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I've got banned from Apex Legends (social.ggbox.fr)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Got greeted with this message today. I've been playing Apex on linux for more than a year. Not sure if this could be related? Is this just me?

I've contested the ban and I'm currently waiting for a response from ea support.

UPDATE : Got an email response from EA today. It's basically a generic message saying that my account was associated with "cheating practices" and so they will not remove the ban.

This is absolutely fucking ridiculous! I've been playing this game since 2020 and have 3K+ hours on record, now this shit happens and there's no recourse ? Fuck this company.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected], a Respawn employee responded on reddit and wants a list of user IDs/gamertags for those banned on linux:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1fi77vs/comment/lnh13kj/?context=8

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

You're the goat! Thanks for sharing. I dropped a comment to the respawn employee and a comment on the EA thread linked in the reddit post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thanks for the heads-up. I messaged them my EA handle.

edit: wow it actually worked! My account is now unbanned!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, please send EA ID and info ASAP!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Fuck this company.

They've been awful for many, many years at this point. I've no idea why people keep giving them money and expecting them to not be awful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Got my ban overturned :)

For the troll in here, idk your name I blocked you, the guy "very fluent" in these matters - take this opportunity to humble and educate yourself

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately people like that tend to be on the less logical side of things, in addition they also tend to believe themselves to be superior to others, so it's unlikely he'll actually do any research on that matter. It's likely that for him in gaming communities in the past this approach has worked, as those communities typically do not challenge baseless accusations or logical fallacies, not how it works in intelligent communities though, maybe he will learn it eventually, though in my experience on Reddit people like that have no restraint or filter whatsoever, they only stop once they have been hit with the ban hammer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They certainly are in that less logical camp, that's for sure. And you're right, they have not and will not learn anything from this instance, or similar ones, going forward.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (48 children)

They banned you for a reason. I have yet to meet a cheater that admits it. They all deny it the last study done 57% of gamers are using some type of cheat.

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