Closed Ban Appeal :-(

Discussion in 'Ban Appeal' started by benkrong, Jul 14, 2023.

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    ALL Your Character Names: benkrong / Eker / Ehud / Eraz / Enzu / Ewah / Enui / [other storage mule IGNs which I can't remember, though I don't think they hold anything of value]
    Last thing you did: Sold a couple of hours of Skele leech last Sunday (9 July 2023); just tried logging in again today (14 Jul 2023) and am banned
    Why do you think you got banned?: Genuinely no idea
    Ban message when attempting to log in: This is an ID that has been deleted or blocked from connection
    What GM banned you (optional): Not sure
     
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    Hello. You were permanently banned for major vote abuse.
     
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    Hi Bacon, thanks for the swift response. Is there any chance I might request for a review the accounts I have been voting on, or if you could disclose which specific IGNs or accounts were flagged for vote abuse?

    Asking the above because I genuinely have no recollection of vote abusing - on the contrary, I think that reviewing my voting patterns would show that I have been intentionally alternating my votes across different accounts to prevent abuse.

    For instance, for the last maybe ~3-6 months (my estimate) I have been voting exclusively on the account with Ezka (mule) and only gaching from this single IGN. Prior to that, I was voting exclusively on the account with Enui for about another 6 months (my estimate) so I could use the NX to buy APRs for self use on this specific IGN. Prior to that, I was voting exclusively on the account with Ewah for another 3-4 months (my estimate) similarly to buy APRs for self use on this specific IGN. Prior to that, and for perhaps the prior ~2 years (again, my estimate), I voted exclusively on the account with Ezka/Eraz to gach. In my earliest days on the server (perhaps the first year or so?) I was voting on the account with benkrong and using the NX for gach. Something must have shown up on your logs to trigger the ban, but I hope reviewing the above might be helpful.

    I’m not sure if this helps my case in any way, but I also think it might be noteworthy that I gach only on 1 IGN in a given period (e.g., current gach mule for the last ~3 months is Ezka, didn’t even gach for 9-12 months prior to that because was using all my nx to buy APRs for self use, gach mule in the period prior to that was Ezka or Eraz). To my best recollection, I have also never sold APRs. All my NX has either gone into gach or APRs for self usage.

    I understand the reviews for vote abuse are generally straightforward, but please let me know if I can provide any further information that would be of help. Thanks for your time, and appreciate your efforts.
     
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    Thank you providing additional information. It does help us re-check logs to ensure everything lines up. I have sent your appeal over to our admins to review.
     
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    looks like you were caught up in a ban that wasnt meant for you, you should be able to play again now!
     
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    Thanks Tim, much appreciated.
     

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