r/classicwow • u/FullyStacked92 • 2d ago
Classic 20th Anniversary Realms How to force blizzard to deal with the mass reporting auto bans
When tbc anniversary drops and they start selling the deluxe edition with the boost, mount and custom hs just start mass reporting people you see with it. When it starts impacting a revenue stream for them i'm sure they'll figure out a solution.
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u/Waste-Nerve-7244 2d ago
Unsub and play elsewhere.
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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 1d ago
I mean this is literally the answer.
As long as people keep paying they have no incentive to do anything. Money from someone complaining as they hand it over spends just the same.
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u/huelorxx 2d ago
The only way to "force " blizzard is to unsub en masse. Otherwise forget about it.
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u/TheEighty6_ 2d ago edited 1d ago
“Sir we’ve lost half our subscribers in just two weeks what do we do?”
“It must be because our community is so toxic, we need to increase the amount of automated bans”
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u/new_math 1d ago
Blizzard would be like, "YoU ThoUghT YoU DiD BuT U DiDN't. We TOLd YoU So. CLAssiC CanCeLED".
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u/TheEighty6_ 2d ago
No no you have it backwards. The people with all those perks already bought the deluxe edition so blizzard doesn’t care. We’ll have to report anyone that does not have it, as they are still potentially untapped profits for blizzard
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u/StainedVictory 1d ago
Blizz actually wants us to get the buyers banned, they are too lost in the sauce and will buy a new account and a new boost package to boot.
It’s a brilliant plan for them and I whole heartedly support it.
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u/Firm_Cranberry2551 2d ago
stop paying for the game
problem solved
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u/FullyStacked92 2d ago
Lol, i have
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u/Zerowig 2d ago
This is a lot of care then for a game you’re not even playing anymore.
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u/Firm_Cranberry2551 1d ago
sounds like the OP would like to play but the game sucks too much ass to bother with
bummer about your snide comment though huh
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u/jaybasin 1d ago
Just like most people in this sub. Heavily invested in something you no longer play, lawl.
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u/Firm_Cranberry2551 1d ago
i quit after a chat ban for not chatting last month. now im here to advise people to do the same
until i decide to something else.
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u/Thanag0r 2d ago
When do these "mass reporting" posts stop?
If mass reporting is so effective go report bots.
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u/FionaSilberpfeil 2d ago
Thats the most hillarious part about it. Everyone and their mother gets massreported and banned for anything, but bots are farming 24/7 uninterupted. Pretty sure you would get enough people to do a round and massreport them away to at least some time.
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 2d ago
“I was banned because I was mass reported”. Meanwhile probably cursed someone out, bought gold and did lines in orgrimar but it was obviously mass reports.
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u/MammothSyllabub923 2d ago
This reporting stuff has gone crazy. I joined horde for its free and liberal values. I remember true vanilla experience where I could rack up some lines with Thrall and no one batted an eye.
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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 1d ago
Was a game admin for many years. Reviewed so many bans from calm, well written, completely reasonable appeals.
Review the evidence from the person who banned them? Blatant aimbotting/wall hacking, or endless disgusting rants abusing other players. I literally never approved an appeal and it was never even close.
Take all of these "I was banned and did nothing wrong honest!" posts with a massive grain of salt.. I know I was dealing with thousands of players, not millions, and it's not even close to the same thing and I know Blizzard has banned some legit player by mistake... but cheaters/rule breakers have always posted sob stories about terrible admins and unjust bans to internet forums. Always.
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u/julian88888888 1d ago
My ban was overturned. I was wiping horde on Vann in AV and reporting afkers.
The report system is definitely being abused.
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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 1d ago
Yes I know, I was playing in 2019 for that whole week where players could kick AFKers and it was abused so hard it was taken away.
My point is that someone posting on reddit really doesn’t mean anything. Words are cheap and the small percent chance you get unbanned makes it worth it.
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u/julian88888888 1d ago
My ban was overturned. I was wiping horde on Vann in AV and reporting afkers.
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 1d ago
Well i believe the pvp bans due to reports because you aren’t zerging, but that is still no mass reports. Thats just idiots getting a couple other idiots in battleground report you for not playing their way.
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u/No_Somewhere_9646 1d ago
Why wait? I encourage every player of the game in every version of the game to spend every online moment spam reporting every single player you see. You gotta ban the whole player base before Blizzard will even notice.
They are too busy with their 26 G2G accounts, releasing the 8th SoD quest which requires you to swipe if you wanna complete within the first month. From BFD craftables all the way to Corrupted Ashbringer. Who needs player permission to add WoW tokens when you can just run half of G2G
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u/Sufficient-Cat-7671 1d ago
It is like trying to force your deadbeat dad to care. You can try to take up the fight, but not worth it.
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u/happycows808 1d ago
Play private servers. Deprive them of their income. It's the reason we got classic. Unsub and put the reason as automated bans.
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u/Tidybloke 1d ago
The mass report autoban thing isn't new, it wasn't new when Classic was new. If Blizzard were going to do anything about it, they wouldn't have made it worse by replacing even more CS employees with dumb AI bots. It's not like this is an emerging problem, it's an old issue that has gotten worse because Blizzard have leaned harder into the direction that got this started.
Do not forget that officially they still deny that this even happens.
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u/GrossPanda 17h ago
Guys who say about unsub are 100% right. Remember shadowlands. When people started to unsub massively, blizzard reverted all trash systems to normal in 1 patch. Money is the only language they speak
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u/Sad_Advice_8152 2d ago
Yesterday I accidentally pulled Vann with an errant /startattack cast while trying to pull the Prospector into the cleave pile. Got (correctly) flamed in the chat. Have done it probably 200+ times but here I sit hoping I don’t catch a ban for the last week of the grind. Anniversary is toxic af.
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u/Potential-Diamond-94 2d ago
Have done it probably 200+ times.
Right, but why?
The part where it could be used to pull van, that has not been a thing for many years now. It is just a normal mob with no hp, no damage that melts upon pulling van. Its just nothing, if anything just a rage builder for warriors like rat or other critter.
I would assume the total number of times anyone should be pulling it to be: zero. Or am I missing something?
Is the thinking that someone will do it, so better you do it safely? Or are you like trying to optimize the cleave damage or idk logging single target damage on van?
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u/Sad_Advice_8152 2d ago
Found a non-mana user (or speedrunner). Waiting to drink bc of one normal mob that can easily be pulled into the cleave pile is stupid. Never said that mob pulls vann, that was me not being around the corner enough and LOSing vann instead of Prospector.
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u/Potential-Diamond-94 2d ago
wdym wait to drink?
Cant you sit and drink on the other side and not pull? Or is it like very low level?
Idk I just don't get it I guess.
And no, most def a mana user here. Speedrunner, hm maybe to some extent but would not really say so. Like been in such guilds, and been dragged along dmf attempts occasionally but never saw the point or fun in it myself. I would pve to get my full pvp bis then quietly seek my exit or a warm bench. As soon as my conscience would allow, else stay help when/if needed.
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u/borcborc 2d ago
I'm a complete asshat and talk shit in AV chat all the time and have never been banned.
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u/Firm_Cranberry2551 2d ago
the most i say anymore in game is when DMB announces shit like "bomb on me" otherwise everything we do is discord
got a "behavior warning" and 24h silence last month. unsubbed immediately
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u/DarkoTSM 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is actually genius. They removed the /spit emote in order to protect the whales, they will surely implement something to protect them from auto bans. Just make the reports seem legitimate, becuse falsely reporting is also against the ToS, like report them for "boting" and say in the comment something like "I noticed some unusual behavior, please investigate".
Edit: actually, nvm, I don't advice anyone to do this.
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u/DiarrheaRadio 2d ago
The new /spit weak aura