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StarCraft and Diablo II Battle.net Bans - 350 000 Accounts Gone!

Posted 12th Nov 2008 05:32 AM by Medievaldragon

GFraizer has posted a new Battle.net Ban Policy Update. Blizzard just banned 350,000 Battle.net accounts caught cheating in Diablo II and StarCraft games. This is a strong message to those who are still cheating or were planning to, as well as a strong message to those who plan to play Starcraft 2 and Diablo III in the new upcoming Battle.net 2.0 where cheating measures will be tighter:

Blizzard Quote:
As part of our continued effort to ensure a fair and fun online experience for all Battle.net players, we have expanded our efforts to remove cheaters from StarCraft and Diablo II. We have identified and closed over 350,000 StarCraft and Diablo II accounts which were found to be using third-party hacks.

The Diablo II CD keys associated with the closed Diablo II accounts are now restricted from playing on Battle.net for approximately 30 days. Repeat offenders will have their accounts closed and their CD keys permanently banned from Battle.net.

As a reminder, we reserve the right to close the accounts and ban the CD keys of players who are caught cheating on Battle.net. Cheating ruins the game experience for legitimate players, and we will not tolerate it.




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Leord
Posted 12, Nov 2008 02:12 PM
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Good job! =D

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Troglodyte
Posted 12, Nov 2008 03:07 PM
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After an event like this, it’s always funny to see a lot of players complaining they got banned yet swear they didn’t use third party programs.

I think this is a timely reminder for everyone.

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Troglodyte
Posted 12, Nov 2008 03:07 PM
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After an event like this, it’s always funny to see a lot of players complaining they got banned yet swear they didn’t use third party programs.

I think this is a timely reminder for everyone.

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Leord
Posted 12, Nov 2008 04:37 PM
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Still though, if you look at the Diii.net news item on this, the situation for D2 players IS slightly different, where people modify files in order to mule properly…

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Kalos
Posted 12, Nov 2008 04:38 PM
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GFraizer? That’s a Blizzard name I haven’t heard from for a while.

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Kalos
Posted 12, Nov 2008 04:38 PM
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GFraizer? That’s a Blizzard name I haven’t heard from for a while.

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Freelancer
Posted 14, Nov 2008 06:00 PM
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Very true Kalos. I figured he left or something because he was quite the webbie "back in the days".

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Freelancer
Posted 14, Nov 2008 06:00 PM
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Very true Kalos. I figured he left or something because he was quite the webbie "back in the days".

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