manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 My IP was banned today and I don't know why. I was killing skellies for bones and taking them to storage that was it. I had some trouble with resyncs to the server, logged off and on a few times trying to fix it, gave up and logged off. I just came back 5 hours later to find I am banned. Whats up with the ban? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted January 7, 2008 You tried to log in from a different location? You have a totally different IP when you got the whitelist message than you always did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Yes I have a proxy and was afraid I was caught in a large net because of it. So I tried not using the proxy to make sure it was me who was banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Why are you using a proxy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I always have. I do not like the idea that anyone can see where I am online. Mistrust of the government and it's Orwellian tendencies. I am a member of the guild TECH and had mentioned this to Maxine and Aduard both previously. I also gave them my real IP address as well as the proxy one. I had not read that a proxy was against the rules. Is it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 So you were using a sock proxy? Â As for proxies being against the rules, they are not, but if they are open proxies and someone does bad stuff from them, they will, of course, be banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I apologize for not knowing but I don't know what a "sock proxy" is. Why sock? Â Is this what happened to me? I am still not sure why I was banned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 How do you connect to the game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I'd like to add that using a proxy to bypass a punishment is illegal as well. (General blanket statement to everyone in all cases) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I just double click on the EL icon on my desktop. Is that what you wanted to know? It's DSL Road Runner in upstate NY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 So if you don't use aproxy to connect to the game, why do you even mention it?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 In reply to Aislinn, I wasn't using a proxy to avoid punishment. I always use a proxy. I turned it off to be sure that the ban was specifically for me and not my proxy in general. That was something Maxine told me could happen if I continued using Anonimizer. Â The proxy is always on it comes up whenever I start my computer, I don't have to go through anything. It is on unless I turn it off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Ok, so are you telling me that the IP: 74.67.146.31 from which you always connected is a proxy IP, and not your own IP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I am looking at my Anonimizer screen right now and it says my real IP is 172.167.51.46 and the IP everyone else sees is 207.67.151.112 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Also, what ISP do you have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I believe the IP you just wrote was my old IP , the one I gave to Maxine and Aduard. Do they change? Â My ISP is Road Runner from time warner cable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Well, my logs show now that you were trying to connect from a banned AOL IP... But I am going to ask again: Why were you claiming to use a proxy to connect to the game when you weren't? And if you have no clue about those things, why do you try to misslead us? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 I have AOL also that is what i use for my e-mail but I do not pay them it is Road Runner that I pay my bill to. One of those all-in-one deals(phone, internet, cable) I was claiming to use a proxy because I do use a proxy and I thought that was why I was banned. I still don't know why I was banned. I haven't done anything wrong. I don't have too much of an idea about these things and I am not trying to mislead anyone. I am only trying to figure out what happened. I have been playing along and suddenly I am banned and I don't know why. I always follow all the rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted January 7, 2008 You weren't banned. Your ISP assigned an IP to you that is banned. Anyway, that IP was banned long time ago, so I unbanned it, it will take up to 20 minutes to be able to reconnect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manwich Report post Posted January 7, 2008 Thank you. I apologize for the confusion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
