Sarkoth is no longer a good idea (Banned on US)

[f0xm4n]

Just giving everyone a heads up, banned this morning while running after maintenance.
Pretty sure they stealth-implemented new measures to detect amount of games created per day/hour.
The only thing I've ever run is sarkoth, and had an authenticator attached to my account.
This was the first account I've ever made, created about 2 weeks ago.
Didn't make enough money back to re-buy the account.
Not really sure what to do at this point.
Whose been successful with appeals?

It's a bit upsetting due to the amount of stuff I had accumulated.
Since this is my first account I'd have to pay another $60 to buy back in, out of my pocket.
Would it be worth it to play legit with MF farming act 3 or something?

Ban message came up while in-game.

E-Mail received:

Greetings,

* * * NOTICE OF ACCOUNT CLOSURE * * *

A user of this account has recently been involved in actions deemed inappropriate for Diablo III by the In-Game Support staff of Blizzard Entertainment. This decision was made after a thorough investigation of the situation as a whole. Though we are unable to discuss the outcomes of our investigations due to privacy concerns, rest assured that this incident has been looked into very thoroughly, and the appropriate actions have been taken on all involved accounts.

Account Action: Account Closure
Offense: Unapproved Third Party Software
A third party program is any file or program that is used in addition to the game to gain an unfair advantage. These programs may increase movement speed or teleport heroes from one place to another beyond what is allowed by game design. It also includes any programs that obtain information from the game that is not normally available to the regular player or that transmit or modify any of the game files.

Cheat Programs ("Hacks")
We take action against accounts using hacks when a hero on the account is identified using a hack program. Hacks provide benefits normally not achievable in the game. Such benefits may include: increased speed, teleportation, or running through walls.

Automation Programs ("Bots")
We take action against accounts using automation programs or bots when one or more heroes on the account are identified using a bot to achieve automation.

This Diablo III account has been closed by our staff based on a review of the account and all related policy violations, in accordance with the Terms of Use and our In-Game Policies (xxxxxxxxxxx). Note that any open bids or auctions at the time of the account’s closure have been cancelled. Your open bids will be refunded to your original method of payment. Please allow 5-10 days for processing depending on the availability of your financial institution. Any bids or auctions completed prior to the account’s closure will neither be refunded nor reversed.

Moving forward, this Diablo III account and any Heroes or items associated with the account are no longer accessible. The only way to continue playing Diablo III is to purchase a new license, or to attempt to recover access by appealing account closure. While closure overturns are very unlikely, we advise that customers pursuing an appeal hold off on purchasing a new Diablo III license until the appeal process has completed. If you add a new Diablo III license, a new account will overwrite your old, without any prior Heroes or items from the closed account.

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We understand that these policies may seem harsh, but they are in place to ensure that every player is able to fully enjoy their time spent on Battle.net. Thank you in advance for respecting our position.

Regards,

Blizzard Entertainment
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Battle.net Support

Just warning everyone, do not use sarkoth scripts.

[ilikechicken]

There is a sticky to put your ban report in - but I do agree with you, that they are probably monitoring Sarkoth (possibly after the downtime today). Kind of like the police watch crackhouses. The blizzfuzz watched us get our fix and then cheesed us.

[f0xm4n]

There is a sticky to put your ban report in - but I do agree with you, that they are probably monitoring Sarkoth (possibly after the downtime today). Kind of like the police watch crackhouses. The blizzfuzz watched us get our fix and then cheesed us.

I went ahead and posted in there, but I wanted to make a thread about it so at least some people could see and not run their scripts today.
Totally agree with you. I had a feeling about that damn downtime, I couldn't figure out what they changed. Guess I figured it out.

[TMichael]

I went ahead and posted in there, but I wanted to make a thread about it so at least some people could see and not run their scripts today.
Totally agree with you. I had a feeling about that damn downtime, I couldn't figure out what they changed. Guess I figured it out.

How many hours per day were you running the bot?

[f0xm4n]

How many hours per day were you running the bot?

I ran it for a couple days, then would stop a day, played a ton completely legit as well. Was running 6-8 hours/day on days I was botting.

[arevin01]

I think they may have implemented new security measures. Those who have not been banned I wouldadvise to stop. I stopped a few days ago from botting and I've yet to be a banned after hitting 20/7 for 3 weeks.

[f0xm4n]

I think they may have implemented new security measures. Those who have not been banned I wouldadvise to stop. I stopped a few days ago from botting and I've yet to be a banned after hitting 20/7 for 3 weeks.

In my opinion this is 100% accurate.
And in my opinion, it absolutely has to do with amount of games created per hour.
I'm trying to figure out a way to appeal it, if anyone has successfully appealed I'd really appreciate a PM.

[fatkinglet]

In my opinion this is 100% accurate.
And in my opinion, it absolutely has to do with amount of games created per hour.
I'm trying to figure out a way to appeal it, if anyone has successfully appealed I'd really appreciate a PM.

My new account that bought a week ago was banned today. I only bot like 6 to 8hrs a day. I would welcome any suggestion how to get it unban. PM me or post here thx