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arghyad1
Profile Joined April 2018
India243 Posts
July 18 2018 07:22 GMT
#21
On July 17 2018 12:27 Pentay wrote:
I only managed to get it overturned by going through a much different account channel than the forum GMs channel where I was flat out denied with the shortest, one sentence paragraph. But here it is.

Greetings,

This account has been suspended from the Blizzard Forums for a violation of the Code of Conduct: https://battle.net/forums/code-of-conduct/

Reason: Other
Date actioned: Wed Jul 04 09:04:03 GMT 2018
Action ending: Fri Aug 03 09:04:03 GMT 2018
Reported post: Inappropriate post

30 Day Suspension - Final Warning due to 4 ignored warnings in the past 3 months
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Author: Pentay
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Simply put: HotS is a scam.
Reply: #1
Date: 03-Jul-2018 02:42:15
Now before anybody panics and says that it’s not because you enjoy it, consider the fact that most people enjoy scams until they realize it’s a scam and that they were deceived or pressured.

Let’s just look at this recent update. It all started with the IGN ad. 6 clickbaits why you should play hots RIGHT NOW. Payed for by blizzard. A day later, Raynor rework is announced. Then the next flashy bundle is revealed.

Translation: noobies are baited into checking out the game. The community is electrified by a long demanded update. Hype drowns the complaint threads. Noobies install and get acquainted with the game. Mega flashy skins are revealed. An environment of excitement is crafted for some short term sales.

This has been the business model since 2.0. It’s only just become more refined with slower hero releases (which also suits dev team).

Matchmaking issues have never been addressed. Ladder rules have changed frequently and are changing again but still have no impact on what the actual matchmaker does.

Many people have pointed out that the cause of toxicity is the matchmaker. The matchmaker and the silence system are also part of the business model.

If you get silenced, you’re encouraged by support staff to make a smurf. If you didn’t get the thought yourself, GMs will actually tell you to do so. It’s going to cause the purchasing of OP heroes or heroes much stronger than the free rotation. It’s going to cause stim pack purchase.

Everything is hidden. Blizzard is taking a year to figure out how and what stats to show you that reveal where you match up with teammates and opponents. They have their own role system on a chalk board for all their hero design but we still have no role update. They have mmr stats but we have no revealed stats. The fanboys tell you how the system works, not how it could be working. The truth is, only people at blizzard actually know how it works.

The report system didn’t solve any toxicity problems. What does it actually create? An illusion of control over toxicity to appease the complainers, and a smurf revenue stream. People have the audacity to accept the pandering from automated emails that give no information except the statement that their reports do something. All those people want is the illusion. All blizzard wants is the money.

If people actually want a good game, they would boycott hots. But blizzard has plenty of new players to bait, which is what the driving force of content creation is. So people indirectly boycott by changing games because the fight isn’t worth it. The people that stay realize fighting is pointless because the game will always cater to new fans.

That’s why the game has boiled down to QM players and the propped up pro scene. And just another hint of the scam, viewers are now bribed to view for loot. There’s no interest in the game, so interest is injected with skins, loot, and payed promotions.

All the players actually ask for is a fair matchmaker. That’s all gamers actually want. If you want free stuff, hype, a community of memes and personas, and other junk, you probably argued for changes based on inconveniences which have damaged the game.

There’s still good in them. There’s still rational balance and design choices being made to try and hone the shape and spirit of the game. The nectar of sales have corrupted many of these environments starting with Li-Ming, peaking with Tracer, and settling somewhere in between the two for just about every popular assassin where sales could be maximized via inflated stats. Sometimes a hero wants to be felt to have a big impact on the game, which is a sound argument and decision. It wouldn’t make sense for Ragnaros or Kel’Thuzad to have meek stats, but some heroes are just released flat out broken and also happen to generate sales based on their marketability like Genji.

I don’t know what we should be asking for besides a subscription plan for balanced, competitive games that don’t waste our time. There’s so much greed lurking in the F2P model, and it’s got to stop or the community will eventually catch on, and so many bridges will have been burned that it’s too late. Most of the people that uninstall are saddened by how corrupt blizzard has become, so I believe there’s still room for them (you guys at blizzard) to make amends.
[Edited By Pentay]
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Now just as an aside, I would change some finer points of the post in hindsight. For example, I think some people want more detailed emails as to what their reports did and not just for illusion. I think many players are playing the TOS rather than hots, but that’s another issue.

Regardless, as you can see, there was no offensive language of any kind. Why it’s considered inappropriate is beyond me. In fact, the person that did overturn my suspension said that while it does critique blizzard negatively, there’s nothing inappropriate with the post.

I could also expand heavily on all my points made, but the 5000 word limit binds me up.


Whatever you posted here, none of it is a 'scam'. HOTS is Blizzard's product, & they can do whatever they want with it as long as they are not breaking the laws. You can of course judge them as greedy, not good to their customers, etc.

You only got banned from Blizzard's official forum; they could make it a lot worse for you mate if they wanted. Actually, if Blizzard cared enough, they could charge the person who is spamming this in public forums with defamatory charges and i think it would have quite some credibility to it lawfully.

Heck, I never even played HOTS, but I couldn't help but reply on this thread.
The more you hurt me, The Stronger I become....
Aiobhill
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany283 Posts
July 18 2018 08:16 GMT
#22
While I do concede that Blizzard forum moderation is awfully arbitrary at times, the quoted post contains a lot of conspiracy theory and is completely needlessly confrontational. Sanctioning it is reasonable and had to be expected. The only surprise here is that you got that ban overturned.
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Valiver
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Caldeum1977 Posts
July 18 2018 17:06 GMT
#23
As others have said this is all just straight conspiracy theory and it's no wonder you were banned when it even starts with
30 Day Suspension - Final Warning due to 4 ignored warnings in the past 3 months

So it seems like this is not an isolated post from you.

You will be banned from any place where you are trying to convince other customers that something is a scam. This isn't proof that something is a scam, this is proof that businesses don't like it when you go to their front door and subject customers to your misplaced anger.

As far as your other posting goes, you sum it up yourself -
people more often than not, simply had no idea what I was saying

You realize this and yet you still think everyone else is wrong and not you?
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Pentay
Profile Joined June 2018
15 Posts
July 18 2018 17:36 GMT
#24
You realize this and yet you still think everyone else is wrong and not you?


Yes. If I make an argument and someone offers a counter argument based on a misunderstanding, and I try to explain what they missed and they reject it all the same, yes it’s my fault for not being able to communicate with them, but it’s the fault of the forum moderation and upvote downvote mechanics that cause me to be eventually banned. Anytime you try to correct people, they view it has hostility. It’s absurd!

@paralegal. I wish I could go to court with blizzard. My life has been ruined from this game. I have over 2900 games and most of it was due to a growing obsession with discovering what was going on behind the scenes with the forced loss after a winstreak. And on top of that, a community that abhors critical feedback. I’m astounded what has happened to gaming. The automated report system is banning innocent people permanently as we speak. There’s forum posts of people dealing with legal because they can’t get anywhere with GMs. There’s actually a bug in the servers that gives out unwarranted silences. There’s so much going on, that to an innocent bystander, I can understand your misunderstanding at this point, but there’s much more going on than my post entails. I was merely trying to gather some attention on the topic of moderation. Go to reddit /new page for hots and you’ll see daily posts about unwarranted account suspensions. People are still stumbling upon the forced loss after winstreak and have to naivety to ask, “am I supposed to be a teacher to rank up?” They aren’t even angry yet. They’re legitimately asking what they need to deal with this phenomenon that most of the base pretends doesn’t exist and downvotes and reports people from forums Dr even suggesting anything conspiratorial.
karazax
Profile Joined May 2010
United States3737 Posts
July 18 2018 18:15 GMT
#25
You are short on facts and full of conspiracy theories which increases your chances of confrontational and negative exchanges with other people.

There is no forced loss after a win streak. Every win streak is bound to end at some point in a team based game. If you keep winning you are going to continue to face tougher opponents until ideally you win 50% of the games because both teams were evenly matched. That's not the same thing as forcing you to lose though. This has been proven multiple times over by GM players taking Bronze level accounts to GM level, which would be impossible if they were forced to lose whenever they had a win streak.
EsportsJohn
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4883 Posts
July 18 2018 18:21 GMT
#26
On July 18 2018 13:39 Pentay wrote:
@esportsjohn, I don’t cave to threats. I don’t know who I’m talking to on these boards because I’m new here. I have to learn these people. If you want to ban me now (wtf?) that’s your loss.


Duly noted.
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Where dat snitch at?37021 Posts
July 18 2018 18:46 GMT
#27
OP was banned. Thread closed.
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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