Disgraceful Ban - It's a trap!

ZakZimmerman, on 14 May 2014 - 10:33 AM, said: Well like most WOT players I have my grumbles with the game, but like all players I know that despite the game's little annoyances it is still something I totally enjoy playing. And after enduring runs of poor matchmaking, idiot team mates, stupid mistakes of my own (we all make them), one-shot arty deaths, "That one bounced!" fifteen times in a row and all those other irritating little gems that just make the whole experience so wonderfully random... I still spend (considerable) money on the game every month and have done for over two years. I couldn't tell you how much I've spent as I really don't want to know, but last night that might all have come to an end - and not because of any of the aforementioned irritations.    At about 9:30pm I was involved in a game with the usual banter between players on both sides - it wasn't offensive or personal and there was actually a pretty good vibe to the battle. Players on both teams were contributing to the chat and no-one was being insulted or victimized. Despite this one of our players in a Type-59 was threatening both sides with game banning if we didn't stop personal insults. Needless to say there were lots of "?" from both sides as there were NO personal insults being typed. Regardless the threat of a ban was repeated again and again by this player and basically annoying everyone else in the game. Rather than actually taking part in the battle, this player seemed to be on a one-man crusade to bait the other players. After the game I decided (rather foolishly it would now seem) to tell this player what I thought of him - he'd ruined a perfectly well-mannered game for most of the other players. 5 minutes later I get banned for 24 hours for telling that idiot what I thought of him!   I consider myself a very sportsmanlike player and will generally tolerate the idiot - you'll get one in every game. As a rule I don't abuse other players although like most players, in the heat of battle, will respond to accusations of being a "noob" or a "tard" by telling someone to... er... be quiet. It's certainly not uncommon and if Wargaming banned a player for telling other players to STFU then there servers would get very empty very quickly. What irks me here... is that the player that was responsible for banning me was deliberately baiting players, knowing full well they had the power to ban them. I can understand players being banned for racial abuse or offensive language in the game chat, but this was a deliberate act to annoy other players hoping that they would respond. Utterly utterly disgraceful. This has annoyed me to the point where I am seriously considering uninstalling the game. Anyone that knows my name or has ever played alongside me will know that I am a decent and capable player who enjoys the whole WOT experience - but this really has left a very bad taste in my mouth.   I'd be interested to know if anyone else has experienced a similar situation and if so would urge them to share. I got the distinct feeling that this was not a Wargaming dev but someone with privileges they were clearly happy to abuse.