Accounts that aren't yours...

[AestheticDeath]

So how many of you are still playing on accounts you didn't originally create?

I still have one that I got from another player on these boards, but it has been closed for a while. I was recently thinking about reopening it to get some extra junk.

But with the new sign up system that went through, has anyone had trouble with accounts being locked out, or banned or whatnot?

When do they normally do the mass ones? Was there not like one once a year before or something?

Would just hate to spend a few bucks to reopen one just to get my accounts banned.

And.. will they actually ban me for using someone elses account when it is not stolen, or do they just frown upon it?

[Jace Solo]

What is this? I've not heard of anything like that.

I haven't played in a long time but I was just wondering

[AestheticDeath]

just talking about having to put all your accounts on battle.net to log into wow

[Jace Solo]

When did they start that?

[CrystalTears]

Ask PB. He took over Some Rogue's account a while ago. He's probably still playing it.

[Parkbandit]

I have 3 accounts.. my main account, an account I have a priest on (not mine) and Some Rogue's old account. I have them all linked up and on a Blizzard Authenticator.

Never had a problem.

[Sean of the Thread]

Not sure if you're referring to me AD but if you have a problem just PM me. I don't see why there would be any problem however /shrug.

Can always call and ask them if you're worried I guess.

[Kyra231]

I sold my acct to a guy in dh's company right before the merge, they haven't had any problems.

You don't have to link them all to one email account either fwiw.

[Some Rogue]

I have 3 accounts.. my main account, an account I have a priest on (not mine) and Some Rogue's old account. I have them all linked up and on a Blizzard Authenticator.

Never had a problem.

You technically don't have my old account. I created a new account and transferred one character off my old one to give to you.

[AnticorRifling]

He told you!

[Parkbandit]

You technically don't have my old account. I created a new account and transferred one character off my old one to give to you.

That's true.. when you continued to beg me for your account back, I finally just said yes to shut you up.

[Some Rogue]

That's true.. when you continued to beg me for your account back, I finally just said yes to shut you up.

You mean you begged me to come back because you had no friends and wanted someone to talk to?

[Parkbandit]

You mean you begged me to come back because you had no friends and wanted someone to talk to?

Revisionist history! REVISIONIST HISTORY!

[Me]

i talk to him when hes on bullnuts

[AestheticDeath]

Sean I am not talking about the previous owners of the accounts. I am talking about Blizzards policy of not allowing sales of their intellectual property.

In any case as I said before, your account is not in my hands anymore. Someone else is using it now.

I have in the past heard of them banning accounts. Mass bans. I do not know the specifics of why they were banned, whether it was limited to accounts which were accused of being gold farmers, botters, or accounts that were stolen, or even just accounts that had more than one user, which is apparently not permitted.

And I am sure I would hear news of another mass ban, but was just wondering if anyone else had been banned recently for the express condition of having shared an account.

[Alfster]

The last mass ban I heard of was back in like '08.

[Kyra231]

Sean I am not talking about the previous owners of the accounts. I am talking about Blizzards policy of not allowing sales of their intellectual property.

In any case as I said before, your account is not in my hands anymore. Someone else is using it now.

I have in the past heard of them banning accounts. Mass bans. I do not know the specifics of why they were banned, whether it was limited to accounts which were accused of being gold farmers, botters, or accounts that were stolen, or even just accounts that had more than one user, which is apparently not permitted.

And I am sure I would hear news of another mass ban, but was just wondering if anyone else had been banned recently for the express condition of having shared an account.

You can share an acct with one minor child that you are the parent or guardian of.

Normally you're not going to get banned for account sharing unless you're found to be logging in from Kansas one minute & China a five minutes later then underground mining or some shit.

Or if you run your mouth that you bought the acct or are sharing it with your bff & then piss someone off & they report you there's potential there too.

My husband logs in from Afghanistan & I level his druid a bit from NC. Never had a problem.

[Odups]

You can share an acct with one minor child that you are the parent or guardian of.

Normally you're not going to get banned for account sharing unless you're found to be logging in from Kansas one minute & China a five minutes later then underground mining or some shit.

Or if you run your mouth that you bought the acct or are sharing it with your bff & then piss someone off & they report you there's potential there too.

My husband logs in from Afghanistan & I level his druid a bit from NC. Never had a problem.
Speaking from the inside, I'll vouch for the above being pretty much spot on. It's unlikely you'll lose access to an account that isn't yours unless you do something obvious to make it happen, the usual reasons being getting yourself hacked, the original owner taking it back willfully, or consistent sharing and being blatant about it. I like the rules, and I'd advocate following them - but I know better than to expect that from everyone. Just don't come crying when they catch up to you. :cry:

As for bans, they still happen every single day for a variety of reasons. Could be you got hacked and they did something to get caught (advertising/hacking), could be your powerleveling company is to blame (shame on you ;) ), could be any number of things. The mass bans still happen, they just haven't posted it anywhere in a long while - and they're not big publicity-gaining waves like glider was back in the day. But you (or anyone, generally speaking) do always stand the chance of getting banned for bad things, no matter what day it is.

[Lulfas]

Speaking from the inside, I'll vouch for the above being pretty much spot on.

Maybe you can answer a fast question then. I'm afraid to bring it up on the blizzard. My son has an account of his own, and when the battle.net thing came around, I merged it into mine thinking it would let me keep an eye on him. However, he spends a lot of time at his mom's house, and so I can't get an authenticator. The account is in his name, but it's on my battle.net. Think they'll help me fix this by splitting his account off or something?

[Kyra231]

Maybe you can answer a fast question then. I'm afraid to bring it up on the blizzard. My son has an account of his own, and when the battle.net thing came around, I merged it into mine thinking it would let me keep an eye on him. However, he spends a lot of time at his mom's house, and so I can't get an authenticator. The account is in his name, but it's on my battle.net. Think they'll help me fix this by splitting his account off or something?


Err shit I just re-read that. Technically if your son is a minor he can't have an acct in his name. You can call billing & try to get it fixed, I believe they will work with you to get it in your name instead.

At that point they will merge the account to a dif email address so you can hook up an authenticator. We just went through that part with the husband being in Afghanistan & the kid using the second account here.

[Odups]

Err shit I just re-read that. Technically if your son is a minor he can't have an acct in his name. You can call billing & try to get it fixed, I believe they will work with you to get it in your name instead.

At that point they will merge the account to a dif email address so you can hook up an authenticator. We just went through that part with the husband being in Afghanistan & the kid using the second account here.
Beaten to it :P

We definitely work with child/parent account problems, I wouldn't be worried at all about giving Billing a call (other than a possibly obscene hold time). As quoted, as long as they're a minor the account should be in a parent's name, and we've got an official process for transferring ownership to them once they're an adult. With playing in two different locations, you'll definitely need to have the accounts on separate BNETs if you plan on linking authenticators.

PS. For the love of God, please get the free Mobile authenticator if you can and haven't already (even the physical one is pretty damn cheap). Hackers nowadays are actually beating owners to the punch when they steal accounts, and attaching one on just to make you wait even longer to get back on your account. Don't let them be smarter than you. :banghead: