[Bosko]

The LM-17 message that everyone recieved that was affected by this, was it the same as the standard ban message? The one that reads:

"This account has been banned due to a violation of the PlayOnline or Final Fantasy XI agreements. Please contact the Information canter for any questions regarding this notice. You may also refer to the "Account Penalties" page under "Online Manners" in the "Rules and Policies" section of the official website for detail on account penalties. (LM-17)"
(I tried to find the one forum user that has this sigged, to no avail lol)

Or did you guys get a different message with your LM-17?

I know the topic is sort of old now, but even a single yes or no will be informative. Thank you.

(Copy/pasted from my post in the BG thread.)

Guess I'm a bit impatient, really looking for an answer to this. Thank you.

[Bosko]

Got a reply on BG.

[Shamaya]

Oh that's what you meant by level 12. What do you think you got banned for and do you have a chance of getting it back? Last month most of the banned gardeners got their accounts back, and they had also gotten LM-17's (perma). I worry these days that I'm going to just log on banned one day without a chance of appeal, even if I don't know what they could ban me for. Seems you can get banned for anything/nothing these days.

[AroHurst]

Seems you can get banned for anything/nothing these days.

It says that right in the terms of service.

[Shamaya]

Ok ok, Captain Literal.

true that tho..

[AroHurst]

Wasn't being a smartass, just pointing out the futility in expecting anything that resembles fairness when you play a game that gives the players no idea as to what is and is not acceptable behavior so they can ban people at will depending on their mood.

I've seen it happen multiple occasions. SE apparently has no policies other than "ban him if you're feeling grumpy".