Banned for no reason in Modern Warfare 2? You’re not alone. COD fans who have been waiting for a new game in the franchise, eagerly playing the campaign mode and experiencing crashes have come across a strange problem. They are getting permanently banned in COD MW2 without any cheating or hacking involved. This can be frustrating, especially after spending at least $70 to purchase the game. If this has happened to you, you should file an appeal to have your MW2 ban lifted and start playing again.

Since you have been wrongly banned, you can appeal to the developers to unban you by following the steps below.

Some players have been banned for running the scan and repair tool through the Battle.net launcher, and for some it happens after the game crashes. Since this is a common issue for many players, it will likely be fixed in an upcoming patch and all wrongly banned players will be unbanned. Activision obviously doesn’t want to lose this player base. But to be on the safe side, COD MW2 allows you to appeal your ban by submitting a ticket and see 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 participate in games. Check Twitter and Reddit to see more mentions from other players experiencing similar issues.