Wizard101 Players BANNED for In-Game Gifts??

Wizard101: KingsIsle Bans Players for Receiving Gifts
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[@siraztecasaur1873]

Im starting to think never being gifted by friends was a good thing 👅

[@mavalagma29]

“Friends”

[@fredcoleman6594]

Never had trustworthy "friends" before been a lone wolf type.

[@siraztecasaur1873]

@@fredcoleman6594 I hope everyone gets there accounts back ☹️

[@jakeadams4546]

it was though

[@james64468]

By not sending them email about banning them is plain wrong. I do believe that you need to come up with way to prevent fraudulent credit cards from making purchases in the first place. A lot of other MMORPG sites have things in place to prevent stuff like this from happening. Yes I'm posting this again. I did post this on twitter. This makes my blood boiler. This could be prevented from happening in the first place.

[@andrewsullivan6171]

When on average your game servers have maybe 100 people tops. Banning players might not be a good idea

[@Innxcently]

to be fair they have like 20 different servers each with at least 100 people so, it’s not really a dead game tbh

[@benjamin9120]

@@Innxcently Each realm, I read somewhere, is 1000 people to fill to maximum, there's never been an exact figure from KI if I recall correctly, but my estimate is 1000 - 1500. Meaning that on peak days / hours wiz can have up to 5 thousand players at once (3 full realms which I normally see on weekends). If you include the other realms, could be close to 7 - 8k at any one time during peak hours. Wiz isn't dead I feel like it's been growing lately too.

[@Dubstequtie]

@@Innxcently Yeah it's a bit odd people really truly think only like 100 people play w101 lol...

[@flintlifetail2427]

@@Dubstequtie yeah they still have millions of player but i still don't think they're at the size to where they need to be banning accounts all willy nilly

[@Dubstequtie]

@@flintlifetail2427 I don't think any game company should do that at ANY size. XD

[@LoganBoisvert]

Man crazy to see you still make wiz videos, you were literally my childhood 😂 just got back into wiz a few days ago, crazy to see you've stuck with it for so long!! Appreciate you and respect the grind!!

[@peggyblanchard5167]

Seriously doesn’t make sense since they have been pushing gifts to friends for Valentine’s Day

[@chaozgaming8565]

At this point, they need to improve everything if they want the game to flourish. Banning their already dwindling playerbase is a dreadful move.

[@JellalFernandes1991]

Even people that haven't been On for years they got banned as well.. not only because of gifts

[@Jranthony04]

Omg can you tell me why players are getting banned??? I’m so confused

[@JellalFernandes1991]

@Joseph cuz some people are gifting so many stuff from the crown shop to random players then they charged back to KI to get the money back and then for those innocent players who receive the gifts are punished KI automatically ban them sadly but idk why are banning those that are offline for years... make no sense.. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@daddy5506]

crazy how popular this game was and how not popular it is now. The nostalgia really hits

[@1991autumn]

I think the person who used the credit card that is fraud should be the one banned not the person who accepted the gift cause they didn’t know. if wizards take the gift away wizards should send them a email and tell the person why they took the gift away not just banned them cause they just accepted it

[@Jermeister06]

yeah the gift box really needs to be revamped / modernized because i dont play a lot recently but i claim things like holiday codes and i have bundle gear in there since im not max level on any of my wizards and i dont want to claim the gear unless i wanna stitch it or actually use it

[@Krowwfather702]

Haven’t played in 2 years…tried to log on and I’m banned apparently..

[@ivanthrxz3492]

Now that’s where it doesn’t make sense. unless multiple people did chargebacks at the same or wiz is barely breaking down on accounts who received fraudulent gifts, cause 2 weeks ago I got 2 mounts from a low level in the commons and I’m assuming that person did a chargeback

[@Shadowrose-Rose]

Can’t wait to see wiz do something crazy

[@matthewprochnowjr2377]

They should make gifting and in-game feature so that you can only gift after owning the crowns for 7+ days

[@badger_ninja8681]

You can do a charge back in a period of 30-90 days

[@james64468]

@@badger_ninja8681 Or they need to change the rules.

[@badger_ninja8681]

@@james64468 well I mean KI can't change the rules charge back rules are governed by banks and governments. Neither of which care about KI getting a charge back.

[@squidwardtentacles2190]

This comment makes no sense lol

[@benjamin9120]

The reason these accounts got banned is because someone can make a alternate account on wizard101, use a fake, fraudulent or stolen credit card to purchase crowns on that account, then gift their main account thousands of crowns worth of items. KI needed to make sure these accounts didn't belong to the fraudster. The easiest ways to deal with this would be: > Setting a maximum amount of gifting per day (such as 5k crowns), and once they hit that they can't gift anymore items. > Once a credit card is added to an account, and crowns are brought, that account can not gift anyone for 2 - 3 months after the first purchase of crowns (then after that 3 months you can gift as much as you like). This means, if the card is stolen, the owners of the card can charge back and KI will be alerted and the only account banned would be the one in question. > They could also ask for ID to verify the Card holder with the account holder, however this is a bit inefficient.

[@TheGodkitty]

1. Suspend the receiving players gifting for 1 month 2. Give a warning message that they were gifted fraudulent items; report suspicious gifting; etc. 3. After 3 strikes of receiving fraudulent items, receiver is banned 4. 2 strikes for any fraud gifting totalling over $30 5. Strikes reset yearly And the sender is banned. Obviously. It's not totally foolproof but it definitely makes credit fraud way harder to exploit.

[@beaniebaby7725]

Why punish the receiving player and not track the gifters? That would punish streamers heavily cause they get gifted so much they could never know who it was.

[@TheGodkitty]

@@beaniebaby7725 because this can easily be abused. If you're getting tons of gifts, just don't accept them for a week. Taking the "play dumb" approach is just going to get us back to more bans.

[@Star-lg8fm]

I was one of those who were banned They should of told us what was going on cause at first thought I got hacked then to not know for 20 hours sucked

[@benjamin9120]

The reason these accounts got banned is because someone can make a alternate account on wizard101, use a fake, fraudulent or stolen credit card to purchase crowns on that account, then gift their main account thousands of crowns worth of items. KI needed to make sure these accounts didn't belong to the fraudster. The easiest ways to deal with this would be: > Setting a maximum amount of gifting per day (such as 5k crowns), and once they hit that they can't gift anymore items. > Once a credit card is added to an account, and crowns are brought, that account can not gift anyone for 2 - 3 months after the first purchase of crowns (then after that 3 months you can gift as much as you like). This means, if the card is stolen, the owners of the card can charge back and KI will be alerted and the only account banned would be the one in question. > They could also ask for ID to verify the Card holder with the account holder, however this is a bit inefficient.

[@HawkinaBox]

What is it with Kingsisle banning people? Sheesh!

[@rogeliohdz13]

Are they really banning people?

[@brybry865]

@@rogeliohdz13 my first account got banned after I put crowns on my account years ago. Years later I don’t play anymore

[@rogeliohdz13]

@@brybry865 dam that’s tough I’m a login tomorrow been playing it for years haven’t been on for a while I’m a login and see if I can still login

[@Majestid]

Huh, it seems like they are looking into it at least

[@viablos455]

DUDE no joke about a decade ago I had spent $100 of my mother's card. At the time I had bought myself a bunch of stuff on my own account. When my brother found out, he threatened to tell on me unless I shared crowns - opening some packs for him blabla - so I did, and he got a lot of good crowns stiches, spells, mounts, pets, etc. Fast forward a couple of days and my ma finds out, asks who spent it and no one knows, and I tried to log and realized my account was banned under fraudulent purchase (or suspended, I can't really remember). FAST FORWARD today and my brother's account still works with all the crowns items. Never got reprimanded. He jokes sometimes that I should've dumped more on him and that "I should've listened more" lol. I should have.

[@rimkil1612]

Damn so I got gifted a gift on a game that I haven’t played in years and banned for it. That’s unfortunate

[@HobbesHobbiton]

Leave it to KingsIsle to mass ban innocent players because their TOS sucks

[@hackermanack3393]

" If you break the slightest rule maybe even accidentally we ban you permanently, goodday "

[@apatheticdeity6030]

Imagine not just forcing irl friends to play with you B) ... Imagine having irl friends ;-;

[@legolord112]

This sounds like it's because you could gift something to your INNOCENT MAIN account via an alt account, and charge back the card. The process goes like this. "buy" a card or item you want to have on your main wizard. Gift that card/item to your main wizard Charge back the purchase. Suddenly, your new alt gets banned for charging back, but your main wizard is scot-free This ban wave banned those 'scot-free' wizards, plus innocent ones that got caught in the cross-fire.

[@midnightmoon2308]

I got banned from my account along time ago when I was young for using too many visa gift cards I owned on those bundles and stuff and didn't pay them 40$ just to get it unbanned

[@DawnEdwards6267]

I've always given gifts to new players and my friends on their Birthday.

[@hectorhernandez86]

Wizard101 doesn’t know what they doing now, I been playing for years and they muted me for 10 years and I wasted money money on them you think I can play like that

[@Sevarate.]

you can appeal a mute if you actually did nothing wrong

[@hectorhernandez86]

@@Sevarate. thank you

[@badger_ninja8681]

How about do nothing unless you prove they did something. Does that not make sense especially in a game without trade. Like really how dumb of a response.

[@Pandora_Ravenheart]

Yep, good thing neither my wizards nor my mom's wizards have friends that gift us anything 😅

[@ludmorais2010]

on other games you have the option of accept gifts from no one, wiz should implement this

[@eddyboy1249]

Why can’t they ban whoever is gifting and not us the players 😂

[@Zuexis1]

Because they have no way of knowing if the person who received the gift was co-operating with the person who gifted them then did a chargeback or used a fraudulent credit card. I still don't think they should be banned; I think the items/crowns should just be deleted from their account.

[@jessicataylor7174]

@@Zuexis1 I agree, but KI are saying they can't because some items are one time use. IMO that just brings up another issue - if the value of items that have been used up and have NOTHING to show for it is so high KI can't accept it, then there is something wrong with how much wizards can spend without anything to show for it. If there is nothing to show for the money it shouldn't be such a big deal KI's solution is banning everyone. I highly doubt a scammer would commit a serious crime to gift themselves items to use up super fast and have nothing to show for it. They might not even gift themselves at all if their motive is to destroy the game/reputation of KI...

[@joshuabyrom4023]

After the Harry Potter game wiz doesn’t have an excuse 🤣

[@noahhuraan5353]

I understand this to be honest, people who get these fake cards make fake accounts to gift their mains. I honestly hope they ban the people with auto clickers next, I report so many

[@nothere3982]

Noo cancelling IPS could end up banning families that play together. I play with my sister, each have a different account, just ban those cards from the payment options

[@Soulfit57912]

imagine banning people in a 15 year game

[@oystersaucee_]

have you ever played world of warcraft?

[@Soulfit57912]

@@oystersaucee_ Fair, but WoW isn't dead

[@oystersaucee_]

@SoulFit neither is wizard 101, this year has seen a few hundred adult players per server atleast, not to mention the kids of those who used to play it when they was young.

[@oystersaucee_]

@SoulFit also wow is dead💀💀💀💀

[@IllusionistRuss]

honestly this stuff is why i don't really play as much anymore... i don't get why they are banning people over stuff like this

[@dejaniquehardnick7497]

Because it’s mod use. Stop thinking like a pedestrian

[@neyouno]

I think they should just ip ban whoever does this thing and return everything that didn't already get redeemed. If a person redeemed it just take the L and move on

[@johnsilver228]

yup i got banned and they wont unban me since i dont have the og email, account from 2009 ive spent about 600 plus on the account pretty sad

[@johnsilver228]

@Setsuna I’m trying to submit another ticket maybe it was just the person I got being too strict, two other friends, that also got banned were Unbanned after emailing and they only gave out the username. It’s a pretty difficult situation, originally the account was a friends from elementary school that he gave to me, then it was added to a parent account with all of those controls so it’s pretty hard, because none of those emails are active or really known anymore. I tried to explain it to them in the past, but without having someone to really talk to you, there’s no way for them to understand I just get the most generic uncaring response saying they can’t. I just buy prepaid cards for bundles and memberships.

[@arjunchaparala1014]

@@johnsilver228 dont tell them that you originally got the account from someone else, because then they truly won't unban you under the "account sharing" reason. it sucks but thats how they'll treat it

[@johnsilver228]

@@arjunchaparala1014 yea I know that part at least haha

[@TheFemSniper]

@@johnsilver228 I wasnt able to change my email until I bought something from their website, it's bullshit but hopefully they'll actually listen to your email and dont blacklist you like they pulled on me

[@johnsilver228]

@@TheFemSniper It’s annoying I’ve played so many mmos I came back to this just because of the nostalgia and their team is just so out of touch with the player base. It’s something to expect from a foreign company but they’re legit based in Texas..

[@Storm.Cloudz]

The word you were trying to use was Launder crowns 🤣❤️

[@angeltheweirdo]

This whole thing is ridiculous. I’m all for wiz 101, but they’re are taking two steps forward but five steps backwards.

[@illusion9966]

They are smart enough to see just how much one account is gifting another... Any massive move like that can be seen...

[@blazedbabe333]

surely the banned accounts get auto membership turned off. imagine getting banned from a game & they still steal $10 a month

[@zaiagutierrez]

Maybe they should make some sort of gifting area in wizard city and it would have the 2 people go and the one would gift and the other would receive but it should be logged in some sort of system so it can be tracked. 🤦‍♂️

[@TigerLily408]

Another inequity.

[@GaminwithDraman]

babe wake up blaze posted

[@oHunterr]

I’ve gifted my girlfriend numerous things for the Valentine’s event.. I better not get punished for this

[@chazbarns1410]

Im muted until 2042 so i wont be playin til then lmao.

[@TheFemSniper]

2042?? Goddamn, I got muted almost 10 years ago after a friend stole my password and I get unmuted in april this year

[@thawkade]

What the hell did you do? 💀

[@brandonlugo1944]

please make another video man !!! we love ur wiz vids

[@ScottOfChaos]

I miss Blaze

[@waynevanilla]

What has this channel turned into... from wiz gameplay to now wiz controversy monthly digest

[@visitpyongyang3959]

someone just make a private server at this point

[@ajstyles9779]

glad to see i video from you but this game have fallen more than it did i have been playing this game for years but stopped playing because all kingsile was doing is treating this game as a cash cow

[@shatteredsentient5321]

I wonder if I am banned. Not gonna re-download so who knows.

[@jordangordon2350]

And now they removed private match pvp. Game is dead.

[@TheRumBottle]

No one: Girl wizards after this video: 👁️👄👁️

[@wesbrown738]

Another Circus101 update, brought to you by Clownsisle 🤡

[@lynnfairris9525]

That's mess up

[@Wishy.]

Nate sounds so different damn

[@oscarcarrizales54]

@BlazeLifeHammer , is that you on leaderboard for pvp storm this age??? 🤔🤔

[@themagicalex]

Man, sure would be nice to have 2 Factor Authentication.

[@hackermanack3393]

WELLP GUESS I WON'T GIVE AND RECEIVE GIFTS ANYTIME SOON

[@Zaddykale]

Hey blaze,are you gonna do a new wizard walkthrough?

[@TonyNumber9]

With meta on everyone expect to not having secondary school and spam aoe spell with monsterous to avoid teaming up, doubt it's going to happen.

[@purehyper124]

I agree that the person being gifted can't be at falt.

[@KiingGanzo]

I didn’t even know you can get gifted

[@ivailoivanov01]

BANGER

[@eldermcnamara3631]

At this point the game is garbage it’s so boring now … I don’t even last playing 5min playing anymore … Novus was just another reused pile of garbage… Just like Lemuria, not only that PvP is done for , They keep changing gear sets … I can’t with KI and MGI no more terrible companies …

[@kjlklpk]

is the pay wall moved?

[@deathblades6257]

good video

[@ZackMuffinMan]

Hi!

[@michaelkey442]

Been going downhill for year's

[@Dowapkain]

Did they take gifting away?

[@chrystalosborn6891]

Ohh ok then I’m safe I hope I haven’t been on in good while lol

[@TigerLily408]

It’s a shame you don’t post anymore. It’s a shame you don’t play anymore. Your wife also does not. It’s a shame. Community has lost two really strong gamers to really start strong streamers.

[@cryptycpromethea1993]

When you gonna raid 👀

[@Joji_14]

Hey dad

[@marcsciabica1191]

u seem like u dont want to make content

[@SargeWolf010]

🧐

[@SargeWolf010]

Unfair bans?! this is some serious bs especially if your the receiver...

[@Trashdarkrunner]

Lmao

[@firehawk1887]

Can you help me with my myth wizard

[@wallsterrence]

What level

[@firehawk1887]

Level 145, but I can't play right now

[@firehawk1887]

Blaze blaze

[@newernewestnew]

oof

[@aimnone]

id love to see you make some hogwarts legacy content, i feel likt it would still fit the channel

[@Lemontarts01]

I just want yall to know something else. Through an old interaction ive had where i was banned. They outright told me they cannot recover banned account.(clearly lied, seeing as accounts were unbanned) Im fynna assault a KI employee and capture him 007 style. I always deffed KI, im literally done with the game now