How many Pindle runs can you do before Blizzard bans you? - D2R Ladder Season 2

[@rickeyshubert3969]

this dude gets so excited with the drops its absolute joy to watch

[@zarthemad8386]

This just enforces how bad the D2 droprates are for self solo found.... and why bots exist.

[@JspoonG]

true

[@Foxlink87]

Glad to hear you're back. So happy they removed the ban!

[@carpetshake]

Spoiler alert! Yours was top comment

[@thewizard7099]

You have your account back because you make KZbin videos

[@Kimentor.]

So happy to have you back! I just recently found your channel and you’re already a huge favourite!

[@hakimbeddiari5375]

SOO HAPPY FOR YOU MAN !!! keep up the grind

[@anothernobody3154]

Congrats man, so many stories of blizz just saying nope sorry and moving on. Can't wait for more content!

[@timdonahue4581]

Dude I'm so happy for you! Welcome back, we are all supporting you and happy to hear about your return!

[@NPCBigLuke]

Awesome! Happy you’re back. Was looking forward to the single player haha. Ladder is good though

[@RobbCorp]

I'm happy you're back! Persistence pays off in more ways than one.

[@SemiAutomatics365]

Faith restored. Good stuff man congrats.

[@natebook9694]

I really like your videos Mr.Schmuck, you have the best personality and genuine character ! I'm glad you are back for more unique content that only you can make

[@bobcs2155]

Oh man i was leading a campaign to get some of the big streamers to get behind you and appeal this , so buzzin you are back on! GZ

[@RegularSchmuck]

you're a legend, I appreciate this so much!

[@morsrom156]

ahaha, just saw your messages in db's discord. big ups to you bob :D

[@AlekTrev006]

We all supported our favorite Schmuck ! 😊 // A small stone may only make a ripple at first, but one day that ripple can form part of a mighty wave ! Together 🤝

[@BeastGamingHD]

so basically we learned today not to do over 7k runs without recording it otherwise blizzard will say fuck nah and stick to their ban because they're incompetent and the warden anti cheat is dog shit that requires manual review from people after 500 tickets. playing too much of diablo gets you banned. good to know. thanks for the great vid and grats on getting your account back

[@TwoWayOrbitalStation]

Yep, time to go back to classic D2 and mod it with Path of diablo or median XL.

[@kaceygoode1592]

Happy they reinstated you friend always love watching your videos! Keep being a great person good things come full circle!

[@ChihuahuaPorter]

Same happened to me week 2 of ladder. Playing classic just doing 8 man cs nonstop. The biggest issue wasn't just the ban and auto rejection, it was the 3 weeks it took to get a reply to the first email. Eventually I was unbanned as well.

[@Alcyone65]

So happy for you! Glad to have you back. And finally you're gonna start streaming!

[@TheShoy69]

I dont even play diablo, but i watch your videos out of pure share of your commitment to them

[@RayTX1337]

New Name: Self-Satisfied Schmuck! :D

[@quietlightning4063]

Happy for you too Deaths fathom and deaths web have eluded me but I won’t give up!

[@Braxtonkai]

don't kiss blizz's ass, they shouldn't have banned you

[@Bonneville63]

Yay! Honestly happy for you :) Love the content.

[@xKeKzzex]

Gotten banned in wow once as well first for botting then they’ve changed the Permban to a 6month one for cheating and exploiting and then they’ve reworked it completely thank god. What I’ve done? Enjoyed my termbreak played wow with my old roommate watched Netflix while talking about life n shit and farming gold at a hyperspawn.. Took a lot of writing calling talking and proving I’ve done nothing wrong and a bit of threatening with eu law since they’ve stated that they’ve collected data from my pc (which isn’t legal in the first place) and due to a French law they’ve gotta give you acces to that data they’ve collected. Had some of the best ad worst customer service interactions there as well one that straight up said F off and don’t call again and if you will we will terminate you blizz acc and than he hang up mid conversation to some that actually took a look into their so called evidence looking at Chatlogs ( clearly showing I wasn’t a bot) and even taking a look at KZbin to view the source material and what we’ve done there (farming gold) then apologized for the trouble and unbanned me yeah.. I also didn’t even use autoclickers like other people and they weren’t banned something I hope no one has to experience..

[@JonasBuyip]

Lets goo! Very happy you got your account back! Keep up the amazing videos :) Favourite D2R youtuber!

[@louis-etiennebelangergagno5514]

Imagine playing so much you get confused with a bot xD that's insane dude keep up the grind 💯

[@naj7969]

Happy to see someone at blizzard is doing their mediocre simple job. Aside from that, you really really should do a single player grail. Maybe shed light on how to set up pluggy or gomule offline so noobs like us can stash items effectively for later use.

[@setsu2221]

What's truly wild is that a lot of people on various forums still defend blizzard when they automatically ban people in whatever game and then automatically deny appeals.

[@Sigmaverick]

Really nice that you got a nightwing even if it is a low one . Happy you got your account back.

[@saltydog1488]

Congrats man! That last cut of manalds was great. Lol. Sounded like a punch to the gut. 🤣🤣

[@elsonkoh41]

Congrats! So happy for u.. love ur attitude buddy. Stay awesome!!

[@helloconga]

Hey brotha. figured it was automated crap and was hoping they'd get you back. Glad to hear! Excited for continued content

[@TheCriglerShow]

Hyped you got your account back mate.

[@metalhead5284]

Great news that you got your account back. And I would totally watch your live streams.

[@brown3394]

does this mean if someone who doesn't make content etc. that has proof they arent a bot will just get banned if they play too much in a repetitive way like this?

[@fpSmoker]

Great news on the band lift glad to see your back and can't wait for some more ridiculous runs.

[@aaronmicalowe]

When they create a game that makes you grift so hard that they have to ban you for playing it the way they designed it. 🤦‍♂

[@IMP3TIGO]

Congrats man!! Can you tell us how you got the personal review? Some of us went to Llama's chat to see if he would help (he wasn't interested) and someone posted on the blizzard forums. In any case, so glad you got it back and kudos for sticking it to Blizzard just a little bit after all they put through.

[@fubar5884]

I'm surprised anyone actually even tried. Near anyone could of told you Llama wouldn't give a rat's ass.

[@IMP3TIGO]

@@fubar5884 yeah it was very disappointing how little he cared about other content creators. I guess they've just competition for him.

[@fubar5884]

@@IMP3TIGO Yeah it's kinda sad. Especially when people with the platform to help either flat out don't care or just stick their head in the sand. He has people that enjoy watching him stream, and I don't shame them for it, to each their own, but he isn't the kind of guy I'd ever want to sit down and enjoy a beer with and a conversation. I watched him a bit a while ago, back when the D2 remaster was still just a pipe dream people wished would happen some day. But the more I saw how the dude acts the more he just seemed a bit "off." Kinda like when you see people who claim they don't drink, or smoke, or cuss, or do anything to even remotely act human, and give off weirdo basement dweller serial killer vibes. It's kinda hard to explain but it's that vibe you just get from certain people. I'm not surprised in the least the guy stuck his head in the sand instead of using his platform to help out a fellow player or content creator. I'm willing to bet his immediate reaction when some people asked if he could make a little noise to help, he probably didn't even ask for any details or even what was going on. And if he actually did, the moment the word "ban" came up he probably said "oh well, sucks for that guy" and would say nothing else and hear nothing else about it. The dude is like a wet noodle, god forbid he acts like he has a spine and that he isn't terrified of any sort of confrontation, no matter how small it may be.

[@zacheryeckard3051]

@@fubar5884 You think drinking, smoking, and swearing are needed to act human?

[@fubar5884]

@@zacheryeckard3051 First off, way to take a generalist abstraction statement as something literal and the only things that make you "human." Unless you live in a nun's coven in 1217 AD or some equally other rediculous religious vacuum, humans are humans. Trying to pretend you aren't makes other well socially adjusted people feel weird. Hence why people get ostracized.

[@AvoidingthePuddle]

Glad to hear it. Big fan.

[@briancorbett3600]

The best news! I'm so happy for you, and everyone within the community. I saw a few posts pleading your case on the blizz technical forums, so maybe the combined might of forums, paired with a regular schmuck, won them over

[@szymonwizenthal1157]

i love how enthusiastic you are finding some trash xDD

[@adamz1988]

Can't wait to see the day you find an SoJ. Promise you'll celebrate

[@deadpoolgames6829]

Happy to see you have yours back… too bad there are lots of honest people that have not been so lucky. My buddy still doesn’t have his back!!

[@BryantHH]

i literally cant believe, they reversed it Oo firstly, i am SO happy for you man! and secondly... this has never happened before and prolly will never happen again - that is absolutely epic :) keep on grinding, sir! well done!

[@Tantrumspam]

no, it's happened many times...blizzard has reversed a plethora of banned accounts through all their titles.

[@BryantHH]

@@Tantrumspam hm... thanks for the info :) i wonder how they even define "bot like behaviour" :(

[@TwoWayOrbitalStation]

@@BryantHH Probably something stupid like: Does the exact same run xxxx number of times give or take, for 10 hours straight, multiple days a week. I mean, if they even had a check to see if the player is doing "human" clicks and movement etc, they would see it was a human. But seems they don't.

[@Anthony-uz5tj]

so they dont have an anti cheat and instead just look for "characteristics" of a bot ? that is insane.

[@Smurfen249]

1:40, it does but you need 25fcr if you use double claws for 102 breakpoint, sins use Griffons over regular circlets just to get +25 fcr to hit the breakpoint needed for teleport and mind blast.

[@devmike]

gotta slow the runs down and randomize them a bit more.. hah

[@jarronrodriguez4749]

That anti-perf eth lacerator really broke my heart 😔 😟

[@balintkovacs3681]

When an Unique Spired helm drops, you can know unidentified if it's nightwings, or veil of steel, from the max durability. Nightwing 40, Veil 60.

[@rodriguez121108]

Im so dang happy for you mate! I found you a month or so ago, and it’s one of the best!

[@Recex1128]

so happy that you can continue your ‘blizzard certified bot-level’ runs 🎉

[@JasonKolchek]

Я рад что ты вернулся.Твои видео мне очень нравятся.А твоему терпению позавидовать можно.Не опускай руки никогда и никогда не сдавайся

[@KleevSergey]

он ботовод

[@fatfighterxDDD]

its awful that the gamemasters cant just write a message to the characters and only after not getting an answer ban the account.. still good job! happy u got your acc back

[@papapsych2746]

You should hold it against Blizzard

[@jean-mariebedard4304]

Yes! Truly happy for you and me! I love your content!

[@Jaylaz]

Welcome back my friend :)

[@Famous007i]

OMG! So nice news , good job sir keep up the content !

[@TopSecretGG]

Schmuck is back!

[@mckk5585]

1:1 odds on Manald and the reveal of 150% eth Lacerator were hilarious 😂

[@Jchmcom]

When I was in high school in the early 2000s I would farm Pindle about 10 hours a day and when I had to go to class I would run Pindlebot just to make up lost time for having to go to school. Id come home to an inventory and stash full of Cranium Bashers, Windforces, all kinds of rare stuff. Eventually broke the addiction and these days I get my fix watching others enjoy the game.

[@Isetari]

People usually show their "not so nice" side when they are treated like you have been treated and that would be more than understandable. You Sir managed this really sportsmanlike and you were nice and focused on the facts the whole time, even though you had all reason to be mad. I was not a subscriber before but after all I've seen in the last days, I hit the sub button and I'm really excited for your next videos. Keep up the grind!

[@andreychetvertakov4574]

In all honesty, I am just happy you got your account back! Blizzard would have really showed themselves as unfair and unjust otherwise. And we are the community they should care about.

[@aammdd706]

so glad you got your account back! Also-- some sins def stack fcr so I hope you held onto that circlet. And the frost nova ormus is also a sick find. Frost nova is an underrated build imo, the nova doesn't do nearly as much dps as light nova, but you have a decent frozen orb and blizzard to cast as well. Forb + blizz on a pack, then telestomp with frost nova and you clear at least up to p3 about as fast as light nova but you don't need infinity. blizzard/forb makes it a better boss killer too than light nova. I think vex+ is maybe a little low for the ormus you found. I'd pay an ohm for it if I hadn't just used my last ohm to make chaos claws for my sin. As far as that rare ring goes-- Not bad at all. Good resists, high LL, nice bonus to AR, and the replenish life is highly valued for PvP builds. Sweet ring for non-berserk barbs (esp trav runners) and some dueling builds.

[@foxeh123]

It's so funny 3 lacerator. 1st 151% Really bad 1 off anti 2nd PERFECT 210% 3rd ETH but 150% anti perfect Literal rollercoaster

[@WoetotheVanquished]

man, you are incredibly lucky that any large gaming company would unban you. I used to get the same ban treatment by NCsoft -- and they would NEVER, EVER, ABSOLUTELY EVER unban your account

[@spyplane662gaming]

Good news for you. My account is still banned however, and my ONLY fault was playing it too much as well (I didn't exploit the game - ever). I am DONE with anything blizzard... Can't wait for Starfield to release. Cheers, I really enjoy your enthusiasm and content. Take care.

[@cIeetz]

imagine automatically denying appeals when You make absolute stonk from people buying Your game 3 4 5 times over and the bots even buy it 30 40 times over....thousands of times....so much $$$ made....no customer support and automatic appeal denies . Now thats shady

[@chrispratt3666]

Using a superior armor for enigma seems good in paper until you see the repair costs. It's actually incredibly annoying how much a superior base increases the repair costs.

[@shatteringthematrix6959]

oh so blizzard bans potential bots in D2 but they do nothing about actual real photographed video documented bots in WoW, because it gives them money..? Absolutely stupid company. I've reported many bots in WoW, with proof, and nothing happened to them weeks/months later. On another note, when I first started my pindle runs I got super lucky with a windforce on like my 15th run, then went another 500+ runs before anything super rare dropped.

[@chuckstieg]

Really well made video, I hardly know anything at all about D2 only playing casually a handful of times, but I still found this entertaining the whole way through.

[@jgwentworthh]

6:40 Just so you're aware, I don't believe anything above 200 MF assists with finding uniques.

[@BTHDreamer]

Subbed! Glad you got your account back. I saw your last video where you were showing it got banned. I'm sure that had to leave a knot in your stomach for a few days 😅😅

[@Taessya]

Me, 20 runs without good drop, i stop thé game... WE are players, not bots

[@BlazingWolfTV]

Imagine getting banned in a grinding game for... doing the grind. Yup yup.. i remember times when you were approached by GM's before any "convictions". Now you deal with horribly scripted so-called bot operation systems due blizzard's needs to kiss shareholders' asses for the results.

[@Wishmasters]

yaaaaay so happy you got unbanned and really happy blizzard actually did it and resolved the issue :) edit: I can relate with the feeling that once you find an item once, you will find it another time (or two) went like that for my SoJ, Andariels Visage, Ber rune and maaaany other things maybe it's just some kind of bias dunno, but my brother also reported this ^^

[@cIeetz]

You really gotta get into playing hardcore bro. Bots have decimated the normal version of the game. I find they dont go as hard on hardcore, and they definitely dont farm every possible item. I think they have trouble staying alive on high end monsters, wether the bot breaks or whatever. But like on hardcore ladder You cant really get a full set of tal rasha off them, and they are expensive af. Its a really sweet community too like the people are top notch overall. Should really give hardcore ladder season 5 a shot, should be coming up in 2 weeks.

[@maccawacca69]

Ended up being a good little series. Was a scary start to the story, with a fair bit of love hate story line, to end with a banger of a plot twist, and a big hit you in the feels ending. Would be keen to watch some live stream depending on your time zone. I watch Sweet Phil some mornings before work to fill the time.

[@jasonfredrick5637]

I just stumbled across this Regular Schmuck but I am a big fan of Sweet Phil too - Keep Slaying

[@jeremyschultz5651]

Congratulations, Schmuck. Glad to have you back.

[@Eskolol]

Blizzard is underestimating the craz... dedication of the average D2 enjoyer.

[@christianstachl]

I played D2 way back after release etc. I've never been a "hardcore" (not the mode) player and i've only heard about pindle runs long after i stopped playing. BUT, i always thought it was the Goblin(?) in act 1? But this doesn't look like act 1? Maybe i got it wrong with the names because i played the german version. Or is D2R different?

[@georgigeorgiev9651]

Hey there, let me tell you why I love your content but you lost me so hard at 7:13 mark. You picked up a green amulet but you skipped on rare GTs. All talons are meta, and dropping a crazy 1/30/300/fools 2os erep GTs will make you the richest man in history of diablo, but you'd rather pickup the next tal set that has 0 value. Diablo II has always been a game that makes people chase valuable things and it grinds my gear when content creators mislead their audience with magic find, when magic find is completely useless one week after ladder reset, due to all the bots. Having less MF in Ladder will get you the chance of getting a base Berserker Axe 15/3 5os that will fetch you easy 50 Bers in the first 1 hours of trade. Or 3/3 Fire War Staff that will do over 100 Bers like in my case. You cant get that even with a perfect CoA and Griffon with perfect Defenses. I can only imagine the sheer amount of godly RARE items you have missed. I am happy you got your acc back, youre very positive and sweet, but please, educate your audience better.

[@NazgulBR]

Oh man. I cannot handle so much time playing but I love to get this drops by myself. Will blizzard block my account if I'm doing single player. Obviously I will not do so many runs in sequence, but I'm not an KZbin. This is totally unfair. BTW, thanks for your post. Wonderful job

[@walkingdude7286]

Yup..."Exceptions to every rule" Well, you've exemplified your true movements as a genuine player, not a bot, yet becomes tagged as bot behavior? I never heard of a D2(R) player being reinstated from a ban 'til now; glad you're back and looking forward towards more of your future uploads.

[@Roland597]

Only half way through the video but the fire facet and cold facet you found are actually quite usefull. -Cold res on facets isn't really all that usefull on a cold sorc. A perfect one saves you 1 skill point, but +5% cold damage is not possible to get more of on cold builds. Fire is the opposite way. - fire res is items only, while + fire damage from the mastery makes the extra 3% from a perfect one kinda pointless. The rare ring is probably worth like a Pul. MAYBE. Less if its non-ladder. 5% Attack rating is garbage. You are better off getting +30 attack rating honestly since thats gonna be multiplied 300% by various buffs.

[@cIeetz]

congrats on that superior shroud. Thats lit. I found one not superior and rolled 4os with 464 defense which is 3 short of perfect. Too bad it wasnt superior, still a dope ass find.

[@KamTheOnly]

I think I am the only one who doesn't care about ED on HoZ, Arach, and Def on Shako... The item itself doesn't really change the stats or MF or FCR anyways.....

[@balkthor]

Given the strategy for magic find is doing exactly what you're doing, it's amazing that Blizzard can be so stupid about bans, let alone blocking appeals. You'd think they would have come up with some simple way to verify player vs bot, off the top of my head by contacting the player. Then again, the company's been garbage ever since Cataclysm.

[@honklerton732]

well if you're going to do MF runs - you DON'T just do Pindle - you do ALL the high treasure class monsters in 1 game - THEN create a new game - which will give you much longer time between game creations - which will reduce your chances of a ban considerably.

[@scarx4181]

Who so crazy on the MF? DR is all ready hitting hard at 300, I'd be shocked if the next 300 MF from there provides more than 10-15%.

[@ivailopopov1414]

This proves it pindle is horrible for farming... always better to farm diablo/river and baal, Ive gotten couple of hydra bows, occus 3-4 andis (and a lot more stuff and runes) just from under 500 diablo runs. Pindle is a complete waste of time.

[@prudnq5]

Hmmm, the guy who was trying to convince me the guy was botting, HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES

[@juicebiscuit4922]

Still crazy that happened though honestly it's dysfunctional as all hell. I'm refraining from using the other term lol, but it's that same kind of bs that they're pulling with overwatch. Imagine if you weren't a creator and didn't have the proof. you would of probably never gotten your account reinstated. Depressing😞. I'll just go back to classic boi! they can get bent lol

[@robbyyates5406]

Please keep being the man We know you are.... We love Watching You Sir (Re watchinn your vids for the 4th time) P.s. should stream in Reel Time

[@Mammel248]

Congrats on getting your account back! Happy for you ;)

[@LionsideDisciple]

This is painful to watch. Precisely why I don’t play these. Random drops, rarity, what poor game design. How exploitative.

[@Gamerextra1029]

"We don't take this decision lightly" 🤣🤣The forums are full of people looking to get their illegitimate bans overturned. Way to go, Blizzard.

[@alexroland3751]

Now that response does not sound like a robot. Congratulations! Just shows what can happen when you don’t give up and fight the good fight. How many people would have just accepted it? And become bitter, hateful and depressed because they HAVE to start over.

[@polkhigh_33]

Well its clearly a badge of honor, a proof of your efficiency as a grinder! *insert dicaprio meme in here* However, its also a sign of poor customer service on blizzards end. If you didnt have some degree of social media reach, you'd still be banned. They're pretty much like "If he's a botter he calculated the risks and will ofc get new licenses. And if he's not, he spends sooo much time ingame that he'll get a new one as well". I know plenty of coregrinders including myself suffering the same issue, with no overturns sadly :/ Fun thing to consider: If youre pindling like a madman with a sorc you'll likely get banned at some point. If youre using a barb with find item, you'll be creating less games and yet get more loot because of hork, and because of those less creations and barb not being a metaclass for botters, youll likely never get banned at all :D

[@vormarsch]

Interesting that ActiBlizz datamines for this kind of playstyle lol GZ for being legit and having your account back =)

[@Anzzoi]

Lovely video :) chance of nagel 1:1 :D a shame you didn't hit the main jackpot. Glad you're back at the grind, with your reopened account

[@MrHallahlee]

very happy they removed the ban ! i like what you do , iam an old D2 player ... i did some runs at a earlier age, maybe 30-35 / day, nothing like you HAHAHA

[@YuyuHakurei]

Calling Harlequin's crest shako never made any sense to me and it must be a trend started by a boomer. Here is the reason. Boomers have no eye for minor detail. The thing about HC is that it is a returning Diablo 1 item. It was extremely strong in Diablo 1 as well despite being a low level quest reward. Shako is the item type and probably the first thing a boomer saw. Luckily the name isn't too intrusive. Since there is only one unique shako, but there are some item types with multiple uniques. A unique Shako will always be a HC unless it's a runeword. It does share with Hardcore, but that's another thing that makes no sense. Hardcore is one word so it's H mode. xD

[@Despond]

Goes to show to all the idiots who just assume every ban = you're guilty that sometimes the system does not work and there are false positives. Flawed AI and then automated responses removing that judgement from a human doesn't make things better. Imagine how many people stopped playing because they didn't have the hoopla surrounding this particular ban. Glad you got it back, no lifing should never be mistaken for botting.