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CallMeRush06's avatar
3 years ago

Banned for someone else’s hateful speech

Dear Apex staff i game share with a Dutch friend and he logged into my account and played a few games and came across someone who wouldn’t revived him and typed in the chat some hateful speech which is why iv been banned for 7 days however that wasn’t me that was on the account so is it still banable as I just bought the battle pass and hit platinum in your apex ranked leagues I can’t speak Dutch and and what you banned me for was Dutch I’m English/Welsh so this matter isn’t my fault please lift my ban I’m trying to aim for masters this season 

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  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    3 years ago

    Hi there, @CallMeRush06 

    Account sharing is not allowed. If this is done, the account owner is still responsible for any behavior that takes place on their account. For more information on bans, as well as instructions for disputing them, please see the following article.

  • It wasn’t my ea account I was sharing it was my PlayStation account which iv never had issues with from Sony a issue like this happened before when my account was hacked and someone sent hatful messages on PlayStation to their account and then reported my account which got me banned however they resolved the issue later on and that person was banned how come this game is different and I never let him on my account it was because he uses it for games like rust console edition and PlayStation plus 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    3 years ago

    @CallMeRush06 

    Your PSN ID is linked to an EA account. I absolutely understand the frustration, but if someone else is misbehaving on your PSN ID that is linked to your EA account, you are still responsible. In the future, make sure only you have access to your account.

  • @CallMeRush06 

    What @EA_Aljo mentions in their replies is correct your account/your hardware your responsibility. Here are some tips I have posted in the past about account safety below. 

    Please note no one here on the forum can actually help you with your suspension issue, you will just have to wait out the suspension, Also be aware that past infractions have weight towards later infractions and can lead to heavier penalties so please take care of your account. 

    Points 5 and 6B may be of particular interest to you. 

    How to keep your account and hardware safe 101:

    1. Use strong passwords for you game account.
    2. Use strong passwords for the associated E-mail account.
    3. Do not share either of these passwords with others.
    4. Enable two factor identification for both the game and associated E-mail accounts.
    5. Do not let others use your game account (Friends and family alike) because if they do something wrong on your account it is still your fault, nobody wants to have a sanction on their account because somebody else did or said something wrong.
    6. Do not use internet café’s to access your account and play, you do not know what software is on the hardware there, you do not know if the hardware at the cafe has a hardware ban and this can affect your account in a negative way.


    A. I would suggest only accessing your account with your own trusted hardware, gaming on another person’s hardware brings some of the same risks as above.
    B. I would also suggest not letting others use your hardware in order to play with their account, because if they get a hardware ban on your hardware while using it, it can have a negative affect on your account.
    C. Buying used hardware comes with risks as well. The hardware could have been banned and this is not an EA problem but a problem between the buyer and the seller.


    7. Play nice with others, in other words do not de-mean, harass or bully others in Chat or over voice coms, both can be reported and that can also have a negative effect on your account.
    8. Use non-offensive user/gamer tag/club tags, if you get a warning about such change it, doing otherwise can lead to a negative effect on your account.
    9. Play fair, boosting and teaming are cheating.
    10. Play fair using cheating software or hardware is not fair and is really only cheating yourself.
    11. Re-read the Terms of Service agreement and the Terms of Sale agreement you agreed to play this game and adhere to it.https://www.ea.com/legal/user-agreement and https://www.ea.com/legal/terms-of-sale

    About point 6, A, B and C. I do know that not everyone can afford multiple hardware setups for the entire family and there is trust that has to be there, talking about the does and don’ts on the use of shared hardware should be done so everybody can enjoy what they do on the hardware and everyone can be safe.

    If you believe you have been hacked take appropriate measures to secure your account and associated E-mail account https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/account/secure-hacked-ea-account/

    If you believe that a sanction (Suspension/Ban) placed on your account was by mistake you should reach out to the Terms of Service team

    https://help.ea.com/za/help/account/information-about-locked-or-banned-or-suspended-accounts/

    Wishing you the best and good luck gaming. 

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