Ban Definitions

[dowie]

http://support.nexon.net/ics/support...uestionID=2052

MapleStory Ban Definitions and Durations

MapleStory Ban Definitions and Durations:

Hacking
All hacking will result in a permanent ban of the account.
Botting – Tiered Penalties
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban
Misconduct –
Behavior / Language – Tiered Penalties
Verbal Warning
1 day
3 days
7 days
14 days
Permanent Ban – For extremely offensive and uncontrollable players
GM Disrespect – To be used in conjunction with other violations to determine severity.
Bad Names – All inappropriate names will be required to have a name change. Ban durations are broken down based on the severity of the inappropriateness as indicated in the Terms of Use:
Permanent Bans
Impersonations – Impersonating someone else, including, without limitation, another user, Non Playing Character or Game Master ("GM").
28 Days Suspensions (7 Days x 4)
Offensive Names – Contains vulgar, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive, including any usernames which are sexual in nature.
Crime-Affiliated Names - Comprised of or includes the names (including "street" names) of any drug, narcotic or other criminal activity.
ASCII Character Names – Includes any special characters (i.e., ASCII codes)
Copyright or Trademark Infringements - Is or may be illegal or is or may be protected by trademark or other proprietary rights laws, or may cause confusion.
Gibberish Names – Comprised of or includes gibberish (e.g., "Akdnvprq")
Guild Names – Ban duration is determined based on the severity of the inappropriateness of the name as listed above.
Pet Names – Ban duration is determined based on the severity of the inappropriateness of the name as listed above.
Inappropriate Shop Names
MapleStory Hired Merchant – Name change
Personal Shop Name – Disconnect the player
Benefit Hacking – Taking advantage of a hacker’s exploit.
Partying or making use of hackers – Tiered Penalties
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban
Picking up items or tagging mobs of hackers – Tiered Penalties
Verbal warning
1 day
3 days
7 days
Hack Related Chat –
Providing hack information – Two Leveled Penalty
Verbal Warning
Permanent
Requesting for hack information –
Verbal warning
1 day
3 days
7 days
14 days
Permanent Ban
Abusing Bugs/Glitches – Up to a Permanent Ban
To Be Determined based on each occurrence.
Harassment –
Griefing – Tiered Penalties
3 days
7 days
14 days
Kill Stealing – Tiered Penalties
Verbal warning
3 days
GM Discretion
Blocking Content – Tiered Penalties
Verbal Warning
3 days
7 days
14 days
Permanent Ban

NOTE: If the content that is being blocked is by a group or guild, the offender(s) will receive a warning and ban. For guilds, the guild leader will also be warned separately. If the harassment continues, action will be taken on the guild leader as well as the offending members of the guild.

Offensive Phrases – See “Misconduct”/Behavior
Stalking – Tiered Penalties
Warning
3 days
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban
Posting Personal Information –
Account Information – Tiered Penalties
3 days
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban

NOTE: The account they are posting the information for will be banned permanently as well and an email sent to the owner of the account explaining the issue. If the owner of the account can verify ownership, the ban will be lifted. This ban is meant to be a security measure.

Personal Information – Tiered Penalties
3 days
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban

NOTE: This includes posting phone numbers, personal web page, home addresses, IP addresses, or other personal information of the player or others. Players posting their first names or the names of others will be warned and educated.

Racism / Hate Mongering – Tiered Penalties
Verbal Warning
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban
Heavy or Explicit Sexual Language – Tiered Penalties
Verbal Warning
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban. This includes offensive ASCII art.
False Reports – Tiered Penalties
3 days
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban

NOTE: “Funny” reports in excess start with a 1 day ban and a warning. If we investigate these and find evidence that will prove the player did in fact create a false report, we will then further take action.

Trading / Selling / Scamming –
Trading / Selling Accounts – Two Leveled Penalties
Warning
Permanent Ban & Investigation
Trading / Selling Cash Shop Items - Verbal Warning.

NOTE: If a player is witnessed trying to scam another player – Warning / 3 days / 7 days

Promotion of Scam Activities – Tiered Penalties
Warning
3 days
7 days
Ad Promoting – Permanent Ban
Meso/Gold Sites
Hack Sites
Inappropriate Sites
Impersonating a GM – Up to Permanent Ban
GM Name on a player account –
Name change to be considered on a case-by-case basis.
In-Game Impersonation – Ban for name change.

NOTE: If necessary – see “Misconduct” as well as the following:

Scamming – Warning if caught in the act. Failure to comply or found again at a later time results in a Permanent Ban.
Evidence found after the fact evidence – 14 days as well as removing any scammed items.
Trying to get attention and show off –
Warning
3 days
7 days

Ticketing Systems and Forums Infractions and Penalties

Abusive Behavior in Tickets and Forums –
Extreme Explicit Language –
Tickets - Warning / 1 day / 3 days / 7 days / 14 days / Permanent Ban
Forums – GM Discretion
Abuse of the Ticketing System – Warning / 1 day / 3 days / 7 days / 14 days / Permanent Ban
Inciting Inflammatory Behavior on Forums – 7 days / 30 days / Permanent Ban
Disruptive Behavior on Forums – 7 days ban for the first offense, second offense, and third offense / Permanent Ban TBD on a case by case basis
False Reports – 3 days / 7 days / 14 days / 30 days / Permanent Ban

NOTE: “Funny” reports in excess start with a 1 day ban and a warning. If we investigate these and find evidence that will prove the player did in fact create a false report, we will then further take action.

For Tickets – Action will be taken solely in-game except for the permanent ban, which will take place in-game and in the ticketing system.

For Forums – Action will be taken solely on the forums. However, depending on the severity of the violation, a request may be made to take action in-game as well.

Please note, that this is simply a guideline. Final ban duration decisions may differ from the posted durations in this article.

Seems it was created yesterday.

[Corn]

People actually do "funny" reports?

[LeoDirk]

They seemed to have missed the one with using Paypal to charge NX and Nexon refunding the money then perma banning you.

[SaptaZapta]

They seemed to have missed the one with using Paypal to charge NX and Nexon refunding the money then perma banning you.

They missed all forms of "billingpp" bans. These are only GM bans.

[ShinkuDragon]

Trying to get attention and show off –
Warning
3 days
7 days

IF ONLY.

that said, some of these are downright insane.

Hack Related Chat –
Providing hack information – Two Leveled Penalty
Verbal Warning
Permanent
Requesting for hack information –
Verbal warning
1 day
3 days
7 days
14 days
Permanent Ban

what is too much hack information?

Personal Information – Tiered Penalties
3 days
7 days
14 days
30 days
Permanent Ban

NOTE: This includes posting phone numbers, personal web page, home addresses, IP addresses, or other personal information of the player or others. Players posting their first names or the names of others will be warned and educated.

i can get banned for sharing my name too many times/linking to my webpage?

Blocking Content – Tiered Penalties
Verbal Warning
3 days
7 days
14 days
Permanent Ban

as if, people have blocked bosses for ages with mules and whatnot, it never traces back to the guild doing it -sigh-

[LeoDirk]

They missed all forms of "billingpp" bans. These are only GM bans.

Fair enough.

i can get banned for sharing my name too many times/linking to my webpage?

I really had no idea every time I said my name to a new buddy or in a new guild I was at risk of being banned. Some of these are kind of silly. "Warned and educated," I can see meaning private information but a first name, which might even just be an online alias? Come on.

[Tukkun]

Bad Names – All inappropriate names will be required to have a name change. Ban durations are broken down based on the severity of the inappropriateness as indicated in the Terms of Use:

28 Days Suspensions (7 Days x 4)
Gibberish Names – Comprised of or includes gibberish (e.g., "Akdnvprq")

Ouch... Looks like I have some mules to rename.

[ShinkuDragon]

Ouch... Looks like I have some mules to rename.

whoops, missed quoting that one. your mules can't have gibberish names, whelp. now, being devil's advocate, they might have done this just to say to meso farmers "nope, crap name, +28 days on top of your botting ban

botting gets you banned for less time than having a gibberish name though ._.

[Tukkun]

whoops, missed quoting that one. your mules can't have gibberish names, whelp. now, being devil's advocate, they might have done this just to say to meso farmers "nope, crap name, +28 days on top of your botting ban

botting gets you banned for less time than having a gibberish name though ._.

Hell, they even have this in their ToS:

(vii) is comprised of or includes gibberish (e.g., "Akdnvprq"), (viii) is comprised of or includes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., OMGnewb, xLOLx, AFKbotman), (ix) is comprised of or includes any rank and/or fantasy titles (e.g., "MajorMark" or "QueenQiana"),

Also:

Let's see they ban me 28 days for this.

[Moonlapse]

There are so many rules on that list that are repeatedly broken by high profile players in Khaini, with nothing more than slaps on the wrist. Its pathetic.

[Elven Emily]

So you can get banned for having King/Queen/Major in your name? What the pineapple is wrong with you Nexon?

[ShinkuDragon]

So you can get banned for having King/Queen/Major in your name? What the pineapple is wrong with you Nexon?

just what a friend needs, @ultimax21; you're gonna get an earful if it happens!

[danielcatu]

Seriously im just talking about some related thing to ign.... i mean dont have king queen ... etc? :/

Not impersonating npcs? Why do they even released irenas hair... or empress full clothes at first

[maplefreak26]

So you can get banned for having King/Queen/Major in your name? What the pineapple is wrong with you Nexon?

IIRC, they always had that rule but they never really do anything about it. They only do something about it if it's actually offensive.

[Shads]

Impersonations – Impersonating someone else, including, without limitation, another user, Non Playing Character or Game Master ("GM").

Does this mean I have to change the look of my Xenon? or I simply can't RP as Lotus? Either way it's silly.

[Dark Link]

My god. I can only imagine how many people would get suspensions / bans if Nexon actually followed through with every single one of those.

[ZeekFox]

Guild Names – Ban duration is determined based on the severity of the inappropriateness of the name as listed above.

Day one of Demon Avenger, I encountered someone with an inappropriate guild name. Someone must have hacked the filter though, because there couldn't possibly be a filter that allowed this-
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Maple0009.jpg

I took the character name out, but that's the only edit. I seriously ran across that guild name on GAZED and, had I not seen this game hacked a thousand times before, would have been amazed that someone had pulled it off.

[Heidi]

Oops, a lot of my characters display my first and middle name...

Do I have to pay to have their names changed (don't know if this is even possible still) to avoid getting banned? :P

[Dodoch]

How am I supposed to call people by now then? With some I don't have problems since they have similar IGNs, but what about the ones that have completely different IGNs on ALL their characters?

[KhainiWest]

Just to make sure, you guys know that listing has been on the main website since like 2007 right