I got a question about linked accounts. I know some people that play battlefield 4 since day 1 have played with multiple accounts. For instance someone I know used other accounts when an admin on the server he played banned him since he didn't liked him. This player then used some other accounts which 1 of was a banned one (banned on a total different ip/country). Does this make him a cheater then? Even the stats on the banned account aren't hacker stats when that player used it. I know the banning policy of bf4db regarding linked accounts :
Linked Accounts:
Accounts having overlapping IP and
timestamp information will be considered a linked account. Player
information streamed to the Service can be used for this purpose.
If
an account is currently banned by BF4DB, all other accounts that are
positively identified as a linked account will receive a ban for “Linked
Account” as well. Similarly, if the main ban successfully appeals, all
other alt bans will be lifted.
Accounts having the same Gravatar will be considered linked, and treated appropriately.
But is it fair in those situations to link a player then? The main account of this player is totally clean, same as the stats when this player used these other accounts, but he can never appeal succesfully since he will be linked to this account anyway or am I wrong?