What The Ban Numbers Mean

[wm_hunter]

I saw someone make a post about this so I decided to write up a little guide. When you are banned, you are given a number. This is what the number means. Copy and pasted, but it took a lot of hunting for me to find it.

(0) Offensive account name

(1) Advertising an inappropriate website
Inappropriate websites may include sites that promote or provide game hacks, programs with embedded virus code, pornography, or other destructive or intrusive materials that are not appropriate on Battle.net.

(2) Spamming in a channel
Please be advised that Blizzard Entertainment has an aggressive stance against any account that is used to spam a Battle.net chat channel. Spamming a Battle.net channel disrupts the normal flow of dialogue in the chat room and violates the Battle.net Terms of Use Agreement and/or End User License Agreement of the game.

(3) Stealing other player’s passwords

(4) Attempting to obtain CD-Keys
Please be advised that Blizzard Entertainment has an aggressive, zero-tolerance stance against any account being used by someone to obtain or steal CD-Keys or to con or trick users into giving out their CD-Keys on Battle.net. This offense violates the Battle.net Terms of Use Agreement and/or End User License Agreement of the game.

(5) Harassment of other users
Please be advised that Blizzard Entertainment does not support or condone the use of any account to harass or threaten other users on Battle.net. This offense violates the Battle.net Terms of Use Agreement and/or End User License Agreement of the game. Harassment may result in the closure of the account or even the temporary or permanent banning of the associated CD-Key.

(6) Inappropriate use of a bot
Blizzard Entertainment does not tolerate bots spamming chat channels or the use of bots to congest channels, which disrupts the normal flow of dialogue. This directly violates the Battle.net Terms of Use Agreement and/or End User License Agreement of the game.

(7) Offensive or racist comments
While Battle.net is a mature environment, we will close accounts that are used to violate the Battle.net Terms of Use Agreement and/or End User License Agreement of the game. We firmly believe that Battle.net's strength lies in its community, and racist or extremely offensive comments are not tolerated.

(8) 3rd party program use
This account was detected using a third-party program (hack) with one of our games on Battle.net. This account is now permanently banned. Any third-party program that is designed to affect the way the user interacts with Battle.net is considered a hack program. This includes seemingly harmless third-party utilities that work with the game to provide functions that were not included by the game designers. While many of these utilities might not have been created to disrupt the balance of the game, they alter the original design of the program. The detection of any such program by Battle.net may result in the closure of the user's account or even the temporary or permanent banning of the associated CD-Key.

(9) Impersonating a Blizzard representative
Please be advised that Blizzard Entertainment has an aggressive, zero-tolerance stance against any account used in an attempt to impersonate a Blizzard or Battle.net representative. This offense violates the Battle.net Terms of Use Agreement and/or End User License Agreement of the game.

(10) Inappropriate Activities (such as lossbotting, forum abuse, etc)

(11) The minimum age to play on Battle.net is 13. Your account has been temporarily suspended. Please either email us at [email protected] or call us at 949-955-1382 for further information. You will need to fax in a form signed by your parent or guardian giving permission to play on Battle.net.

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State where you got it from.

[wm_hunter]

It is on a forum that I go to, the D2Trade.Pl Forums (Link to specific thread here.)

It was a post by IntellectualMind with credit to Muni. I do not know where he found the information, probably from a Blizzard forum post.

[Bloodangel26]

someone already posted this guide on this site

[J0kerz]

(11) The minimum age to play on Battle.net is 13. Your account has been temporarily suspended. Please either email us at [email protected] or call us at 949-955-1382 for further information. You will need to fax in a form signed by your parent or guardian giving permission to play on Battle.net.

Is that a joke? lol laugh:

Thanks for info !

[wm_hunter]

No the last one is not a joke. I think it is mentioned in the Diablo II book somewhere actually... they don't allow any players under the age of 13, they will never ask you for a fax though, they don't enforce it often. (Fax is only if you are under 13)

Was this guide already posted!? I did not see it anywhere, I am sorry if it was.

[Bloodangel26]

yea its around here somewhere...but maybe people will actually be able to find this one

[wm_hunter]

About not finding it...
I usually PM a mod to get it sticked after it gets some replies, I find people see these when they are first posted for the first week or so, then its worth a sticky because without one new people wont be able to find it.

[Bloodangel26]

i didnt write it, so i didnt really care if it gets stickied...the problem is new people dont even look at the stickies, they just ask. when i am searching for information, i dont look at the stickies first, i use the search feature first....funny...searching with a search feature...what a concept. you'd think that would be the logical thing for people to do

[wm_hunter]

i didnt write it, so i didnt really care if it gets stickied...the problem is new people dont even look at the stickies, they just ask. when i am searching for information, i dont look at the stickies first, i use the search feature first....funny...searching with a search feature...what a concept. you'd think that would be the logical thing for people to do

You are not accounting for the 80% of people that are either lazy or stupid. I might even be in that 80% blank: (Did not search to see if it was posted before posting mine). Lazy of course, I am so smrt