Well it finally happened. I have been banned. My chances of test.. gone.

Oh well I kinda needed a break anyways what with all my homework that Im supposed to be doing...

Im not sure why im banned but..

Worst thing ive said in the last 2 weeks were "I need a sammich" or "I wish I had test.

So yeep. Luckily my ban ends tomorrow.... :D

Don't give up. I finally got test on an account that had some bans before ( I have several accounts) - so don't let that discourage you.

They send an e-mail with the reason.

Haven't gotten an email...

I was mysteriously banned the first time... when was your account made anyways? If early enough and lucky enough you can download test and log in without any issues.

PC Link: http://download.test.piratesonline.c...setup_TEST.exe

Mac Link: http://download.test.piratesonline.c...setup_TEST.dmg

You know, I had said something the other day that I regretted, and thought they may ban me for it later. They didn't. I had gotten a loot drop from DH, and I said "Ew! He gave me a middle finger!" or something like that. I was afraid they would ban me for the middle finger part, but they surprisingly didnt... maybe it went to a mod and they didnt see it as a threat.

Most of the time it's how you use it. Middle Finger = Ring Treasure.

~CM

Lots of people get banned for silly reasons or something, or without a reason at all, that happened to me...

Yeah that happens a lot. I'm just glad I didn't get banned for some goofy reason, would be annoying. One of the bad things about being banned, is that it ruins your chances of ever getting a test pirate.

Not true! They gave me Test the day AFTER my account was terminated. Still works - just basic. :laughks2:


edit: * Not TOTALLY true, anyways.

me -_- i hate it when they dont tell u wat u did

Well I Violated terms of use by Saying something and as far as i know, there are NO wards that are rude or bad that are that long, & another time i got banned for saying "- h word - isnt a bad word!!!" in the - h word - i rly said the word. :P i think disney has issues sometimes.

:'( I just got banned and honestly, I haven't been sent anything yet. I'll just have to wait it out i guess.

What!? You got banned?! For what?! I know you, you're not the kind of person to do something bad... it's not permanent right?

No, it's not permanent, just until January 5th, but still, I serious feel like crying right now. I guess this gives me more time to do other things, but still.

Its ok pib. Go ahead and let it out... nice and slow. Once you're done, you can phone Disney and rant to them.

I know, but still, I don't want to tell my parents, idk what they will think of it :'(

I understand that...

Try going on live chat. Give them your account ID and tell them you were banned and haven't gotten anything yet. They should be able to help you out.

I don't think you can get on live chat with a ban. Check your e-mail. They should have sent you something about it. If they haven't, that's when you either send them an email yourself or you call them.

I know, I just got it. It was because, on EARLY new years day, like around 1:00, one of my friends had a little too much to drink and was playing, and i told her she was drunk, and thats it. It's pretty stupid.

Dan, when they banned you, you should had a link that told you what you did wrong...if u dont see it when u try to log on, call them or email them and find out the reason why.

I got banned three years ago. Never heard from Disney. Never knew the reason why. To this day I still don't know why. I tried to call them once because I didn't know I got banned, I said I couldn't log on my account. They said they didn't know what the problem was. Great help huh?

I'm pretty sure the "h word" is in the dictionary in POTCO, as in speed chad people can even see it. I'm pretty sure I've used it once or twice, and I wasn't banned... weird, maybe you just got bad luck

If by "H word" you're refering to "Hell," yes, that is in the dictionary. I use it, and never get banned. (However, for some reason, "Heck" isn't in the dictionary.)

And, Davy, I know you were refering to the words I mentioned above, but more than likely, the "H word" was interpreted by Disney as another, much worse word.

im upset cuz i said hack and cheated and stuff like that and i got banned for 5 days :(

im sitll on the ban till the 24th of january just like mlh06 u said something not offensive (i guess )and stuff and they report you

a computer monitors it not a person they dont send it to a person cuz i said something like hackers r wrong and they reported me O_____________O :psmiley22:

Banned For No Reason?
 

Well I Came To log on to my potco acound when suddenly it said . Banned forever? so i guess ill have to make a new account. Wish me luck

YOu could send an email to see whats up. They usually send emails with a ban tho. It could have been an accident.

I hope your not with Abassa much of your time.

D dont ban for no reason, even if we dont like the reason

Li is correct, they don't ban for no reason, but their reasons are not always too great.

I'm going to try to make a seprate account.

Wow Nic. Was this your first ban? If not, how many times has this account been banned? I was just wondering what their tolerance level is.. I have been banned a few times - most of which were completely unjustified. ONce I was going to take a screen shot and all I said was "Smile for the camera - I'm gonna take your picture" or something along those lines and I got banned. Another time I accidently said someone's disney log in name.. but I had NO CLUE that was his log in name.. and I got banned for it ( well I KNOW NOW eh? )

Kat

Question: If i get banned do I get to keep my pirates name somehow?

I was banned for a bit. My husband and I have our own guild, we play together, and RP when we do, and I brought up the idea of taking a look at his cannons...

which was interpreted as inappropriate by Disney!

I think my account was terminated they didn't say if it was or if it was not. All it said was in order for me to login I need to agree with the TOS and this morning and last night it said the ban was over and to login in but when I try I get a HTTP error 500 can someone help? If you want I will post what the email said.

Yeah. I have been given warnings for ridiculous things that I might have posted on accident or other things. Such as misspelling shirt.... Yeah. I really wanted test.. But you know, the past is the past. I at least enjoy the surprise when logging in.

Gosh, yes. I once put two words together that formed something rather rude, without knowing it. What I did after it was entered, was that I typed an apology. The others around me probably saw the apology, but not the rude phrase, but if D looks over that, they'll see that I didn't mean it, by the apology. :)

I got a warning once about the same thing - the wrong words put together. I got an email about it, and went on Live Chat recently. They said they were going to disregard the warning, as it was clearly a mistake. They also said that if I only got a warning, I am still eligible for Test Access. So it's not all bad. Slasher, was it a warning or an actual violation? If it was a warning, I think you might still be able to get Test...

Yeah. I got a few warnings but then got a violation because I said stuff like "I'm gonna kill myself" sarcastically. Yeah. Guess I went over board to D's standards. Its fine, as I said, I'm happy to have the surprise to see the next thing that is on Open... http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f...es/william.gif

Ya, Srry for the suspension. Btw i have seen a guy in Abassa being very disturbing with his words, everyone reported him 'Even me'. Lets hope that tought him a lesson to not say bad stuff on a kids game. :skull:

Boy, do I have a story to tell you all about being banned. So, on my main pirate, Jack Mcsteel, I logged in and found myself banned. I checked e-mail and it didn't say why I was banned only saying to call to unlock my account. I was planning on calling later, so I switched to another pirate/account I had in case anything like this ever happened. That day was also the day Brethren Feast was happening, and almost 5 minutes in-game I got a disconnection message saying " You have broke terms of use, you are banned, etc etc " So I switched to another account after that and my friend asked what happened and she also got banned for saying " Jack Mcsteel " Then I got banned once again right before the GM came for feast.

So I live chatted and the guy said there was a topic he couldn't discuss on live chat on why I was banned and had to call but he did say this " The moderator attached a note to your ban, he said " Disney, doesn't appreciate flash mobs anymore! " anyone know what thats suppose to mean??

Wow I have no earthly idea why they would ban you because of your pirates name.

Ridiculous. The awful filtering has gone too far this time. Someone getting banned for saying a name that is part of the default pirate name list! And I checked the name through and there are no parts of rude words in it that we haven't noticed.

Perhaps the secret of the atrocious filtering is that it blocks acronyms in words that could be interpreted as something offensive. But the problem with that is nearly every set of random letters could be the initials of something inappropriate! The filter needs to be fixed or we should at least get a message saying that the message didn't go through.

Nobody has the time or memory to learn every single word or phrase that doesn't go through to the next person. Especially not when there is nothing inappropriate about the 'offensive message'.

Every default character name should be entirely permitted. It is absurd that you should get banned because of it. There seems to be nothing wrong with that name! You should definitely e-mail Disney and tell them the irony of their naming scheme.

Maybe it has to do with something you did before, not during this event?

Or maybe some moderators are abusing their powers?

Keep asking for answers, don't just assume it was a name you said.

Explain if you spammed it, whispered it around, etc.

I need more proof before we can assume the reason.

And with all of these things that can cause bans, especially the Jack McSteel case, can threaten your test server access. I agree with all of you that their filtering has gone too far. One last thing I want to bring up, is that if you are open chat, that means that you are 13 AT LEAST, so they don't have to overload the filters. Some of the things they block are even 4-year old friendly!

I think I know what the moderator was referring to, but I'm not quite sure if I should say it out in public. Either way, the moderator wasn't referring to the typical flash mob that Davy mentioned.

Could you PM me it to? I was wondering what it was, but it seems no one has any ideas about it.

That is absolutely ridiculous Mcsteel. I hope you figure things out mate.

Call customer service via phone and demand to speak to a supervisor. That is just absurd.

Is there any way to tell how long ago your last ban was?

I'm not sure. Try checking your email if ye haven't deleted that message yet.

I've been banned. Said it were gonna were off at 10 am the next day. I'm in eastern time, and I know their in California, different times, so I just waited till it was 10:00 their time, but it wouldn't let me play till 2 in the afternoon. Was this a prank of theirs? Did they hire a guy that's always late for dates? Was their computer messed up? I was mad. Trying to find entertaining videos on the internet the whole time.:sadmh9:

It was 2PM for you. At that time, it was 10AM for them. It was on time according to their time.

This is a strange one, I logged into Potco this morning but had to go out so left myself on Abassa after completing a couple of quests. came back in around 7pm GMT (11am PDT) to start playing maybe do a few Mat Runs to master my grenades, when after about 20 mins I get a pop up stating that due to their terms and conditions my account has been placed on hold blah blah blah. So I phoned them to find out why and they explained to me that it was because of a code put into open chat that they class as hacking so the account has been placed on hold for 72hrs, Now before anyone say's it's my fault I should not of been hacking the game, I would like to say I don't know how to hack and secondly any hacking I see I will report that person instantly. I was hoping to have access to the test forums at some point but it seems now that I will not be able too. The girl at POTCO was friendly and stated that she will send me a new temporary password which I can use once the 72 hours is up. Is there a way I can appeal my ban/hold to clear my name or should I just accept the ban/hold as it's the first I've had since joining POTCO in 2010?

Don't sweat about it. Most of the time the big groups like Disney, Xbox, SOE, etc; mess up. They also aren't "pirate" enough to admit they messed up. That's why they have loopholes so that they don't have to give you good details if any about your suspension. Don't worry though. I still got test access after I was banned for saying the name of a guild they approved. And what kind of code were you putting in open chat?

That's the hing, I've no idea due to being out at the time, but from what they told me over the phone it ended in "(red)"

Oh, then I wouldn't worry about it. Also, if you've applied to test before, try to log on. It worked for me after sme time of waiting. They don't send emails to tell you anymore. :I

I've got my second ban :( I told the following levels that they should not be in el patrons mines as they do not have the key to the mines and they should leave as the ghosts will knock them out instantly. The levels are 4, 14 and 20, apparently from my ban (1 day ban mind you) is that if you go to the mines or tormenta a high level area and you see a basic low level too weak to attack the enemy you have to wast your 25 tonics on them every 3 seconds as they'll get knocked out. If you tell them to leave then you'll get banned for being rude.

This is what I had said to them

That's not it though a basic member in another guild who just logged on also got banned for no reason, they rarely use their basic account and when they logged on they were banned after 5 mins with a 24hr suspension and another pirate who politely asked another member to leave someone alone as they were not interested also got banned for 24hrs, Disney are saying it's rude and mean behavior.

I'm sorry to say if Disney are just going to ban people for no reason whatsoever then they may as well terminate the game, cause in my opinion Disney have more important things to do than ban people for no good reason, I have also heard now that if you don't heal someone in a high level area that person whether be level 1 or level 50 can report you for rude and mean behavior to get you banned.

So, I got my 4th ban in 5 years a couple of weeks ago. I was doing so well for a while there. But, this Amazon has a sailor mouth. :(

ROFL Eliza... I'm sure you do, it amazes me that NONE of my pirates have run foul of the Ban Reef!!! I never hesitate to blast Basics and Unlimiteds alike for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I won't elaborate, but anyone who actually KNOWS my pirates in-game, would vouch for it.