Blizzard unbans Linux users - It WAS a mistake.

Bristlebane · 11-22-2006, 11:11 AM

Slashdot | Blizzard Unbans Linux World of Warcraft Players

Well I'll be damned.

Valorale · 11-22-2006, 11:31 AM

Id wager a bet that the banned Cedega users constituted less than .1% of the people caught up in that sweep.

Sheaf · 11-22-2006, 11:31 AM

It's funny to go look back at that whole thread and see so many people immediately throw the Linux "whiners" under the bus.

Sheaf · 11-22-2006, 11:43 AM

Some choice quotes ahead!

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Originally Posted by Bristlebane

The amount of people claiming it to be Linux, Auctioneer, and other UI mods as what people are being banned for is hilarious. They've all been refuted by admins as being legitimate.

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Originally Posted by Zehn

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Originally Posted by farlin
guild member got banned tonight for using 3rd person software. He runs WoW on linux so he figures that flagged his account.

Chances are he's lying.

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Originally Posted by Tolanin

my favorite part about the mass bannings is the tards who all come out claiming they did nothing wrong or that their poor widowed grandmother's account was banned and WoW was the last thing she enjoyed in her last days while she was consumed by a horrible cancer. HOW COULD YOU BLIZZ?!

TKarrde · 11-22-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Valorale

Id wager a bet that the banned Cedega users constituted less than .1% of the people caught up in that sweep.

The thing that gets me is that Blizzard posters in the CS forums were saying that no people were banned on accident.

Parabola · 11-22-2006, 11:47 AM

It's impossible to use linux and cheat right? I wonder how many people that were legitimately banned get unbanned out of this.

TKarrde · 11-22-2006, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Parabola

It's impossible to use linux and cheat right? I wonder how many people that were legitimately banned get unbanned out of this.

Not impossible in the least. The thing was, Cedega, which you might have heard of by the name of WineX, allows windows emulation of directx programs. This is what they were being flagged for.

Blazemore · 11-22-2006, 11:57 AM

Hmmm, I defintely didnt see that coming, I just thought it was excuses. Sorry bout that red hatters.

Lefazz · 11-22-2006, 12:00 PM

Wish they would just release a native client. It can't be that hard.

Iadien · 11-22-2006, 12:04 PM

My account was banned this way. I didn't even bother with the other thread, it was obvious that the majority of the people participating in that thread didn't believe it.

Concrete · 11-22-2006, 12:06 PM

Key word in that mail:

Handful.

Jenison · 11-22-2006, 12:37 PM

We have a guildie who runs WoW in linux but was not banned. I wonder what the tip off for those who were banned for linux was.

Composter · 11-22-2006, 12:44 PM

Hahaha.

I hope some people who posted in the other thread like the taste of crow.

Vagoo · 11-22-2006, 12:51 PM

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Wish they would just release a native client. It can't be that hard.

devoting resources to < 1% of the playerpase is like, why.

TKarrde · 11-22-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenison

We have a guildie who runs WoW in linux but was not banned. I wonder what the tip off for those who were banned for linux was.

Cedega version, probably. They often release custom fixes for specific games to fix specific issues. It's likely one of these fixes caused a red flag to go off.

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11-22-2006, 11:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sheaf Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 421	It's funny to go look back at that whole thread and see so many people immediately throw the Linux "whiners" under the bus.

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Parabola Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 125 +0 Internets	It's impossible to use linux and cheat right? I wonder how many people that were legitimately banned get unbanned out of this.

11-22-2006, 11:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
Blazemore Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 261 +1 Internets	Hmmm, I defintely didnt see that coming, I just thought it was excuses. Sorry bout that red hatters.

11-22-2006, 12:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
Lefazz Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,681	Wish they would just release a native client. It can't be that hard.

11-22-2006, 12:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Iadien Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 244 -3 Internets	My account was banned this way. I didn't even bother with the other thread, it was obvious that the majority of the people participating in that thread didn't believe it.

11-22-2006, 12:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
Concrete Roaming the planet in search of intelligence Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 364	Key word in that mail: Handful.

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Composter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 165 +3 Internets	Hahaha. I hope some people who posted in the other thread like the taste of crow.