How to get ip banned?

SwordFarm - Sanctuary
SwordFarm - Sanctuary Posts: 23 Arc User
edited July 2012 in General Discussion
A friend of mine (not me!) wants to know how to get an ip ban. Do GMs ever ip ban people for minor/serious violations of the rules?

I tried searching the forums for information about ip bans, but I might have done it wrong X3.

And when someone has a super .ini edited character, does just that character or the whole account get banned?


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  • Vyvyan - Dreamweaver
    Vyvyan - Dreamweaver Posts: 323 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I believe Frankie just recently addressed this. If I remember correctly, you have the option to change the character to normal or the character is banned. As for IP bans, that wouldn't be possible in all situations.
  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    If you'd like to be IP banned make a bunch of topics saying "F U (staffnamehere)" repeatedly until your account is banned. Then do so with a new account. Repeat until you get IP banned.
  • AshenSkies - Heavens Tear
    AshenSkies - Heavens Tear Posts: 949 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    truekossy wrote: »
    If you'd like to be IP banned make a bunch of topics saying "F U (staffnamehere)" repeatedly until your account is banned. Then do so with a new account. Repeat until you get IP banned.

    ^Probably the easiest way, no joke.
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  • Xainou - Sanctuary
    Xainou - Sanctuary Posts: 5,369 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Log in with a proxy or from a banned region. There goes your IP ban. lol
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  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited July 2012
    Selling your account for RL money can also get you a permanent IP ban.
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  • Slegtst - Dreamweaver
    Slegtst - Dreamweaver Posts: 595 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I hope spammnig totally non-PWI related Youtube links will also get you an IP ban.
  • shashahah
    shashahah Posts: 323 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    how can u get IP banned when u just need to restart ur router or w/e to get a new IP?

    wouldnt it be more like a router/mac-adress ban then?
  • backburnerpyro
    backburnerpyro Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Thank you all very much for your replies! I think this should be enough info. b:thanks


    Edit: I meant to reply on SwordFarm. I guess I'm not much of a morning person O.o
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited July 2012
    shashahah wrote: »
    how can u get IP banned when u just need to restart ur router or w/e to get a new IP?

    wouldnt it be more like a router/mac-adress ban then?

    In the case of the proxy, it's usually just a temporary ban, and technically it's not even your IP that's getting banned, it's the IP of the proxy you're going through.

    Account selling can get a permanent ban, unless you're someone like Wizzeled that spends hundreds of dollars a day, then it's only temporary.
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  • gyroki
    gyroki Posts: 450 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    In many countries IP banns wouldn't work anymore. Because almost all providers give you dynamic IP adresses nowadays. I'm sure pwe prefers to just bann your account. Even if you have a static IP address and get an IP bann you could just switch your provider to play the game again...
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited July 2012
    gyroki wrote: »
    In many countries IP banns wouldn't work anymore. Because almost all providers give you dynamic IP adresses nowadays. I'm sure pwe prefers to just bann your account. Even if you have a static IP address and get an IP bann you could just switch your provider to play the game again...
    95% of people have dynamic IP's Typically it will not change. I've had the same IP address for two years now and it's dynamic. It only really changes if you change ISP's. even changing your hardware doesn't usually change your IP, and simply rebooting your modem definitely doesn't.
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  • niaryuu
    niaryuu Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    SylenThunder - Sanctuary wrote: »
    95% of people have dynamic IP's Typically it will not change. I've had the same IP address for two years now and it's dynamic. It only really changes if you change ISP's. even changing your hardware doesn't usually change your IP, and simply rebooting your modem definitely doesn't.

    This is what we call a statically assigned dynamic IP. Not all providers do this. Most common large providers will cycle the IP when the modem is rebooted. Or will have an IP lease period of xxx time before the IP is forcibly reassigned. So this cannot be counted on.
  • Oniryuu - Heavens Tear
    Oniryuu - Heavens Tear Posts: 87 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    It's easier on the provider to dynamically assign a static IP then to deal with the support calls on manually configuring a static IP address. (sorry the above poster was me, not sure why it didn't post with the correct avatar).


    IP bans are not an efficient method these days where some people have multiple connections (cellular, wired and WiFi hotspots). Most services have taken this into consideration and ban the account and sometimes as far as the name/address and cc history used on the previously banned account.
  • Xx_BeLLa_xX - Harshlands
    Xx_BeLLa_xX - Harshlands Posts: 7,231 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    SwordFarm - Sanctuary wrote: »

    And when someone has a super .ini edited character, does just that character or the whole account get banned?

    Small or big it's a 34 years ban (unless you change it), but i don't know if it's just the char or the whole account.
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  • darkv0id
    darkv0id Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    shashahah wrote: »
    how can u get IP banned when u just need to restart ur router or w/e to get a new IP?

    wouldnt it be more like a router/mac-adress ban then?

    some use cable modems which doesn't change ip address when you restart it and not everyone uses a router
  • Denaini - Sanctuary
    Denaini - Sanctuary Posts: 33 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    PWI's Terms of Service are very vague as to what is a banable offense and what the resulting 'punishments' are. However, GMs may ban anybody for any reason whatsoever, without notice. So whether or not you get IP banned really depends more on the judgement of the GM than on anything else. Most likely you won't even get noticed since GMs are barely ever present ingame.

    As for the .ini edits:
    frankieraye wrote: »
    1) for .ini edits, the character is banned until they ticket in, at which point they are given a choice between either agreeing to use a Makeover Scroll to go back to within what is possible in-game, or they can move all items to a different character before being re-banned for good.

    Handle with care, though. PWE has failed to keep promises in the past, instead altering their judgement in retrospect. They might some day decide that .ini edits should have been permabanned no matter what, and (re-) ban anybody who ever had them, permanently.
  • beyondchance
    beyondchance Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    If someone uses my name and talk things out on the world, I mean talk chat in my name and talk dirty can get ban?

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