Activision won’t reverse Call of Duty:Ghosts ban wave

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Reports are surfacing of a massive ban wave that appears to be primarily targeting PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 users playing Call of Duty: Ghosts.

While many of the bans are no doubt justified, some users are claiming bans have been issued to them through error and are hoping to resolve the mistake.


User “tcsdaniels” wrote a lengthy post on the official Call of Duty: Ghosts forums explaining his situation, saying that he and his son have been permanently banned – revealed MP1ST.

“After a bit of research and reviewing the past week or so of the games my son and I played, we believe the innocent players that did not either back out of a hacked lobby (due to not knowing) or were automatically placed into one are getting banned,” he wrote.

“My son and I are clueless when it comes to most of it. Over the last week we did come to an agreement that we were losing a lot more than normal but we just contributed that to the assumption we were just getting placed with better people.

“We are more often then not the lowest scoring people every round we play and that should not be a reason to ban people and their console’s.”


Also Reddit user “wuzzup” states, “I too, have been permanently banned. I play maybe a couple hours/week and have never done anything against the code of conduct,”

Activision support responded to the claims, explaining that “bans are put in place after an account has been investigated into. Any code of conduct violations WILL result in a ban. The user is responsible for all actions taken on the account.”

“All bans are final and will not be reversed. Nor do we provide any additional information or specifics in regards to the ban,” the response continued.

Aaron a gamer from Dublin, Ireland has called for an increase in transparency in Infinity Ward and Activisions’ banning practices via a petition, writing that “this isn’t about the guilt or innocence of any individual player. This is about a fair, transparent process.”

Thankfully, it appears that things are starting to look up for some users.

“themidnightsociety” reports that some users have had luck getting their bans lifted. “It seems as if someone has been listening to us because I just checked my account on COD Ghosts and my permanent ban and console ban has been lifted and everything is back to how it was before the ban,” the user writes.

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Source: http://techday.com/game-console/news/activision-wont-reverse-codghosts-ban-wave/180843/

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RedactedPosted:

Its good their banning people who hacked it, but its not very good that they are banning users who didnt want to be in the lobbies

SIKSPosted:

I really don't like it when game dev just ban people because they were involved in lobbies that they didn't want to be a part of, just like in GTA 5. But at the same time you can't trust anyone according to what they type.

AdamuPosted:

Good too see them ban users that cheat also good too see them help people that shouldnt of been banned.

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

That would suck if you were innocent and got banned from Ghosts. People spend $60 on game and they are banning them mistakenly.

DRPZPosted:

Deranged Lool you dont unknowingly get in a modded lobby... you can get placed against a hack but wont get banned for that...

Take your punishment cheaters


Actually sir you can get into a modded lobby completely by accident. When you are in a pregame lobby, it doesn't say "I'M A HACKER" on the screen. You will not recognize it until you actually get a kill and the XP is high or whatever the case may be. Then there is no return.

DRPZPosted:

FaIIen Activision still intent on running CoD into the ground by banning innocent people huh?


That is what I was thinking! People that get into the lobby and have no choice on it are getting completely misused. I would be talking to someone if I got banned for nothing

itomniPosted:

buddamen124
-CP
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daRealRush
Resort It's good that they are putting there foot down. So many people messed the game up at the beginning


But they are banning innocent people. So you want them to ban innocent people?


No i dont want them to ban innocent people, But then again if these "innocent people" are truly innocent than they can call Activision and complain i am sure afters so many people complain they will turn around and lift some bans


But that is such a massive pain in the **** when come were unjustly banned in the first place.....



While all you guys are complaining about a broken, boring, and hacked game. I'll be on titanfall on xbox one. Just my opinion but this is the worst call of duty game ever, disappointed with activision


Those innocent people were either in a lobby, or not innocent trust me i know i complained about this to when I got banned for being in a modded Lobby Trust me! there probably Lying.

Evo8Posted:

Activision still intent on running CoD into the ground by banning innocent people huh?

buddamen124Posted:

-CP
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daRealRush
Resort It's good that they are putting there foot down. So many people messed the game up at the beginning


But they are banning innocent people. So you want them to ban innocent people?


No i dont want them to ban innocent people, But then again if these "innocent people" are truly innocent than they can call Activision and complain i am sure afters so many people complain they will turn around and lift some bans


But that is such a massive pain in the **** when come were unjustly banned in the first place.....



While all you guys are complaining about a broken, boring, and hacked game. I'll be on titanfall on xbox one. Just my opinion but this is the worst call of duty game ever, disappointed with activision

-CPPosted:

Resort
daRealRush
Resort It's good that they are putting there foot down. So many people messed the game up at the beginning


But they are banning innocent people. So you want them to ban innocent people?


No i dont want them to ban innocent people, But then again if these "innocent people" are truly innocent than they can call Activision and complain i am sure afters so many people complain they will turn around and lift some bans


But that is such a massive pain in the ass when come were unjustly banned in the first place.....