Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's launch woes continue. After several players reported the client crashing and being unplayable, a handful have taken to the internet to reveal they're getting banned from playing Modern Warfare 2 for the wrong reason. To make matters a lot worse, all attempts to appeal the bans have fallen on deaf and automated ears, with Activision Blizzard ignoring reports.
Jake Lucky is one of the first big personalities to highlight the issue and raise concerns that Modern Warfare 2 has a false ban problem. He revealed on Twitter that hundreds of players have told him of their accounts, including people he knew personally.
Activision Blizzard's support channels have provided little help as well. Thus, it's still unclear why Modern Warfare 2 is permanently banning players for using "unauthorized software and manipulation of game data."
Modern Warfare 2 suffered from similar problems during the early access campaign. Most chalked it up to an unoptimized RICOCHET anti-cheat software and the bans as isolated incidents. But, as the number of people who are getting banned continues to grow, it's no longer worth speculating about. Activision Blizzard needs to do something. If it's any consolation, previous Call of Duty games faced the same issues. At the time, Activision Blizzard explained that the bans resulted from using recording and overclocking software. It's possible that this remains the case for Modern Warfare 2.
Precedence suggests that Activision Blizzard will eventually reverse the bans. Unfortunately, it might be a while for Infinity Ward to issue a fix for this particular issue.
