User blog:Iluvtcr/This is what Ban means

A ban occurs when a player violates the ROBLOX Terms of Service, Privacy Policy or run afoul of owners and their admins of certain games. Only ROBLOX staff can ban users from the ROBLOX service. Players are typically given reminders or warnings on their first few offenses, and the amount of reminders/warnings a user can obtain before getting an actual ban varies. Repeat offenders will get their account deleted. If the violation is serious, such as phishing or violation of federal law, accounts can be deleted without any prior notices or commands.

An "in-game ban", not given by ROBLOX staff but instead by game owners, only restricts the player's access to a specific game, but players with in-game bans still have full access to the ROBLOX website and all other games.

ROBLOXians are unable to view the profiles of deleted accounts. A bug on January 15, 2014 gave users access to terminated account profiles. Moderators initially claimed that the bug was a new update. However, Arbolito, a ROBLOX user, confirmed that this was an error with ROBLOX's programming and was later nullified.

Contents
[hide]#Criticism
 * 1) Ban Levels
 * 2) Bans and exploiting
 * 3) Appeals & Membership

Criticism
Many users who have created a new account state that their previous account has been banned for no apparent or sufficient reason. A glitch on the mobile client occasionally causes the player to see a message that they are permanently banned when they have received no recent moderator sanctions. It is rumored that players have been banned after their "parent" emailed The ROBLOX Corporation asking for their child's account to be closed.

Some users claim to have been banned for no logical reason. A rumor that spread throughout 2011–2013 noted that moderator MSE6 (now scandaxal) bans users for no reason, such as for being Christian. B1tsh1ft has been rumored to ban users who post a topic within the wrong subforum. After b1tsh1ft was fired, the rumor spread to a new mod, EliteEinherjar.



Ban Levels
Users who violate ROBLOX's Terms of Service will be given one of these reprimands. They range from a stern reminder to follow ROBLOX's guidelines to having the user's IP permanently blocked from ROBLOX.

Bans and exploiting
Exploiting is a violation of the Terms of Service and can result in moderation action. For this reason, exploiters commonly do their business exploiting on alternate or guest accounts. Because of this, it is very difficult to capture an exploiter. However, there are methods developers can employ to identify exploiters. For instance, on Shedletsky's Sword Fight on the Heights, the game had a unobtainable badge without exploiting, "Touch The Divine." If a user were to use any form of exploit to grant themselves that badge, that user would automatically receive a ban, most likely an account deletion.

Appeals & Membership
Users are encouraged to appeal a moderation action through an email to [mailto:appeals@roblox.com appeals@roblox.com]. If the moderation action is deemed to be unfair, it can be lifted. Many users believe that the ROBLOX appeals system is unfair, because appeals have approximately a 1% chance of being accepted for account deletions. Some users believe that users who purchase a premium membership are more likely to have a ban appealed and less likely to get banned, although this has not been proven. If the player does not appeal within 2-3 weeks, then the account is no longer allowed to be reopened.

A message bar notifying a banned BC member that they can cancel their membership for the duration of their ban. Players with a premium membership who are banned receive an additional notification when their accounts are banned. This notification identifies when the player's ROBLOX membership will expire or renew and how to contact ROBLOX if the player wants to cancel his/her membership for the duration of their ban.