1. I've been temp banned for over 7 hours now. What is the maximum duration of this shit?
2. When people say they MF "the pit", do they mean the one in Act I or the ones in Act V? If Act I, why?

It can last anywhere from 5 minutes to 72 hours. Here is a way to bypass it http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=39461179&f=21

The Pit is a two level cave, dungeon found beneath the Tamoe Highland in Act 1.

This post was edited by hphman1193 on Jun 20 2011 05:05pm

Temp bans can last 72 hrs + there's a couple guides to get around them... Sorry I can't link from my phone

Discussion & guides Unified Sticky How to bypass a temp restricton/Realm Down

Temp bans can last 72 hrs + there's a couple guides to get around them... Sorry I can't link from my phone

Discussion & guides Unified Sticky How to bypass a temp restricton/Realm Down

Also plz use the "Discussion & guides" forum for all D2 related Q's

1. As already stated, they can last up to 72 hours. It depends on how many times you tried to log in when you were initially temp banned.
2. They are referring to the one found in act 1. The pit contains rather high ilvl creatures for act 1; the majority are in the range of ilvl 80-85. You're more likely to get decent drops here due to this.