AFK suspension question

[Fishbakes]

I got a three hour ban for being afk in alterac, I was wondering if anyone knew what further consequences are if you continue AFK'ing and get caught again. I'm guessing they would hold off on a perma-ban for at least another infraction but i thought I'd ask anyway

[Herzeleid]

i thought it was just

Deserter - 15mins.

Now they have upped the repricussions? Maybe the warning is because you used some uber hacks or something.

[TwisterX]

wow =/ seems like bliz are getting more and more serious

[darksabre90]

I got a three hour ban for being afk in alterac, I was wondering if anyone knew what further consequences are if you continue AFK'ing and get caught again. I'm guessing they would hold off on a perma-ban for at least another infraction but i thought I'd ask anyway

Were you botting or were you at your keyboard? The only time blizzard does this is if they whisper the person and get no response

[m1xszeh]

i answered and got 3h banned...

[Apoclypse]

Lesson learned lol?

Don't AFK BG. Solved ur problem. Why even risk a ban.

You got banned, and your already thinking of re-offending to get banned again. =\ Obviously they are going to ban you again if they did the first time. Three strikes and your out with blizz, they really don't give a shit.

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[Tristan]

Pre-Rant Rant: Apoclypse, your name is spelled wrong. You are wearing the Blizzard logo as your avatar. You are 0/2.
Rant:

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Although Blizzard reserves the right to terminate suspend or take any action on "your" account, which is in actuality theirs, they would not just place a 3-hour suspension for being AFK in a battle ground. In order to receive this punishment you...

WOULD NOT:
Be botting
Be hacking
Be simply AFK
Be using a "Mouse Twitch" program to evade the AFK timer

WOULD:
Be semi-AFK - Talking in chat/Occasional small activity
Manually moving your character to evade the AFK timer

To wrap my rant up for those who think that this suspension was a total AFK like "Went downstairs to have lunch after the BG started and came back banned." you are wrong. The most likely reason for this suspension was a manual avoidance of the AFK timer.

[regimentaL]

Um I AFK bot all the time and recently got a 3 hour suspension for it.. I was not 'manually' avoiding it i was sleeping while it botted and i am also wondering what the second penalty would be?

[arcaton]

couldnt you easily put on auto run or something?

[The Ronin]

You will still get afk if u auto-run at a wall or some object

[SkinTicket]

probibly set up a macro

[Trustdale]

Not being Active in a bg, moving from time to time to avoid the AFK-timer can lead to a warning or suspention for ruining other people's gameplay...