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Ben Phongluangtham

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As many of you are aware, we received many reports that the winners of July’s Monthly tournament were not played by the owners of those accounts. After a thorough investigation, we have found that these accusations are true.

We are taking this very seriously. The following 10 players listed below have been given permanent dishonor.

Naru and alts
Nos and alts
Wakkey and alts
Toker and alts
Zeromis and alts

Asuna Proxy
Forever I Promise
Love Them Boons
Jolly Karen
Makus

In addition, we have removed prizes gained by the winning players and have cleared the statues. They will retain the titles for a short while until we can remove them in the future.

We will be continuing to monitor tournaments in the future.

The Guild Wars 2 PvP Team

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Posted by: Dustin.2793

Dustin.2793

Pouring one out for all my dead homies!

Magic Toker // Thief // The Abjured
http://www.twitch.tv/magictoker

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Posted by: Nos.9803

Nos.9803

It’s been a wild ride boys. Godspeed

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Posted by: Storm.6408

Storm.6408

Shatter dies with me…

Zeromis: Team Final Form

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Posted by: Ziggityzog.7389

Ziggityzog.7389

Ding dong cheaters are gone. Why can’t kiddos just play fair.

This is why we can’t have nice things!

lol’ing at thos who use broken builds and claim to be good since 2005.

|||Necro the masterclass very few know about.|||

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Posted by: ima kong fu ninja.3052

ima kong fu ninja.3052

permanent dishonor meaning just this season? Or For all seasons to come?

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Posted by: Keyba.9570

Keyba.9570

“Where’s the proof?”
- Sly

Revenant is life

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Posted by: Nos.9803

Nos.9803

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

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permanent dishonor meaning just this season? Or For all seasons to come?

All seasons.

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Posted by: Lilyanna.9361

Lilyanna.9361

When grown adults cheat on a game.
Smh.
Y’all just need to go lay down.

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Posted by: CJTheKilla.1054

CJTheKilla.1054

When you ban half of your pvp scene and wonder why it’s dying out
rip

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Posted by: lorddavito.2395

lorddavito.2395

Justice. Now give them a dishonored tag instead of a crown or league icon, finish the job.

-Sâmbuca

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Posted by: Aitadis.8269

Aitadis.8269

Wow I commend anet for actually doing something, this should deter all future buyers trying to cheat monthly AT as well.

Illusionary Mesmer
[oof] Crystal Desert

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Posted by: StellarSaga.1754

StellarSaga.1754

“Thanks for sharing”

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Posted by: Heapheaus.5238

Heapheaus.5238

“press F to pay your respects” doesn’t press anything at all

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Posted by: Andromeda.8293

Andromeda.8293

It would not deter future buyers because the buyers are now only prevented from participating in pvp (which they did not participate in previously), they are pve-ers. In no way was their regular routine game play affected (aka pve and some wvw for pips). Slap on the wrist for the pve-ers. But better that something was done as opposed to nothing at all.

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Posted by: steelrage.2904

steelrage.2904

Naru is most likely relieved he cant get 1v2d by zorh without moa anymore now.

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Posted by: Vallun.2071

Vallun.2071

giving PvErs permanent dishonor seems like way less of a punishment than giving PvPers permanent dishonor.

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Posted by: Lascax.2163

Lascax.2163

When you ban half of your pvp scene and wonder why it’s dying out
rip

Good bait, but needs more salt.

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Posted by: Keyba.9570

Keyba.9570

@valun, considering they threw 400 dollars to these guys and now have nothing to show for it seems like it might make up for that.

Revenant is life

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Posted by: Aitadis.8269

Aitadis.8269

It would not deter future buyers because the buyers are now only prevented from participating in pvp (which they did not participate in previously), they are pve-ers. In no way was their regular routine game play affected (aka pve and some wvw for pips). Slap on the wrist for the pve-ers. But better that something was done as opposed to nothing at all.

The buyers are down $400 each and I doubt they are getting there money back, Abjured did there job and got them first place, not their fault the buyers had likely never pvp’d before thus making it super obvious they paid someone to play for them.

Illusionary Mesmer
[oof] Crystal Desert

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Posted by: Arialyn.6017

Arialyn.6017

It’s been a wild ride boys. Godspeed

Bye Nos my bestest friend ever

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Posted by: Ithilwen.1529

Ithilwen.1529

Well done. Keep up the good work.

Mesmerising Girl

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Posted by: zealex.9410

zealex.9410

wheres sly when you wonna say “Btw LULz” to him/her

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Posted by: popaz.1524

popaz.1524

Thank you for taking action.

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Posted by: Hannibal.6294

Hannibal.6294

tfw when naru’s last big play was getting 1v2d by zorh. lul.

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Posted by: Heapheaus.5238

Heapheaus.5238

tfw when naru’s last big play was getting 1v2d by zorh. lul.

LMAO

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Posted by: CJTheKilla.1054

CJTheKilla.1054

When you ban half of your pvp scene and wonder why it’s dying out
rip

Good bait, but needs more salt.

Wasn’t bait. Was the truth. Legit banned the NA pvp scene so now what high tier gameplay are we gonna watch?
NA pvp scene is officially non-existant now ezpz

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Posted by: aerodynamique.5267

aerodynamique.5267

Shatter dies with me…

God bless THE BOY. May he rest in peace.

R.I.P

competitive ele guyyyy

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Posted by: Alatar.7364

Alatar.7364

Here’s your freaking proof Sly.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoweGN8cm5g]

~I Aear cân ven na mar

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Posted by: Emf.1240

Emf.1240

Shatter dies with me…

God bless THE BOY. May he rest in peace.

R.I.P

I second that, God Bless THE BOY. Shatter mesmer will never be the same.

Engineer/Scrapper. https://Twitch.tv/Lycarous

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Posted by: zealex.9410

zealex.9410

When you ban half of your pvp scene and wonder why it’s dying out
rip

Good bait, but needs more salt.

Wasn’t bait. Was the truth. Legit banned the NA pvp scene so now what high tier gameplay are we gonna watch?
NA pvp scene is officially non-existant now ezpz

And? Should they have let them be?

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Posted by: Lordrosicky.5813

Lordrosicky.5813

Good work. People like this only serve to ruin the game for everyone else. Good work to get these people out of the game for good.

Character: Henry rank million/Duke Henry
Necromancer/Casual Warrior
[Team] Best WvW guild of all time. EASILY.

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Posted by: Faux Play.6104

Faux Play.6104

RIP NA PVP. We just can’t have nice things.

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Posted by: Thunderbird.4298

Thunderbird.4298

Sucks you guys got banned from the only game your good at

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Posted by: Lordrosicky.5813

Lordrosicky.5813

Anet will likely do more tournaments with cash prizes with the expansion as a publicity stunt. I presume these people will be banned for those. Hilarious and awesome. They spend thousands of hours playing a game nobody else plays to a reasonable level and then get themselves banned before a potential restart of anet prize money,

Literally the best example of karma ever. These people really kittened themselves over lol

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Necromancer/Casual Warrior
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Posted by: Bergamont.2497

Bergamont.2497

In addition, we have removed prizes gained by the winning players and have cleared the statues. They will retain the titles for a short while until we can remove them in the future.

I just heard one of them was running around in wvw with the crown, confirm/deny that the crown was removed please.

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In addition, we have removed prizes gained by the winning players and have cleared the statues. They will retain the titles for a short while until we can remove them in the future.

I just heard one of them was running around in wvw with the crown, confirm/deny please that the crown was removed please.

I will check with CS. If you could pm me details, that would help.

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Posted by: MailMail.6534

MailMail.6534

lulz
/Sly

It’s a sad state of affairs. I hope the 0 tolerance for unethical behavior in sPvP continue.

https://www.twitch.tv/thatcho
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but certainly a torment to themselves.”

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Posted by: Kuya.6495

Kuya.6495

if nos and zeromis can no longer do leagues that means they wont show up in my matches anymore!

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Posted by: Aeroxe.8140

Aeroxe.8140

I do believe that their actions are serious, and I appreciate anet’s transparency. However, a permanent ban from pvp for people who only pvp is basically a perma-ban entirely, which seems contrary to anet’s usual banning philosophy. From what I understand, perma bans are almost never given out-bans are usually a 1-2 year-thing.

I’m speaking not to defend the actions of these players, but to ask why anet has taken a somewhat different and aggressive stance here. I kindly ask Ben or another dev here to explain this decision further.

Thief (main), ele, guard
Past member of most teams NA. Retired proleague season 1+2.
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Posted by: Raiden.5621

Raiden.5621

I do believe that their actions are serious, and I appreciate anet’s transparency. However, a permanent ban from pvp for people who only pvp is basically a perma-ban entirely, which seems contrary to anet’s usual banning philosophy. From what I understand, perma bans are almost never given out-bans are usually a 1-2 year-thing.

I’m speaking not to defend the actions of these players, but to ask why anet has taken a somewhat different and aggressive stance here. I kindly ask Ben or another dev here to explain this decision further.

RMT, account sharing and basically ruining the first Monthly Tournament (on NA) would be my guess.

Akahri [VnT]

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Posted by: Aitadis.8269

Aitadis.8269

I do believe that their actions are serious, and I appreciate anet’s transparency. However, a permanent ban from pvp for people who only pvp is basically a perma-ban entirely, which seems contrary to anet’s usual banning philosophy. From what I understand, perma bans are almost never given out-bans are usually a 1-2 year-thing.

I’m speaking not to defend the actions of these players, but to ask why anet has taken a somewhat different and aggressive stance here. I implore Ben or another dev to elaborate on this decision further.

Maybe because Anet spent months working on this new tournament system only to have the FIRST monthly AT cheated by the top players they built this specific system for, for personal gain and greed. What they did was disrespectful and toxic and makes SPvP, something Anet has been trying to rebuild and promote, a joke.

Illusionary Mesmer
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Posted by: Nothing.4953

Nothing.4953

I do believe that their actions are serious, and I appreciate anet’s transparency. However, a permanent ban from pvp for people who only pvp is basically a perma-ban entirely, which seems contrary to anet’s usual banning philosophy. From what I understand, perma bans are almost never given out-bans are usually a 1-2 year-thing.

I’m speaking not to defend the actions of these players, but to ask why anet has taken a somewhat different and aggressive stance here. I kindly ask Ben or another dev here to explain this decision further.

Are you kidding me? They just earned $400.00 each for their actions, they can buy new accounts if they want to play that badly…

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Posted by: Nothing.4953

Nothing.4953

There’s some people on that list I wish weren’t banned but I’d rather you guys have a hard stance than a weak one (like Blizzard does in Overwatch). Good job.

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Posted by: Rapr.8526

Rapr.8526

Im so happy and thankfull this happend, now we can have fair game and a MUCH less manipulated matches, GOOD JOB anet u deserve my admiration on how efficient u did this. CHEERS, keep up the good work!.

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Posted by: Kitta.3657

Kitta.3657

When you ban half of your pvp scene and wonder why it’s dying out
rip

If they hadn’t broken the rules many times already maybe you’d have a point worth discussing.

mouth too blunt, truth too loud

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Posted by: Rapr.8526

Rapr.8526

When you ban half of your pvp scene and wonder why it’s dying out
rip

Good bait, but needs more salt.

Wasn’t bait. Was the truth. Legit banned the NA pvp scene so now what high tier gameplay are we gonna watch?
NA pvp scene is officially non-existant now ezpz

Bro kitten, ill be there to kitten really quick, cheers. because you know manipulating the game is so pro!, GOD im so happy about this xD!!!.

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Posted by: Lordrosicky.5813

Lordrosicky.5813

I do believe that their actions are serious, and I appreciate anet’s transparency. However, a permanent ban from pvp for people who only pvp is basically a perma-ban entirely, which seems contrary to anet’s usual banning philosophy. From what I understand, perma bans are almost never given out-bans are usually a 1-2 year-thing.

I’m speaking not to defend the actions of these players, but to ask why anet has taken a somewhat different and aggressive stance here. I kindly ask Ben or another dev here to explain this decision further.

It is obvious. They spent ages making flagship automated tournaments and then in the very first one it was ruined by players. This hurts anets business. Hype for these ATs is now dead due to the actions of these players. It has killed ATs as players no longer have faith in them. It cheapens the winning of the tournaments. In short, this really hurt anet and the pvp community. Such an action deserves a long ban.

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[Team] Best WvW guild of all time. EASILY.

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Posted by: Aeroxe.8140

Aeroxe.8140

Just to clarify my statement as a lot of people seem to replying to it→I understand the reasons for the ban: RMT, account sharing, abuse of game systems, etc. What I’m looking for though is clarification as to why it was necessarily a perma-ban, as opposed to the usual lengthy temp ban of a one to a few years.

Thief (main), ele, guard
Past member of most teams NA. Retired proleague season 1+2.
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