Banned without warning (?) - my apology

[ggengar]

Character name: Gengarmage

Hi

Long story short: this morning, under the influence of greed and very bad judgement, I left my character online with a auto-mouse clicker in Alterac Valley. When I came back, I was logged out and banned.

I will be the first to admit that what I did was both egocentrical and wrong and in clear violation of the TOA. I was lazy and tried to cheat, and for that I am sorry.

Now my question, is this a permanent ban? As I understand the TOA permanent bans are preceded by a final warning, as in this copied line: A last warning is given before a permanent ban.

If it is meant to be a permanent ban without any warning, I beg you to reconsider. My mistake was big and it should have consequences. Ban me for a week, ban me for two, strip me of my gold or my gear or do all those things, but a permanent ban for one single breach of the TOA? I just hit 60 on this fantastic server and was looking so much forward to doing instances with my two IRL friends, my tight work schedule don't allow me to spend another 3 months getting a character to 60. It would be the end of my short lived romance with Vanilla WoW.

I have never been warned or punished before for any wrongdoing on Nostalrius and haven't recieved any notice of a final warning, neither ingame, in my email or on the website.

So to repeat myself, I admit to cheating, I am aware that is was wrong of me and I rightly deserve a punishment for it. But a perma-ban without any warning? I hope you can find a more just way to punish me and set things right.

Again, I apologize and hope to see you in Blackrock Mountain one more time

Mikkel / Gengarmage

[Dreez]

yes, botting (autoclicker) is a permanent ban

[Arev]

Now my question, is this a permanent ban? As I understand the TOA permanent bans are preceded by a final warning, as in this copied line: A last warning is given before a permanent ban.

you forgot to read the line below that says:

V. Permanent ban
The most serious sanction. Permanent bans are rare but definitive. This sanction is applied in case of multiple violations of the rules, or after multiple account interruptions, as well as any of the following:


Hacking;
Using any means of botting (e.g. a program);
etc, etc.

[ggengar]

Now my question, is this a permanent ban? As I understand the TOA permanent bans are preceded by a final warning, as in this copied line: A last warning is given before a permanent ban.

you forgot to read the line below that says:

V. Permanent ban
The most serious sanction. Permanent bans are rare but definitive. This sanction is applied in case of multiple violations of the rules, or after multiple account interruptions, as well as any of the following:


Hacking;
Using any means of botting (e.g. a program);
etc, etc.

I did read that, but as in that permanent bans are the most serious sanction, and therefore they are preceded by a warning. It seems weird to me that racism, attempts of bribery or severe bug-abusing gets several warnings, while my breach gets a straight permanent ban

[Kasen]

as well as any of the following

Read more carefully, and you will get the key words "as well"
Which means you are getting permanently banned without any warnings.

[Mimma]

You cheated and got caught - that ban is permanent.

All GM's will tell you is you can create a new account - if you stick to the rules this time.

[Nathrizyr]

Greetings,

We handle all botting cases the same: the account is permanently banned without any warning. This ban is confirmed, and as such the sanction will remain. Feel free to create a new account and follow our Terms of Use.

Regards, GM Team