you got the DLC unlocked illegally, it's like pirating a game

4th - So you're glad that you didn't payed for Arma and you're saying you will never pay for it again? You're starting to contradict yourself

5th- So you pirated the game and now you're claiming your rights have been broken? The nerve...

6th- If it were by me, you would be banned from using torrents or getting cracked games, do you want to play games? Then work for it as everyone else, don't be a parasite that doesn't do anything helpful to society and do the things the right way for once and stop complaining about your so called "rights" that you don't have in the first place

[76561198799044235]

No, I pirate the game because I wuoldn't dare put it on my 300$ expensive steam account or place where I actually haev communities and friends. And it turns out that this time, I was completely right to do so, because devs can ban you on a whim and not on a detection of hacks.

Your low iq echo chamber logic ended a long time ago and can even be countered in ways such as: I can change my IP address (either artifically or by literally moving area), reinstall everything (again), and leave no trace at all that I was ever there.

It turns out that I was 'correct' by ripping the devs off because if not, I would have a big sloppy ban on my actual useful account(s) and also if I can play about 3-12 months for about roughly 20$ I don't really care about the reprocussions of unlocking DLCs for free anyway.
It doesn't stop me from communicating, setting up sessions, or doing just about anything.. what's there to gain, having 'hours' on a blank steam account? 1000+ hour arma guys still kind of suck or might be really dumb, and that goes for just about any game nowadays.

just pissed me off a little bit, that's all, but I'm perfectly ok with it and yet would never risk buying over 100$ of DLC trash at this point from devs that can just ban you without telling "why and how". I'd be royally pissed if I "did" spend 60$ on the base game and 100$ on DLCs only to be banned without reason and not given a way to debate why it happened.

Me stating that I have more experience than you by trying a hack a year or two earlier and "knowing how it can happen" doesn't really help you either, just incase you were too dumb to notice that. It probably just adds on to a bad decision-making process where they think "well he did get banned about 2 yeras ago for downloading ah ack so let's just waste his time again"..

I was far more interested knowing how a dev "custom banned" me and went out of their way just to do that than any of the regurgitation crap you can see on a typical "i was banned" post.

[Trickst3r83]

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

No, I pirate the game because I wuoldn't care put it on my 300$ expensive steam account or place where I actually haev communities and friends. And it turns out that this time, I was completely right to do so, because devs can ban you on a whim and not on a detection of hacks.

Your low iq echo chamber logic ended a long time ago and can even be countered in ways such as: I can change my IP address (either artifically or by literally moving area), reinstall everything (again), and leave no trace at all that I was ever there.

It turns out that I was 'correct' by ripping the devs off because if not, I would have a big sloppy ban on my actual useful account(s) and also if I can play about 3-12 months for about roughly 20$ I don't really care about the reprocussions of unlocking DLCs for free anyway.
It doesn't stop me from communicating, setting up sessions, or doing just about anything.. what's there to gain, having 'hours' on a blank steam account? 1000+ hour arma guys still kind of suck or might be really dumb, and that goes for just about any game nowadays.

just pissed me off a little bit, that's all, but I'm perfectly ok with it and yet would never risk buying over 100$ of DLC trash at this point from devs that can just ban you without telling "why and how".

Me stating that I have more experience than you by trying a hack a year or two earlier and "knowing how it can happen" doesn't really help you either, just incase you were too dumb to notice that.

You cheated, you claim you have rights by pirating a game and using a unlocker illegally to play the DLC for free, you sir are the cancer of gaming and you don't have any rights, so ♥♥♥♥ off and stop complaining and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about a game that you didn't even purchased or even own, I'm just sad that your main account wasn't banned instead, that would be your best and truly punishment, I guess you must have a lot of these "anonymn" accounts so that you can sleep at night knowing that your main account is safe, it would make me happy if your main was banned and thus punished in the right way

[76561198799044235]

Maybe Devs should learn that having content available and not checking it on the server like every other dev shouldn't mean you have to ban the entire cd key of a valid account with months-worth of experience.

M.z.K. you call me scum for doing taht but even without DLC, with the lowliest weapon ,you'd be dead in the game.. and never part of my friends/squad, why even bother?

I am truly amused at defeating so many people at once at logic.

[Ywg00]

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

You can't prove that you didn't do anything though.. it's a logical fallacy. They either need to send/show the evidence that merit they literally "custom requested" my account be banned after about roughly 6 months of gameplay or somehow explain why I should spend money on a product I will be banned from for no reason whatsoever.

The only reason I gave is that I might have hacked, over 1-3years ago, and I might still use the account, but there's no other reason given as usual and I have had more than just a complete reset of my info since then.. it's pathetic.

wrong. they have no obligation to tell you anything, they are a private company and you clearly violated the terms of service multiple ways, your admission to cheating and your admission to stealing content. you are ignorant and autistic if u still dont see it. now go cry to your father and see if he can get trump to care about you like they think he does

[Trickst3r83]

Oprindeligt skrevet af test_acnt2:

Maybe Devs should learn that having content available and not checking it on the server like every other dev shouldn't mean you have to ban the entire cd key of a valid account with months-worth of experience.

M.z.K. you call me scum for doing taht but even without DLC, with the lowliest weapon ,you'd be dead in the game.. and never part of my friends/squad, why even bother?

I am truly amused at defeating so many people at once at logic.

Logic - Pirate a game and then complaining about his rights in the game he pirated

You just lost the whole logic process there dude, stop insinuating you defeat others when you even defeat yourself ahahahahha, nice job there sir, you just outplayed yourself, wp gg ez

Git gud

Ahahahahaha

Wait...

Ahahahahahahahahah

[76561198799044235]

I didn't even have to say that and I can easily do what I said above to be untracable , either through about 5 minutes of effort, or physically moving. So why should I spend possibly over 200$ on base game and all DLCs when I can play it for like 3-6 months or some period of time (even with still unlocking DLCs, unless they have recently changed the policy), and do so for about 13$ and then throw account away? Repeating myself again.. it doesn't stop me from communicating, playing sessions with friends, etcetera.. or even beating you in the game easily in a 1v3 because you do not have the skill.

Also not going to risk banning a 300$ or 500$ account with people on it if this is the case.. lmao.. silly boyzzz.

And no, regardless of an opinion held by a majority, they still are obligated to say why they banned an innocent player. I gave them 'possible reasons' too but they need to send "why and how" they did it since it's not a BattlEye ban but a developer one. If I hacked and BE detects it then fine, I would not even complain, but it's not the case this time and I've had this blank 20$ account for months now, and I'm not in the business of repeating things for illiterate defeated fools.