Bulut Şenol

I owe everyone an honest update, and I want to take the time to explain it properly. When I posted this, I genuinely didn't know why I'd been banned. I was thinking about the usual reasons people get banned: Zens, plate dropping, VC and REP glitches. I've never done any of those. But after reading the replies and thinking it through, I know what it was. I paid someone to grind a build spec on my account. That's against 2K's rules, I accept it, and I'm not going to hide behind anything. Why did I do it? Because I've played this game every year since 2K11, I'm a former Pro-Am player, and I still love it, but my life looks very different now. I work 9 to 6. I get maybe a couple of hours a night, and I spend them playing rec with the same close friends. Grinding a build spec from scratch takes time I simply don't have. My rep says it all: I'm still Starter VI in November. And timing matters here. If I'd paid for a build spec in the first weeks of the game, it would have been a real advantage over other players. But it's November. Most people who play regularly finished their builds months ago. I wasn't trying to get ahead of anyone. I was trying to catch up with them so my friends and I could play on the same level. This has been a common thing in 2K for years, and for years it wasn't enforced. This season that changed overnight, straight to permanent bans, no warning, no temporary suspension. I understand 2K wants to clean up the game, and I support that. But a first offense like mine now gets the exact same punishment as someone running a Zen in every single game, and plenty of those players are still online tonight. A Zen takes games away from other people. My build spec didn't take a win from anyone. I've spent close to $500 on this year's game and supported the series for 15 years. I'm not asking to be let off. A warning, a temporary ban, a build reset, or losing the VC I spent: any of those would be fair. A permanent ban for a first offense isn't proportionate. And to anyone thinking about paying for build help: don't. It's not worth losing your account over. @NBA2K @2KSupport I hope you'll consider a punishment that fits what was actually done. @Beluba @LD2K @Ronnie2K @BADGEPLUG