Banned for no reason in Modern Warfare 2? You are not alone. COD fans who have been waiting for a new game from the franchise, excitedly played the campaign mode, and faced crashes have encountered a strange problem. They are getting permanently banned in COD MW2 without any cheating or hacking. This can be frustrating, especially after shelling out at least $70 to purchase the game. If this has happened to you, you will need to submit an appeal to reverse the MW2 ban and start playing again.
How to Appeal to Remove Permanent Ban in COD MW2
Since you have been wrongly banned, you can appeal to the developers to remove and reverse your ban by following the steps below.
- First, head to Activision Support’s “Appeal a Ban” page. You can land there directly by clicking here.
- This is where you can submit a support ticket to appeal an account penalty.
- Click on Log in, enter your credentials for the same account you are banned on, and then, click on Continue.
- You will see a pop-up – click on Agree and Continue.
- Now, you will see if you are eligible for appeal. Do note that temporary bans and accounts under review cannot be appealed. Activision also mentions that bans will only be overturned if we determine the infraction was due to unauthorized activity on your Activision account.
- Complete the process from here and hopefully, your permanent ban should get reversed.
Some players have been banned due to running the scan and repair tool via the Battle.net launcher and for some, it’s happening after the game crashes. Since this is a common issue for many players, it will most likely be fixed in an upcoming patch and all wrongfully banned players will be unbanned. Surely, Activision does not want to lose this player base. But to be on the safer side, appeal your ban in COD MW2 by submitting a ticket and checking how they respond.
The developers have not publicly acknowledged this issue at the time of writing this article and there is no trick or workaround that can bypass this ban and allow you to join games. Make sure to check Twitter and Reddit to see more mentions by other players facing similar issues.
That’s everything to know about submitting an appeal if you’ve been banned for no reason in COD Modern Warfare 2. For more such tips and tricks, be sure to head over to our MWII wiki on Gamer Tweak.
