This week, a player was disappointed by Modern Warfare 2’s ban. Originally reported by the folks at PCGamer, the player himself went to Activision Studios in Austin, Texas, hoping to discuss his issues face-to-face with the real crew.
Nor does it take any brain gymnastics to figure out how this all happens. In a post on the now-deleted r/Activision subreddit, players shared that they had been banned from Modern Warfare 2 on October 28.
They appealed the ban, which was rejected. Most people will probably leave it there and accept fate while playing games on a friend’s console and so on, but this Redditor – u/PlumContent – has another idea. Instead, Call of Duty fans created a new Activision account using the new email, repurchased the game on Steam, and tried playing the game again.
Alas, the player was banned again on October 29th. So he took a step no player should have, and decided to head to Activision’s Texas offices on October 31st. “I met a security guard in Activision’s parking lot who told me I couldn’t talk to anyone,” u/PlumContent shared.
“After politely asking the guard to come into the office and explain the situation to an employee, the guard agreed to speak to a worker. The guard came back to me in the parking lot and told me the employee said they were understaffed and it would take weeks to fix the error ban.”
Users then shared their frustration at spending so much money on games they couldn’t play, with security apparently telling them not to get mad at the video game. While I can understand the person’s frustration, and false bans have been a chronic problem in Modern Warfare 2 so far, I think most of us agree that going to the dev’s office isn’t the answer heroic way. In fact, it came across as rather menacing and unhelpful to anyone involved.
Either way, u/PlumContent will have to wait. That sucks, but if true, it does mean Activision is actively working on fixing these bans. At least that’s good news.
