Blizzard bans users from Diablo III just for using Linux. : Othor Games

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:34 am

I searched for this and didn't get any results. Sorry if there's already a topic:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5978861022?page=1

Basically, what's happening, is Diablo III's anti-cheat system is detecting WINE as a third-party program, and banning users with it on their computer. So, basically everybody who uses Linux. What's even worse, is this is getting a lot of attention and Blizzard hasn't given a single response. Any attempts at a support ticket result in "No, you were using a third party program, kthxbye."

I'm really not surprised, considering Blizzard merged with Activision.

Thoughts?

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:34 am

Don't buy games from either Blizzard or Activision :shrug:

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» Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:16 pm

I think people should wait for a non automated response before sharpening the torches and setting fire to the pitchforks.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:04 am

Ouch. That pretty much rules out any Linux/Unix users playing Diablo III outside of VMs, and those can have issues when it comes to properly implementing hardware.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:08 am

I think people should wait for a non automated response before sharpening the torches and setting fire to the pitchforks.

But I've already done all that. What am I supposed to do now? :[

» Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:20 pm

But I've already done all that. What am I supposed to do now? :[

You don't use Linux.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:24 pm

This is the kind of stuff you can expect with a game that has always-online DRM. They can shut you out if they feel like it, and then find something in the EULA to justify it.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:24 am

I think people should wait for a non automated response before sharpening the torches and setting fire to the pitchforks.

So now what am I going to do with this +1 Flamming Pitchfork and sharpened Torch ?

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:56 am

You don't use Linux.

So? It's still a faulty business practice.

Maybe Blizzard will make an official statement sometime soon. Maybe. It's quite possible. Fairly likely. Kind of expected. It could happen. It might happen. It might not happen. I don't see it happening. It's probably not going to happen. It's unlikely.

» Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:37 pm

You really have to be hard up and stupid to buy Diablo 3 with all the known issues.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:27 am

So? It's still a faulty business practice.

Maybe Blizzard will make an official statement sometime soon. Maybe. It's quite possible. Fairly likely. Kind of expected. It could happen. It might happen. It might not happen. I don't see it happening. It's probably not going to happen. It's unlikely.

You seem so very certain that this will turn out well. Your enthusiasm is spreading. :mellow:

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:55 am

You seem so very certain that this will turn out well. Your enthusiasm is spreading. :mellow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYEJx7PkWE

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYEJx7PkWE

Trying to distract me with Youtube videos, eh? Well it isn't going to wo-Ooh Muppets!

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:45 am

Is it illegal to sell your Diablo 3 account?

» Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:43 pm

Diablo 3, what a joke.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:33 am

ah Activision. [censored] you.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:58 am

I find all of the workings behind Diablo III to just be creepy (almost as creepy as Arrowoflight's avatar).

» Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:27 pm

Just Windows on another partition and dual boot. They support Windows and Mac - don't expect them to know about or understand the ins and outs and backdoor methods of getting Windows software to work on an OS they don't support. :shrug:

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:35 am

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5978861022?page=21#402

Blizzard responds:

We’ve extensively tested for false positive situations, including replicating system setups for those who have posted claiming they were banned unfairly. We’ve not found any situations that could produce a false positive, have found that the circumstances for which they were banned were clear and accurate, and we are extremely confident in our findings.

Playing the game on Linux, although not officially supported, will not get you banned – cheating will.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:41 am

This exact same thing happened to WoW players using WINE, as I recall...

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:59 am

So what's the consensus here; Just a bunch of angry customers trying to crucify Blizzard, or is Blizz just really good at covering these repeated claims up?

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:16 am

by the time you figure it out your account will hacked lol. hated diablo 3 , you couldn't play offline i only got it since i finally got the internet way after the rest of the world.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:33 am

So what's the consensus here; Just a bunch of angry customers trying to crucify Blizzard, or is Blizz just really good at covering these repeated claims up?

When i played WOW, they made all the excuses they could possibly make, even blaming me for having third party software on my computer for WOW, and i never installed any add ons, they messed up my account, it took them 4 and half years to fix minor problems, which other when i put in tickets for i was told it couldnt be fixed, then id put a ticket in and i had one of their ops, say it was a well known issue and easy to fix, they constantly made excuses and layed the blame on me for all sorts of reasons, and it easier to blame users than fix their own errors.

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:00 am

i like when my account got hacked and they pitched the authenticator, so i asked them if they'd do anything if i had one and i still got hacked. they told me they would give me a free month. to which i pointed out they could see in my records that i did buy one several months ago. the never gave me the free month.
STOR was worse though they blame everything on the user, they told me for the month i did play that my pc didn't meet the specs and after i had allready sent them a dixdag showing i surpassed them...

» Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:34 am

I'd probably ban Linux users from my game as well.