[Crash15]

I don't know where to put this, but here is the run down

blizzard forums posted:

I am appalled by this. Your "cheat" detection is detecting Wine as cheating (Which it didn't do in SC2). On top of this you are REFUSING to refund the money or unban the accounts which are banned.

Emails:

by william on Friday June 22nd 2012, 8:48
Well I've had Diablo running on my FreeBSD machine now for a couple of weeks and have a level 53 Wizard.

I just got notice while trying to log in last night that I was banned, and when I checked my email, I hadn't received anything from Blizzard.

After I opened a support ticket with them, a short while later, this is what I received in email:

Account Action: Account Closure
Offense: Unapproved Third Party Software
A third party program is any file or program that is used in addition to the game to gain an unfair advantage. These programs may increase movement speed or teleport heroes from one place to another beyond what is allowed by game design. It also includes any programs that obtain information from the game that is not normally available to the regular player or that transmit or modify any of the game files.

I don't run any programs as described above.

I kite, I die, and then I repair. But hey it's fun.

by Mitch on Friday June 22nd 2012, 10:31
I got banned last night as well. Other than running under Wine I can't imagine why. Level 30ish char and not so much as a gaming keyboard.

I also have a ticket open. We will see...

by Marcus Meng on Friday June 22nd 2012, 13:08
Ditto. I suddenly got a banned email last night, and I'm more or less in the same position. I think they're getting a bit trigger-happy with this, considering I've been running WoW for years under WINE, too.

Ah well, ticket's up.

by sblanz on Monday June 25th 2012, 13:07
Ok they answered. They told me Linux is not supported, but if you can manage to make it run there, since no file is changed and no advantage is given to the player, you can do that and it's not forbidden.

My ticket was in my first language (italian) and FYI it's attached below.

Now, since you've been banned, I'm VERY curious to know if the problem is wine.

What about trying to send a more official request, maybe from wine dev-team?

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Grazie per averci contattato. Mi dispiace che tu abbia dovuto aspettare per una risposta ma al momento stiamo ricevendo numerose richieste di assistenza. Ti assicuro che faro' il possibile per risolvere il tuo problema.

Diablo III su Linux non e' supportato ma questo non dovrebbe causare alcun ban o sospensione dato che i file del gioco non vengono modificati in alcun modo.

Di solito un account viene bannato per l'uso di applicazione terze parti come bot e programmi creati per ricevere vantaggi non autorizzati in gioco.

Nel tuo caso, potrai usare Linux qualora riuscissi a far girare il gioco su quel sistema operativo.

Se avessi ulteriori domande, per cortesia rispondi a questo ticket.

Regards,

Arytae
Blizzard Support EU

by william on Saturday June 23rd 2012, 16:19
Salutations William!

Thank you for contacting us. An additional review of the action taken against the Diablo III account on not_really_real@emailaddress.com has been completed. We have confirmed our initial findings, and the account action will not be reversed or changed.

Actions are based on the violation's severity and take previous violations into consideration. This action was taken in accordance with the Terms of Use (us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/legal/) and our Diablo III Policies (us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-policies), which all players acknowledge and agree to before logging into the game.

We understand that these policies may seem harsh, but they are in place to ensure that every player is able to enjoy their time in Diablo III. Thank you for respecting our position.

Oh well. So much for the years of gameplay with Blizzard and all the $$.

Source: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...sion&iId=25953

This is ridiculous

Source - Blizzard Forums
Source - WineHQ

What the christ

[zerothefallen]

wtf blizzard?

[YourFriendJoe]

Did not expect that coming from them

[Sgt-NiallR]

Good job, Blizz. We'll still love you!

-sarcasm-

[Darkimmortal]

After the russian cd-key debacle I'm frankly not surprised

[Wii60]

1.5k players online, banned from south korea, FBI involvement, Errors abound, always online drm.


diablo 3 sure looks like it's a swell game

[chunkymonkey]

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[Axznma]

Keep chipping away at that good will, Blizzard.

[RichyZ]

Wii60 posted:

1.5k players online, banned from south korea, FBI involvement, Errors abound, always online drm.


diablo 3 sure looks like it's a swell game

bought it, got to inferno, stopped playing because godawful loot and unfair enemies
all in all, fun until the last difficulty

[Mingebox]

There's still plenty of great developers there, but god damn some people there need to be outfitted with an explosive collar that goes off if they ever try to develop another game again

[MightyMax]

Well time to take up lawsuits on the un-refunded player's parts!

[Ownederd]

blizzard is hurting themselves by denying an entire audience by denying them their product solely they because that said audience uses an certain OS with supportive software to help run the game

what made Starcraft 1-2 and Diablo 1-2 (all able to run in Windows, Linux with thirdparty software, and Mac) so great is that you can run them on a computer mainly composed of a just a block of wood and a piece of string, because they're all wonderfully optimized for the mass market, and there's a huge userbase from the Linux community itself

[SAULSBASHWALL]

Well, on the bright side, Blizzard just saved me $60

[Kopimi]

MightyMax posted:

Well time to take up lawsuits on the un-refunded player's parts!

but its linux users, they would have to find free lawyers

[WearingNothing]

I love the one post on b.net forum.

Umm.. You are running the game in an emulator. It is possible to use that mechanism to cheat.
Linux is not supported by the game, so basically you are someone who uses unsupported third party software which can be used to cheat.
There isn't anything mysterious about the ban.

[JohnnyMo1]

The ability to ban people from a game entirely which can be played single-player is bullshit.

[The Decoy]

it's still worth buying though, right?

[toaster468]

WearingNothing posted:

I love the one post on b.net forum.

It's funny when you consider WINE's name.

[Ownederd]

The Decoy posted:

it's still worth buying though, right?

60 USD thrown down the toilet just because you use an open-source OS, and intrusive DRM?

questionable

[areolop]

So.. I guess this is telling me not to buy this game now

[GhostSonic]

WearingNothing posted:

I love the one post on b.net forum.

Did that man just call WINE an emulator?

[PvtCupcakes]

I used Wine to play Diablo 3 a few weeks ago, and my account is still active.
Close this thread.

The quoted part in the OP even has a guy saying the same thing.

Edited:

by sblanz on Monday June 25th 2012, 13:07
Ok they answered. They told me Linux is not supported, but if you can manage to make it run there, since no file is changed and no advantage is given to the player, you can do that and it's not forbidden.

[Ownederd]

PvtCupcakes posted:

I used Wine to play Diablo 3 a few weeks ago, and my account is still active.
Close this thread.

The quoted part in the OP even has a guy saying the same thing.

wow uhm your account doesn't speak for everything

people's accounts have been banned over a gradual period of time, it's not all at once

[PvtCupcakes]

JohnnyMo1 posted:

The ability to ban people from a game entirely which can be played single-player is bullshit.

It's a multiplayer game, but the spergs keep trying to convince themselves they can be antisocial and play it alone.

Edited:

Ownederd posted:

wow uhm your account doesn't speak for everything

people's accounts have been banned over a gradual period of time, it's not all at once

They were obviously cheating and using wine as a cover for their cheating.

[OffTheRoad]

PvtCupcakes posted:

It's a multiplayer game, but the spergs keep trying to convince themselves they can be antisocial and play it alone.

Edited:



They were obviously cheating and using wine as a cover for their cheating.

Good job using a mental condition as an insult. And you also don't know what antisocial means.

[areolop]

PvtCupcakes posted:

I used Wine to play Diablo 3 a few weeks ago, and my account is still active.
Close this thread.

The quoted part in the OP even has a guy saying the same thing.

Edited:

Your account which used wine "a few weeks ago" does not account for the entire world.

[triFeral]

Wii60 posted:

1.5k players online, banned from south korea, FBI involvement, Errors abound, always online drm.


diablo 3 sure looks like it's a swell game

Don't forget to add that disputing a payment on PayPal over a bugged RMAH transaction will get you banned.

[Ownederd]

PvtCupcakes posted:

It's a multiplayer game, but the spergs keep trying to convince themselves they can be antisocial and play it alone.

Edited:



They were obviously cheating and using wine as a cover for their cheating.

realtalk do you preread what you type or are you just crazy?

[Last or First]

AAA Games could lead to Mainstream Crash
hmm I wonder why


I can't wait for Torchlight 2. You guys?

[viperfan7]

cant wait for the class action suit

[newbs]

This makes sense. I doubt their anti-cheat protection works with *ix kernel.

[Boxbot219]

PvtCupcakes posted:

It's a multiplayer game, but the spergs keep trying to convince themselves they can be antisocial and play it alone.

Edited:



They were obviously cheating and using wine as a cover for their cheating.

All you ever do on these forums is troll. One of these days it's going to get you permad.

[BananaFoam]

PC gaming is dead.

Called it.

   I know this might seem obvious to some, but I'm joking.   

[darksoul69]

newbs posted:

This makes sense. I doubt their anti-cheat protection works with *ix kernel.

Good, because anti-cheat systems running on single player are complete bullshit.

[Doctor Zedacon]

darksoul69 posted:

Good, because anti-cheat systems running on single player are complete bull****.

Off-topic, but why are you self-censoring? Just say it. Its bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit.

[JohnnyMo1]

PvtCupcakes posted:

It's a multiplayer game, but the spergs keep trying to convince themselves they can be antisocial and play it alone.

Yeah or I dunno maybe I've been playing Diablo since pre-Hellfire when I was a little tyke before I was even using the internet so soloing is kind of my standard way to play Diablo games but maybe that's it too must be a sperg

[Doctor Zedacon]

I played the whole thing from start to finish alone. Don't see why I should have to play it with other people.

[Last or First]

Doctor Zedacon posted:

Off-topic, but why are you self-censoring? Just say it. Its bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit.

*User darksoul69 has been banned from Diablo III for saying "shit" on the Facepunch forums. We here at Blizzard do not condone cussing or references to poop. Now excuse us while we cover Nagrand in antelope shit.

[Sgt-NiallR]

Doctor Zedacon posted:

I played the whole thing from start to finish alone. Don't see why I should have to play it with other people.

lol bro don't be a sperglord, if you dont play wit friends den you gotta be some kinda nerd

[KingKombat]

I remember a time when I was considering checking out Diablo III

then it was released