the_Deadly_Bulb, on Nov 06 2018 - 18:31, said:
darth_75, its my understanding that WG can scan your python logs to determine which mods you are running.
If you never delete your python logs then mods you once ran (but no longer use) will also be referenced in your python logs.
I use Aslain's mod pack. I get it from the WoT Mod Portal found here https://wgmods.net/
One of the features of Aslain's is the ability to delete your python logs whenever you update your mods. This ensures that there are no references to mods that you may have previously used, only the mods you currently are using.
WG is never going to provide a complete list of the name of every illegal mod.
Some that are now illegal weren't always.
If your python logs are never cleansed then there could likely be references to a mod that you no longer use, but that you once did.
That mod may have been OK then but not now.
The take away is that you should ensure your python logs are up to date and refer only to mods you are using and use only mods obtained through the WoT Official mod portal. https://wgmods.net/
To EchoFiveActual's point, if someone else gets access to your account, and runs it from a PC other than yours, and installs illegal mods on that PC and is then scanned, then your account will get shut down as proscribed by FairPlay.
WG's sweeps wouldn't check which computer the log was generated on, it just checks the python log of the PC that is online playing that account while the sweep is being conducted.
If there's a banned mod referenced then they would take action.
Its entirely your responsibility to ensure the security of your log in info.
The take away for this is the following.
Don't use auto login with your password "remembered" unless you know no one else has access to that PC (even then, be certain and just type the password in every time).
Don't let others use your account, ever.
Change your passwords often and make them secure.
As to an appeal, I don't believe WG will even advise you of what mod they believe you were using.
Therefore I doubt you really have a starting point for the appeal.
What could you say?
"WG why did you ban me?"
Their response will likely be "We have reason to believe you have been employing mods that contravene the FairPlay Policy"
At which point you have no recourse. I mean you could say "No I wasn't" but I'm pretty sure that'd be a non-starter.
If I were in your place (and you had as much $ in your account as I have in mine) and I wanted to continue to play WoT I would strongly consider going total vanilla from here on.
You basically get one strike, 2 and you're out.
If you must run mods then best get them where I said and make certain you maintain your account security, and either way make sure you clean up your python logs. Aslain's would do that even if you selected no mods to install.
Might not even be a mod issue. Someone getting access to your account could easily just go on a TK/Team damage spree and get you the same result.
Either way its you that suffers and it'd be very hard to appeal.
No harm in trying an appeal. Good luck.
Don't advertise the results unless they're successful.
Pretty sure the forum mods would find that poor form. 
Completely agree on every point. Only mods I ever used where cosmetic, such as anime tank skins, changing the crew voice (the mod I used for that no longer works and I doubt it ever got updated), and changing the garage to something cool. Ever sense the HD updates, I have used exactly ZERO tank skins and ZERO garage changes. To this date, I have run exactly zero mods from my computer. I change my password often to ensure that hackers have the least chance of hacking my account. Just better to go vanilla, as in, no mods.
Bavor, on Nov 07 2018 - 05:47, said:
Why? XVM has many features that players find useful which Wargaming hasn't added to the game client yet. Moving the best crew to a vehicle is one I find useful. Additional garage filters above those in the stock client are useful. Many of the improvements to the game client came from XVM. For example, The view range and draw range circles and additional garage filters came from XVM.
If Wargaming added all the extra features from XVM that the players want in the game client then maybe banning XVM would be helpful.
The part they want banned, most likely, is the part that gives win percentages and such. To often do I find players just quit and suicide or go total afk during a battle because XVM gave our team less than 50% to win. In my opinion, we should NOT be able to see who is a tomato or not while in battle. If people did not see that, most people would play at 100% or more most of the time,instead of when they see a bad number playing at less than 100%. That is the one and only bad feature of XVM in my opinion and think that should go. It provides an unfair advantage by making the players that have that active not play well when their team has a bad win percent.
KRZYBooP, on Nov 07 2018 - 08:41, said:
Yes you can appeal these bans by submitting a ticket to our support team. They will investigate and ensure sanctions were applied properly or removed.
Spamming the Map ping function is an offense that you can report a player for. Submit a ticket with a replay of it happening to our support and they will apply any sanctions necessary.
Why is spamming the map not treated the same way as spamming the auto messages ("Negative!", "Defend the Base!", etc)? Those messages have a Cool Down between use. Why can't map clicking be treated the same way? Sure, it just means they have to wait to spam the map, but, it helped kill message spams somewhat.
cloudwalkr, on Nov 07 2018 - 11:35, said:
The crew move function, the map spam blocker...along with several others have all been suggested MANY times over the years by NUMEROUS people....and we still don't have them.
Also, the idea that support would help over turn a false ban for illegal mods doesn't sit well with me. Support is constantly responding with copy past responses. They constantly respond to one issue about something completely different and off topic. It usually takes a few days (in my experience) to even get a hold of customer support...in which it usually takes a few replys to get them on the correct topic...which then usually takes a few days for them to actually do anything...so those that caught a false 7 day ban....good luck. Honestly.
I'm coming off a little jaded here...and well, I kind of am. I've seen these suggestions put forward MANY times...so to see a mod act like this is first time ever and "passing on the suggestions"...I'll believe it when I see it. I do apologize for my attitued, KRYZboop, I know you really don't have anything to do with it. It's just incredibly frustrating.
Also, side note: Empires Boarder is a horrible map.
Edit: I agree with bulb above me.
At the VERY least, if he is indeed able to prove that he indeed did not use any illegal mods, they could remove the first strike and make it as if he has no strikes. But, yeah, I do not find support to be all that great in this game compared to others.
Mercer_Keel, on Nov 07 2018 - 19:26, said:
Beyond the person being stupid and doing a live stream or posting a youtube recording of their account how do you expect to even find out. can't go off people reporting at all. 1-2 times a day I get a msg about me cheating and I have zero mods on the game.
And the fact that a person is only limited to 10 reports per day doesn't help... To many times do I feel like I needed at least 20.
EmperorJuliusCaesar, on Nov 08 2018 - 10:04, said:
Cross-team chat is NEVER coming back. There was constant reporting of friendly positions, to the point there was far too many tickets for WG to deal with. Blame your fellow players, they brought it upon themselves.
Not only that, but, the toxicity was even worse with the flame wars being nearly non-stop back than. Now, it is only a few matches I see flame wars in. Just the other day, I stopped one with someone that wanted to start one with me, was playing my Leo PT A, moved out from behind cover to fire at someone, moved to retreat...just to find out I couldn't go backwards, I was being blocked. During the ten or so seconds it took for me to turn due to the other guy not wanting to move out of the way, I got shot by a hidden tank and hit be enemy arty, almost dying. That wouldn't have happened if the guy did not block me. A minute latter, he died and I was still alive, he than yelled at me in chat for causing him to be hit twice. My reply was basically for him to shut up, I have a reply showing very much so that he blocked me and caused me to get hit twice by the enemy and thus he has no right to complain about me causing him to get hit at all (I was no where near him after he blocked me, so, if he got hit while blocking me, that is on him). He did not respond and I doubt that he had blocked me. If he did, oh well. I reported him for his actions.
Lesser_Spotted_Panzer, on Nov 08 2018 - 10:47, said:
The only times I ever saw this was when there was an AFK/bot/totally useless player left of the enemy team, and somebody on that team wanted the game to end quickly. I'm not saying that it was justified, but I never saw it do anything detrimental to the game.
I really used to enjoy the cross team chat. It was often entertaining. Sure there was some toxicity, but it was never as bad as the chat between teammates. It was always fun to tell the remaining enemy arties to "bend over and lube up, because I am coming to get you".
If they changed the system so that if a player is dead, their messages cannot be seen by living players, than sure, I can see that coming back.
Also, I hate double posting, but, I also hate editing, to many times have I edited posts just to have things become devoured and vanish for no real reasons.
Final edit: Managed to compress my replies...
Edited by Saint_Metagross, Nov 13 2018 - 07:53.