The Official Halo MCC "Why was I banned?" thread

MoreInfoNeeded wrote:

H4L0ST1CK wrote:

It seems to me that Microsoft/ bungie / whomever is actually implementing new features / content may have forgotten about a key demographic here; the parents.

Donyou remember us? The ones that propelled the halo franchise into orbit and into the institution it is today.

17/18 years later - and here we are - posting on some forum complaining about being banned for being idle during a social match? Things happen - kids wake up abruptly during adult time and require some attention - phones ring - work pages out - ugh, the match must wait.

Banning responsible adults for nonsense infractions is so disrespectful to us - the folks that were there at the beginning and were still here until we were cast aside, castigated and classified as rule violators.

word of warning since it’s obviously not evident - we are the people that have shaped this game - and even though we’re now old, grown up, professional people - we still enjoyed a halo break - it’s really too bad you’ve forgotten about us by making it impossible to actually play because for us - life will happpen and things will idle and games will be quit depending on circumstances. Catching a 24 hour ban for every 3rd idle or quit makes this untenable for us.

the intelligent thing to do would have been to create a gentle persons playset - catering to us adults whom don’t rage over someone idling or quitting as it is the familiar fragfest on rat race or hang em high that we look to when the kids are finally in bed and the status reports are completed at the end of the day.

also for the record - the algo is not implemented correctly according to the information contained in this thread. I never received an incremental ban, it was 24 hours first offense.

Please provide some more suggestions on how to account for someone who creates an experience that negatively affecting several other player's experience because real life is more important. Real life IS more important, this includes kids, work, the fire in the other room. However, respecting and treating the people you are matchmaking with's time as equal to your own, regardless of how your life is organized seems like the responsible adult thing to do.

I checked your account, you had 2 quits on 11/21, one at 8:54am PST and one at 10:38am PST. These would be your first two of your 3 that would grant the day ban. Unfortunately when turning on the system, it looks at your behavior in the last 24 hours. We should have probably done a rolling update on the lookback window to scale more appropriately than the intended 24 hour window.

what a bad PR response

lol these are funny

MaxiList wrote:

what a bad PR response

This surprises you? the most important thing to remember is to not buy another 343 game

Mackintoke wrote:

For reasons that have not been made clear to me, I have been banned from matchmaking until December 21, 2020, 6:30pm. Tell me why. that is an esoteric date to be sure, but I doubt you guys even know what that means. In the meantime I'm bored, I wanna drive the Warthog for flag carriers, that's all i wanna do.

I got the MCC for PC from Steam. Mackintoke is my Steam account, not my Xbox Live. After your latest update, I go to play some social Halo 3 Flag & Bomb 8v8 and it says I'm banned until December 21, 202, 6:30pm. I didn't do nuthin and this is not an alternate account.

Although, at one point your Halo Waypoint website auto signed me into a defunct Games for Windows LIVE dummy account I was given years ago, and I posted a couple of comments on the forums as that account unwittingly, but that's not my actual Steam account.

Also at one point years ago I had Xbox Live GOLD for my Xbox 360 and my name for my account is also Mackintoke. But I stopped using Xbox after I realized I shouldn't be paying extra money just to play on the internet.

I haven't used my Xbox account for years. I got Steam. I'm assuming this ban is a mistake/glitch. You have not provided any reasons for it, so please unban me immediately.

Also, -Yoink- talking in a video game is not a legitimate reason for a ban.

This forum is useless for appealing a ban, the mods here are powerless and the system they refer you to send your information into a paper shredder. If you were banned just create a new account. the most important thing to remember is to not buy another 343 game

Freak A Fan wrote:

Mackintoke wrote:

Also, -Yoink- talking in a video game is not a legitimate reason for a ban.

Sounds like you might already know what you did to warrant this ban?

Usually bans this long are because your account has been flagged for sending highly inappropriate messages through the in game text chat.

Youre making a giant assumption here, 343 has been banning people for things that were not bannable in the original halos and things that are not against xbox live rules. I trust the players more than 343 and halowaypoint mods who seem to think everyone else is the problem. the most important thing to remember is to not buy another 343 game

iceyhot doom wrote:

Wasn't sure where else to come for this, I don't quit often, but I think I quit 1 or 2 matches the night before. Today I just played a rank matched and won, and when it got ready for the next matched it showed a ban that was until 2021, like a full month ban from nowhere. Is there any form of appealing? I've never been banned this long in anything.

Just make a couple new xbox accounts, you can still play halo if one account has xbox live on the xbox. The mods here will censor this message, but it works. you stuck with a bunch of afk players because of the stupid matchmaking system rolling into new games? betray them at will, who cares if they ban you, you can just switch to the other account. keep getting teamed up with people who go -10 every game? just quit. it doesnt matter if youre banned because you can just switch accounts. the most important thing to remember is to not buy another 343 game

Mackintoke wrote:

Saying black lives matter is no reason for a ban. Black lives matter is a term of endearment. Someone please educate 343's staff on this one lulz.

343 cares about one thing only, making money. whats right and whats wrong doesnt matter to them. If you were banned just make a new account and switch to it while you wait out the other ban, it works for short and log bans and will allow you to play halo like you did on the original games. the most important thing to remember is to not buy another 343 game