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Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:07 AM

Am I banned?
 
Just a minute or two ago, I got a block message to say that I was banned.
Then, I logged on here and I'm not banned.

Did something glitch or did someone make a mistake and add my username in error?

Spoiler:
Please note, I am not asking for a ban.

Zero° July 9th, 2009 2:12 AM

I'm not a mod, but I say it was probably a glitch, since you ARE online, if you were banned you would have known about it, red cards, referrals, stuff like that will get you banned.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:16 AM

Well, I got the User Blocked page as though I was banned, but I logged out to check and I didn't get the "Booted Out" title under my name, neither was my username striked out.

Zero° July 9th, 2009 2:18 AM

Well, I still think it's a glitch, though, have you done anything, that could ban you?

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:26 AM

I've done nothing that would warrant a "without-warning" permanent ban.

Zero° July 9th, 2009 2:30 AM

OK, so it's a glitch, never happened to me though. maybe a database error, IMO

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:31 AM

Could be anything, an Administrator will know what happened.

.Seth July 9th, 2009 2:33 AM

Well, judging by you being on here and posting, it's pretty obvious that that you aren't banned. Although, maybe an Admin accidently put you into the wrong usergroup and then realized their mistake?

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:34 AM

Possibly, but maybe an Admin will know. Hiroshi Sotomura was on when it happened, so he should know what happened.

Zero° July 9th, 2009 2:36 AM

Talk to him then, maybe he'll know what happened

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:39 AM

Rukario might know, he's viewing this thread right now.
Hiroshi never replies to my VM's or PM's I send. :'(

Zero° July 9th, 2009 2:44 AM

That's pretty bad ):
I think Rukario will help you though, I've seen him a few times in some threads. Rukario is STILL viewing this thread.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero-the hero of light (Post 4835953)
That's pretty bad ):

Very bad. :'(

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero-the hero of light (Post 4835953)
I think Rukario will help you though, I've seen him a few times in some threads. Rukario is STILL viewing this thread.

Rukario must disappear a lot, he's been viewing this thread for nearly 12 minutes, so I don't know if he'll post, I hope he could, he should be able to see the Admin logs and find out what happened :)

Ivysaur July 9th, 2009 2:46 AM

What where you viewing when you got that message? If you were viewing a thread/board/forum/page you aren't supposed to view as a normal member, you'd get a message saying that you aren't allowed to see that page, but, of course, you aren't banned as you can see, because you wouldn't be posting otherwise.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Went (Post 4835959)
What where you viewing when you got that message?

I was viewing my public profile.

Someone;s clearly ticking me off again. First stupid rep, now stupid banning.

Ivysaur July 9th, 2009 2:52 AM

Again, remember that you have set your profile to private, so, if you weren't logged in, you wouldn't be allowed to see it >:

You aren't banned, at all.

Zero° July 9th, 2009 2:55 AM

what Went says could be right, I just visited your pro, and nothing happened...

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 2:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Went (Post 4835976)
Again, remember that you have set your profile to private, so, if you weren't logged in, you wouldn't be allowed to see it >:

You aren't banned, at all.

I'm sure I remember seeing this "Your ban will be lifted on: Never"
And this: "For temporarily banned users, evading your ban will increase your ban time."

I'm not fibbing here, I am telling the truth.

EDIT: my last ban was two weeks, how could I fib a permanent ban? I know I saw the ban message, I saw the big "User Blocked" message. and that stuff about what to do now.

Zet July 9th, 2009 2:59 AM

If you're perma banned you wouldn't be here posting. Try clearing your cookies and cache and login again

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 3:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zet (Post 4835994)
If you're perma banned you wouldn't be here posting. Try clearing your cookies and cache and login again

Did that, it vanished. So, a clear vBulletin bug here then?

Zero° July 9th, 2009 3:02 AM

You could also scan your computer for any spyware...though i never thought of using ^'s idea, try that too

Zet July 9th, 2009 3:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spey (Post 4836000)
Did that, it vanished. So, a clear vBulletin bug here then?

It's not a bug, if it cleared it means the problem is on your end

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 3:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero-the hero of light (Post 4836004)
You could also scan your computer for any spyware...though i never thought of using ^'s idea, try that too

I did that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zet (Post 4836007)
It's not a bug, if it cleared it means the problem is on your end

An administrator will have to check the admin logs to see the full story of what happened. Nothing's wrong my end, it's human error.

Zero° July 9th, 2009 3:07 AM

Well, the point is, you aren't banned, so don't sweat it no more, K?

BeachBoy July 9th, 2009 4:01 AM

We do not joke about bans. >_>

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archer (Post 4836130)
Considering the Admins didn't post here, they probably know exactly what's going on.

Oh no, blame that on the time of day. (he posted round 6AM and not a single admin is online)

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 4:10 AM

Archer, staff DO NOT joke about bans. I highly doubt forum staff ANYWHERE in the world would do such a thing. :bandit:

Percy Thrillington July 9th, 2009 4:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spey (Post 4835949)
Hiroshi never replies to my VM's or PM's I send. :'(

That Hiroshi is such a meanie! You tell him, Spey!

Mitchman July 9th, 2009 4:57 AM

Maybe spey its because he has more to do then respond to your requests?

sab July 9th, 2009 4:58 AM

I'm curious about this because it once happened to me. plz people anyone?

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 5:23 AM

The ban bug strikes again. Tried to view a conversation between Ray Maverick and parallellines. Instead, I am presented with a ban message. Try it yourself.

It should be returning a "No Permissions" error, not a ban screen.

I think there is a coding issue here. If you go to any user that has profile privacy settings for VM's enabled, and try to view a convo between that member and another, you get the ban screen, rather than the usual "Access Denied" message.

ShinjisLover July 9th, 2009 5:27 AM

Take a screenshot of it by using Print Screen/SysRq so we can see it. Who knows. Maybe it'll help.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 5:31 AM

2 Attachment(s)
Here's what happens. Click the image labelled "startchain" first, then "Resultingerror":

ShinjisLover July 9th, 2009 5:36 AM

It does seem like it's just a glitch, considering you're here and typing to us. I clicked on that page and got the Access Denied message.

And considering you have no reason specified for your ban, a glitch is the only explanation. Does it only happen when you'd normally receive an Access Denied page?

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 5:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShinjisLover (Post 4836367)
It does seem like it's just a glitch, considering you're here and typing to us. I clicked on that page and got the Access Denied message.

And considering you have no reason specified for your ban, a glitch is the only explanation. Does it only happen when you'd normally receive an Access Denied page?

That's weird. Is it due to re-precussions of my rep being removed?
Yeah, what should be appearing is "Access Denied", and I get the Ban Block message instead.

Just as a test, could everyone visit the link below and post the results here in this thread. Maybe it could not be just my account:

http://www.pokecommunity.com/converse.php?u=9213&u2=132495

ShinjisLover July 9th, 2009 5:40 AM

No, I highly doubt it has anything to do with the previous problems with rep you posted earlier, especially considering that admins never joke about, nor do they test people with, rep.

Have you cleared your cookies/cache and tried again? That might work. Of course, if it doesn't it's not really like a big deal or anything.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 5:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShinjisLover (Post 4836377)
No, I highly doubt it has anything to do with the previous problems with rep you posted earlier, especially considering that admins never joke about, nor do they test people with, rep.

Have you cleared your cookies/cache and tried again? That might work. Of course, if it doesn't it's not really like a big deal or anything.

I'll try, but I'll be logged out.

What I meant was that an admin has removed my privileges to receive rep from others and to give rep to others.

Lemme check and I'll post the results here. :)

Percy Thrillington July 9th, 2009 5:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spey (Post 4836373)
That's weird. Is it due to re-precussions of my rep being removed?

I very much doubt that the problem at hand has anything to do with your reputation. VBulletin doesn't work like that.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 5:44 AM

I doubt it either, but worth a try.

I did that, cleared Cookies and Cache, went to said page, when logged out, I got "Access Denied", soon as I logged in, got the ban message.

Can an administrator check all the code and my account in case something went haywire?

Sylphiel July 9th, 2009 5:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spey (Post 4836373)
That's weird. Is it due to re-precussions of my rep being removed?
Yeah, what should be appearing is "Access Denied", and I get the Ban Block message instead.

It is because of that, yeah.

Due to how that usergroup was set up, it'll always show you that banned screen instead of the normal access denied one. Logging out won't help it, it's not a glitch, so just try not to take notice of it (and realize that no, you're not banned, it's just how things are set up).

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 5:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylphiel (Post 4836391)
It is because of that, yeah.

Due to how that usergroup was set up, it'll always show you that banned screen instead of the normal access denied one. Logging out won't help it, it's not a glitch, so just try not to take notice of it (and realize that no, you're not banned, it's just how things are set up).

Great. :( Thanks Sylp. :)
Maybe it could get re-coded, since that could prove annoying to some? And it's must better for me to know I am not being banned for nothing at all.

Mitchman July 9th, 2009 6:00 AM

Technically isn't spey the only one in that usergroup? I mean you can't neg or pos rep him at all and editing it would only be for his greater interest not anyone elses.

Sajuuk July 9th, 2009 6:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Todoroki Is (Post 4836411)
Technically isn't spey the only one in that usergroup? I mean you can't neg or pos rep him at all and editing it would only be for his greater interest not anyone elses.

There could be others in that usergroup, like past members from a long time ago.

Mitchman July 9th, 2009 6:05 AM

I dunno but you so far are the only one who was needed to have it wiped completely I have seen. There could be others but I doubt it.

parallelzero July 9th, 2009 6:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spey (Post 4836414)
There could be others in that usergroup, like past members from a long time ago.

You're the only one in there.

Anyways, this thread has served it's purpose(?), so I'm going to close it.


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