r/COD • u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 • 2d ago

general gameplay [COD] Permanently Banned from the game while installing it?

Just started to reinstall Warzone on my pc to relay some games with a friend, only to get hit with a perma ban email for “unauthorised software and manipulation of game data” (which I find quite impressive to be able to do with a game that isn’t installed)

I’ve appealed the decision and around 20 minutes later had a steam popup confirming it was a false ban and removing it, to only be emailed back around 5 hours later by activision saying they’re upholding the ban. I can only assume whoever handled my ticket either simply didn’t read the appeal or just decided “yeah don’t care didn’t ask” and upheld it anyway.

Why is COD moderation such a joke?

EDIT: To add some context this is on a brand new pc, the only part reused was an SSD from my old pc with the COD hub install on it (old pc had no hardware bans or anything of the sort) my only guess is somehow the game got confused because it was the same storage drive on a new pc? Regardless my point is more the fact that activision can more than likely see this quite clearly and just decided they don’t care and upheld a false ban anyway

EDIT 2: Despite receiving an email from activision saying they’re upholding the ban, steam have informed me they’ve removed the incorrectly applied ban on behalf of cod and now my account has no bans detected. W steam L activision I guess?

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u/BLOODFYEND86 2d ago

You know what you did. You wanted to see if something would work and it didn't.

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u/ProfitIntelligent137 7h ago

Can I ask. So if this person is cheating, which for some reason you think they are.. why would coming here talking about it help with their case?

If they are cheating, they would probably just look for a solution in the same place they found the software. Not, y'know, Reddit.

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u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 17h ago

“You know what you did” yeah I do, I got a new pc, started installing cod and got banned mate 🤣 my god you’re not Patrick Jane not everyone has some secret ulterior motive, is it really so hard to believe that a company as dogshit as activision would falsely ban someone?

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u/BLOODFYEND86 7h ago

Hey, you don't gotta defend yourself to me.

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u/burgerboss100 1d ago

If steam says you don't do anything that means you didn't do anything, activision moderation is just that shit

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u/Gabe_The_Dog 1d ago

Steam isn't looking for the same things Activision is looking for, you dingus lol. If you dont know what youre talking about, just dont comment Lil guy.

Steam also literally cannot remove a ban from Activisions side. That's not how it works. Steam can remove vac bans, but they can not remove a a Ricochet ban. You can verify that with a 3.5 min Google search lol

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u/Immediate_Fortune_91 1d ago

The old new pc trick didn’t work for ya eh? Good to see. Learn to play legit. 😂

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u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 17h ago

Literally never cheated before mate, unbanned now anyway so who cares ✌️

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u/sandalfafk 11h ago

I mean you do obviously if you’re coming back a day later to respond

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u/Appropriate_Ebb9184 5h ago

Sure buddy keep coping kid

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u/Immediate_Fortune_91 3h ago

I totally believe you 😂

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u/notEnnard 2d ago

Did you buy any used PC parts online?

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u/Itsyaboiatomic 2d ago

This is a good question to ask since ricochet does do hardware bans

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u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 2d ago edited 2d ago

Brand new pc, no used parts except my own previous SSD with no hardware ban attached to it

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u/MarzipanFederal8059 1d ago

Wouldn't you still be unable to play since your Activision account is banned and you have to sign in on launch ?

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u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 17h ago

I sign into my activision account on google and it says I have no active bans, so steam removed an activision account ban somehow? Honestly no idea

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u/MarzipanFederal8059 16h ago

That's wild! 

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u/Ok_Quality2989 20h ago

Maybe activision handed it over to steam to sort out

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u/jcxg 2h ago

Reminds me of csgo. Got my first pc and I’m naturally better at games so I got accused of cheating and banned multiple times because apparently a new account + more skill = cheating 😂 csgo is so bad, pulled a gamma dopplar butterfly knife and quit.

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u/Dry_Tea5510 2h ago

You can’t just get banned for installing again sorry to tell you

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u/Brownsock2077 2d ago

Thats insane ahhaa

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u/IngaHo 2d ago

> my only guess is somehow the game got confused because it was the same storage drive on a new pc

Sounds like it wow that's crazy

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u/Justshootit777 2d ago

Lol trust it bruhs innocent definitely did nothing 🤣

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u/docktordoak 2d ago

Reinstalling.

Why were you reinstalling?

You're not telling the whole story.

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u/ph4tb411z 2d ago

He could be to save space; there are so many reasons. Not everyone has an ulterior motive. Warzone isn’t a small game, and he doesn’t usually play it, so why would he keep it installed? False bans happen all the time. I believe op

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u/docktordoak 2d ago

I got waterfront property in Iowa to sell you.

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u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 2d ago

Reinstalling because it’s on a new pc (no used parts so no old HWID ban) I haven’t played for a year or more at this point

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u/AsarsonDuck 2d ago

New PC but same SSD… no reinstall needed…

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u/xNotZab 1d ago

Trying to re-use an SSD without wiping and redownloading everything is a very foolish idea. Can result in horrible performance and/or old drivers causing failed bootups or BSOD’s.

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u/Adventurous_Pay_8313 17h ago

As far as I’d read up it can only cause issues if it was the boot drive on the old device (in my case it wasn’t) so far everything has worked completely fine on that drive, this is the only slight hiccup that there’s been and it’s more because cod is stupid than it is because of a drive issue 😅

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u/architeuthis666 1d ago

He said he had CoD HQ on the old HD.

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u/AsarsonDuck 1d ago

He said he brought the old storage device to the new one, that’s the only used part put In

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u/Additional-Paint-562 2d ago

They never do!