Many PUBG accounts were banned Yesterday
Secondary Password Error After 24H or Permanent Bans After Bluehole issued 24-hour or permanent account bans yesterday, many players encountered a “secondary password input error” prompt. This indicates that accounts were banned first and then prompted for password verification. As a result, a large number of legitimate (clean) players were mistakenly banned.
Due to the scale of the issue, Bluehole urgently released an official announcement yesterday. By last night, Xiaoheihe was already overwhelmed with discussions and complaints.
Weekly Ban Statistics and Anti-Cheat Background Looking back at last week, Bluehole banned 23,992 accounts. Compared with the previous month, the number of banned accounts has been slightly decreasing week by week. This is because Bluehole’s anti-cheat system has become increasingly mature and effective, making life very difficult for cheaters recently.
This Thursday’s Mass Ban: A Planned Operation
The large-scale bans that occurred this Thursday were, in fact, premeditated by Bluehole. Following the principle of “better to mistakenly ban a thousand than let one slip through”, many legitimate players were wrongly caught up in the bans.
Although the community has been filled with complaints, this incident actually reflects the voices and concerns of clean players.
Mass Unbans Without Appeals
While the scope of this false ban wave was relatively wide, Bluehole has already unbanned the wrongly banned accounts today, and players do not need to submit appeals.
However, some accounts remain banned, which may be due to multiple possible reasons.
Unbanned Does Not Mean Innocent
It is important to note that being unbanned does not mean you have never used cheat boosting services or mouse macros. Players should not develop a false sense of luck. Do not cheat in future gameplay under any circumstances.
Players who are still not unbanned and need to appeal manually are, in most cases, likely to have used cheats or participated in boosting. At this stage, the probability of unbanning is very low, though not completely impossible.
Temporary Bans and Behavior Warnings
For temporarily banned accounts, players are advised to standardize their behavior going forward.
There are also cases where ticket-purchased accounts receive 24-hour bans. This does not necessarily mean cheating, but may be caused by login from a different IP location, combined with low honor level and low account level, and multiple player reports. In such cases, there is no need to worry.
High-Level Accounts and Suspicious Flags
However, if you are a high-level account, play ranked matches, eliminate a few opponents, and then receive a 24-hour ban, your account is very likely flagged. This does not rule out prior boosting behavior or mouse macro usage. In this situation, it is recommended to play cleanly and submit appeals multiple times.
A Warning to Cheaters
If you have cheated and have not yet received a 24-hour or permanent ban, do not feel lucky. As the saying goes, “If you walk by the river often, your shoes will eventually get wet.” A permanent ban will come sooner or later.
If you are a legitimate player who has been permanently banned, then keep appealing. If you did not cheat, then you did not cheat. Stand by your integrity and continue appealing until the ban is lifted.
Final Words
In short: If you cheated, don’t be afraid. If you’re afraid, don’t cheat. There are not that many false bans. Once your account is banned, you know better than anyone why.
Claims like “minor wallhack doesn’t count” or “mouse macros aren’t cheats” raise a simple question: Why are other players unaffected while you keep getting banned?
Play clean. Always. Thank you, Bluehole, for restoring a clean environment to PUBG.