Eccezan (TMOfficer) and Thebest get logged by GM and subsequently get banned for MQ

[Tiggles]

Originally Posted by OMGWTF420 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

gonna love to see TMO spin their way out of this one, considering one of their most prominent and outspoken members on the forums and in game, who is also an officer that is in charge of selling their ill begotten raid loot was just banned for using MQ.

how the fuck are you going to deny this TMO??

inb4 "oh but he didnt know"

ignorance is not a valid excuse

Lol he bought some character in EC that was flagged for MQ they banned the account then eccezan got it fixed.

if anything TMO got ripped off

[OMGWTF420]

Originally Posted by Hitchens [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How would he know that an account he purchased was flagged for MQ use before he even purchased it?

even if we did believe that story, which most of us probably dont. it still doesnt excuse it. ignorance of the law does not absolve you from guilt

[Trollcake]

Originally Posted by Tiggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if anything TMO got ripped off

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[OMGWTF420]

Originally Posted by Tiggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol he bought some character in EC that was flagged for MQ they banned the account then eccezan got it fixed.

if anything TMO got ripped off

spin spin spin spin spin

[Godefroi]

Eccezan's Alt Holyspawn was banned. Please log him in Ecc [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thebest was also banned. I just thought I'd name the thread with Eccezan directly and not his scrub alt #5 VP geared alt, he wasn't stupid enough to use MQ on his main. He is a tool, but not entirely [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Eccezan]

Originally Posted by Hitchens [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How would he know that an account he purchased was flagged for MQ use before he even purchased it?

This.

Although, to be honest, I had always thought that GM's banned MQ flagged accounts in an proactive manner, rather than a one off, manual "oh this account is flagged for MQ, must ban now" manner. At least up until the Bouncerr scandal.

Of course, while selling accounts for platinum has always been "frowned upon" but not illegal, I suppose one can argue that its buyer beware in situations like this.

As an aside, I guess that everyone whose ever purchased an account is in danger of that account being flagged for MQ at the time of purchase and being banned at a random time in the future, regardless of whether they actually used it or not. Something that can be fixed, if all MQ flagged accounts were banned on the spot (which I'm sure can be handled by a constant running script or something)

[Tiggles]

shouldn't3 you guy's corpses be in VP already?

I heard a couple of you got past the first set of mobs before taking a dirt nap.

[Frieza_Prexus]

Originally Posted by OMGWTF420 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

even if we did believe that story, which most of us probably dont. it still doesnt excuse it. ignorance of the law does not absolve you from guilt

Ignorance of the law does not absolve you from mandatory participation in the adjudicatory process. The account was banned, and he plead his case before a legitimate decision making authority.

Why is that difficult to accept? It's entirely possible he used MQ himself, however it would have been incredibly reckless. Say what you will about TMO's leadership, but it is anything but sloppy when it comes to issues such as this.

[OMGWTF420]

id be interested to see what zones these characters that were flagged with mq are frequently found in

[Hailto]

Originally Posted by Eccezan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol. Figured it would come to this...

Yes, Holyspawn is currently banned for being flagged for MQ.

Yes, I purchased the account in September 2012 and since I don't use MQ, the account was obviously flagged since before then.

Yes, there is a petition pending for it to look into dates of infraction and I'm looking towards the account being unsuspended once that checks out.

Yes, FE will spin this. Spin, spin, spin.

Theres nothing really to spin here, you got banned for MQ.