What's being IP banned from Neo like?

Discussion in 'Neopets Chit-Chat' started by Anfan, Oct 9, 2009.

  1. Anfan

    Anfan Level IV

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    Can you not see the homepage anymore? Or is it just that if you try to log in to an account, etc., they won't let you?

    Because I always assumed that you just wouldn't be able to access Neo at all anymore. But now I've been trying to log on to an account of mine, just tried again with a proxy (same pass both times) and it worked fine.
     
  2. Zer0

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    When you're IP banned, you just can't login. You can see the homepage and stuff. Right after you enter in your password, you will simply be redirected to the homepage without being logged in.
     
  3. Anfan

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    Hmm. I'm not getting redirected to the homepage; it just says that it's a bad password, though I just tried accessing multiple accounts off different proxies using the same passwords and they're fine. =/
     
  4. Megs

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    When I was IP banned, I could type in my password but then they would tell me it was incorrect even though it wasn't. D:
     
  5. LightTiger

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    IP ban? i thought it was only account ban, you see the login, then the pw page, then when you type the ight pass, it shows a gray and red box with the reason you were banned.
     
  6. Anfan

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    That's exactly what the problem I'm having now is.

    And LightTiger, that's just getting an account frozen in general. All of us know what that's like. XD I'm just asking about IP banning b/c I've never been IP banned before, and I'm trying to figure out what's going on. :)lol: at the fact this is even happening, though.)
     
  7. LightTiger

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    it doesn't happen to me, i gt frozen, then it is possible to log into accounts that have the same pass. ...
     
  8. Anfan

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    x.x Would it kill you to at least read other people's posts and try to understand what is going on before you try to add a few more posts to your post count with one-liners?

    Getting frozen and getting IP banned are two different things. I'd wager that pretty much everyone here has gotten frozen before. We all know what that's like. You type in your username, pass, etc., and get a box saying WARNING! This account has been frozen for __________. That is freezing. Being IP banned should be self explanatory. If you're frozen, you don't necessarily get IP banned. I made this board because I'd never been IP banned before, suspected I was, and wanted confirmation.

    If it "doesn't happen to" you, good for you. Thanks so much for your contribution.
     
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  9. Lightning

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    Actually, getting IP ban usually is a result from getting a chain-ice (accounts in IP frozen) or getting too many accounts frozen on the same IP.

    What happens for me during an IP ban (in the US) is:

    Able to login to frozen accounts -- giving you the reason for ice
    Good accounts are not allowed to be logged into -- will say your password is incorrect

    If you cannot visit Neopets.com, either it is down for maintenance, or your have received a packet ban!
     
  10. Anfan

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    You must spread your reputation point to other users before giving to the same user.
    -x-
    Thank you. I've been chain iced a couple times on my IP now, which I suppose is the reason for being IP banned. (And I'd never heard of packet bans before.)
     
  11. tiati400

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    So proxies work on an 'IP' ban?

    "or your have received a packet ban!"

    What's that?
     
  12. Lightning

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    I just wrote this guide for all you guys -- seemed like ya'll were lost :O

    post325578.html#p325578

    To answer your question, yes, proxies work on an IP ban. If you receive a packet ban, you won't be able to even VIEW Neopets.com.
     
  13. Fexxel

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    Not that bad. As long as you have neighbores with internet it's fine.
    + You always have proxies/tor, right?
    I've been IP banned twice, and its not that bad at all ^^
    People over exagerate it.
     
  14. LightTiger

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    not even able to see neopets.com???

    OMG THATS HARSH. also, lightning, you changed ur avatar. :)
     
  15. Macdoodles

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    I dont get it. On what circumstance do they ip ban an user? When they use aber? Or when they do online abuse?
     
  16. assasin

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    When a/multiple user(s) continuously get banned(either for abing,cheating ,scamming etc..) from a single ip..Then that ip gets banned..(you cant access neopets accounts from that ip)..

    Its like the extreme step neopets take to avert cheaters!!!
     
  17. LightTiger

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    OMG EVER TOPIC I GO TO SAYS THAT RHETT IS ON THE SAME ONE. HOLEY COW.

    never mind

    lolz, my friend got ip banned, so she's using scam sites to play. lololz, dumb? i know.