Hello, fellow Warmane players and staff members!
Here, I'm going to hopefully explain an issue that I ran into for the second time now and after browsing the forums, seems like I'm not the only person with this issue. Do please note that this IS NOT a ban appeal by me. I'm well aware of how Warmane takes ban appeals and I've submitted my own e-mail already to them.
The issue is as such: For people that use VPN's (Which has been said many times not to do) OR that have Internet Service Providers (ISP's) that give them DYNAMICALLY issued IP addresses, sometimes tend to land on addresses that have been previously used to break the rules. Thus when logging on, their account get's instantly banned by the system.
I'm not a super experienced networking specialist, but I can say that I know a little doo dee in programming and networking, since I've set up my own networks both in my house and school. I'm simply saying this to show that I'm not pulling it out of my *** nor' am I trying to show off to others how they don't know anything.
I'm mainly going to talk about the ISP issue, since that's the one that I'm personally having trouble with and it's one that is out of my control, unlike the people who use VPNs, who can just turn them off.
The system is quite simple. To use the internet as a whole, a user needs an IP address. These are set by your ISP. They come in two types. Static and Dynamic. A static IP address is one well that's... static. A dynamic address is an exact opposite, it gets randomly given to the machine when trying to connect to a network. Usually given from a set list or pool of addresses. The issue here is that some of those addresses in that pool have been PREVIOUSLY banned on Warmane and thus when a perfectly legitimate, fair, normal, active, friendly player gets it, they get a false-positive ban on their account.
As previously mentioned, people that use VPNs can just not be dumb and not use a VPN, but people that are in my situation when it's the ISP's fault, can't really do anything, because it's the ISP who's issuing the IP's and I as a user can't choose which one I get.
I hope something can be done about this because this is the exact reason why I have been banned last year once and just today, this year as well! I understand it's a protection system for Warmane, but I'm over here playing every day, enjoying my time on the game and I get false banned. And again, I've already sent an e-mail to Warmane explaining the situation in hopes to get an answer soon, but I just really, really hope I won't have to send another one in the future.
Additional information:
Static vs. Dynamic IP addresses: https://www.avast.com/c-static-vs-dynamic-ip-addresses
DHCP Server information (the thing that issues the random IP on request): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynami...ation_Protocol