02-02-2005, 06:39 PM
Ah the famous Realm Down...
Realm Down:
This is a very popular temporary ban provided by Blizzard to ensure that long lines do not re-occur. It also successfully stopped all but three of the major botting programs that were out last July.
Specs:
This ban will last from five minutes up to forty-eight hours. Note that this is dependant on your past banning habits and the severity of the reason banned. Multiple logon attempts will worsen your ban. Check after ten minutes, then every half hour afterwards. After 24 hours, hourly checkups are safe.
causes:
There are several factors that come into play here. The first is simple. Transitioning from the login screen to your character selection screen starts a log. Once you choose a character and proceed to the next screen that marks as a one. Reverting to the character screen and back to the next screen will move you up to a two. Do this too many times in a row and you will be thrown out to the login screen.
The second factor is game creation and game joining. Once you leave a game a counter starts up and notes how long it takes for you to join your next game. I believe that if a pattern is caught in this transition, you are kicked out. Joining or creating games too quickly also causes this ban.
The third factor is spam. Spam can mean a various amount of actions done repeatedly without stopping. Listed below are examples of this:
-Overuse of the mouse wheel
-Spamming text three or more times rapidly
-Using a skill over and over again without stopping or moving. (normal game play will not boot you)
-Opening and closing the NPC shop screen over and over again without stopping.
-The use of multiple waypoints, one after the other.
-Constant use of a skill that doesn't have a delay timer. (once again, not in normal game play)
-You should get it by now.
prevention:
-Entering the chat screen between leaving for a new character or a new game.
-Slowing down your leaving and joining/creating of games.
-Avoiding any kind of spam.
It is possible that the realm is really down with this message. This can easily be checked here at the forums. the "Battle.net Status" forum is there for that reason.
Realm Down:
This is a very popular temporary ban provided by Blizzard to ensure that long lines do not re-occur. It also successfully stopped all but three of the major botting programs that were out last July.
Specs:
This ban will last from five minutes up to forty-eight hours. Note that this is dependant on your past banning habits and the severity of the reason banned. Multiple logon attempts will worsen your ban. Check after ten minutes, then every half hour afterwards. After 24 hours, hourly checkups are safe.
causes:
There are several factors that come into play here. The first is simple. Transitioning from the login screen to your character selection screen starts a log. Once you choose a character and proceed to the next screen that marks as a one. Reverting to the character screen and back to the next screen will move you up to a two. Do this too many times in a row and you will be thrown out to the login screen.
The second factor is game creation and game joining. Once you leave a game a counter starts up and notes how long it takes for you to join your next game. I believe that if a pattern is caught in this transition, you are kicked out. Joining or creating games too quickly also causes this ban.
The third factor is spam. Spam can mean a various amount of actions done repeatedly without stopping. Listed below are examples of this:
-Overuse of the mouse wheel
-Spamming text three or more times rapidly
-Using a skill over and over again without stopping or moving. (normal game play will not boot you)
-Opening and closing the NPC shop screen over and over again without stopping.
-The use of multiple waypoints, one after the other.
-Constant use of a skill that doesn't have a delay timer. (once again, not in normal game play)
-You should get it by now.
prevention:
-Entering the chat screen between leaving for a new character or a new game.
-Slowing down your leaving and joining/creating of games.
-Avoiding any kind of spam.
It is possible that the realm is really down with this message. This can easily be checked here at the forums. the "Battle.net Status" forum is there for that reason.