I'm totally freaking out. I just tried to upload a Film Clip to my File Share, but then I suddenly got a notification that I had been permanently banned from the File Share system for violating the Terms of Use. Huh? I've never had modded content in my File Share, nor has it ever been banned or suspended. The only thing that might have been wrong with that Film Clip was that it had the word "goddammit" in the description. (It was a Film Clip about me accidentally betraying three teammates with a Trip Mine, by the way.) Okay, maybe you can't have "goddammit" in the description, but I wasn't even given a warning. I thought that when Live doesn't like a word, it gives you a little notification that says it's not okay, and lets you change the title/description or whatever. However, I didn't get one of those this time. I was simply told I was banned. This is really bad for me, because I'm a big fan of Forge (considering I'm on Forge Hub), and I need that File Share for maps and stuff. I know that it's a Permanent Ban, but I'm really confused as to why I got it, and I think that it's really unfair. I want to know if there's any way to reverse it, given the circumstances. I've never boosted, nor had any mods. Plus I had no warning. Man. I'm really angry/worried/annoyed. *sigh* No mods, see? My File Share EDIT: Woo!!! Unbanned!! Thank you, Ghintoch!! He's a Bungie Employee who found my thread about this on Bnet and contacted me via PM. After I explained the situation, he found the mistake and unbanned me! Bungie Rocks!! Well, sort of. I mean, I didn't like getting Permabanned in the first place, but they fixed their mistake! Proof:
Can you give me a link to you're fileshare? And maybe you can appeal it, although it is rare for something like that to happen... Did you have the cloning glitch map on you're file share? Last time someone on forgehub did that they we're banned from fileshare and even through extensive messaging bungie was idiotic and didn't unban him.
dang, that sucks... Are you sure that there was nothing else offensive? I do suggest that you talk to someone on Bungie.net. There is a forum by shishka ("OMG I got banned for no RAISON!" forum) Is a forum made for people that believe that they are innocent to find out why they were punished.
Unfortunately, that thread is only for EXP bans. I don't know who to talk to about my problem, and it's really frustrating.
Call shiska. Set up a meeting. Repeatedly bang his head into his desk until he fixes it. Problem solved. Oh, and don't put things that are against the rules where they shouldn't be, that'll fix the problem faster.
I don't know.. my best advice is to bug bungie about it. Maybe you can contact urk on this website? Although, that "Headshot" picture looks like it could've been modded, I can't think of a way to do that, although I'm most likely wrong.
im pretty sure the headshot pic is from oddball. Anyway ive seen about a million people with that in their file share.
Well if you don't get un banned, just make a silver account, and use that account as a file share for your map/gametype links.
well that sux the best thing to do would to be email shishka or urk directly. explain it to them briefly and politely.
Last month halo seemed to be really messed up. I was given a message when I came online that I had been banned from gaining xp in all gametypes for no reason at all. Once the ban had been lifted (1 week) I could get xp but i couldn't get any true skill, and it's been a month, still no true skill. Yeh, Bungie have been banning people for random things lately. It may have been something you put in their a while back but bungie have only just decided that it's worth cracking down on. It sucks, but on Xbox, bungie is god, and for some reason think they don't need to give a reason.
Hmmm... Allright then, try private messaging Shiska, be polite and mature and he will probably see that it was a mistake. Just dont make your message sound completely fake and dont sound like a suck-up because he hates that too....
I think I know what happened. You're sandtrap canvas, with blocked watchtowers, was probably thought to be moded by some player. They reported the map. The moderator on the job checked it, and didn't know you could block them without modding. It's would be the same kinda thing that happened in the past. What you can do is just as they said so far, calmly ask Shiska what was with the ban. If he unbans you, great, if he bans you and doesn't give you a reason, ask for one. With a reason, bring it back to us. We'll see what we can do from there.