My 11-Year-Old Account Got Banned Out of Nowhere — A Veteran Player’s Frustration
SniperJim
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I’ve been playing Marvel Contest of Champions since December 2014—yeah, nearly 11 freakin' years. I’ve stuck around this long because I’m a die-hard Marvel fan and love the combat mechanics. But man, it hasn’t been easy. There were times I wanted to rage-quit after getting destroyed by insane quests, losing progress because of cheaters in BG mode, or dealing with endless bugs and connection drops mid-fight. Still, I never gave up. I wanted this game to thrive.
Over these 11 years, my life changed a lot. I moved countries, built a family, and my daughter literally grew up watching me play this game. It’s been part of my freakin’ DNA.
Then yesterday, I logged in and boom—my account was banned.
The reason? "Using a modified client." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I’ve been clean for 11 years. I don’t even sideload apps—my APK’s straight from Google Play. Whatever new "detection system" you’re testing clearly messed up. Check the logs again. Check my play history. Check literally anything.
If you’re gonna mass-ban longtime players over false flags, who’s left to keep this game alive? We’re the ones funding it, grinding it, breathing life into it. Fix this. Don’t make loyal players like me feel like our years of support mean nothing.
Over these 11 years, my life changed a lot. I moved countries, built a family, and my daughter literally grew up watching me play this game. It’s been part of my freakin’ DNA.
Then yesterday, I logged in and boom—my account was banned.
The reason? "Using a modified client." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I’ve been clean for 11 years. I don’t even sideload apps—my APK’s straight from Google Play. Whatever new "detection system" you’re testing clearly messed up. Check the logs again. Check my play history. Check literally anything.
If you’re gonna mass-ban longtime players over false flags, who’s left to keep this game alive? We’re the ones funding it, grinding it, breathing life into it. Fix this. Don’t make loyal players like me feel like our years of support mean nothing.
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Sure we got some cheaters. To hell with all of the affected innocents!
Download the game through legitimate means and try again and if you’re from a country where that is not possible, then play a different game
Now, you have any other bright analytical conclusions to say why I got banned after all these years, Sherlock?! Let me know if you want any other details from me, enlighten me with your investigative skills!
This is getting out of control
But I’ll ask the question — OP, what did you do to modify your client? If that’s the message you actually received, my understanding is that it’s a more serious infraction than simply downloading from an unauthorized source. Sounds like you knowingly modified the client, possibly in addition to downloading it from Kazaa or wherever.
Sounds what’s the real story bro?
These unauthorized clients and unauthorized distribution channels were *always* prohibited. They didn't just make up that rule. They just didn't have the ability to consistently catch and ban them until now. But they are not banning lots of innocent people hoping to catch cheaters. If you're running unauthorized clients, you aren't innocent. You're doing something explicitly prohibited. You're breaking the rules.
If you want to argue against the rule, feel free. But the recent ban wave is not targeting cheaters and generating lots of collateral damage. The ban wave explicitly targeted unauthorized clients. It is targeting them deliberately, not accidentally. If someone was banned who wasn't running such clients, that's a separate issue. But the vast majority of them were, if not all of them. They are not innocent bystanders.
I hope the compensation makes up for the terrible mistake
Titan crystal at least
You're one to talk.
You think because someone has more some kind of something it means something?
Not the actual content of the post?
This is amazing to me.