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Kacho said:
What files did he modify? All he did was move a folder from one drive to another. This is a fairly common thing on PC.
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OP mentioned they were using a product called Primocache to load the files from memory. That's probably what did it.
 
Yamisan said:
Yeah, I highly doubt thats all he did.
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Assuming what OP said is legit of course. Other people in this thread say others have experienced the same thing.

I share you skepticism though. Everyone in these situations are always innocent and/or leave out key details.
 
jshackles said:
You could try, but you wouldn't be successful. I imagine that their EULA / Terms of Service specifically state that they can revoke access at any time for any reason.

I tried this once, as back in the early 360 days my Xbox account got unjustly banned and I lost access to my purchased content - about $1,000 worth of digital games and DLC. It took several years and eventually went to arbitration (as was part of their clause). I was asking for either a refund of all digital purchases, or the account be reinstated. The arbitrator struck it down because their EULA had specific language about Microsoft having the ability to remove access to digital content. Sucks but it is what it is.
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Is this your origin story of how you got into PC gaming?
 
I used primocache yes. Is not supposed to temper with files and its not the First time I used It. Im not hiding any information I'm just trying to make sense of what happened.
If you don't believe me fair enough, I know how this sound. I was just frustrated and created the topic to talk about it.
 
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What value has playing COD brought into your life, outside of enjoyment?

If this is how they thank you for your loyalty (if you had any), then just don't pay for another COD, in return.

I would stop feeding the mouth that bites my hand.
 
cireza said:
That's the same as me !

A few days ago, I was caught for speeding for no reason.
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I once knew someone who's boyfriend was pulled out of his parked car by the cops and given 18 months in prison for doing nothing. He was just parked on the side of the road with his window down giving people little ziplock baggies of rock candy (for a small donation). 18 months for that, can you believe it?
 
You're gonna have to duke it out with Activision CS till they either hang on you or they decide that its not paying someone to keep talking to you and lift the ban.
 
Honey Bunny said:
Is this your origin story of how you got into PC gaming?
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I've been gaming off and on with PCs since the 80s. But that was definitely the thing that pushed me away from consoles for the PS3 / Xbox 360 era and a good part of the PS4 / Xbox One early gen.

Honestly, nobody is more surprised than me that through all that beef I had with Microsoft, I still ended up making a new account and building a sizable library on their platform.
 
Ev1L AuRoN said:
I was banned two days ago from Activision, allegedly because I manipulated the game data.

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All I did that day was copy the battle.net folder from a disk to another. When I tried to play the game, the game crashed on the title screen 2x and I use the launcher option for repair data.
After that, I was banned.

I'm trying to make sense of what happened, but the best I can come up with is...

I was using the Primocache trial to speed up my HDD. Maybe Activion saw the game data been read from RAM because of the L1 cache of the software, I want to appeal but after my first attempt they won't give me any other chance to explain.

Now I lost all my purchases, my progression and I can't even create a new account because my number is already linked to my banned account.

Now I'm trying to decide the best course of action, should I try to sue them? There is another way?
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That's fucked up, but best practices aren't to just copy paste your shit around and then running a fixer through the installer; you should always uninstall an application and reinstall it if you're switching drives unless you're dealing with a specifically portable executable
 
Ev1L AuRoN said:
I was banned two days ago from Activision, allegedly because I manipulated the game data.

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All I did that day was copy the battle.net folder from a disk to another. When I tried to play the game, the game crashed on the title screen 2x and I use the launcher option for repair data.
After that, I was banned.

I'm trying to make sense of what happened, but the best I can come up with is...

I was using the Primocache trial to speed up my HDD. Maybe Activion saw the game data been read from RAM because of the L1 cache of the software, I want to appeal but after my first attempt they won't give me any other chance to explain.

Now I lost all my purchases, my progression and I can't even create a new account because my number is already linked to my banned account.

Now I'm trying to decide the best course of action, should I try to sue them? There is another way?
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Repeat after me: Separate account for every fn digital game.
 
I was permanently banned as well for manipulating game data, I play mostly on my PS5 with few occasions on PC.

Long story short I created an entire website documenting everything and pleading with Activision Support.

It took 7 months before they finally unbanned me and cleared my account.

I had to provide them info like when did I first open that account, exact date etc..

It was nuts and I don't wish anyone to have to deal with Activision Support because they are not equipped to deal with issues facing players.

Edit Update: I never manipulated any files or tinkered with anything. I just got an email that someone unlinked my account, that resulted in their security basically banning and freezing everything so I had to keep providing enough evidence over time to reverse their automatic course of action.

I even appealed and failed the appeal, when that happens you can't submit anymore tickets, so I started emailing them after that.

Reason I wanted to recover my stuff and I was stubborn about it and kept trying for 7 months was because;

1. I didn't actually do anything wrong.
2. It was my legitimate account.
3. I've had the account for a long time so alot of friends associated with it.
4. My stats for grinding Warzone for 2+ years. https://cod.tracker.gg/warzone/profile/psn/HTK/overview
 
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Spukc said:
So a little backstory.

I originally had my gamertag as ButtSmasher about 4 years ago. It got flagged for being inappropriate so they made me change it. They let me do so free of charge and I ended up just adding an R to it and had the name ButtSmasherr. Same thing happened not to long after and I did the same thing and added another r leaving me with the name ButtSmasherrr. I haven't had any problems since then. It's been over 3 years.

Then today I log on to play Gears after not really touching my Xbox for about a month and my name is now FaintColt388301. I tried to change it because that name is dumb and they want me to pay $9.99 in order to do so.

I can understand that my name might have been inappropriate and why they would make me change it but to have to pay $10 in order to do so is pretty dumb. Is there anything I can do ot has anybody else had the same problem?


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the force awakens GIF by Star Wars
 
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I got permanently banned from vanguard during the free trial period for no reason other than having visual studio open, but then a few days later they just unbanned me and all is good.
 
Spukc said:
So a little backstory.

I originally had my gamertag as ButtSmasher about 4 years ago. It got flagged for being inappropriate so they made me change it. They let me do so free of charge and I ended up just adding an R to it and had the name ButtSmasherr. Same thing happened not to long after and I did the same thing and added another r leaving me with the name ButtSmasherrr. I haven't had any problems since then. It's been over 3 years.

Then today I log on to play Gears after not really touching my Xbox for about a month and my name is now FaintColt388301. I tried to change it because that name is dumb and they want me to pay $9.99 in order to do so.

I can understand that my name might have been inappropriate and why they would make me change it but to have to pay $10 in order to do so is pretty dumb. Is there anything I can do ot has anybody else had the same problem?


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For some reason, I have always read your user name as Spunk, and now hearing about the Buttsmasher name of old, my visions of you have turned rather. "lollipop_disappointed:

Can not unthink anymore, cry :messenger_grimmacing_
 
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Spukc said:
So a little backstory.

I originally had my gamertag as ButtSmasher about 4 years ago. It got flagged for being inappropriate so they made me change it. They let me do so free of charge and I ended up just adding an R to it and had the name ButtSmasherr. Same thing happened not to long after and I did the same thing and added another r leaving me with the name ButtSmasherrr. I haven't had any problems since then. It's been over 3 years.

Then today I log on to play Gears after not really touching my Xbox for about a month and my name is now FaintColt388301. I tried to change it because that name is dumb and they want me to pay $9.99 in order to do so.

I can understand that my name might have been inappropriate and why they would make me change it but to have to pay $10 in order to do so is pretty dumb. Is there anything I can do ot has anybody else had the same problem?


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DeepEnigma said:
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the force awakens GIF by Star Wars
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When Xbox implemented there new gamertag system where you can get any unicode gamer tag, they gave everyone one extra free chance to change their gamertag
www.theverge.com

Microsoft now allows Xbox players to pick any gamertag they want

Just like Discord, Steam, and Battle.net
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Spukc said:
So a little backstory.

I originally had my gamertag as ButtSmasher about 4 years ago. It got flagged for being inappropriate so they made me change it. They let me do so free of charge and I ended up just adding an R to it and had the name ButtSmasherr. Same thing happened not to long after and I did the same thing and added another r leaving me with the name ButtSmasherrr. I haven't had any problems since then. It's been over 3 years.

Then today I log on to play Gears after not really touching my Xbox for about a month and my name is now FaintColt388301. I tried to change it because that name is dumb and they want me to pay $9.99 in order to do so.

I can understand that my name might have been inappropriate and why they would make me change it but to have to pay $10 in order to do so is pretty dumb. Is there anything I can do ot has anybody else had the same problem?


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Reading through your post thinking it was you, til I reached the end and saw the link.

Utterly disappointed.
 
Ev1L AuRoN said:
I was banned two days ago from Activision, allegedly because I manipulated the game data.

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All I did that day was copy the battle.net folder from a disk to another.
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You sure that's all you did, OP?

The last time someone complained on NeoGaf for being banned, it turned out they were exposing themselves in Uno on XBL.

Sure you haven't been playing Uno, OP?
 
That sucks but I'm assuming it's done for. Not sure what would happen if you contacted activision. But no way you gonna sue them
 
Spukc said:
So a little backstory.

I originally had my gamertag as ButtSmasher about 4 years ago. It got flagged for being inappropriate so they made me change it. They let me do so free of charge and I ended up just adding an R to it and had the name ButtSmasherr. Same thing happened not to long after and I did the same thing and added another r leaving me with the name ButtSmasherrr. I haven't had any problems since then. It's been over 3 years.

Then today I log on to play Gears after not really touching my Xbox for about a month and my name is now FaintColt388301. I tried to change it because that name is dumb and they want me to pay $9.99 in order to do so.

I can understand that my name might have been inappropriate and why they would make me change it but to have to pay $10 in order to do so is pretty dumb. Is there anything I can do ot has anybody else had the same problem?


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Reporting buttsmasher with 3 Rs right now
 
jshackles said:
You could try, but you wouldn't be successful. I imagine that their EULA / Terms of Service specifically state that they can revoke access at any time for any reason.

I tried this once, as back in the early 360 days my Xbox account got unjustly banned and I lost access to my purchased content - about $1,000 worth of digital games and DLC. It took several years and eventually went to arbitration (as was part of their clause). I was asking for either a refund of all digital purchases, or the account be reinstated. The arbitrator struck it down because their EULA had specific language about Microsoft having the ability to remove access to digital content. Sucks but it is what it is.
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wow and this is why an all digital future is not good.
How do people not see this!
 
Its Primocache. I doubt you can prove that, but all Acti sees is that you tamper with files using specialized software (Not just a regular copy move).

Then again it might be something else you aren't telling. In the land of NeoGAFfia tales, there is usually something left out. Also why would you want to share this beyond the (I need to tell others to warn them) reflex?

Shadowstar39 said:
wow and this is why an all digital future is not good.
How do people not see this!
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Because all-digital is easy to manage.

PSA: I like physical.
 
I regularly copy my battle.net game folders to new PCs/Laptops never had a issue. You were not banned for that.
But for running the game off RAM, which is flat out tampering with the game launch behavior, and indistinguishable from cheats/exploits.
 
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I'm sure you did absolutely nothing wrong, random stranger on the internet that decided to get help on NeoGAF instead of the official Activision threads.
 
I don't know what caused your ban but I've been using PrimoCache for a half decade without it triggering any anticheat. This includes COD games on Battle.net as well.

I still wouldn't be surprised that some trigger happy automod banned you for a non-reason. I was banned on Dark Souls Remastered last year for using Special K but they at least have a two strike rule and told me why. It just shows that Activision is shit and Bandai Namco is not.
 
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I share your pain op guy I really do. The cops busted me when I was a kid just because I moved a stereo from a car into my sports bag. There's no justice in this world.
 
I am not saying OP for sure did something wrong, but, I don't remember the last time I encountered someone who was banned and said 'it was for sending dick pics', it's always 'for no reason', like employees are just so bored, they randomly found you out of millions of players and banned you because it's fun.

It's me, I am that bored employee.
 
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