keeps freezing and kicking me and my friends off only have for two days I want a refund You shouldnt be selling things that are defective seems illegal somehow I just wanted games for us to play and we cannot play them in this space should be ripped out of estates
Hello! First off, let me ask you, please don't post my name on your blog. I don't want to risk losing my position. I am [name removed] from the forums. I don't do too much on Home section forums, because frankly they are full of idiots. I actually never heard of this blog until after I saw multiple mentions of it on the secret moderator parts of the community forums. Let me say, I don't use home, and I don't have it installed. It's far too lame to really get into. I spent maybe a week wandering around it trying to find people to play street fighter with. I'm unsure why home is even needed to find other players, because truth be told, most games have easy to manage ways of meeting people IN THE FUCKING GAME. Home is a useless disaster and I applaud you for tearing into it, even if you enjoy using it or whatever. I wanted to let you know that even though I am a mod, I think your blog is awesome. It's really unfair that they went out of their way to block you. And yes, they did block you for no other reason then the fact that you present a risk to their profits. Playstation makes good money off stupid people. That's why they hired Lithium. Don't think just because someone is a mod that they like Lithium. They don't pay me a damn dime for the countless hours of nitpick patroling I do. All money in Lithium's pocket. Please keep up the good work and don't let them get you down, because you scare the hell out of them!
From the forums:Couldn't have said it better. However, CydoniaX in all her worthless manhand glory disagrees:So... This AvsP 'event' is the 5th or so dance off on NA Home. I think a dance off every now and then is fine, but the majority of ALL our events have been dance offs. Not to mention all these events are only being held in Central Plaza, when Home has a variety of spaces to choose from. Even if home was prohibited to only use core spaces of Home for events... we have the gamers lounge, the mall, the bowling alley, numberous theaters, etc.. We even have the presentation podium, that can make its return during events or something.
Most of these events were given rewards for participating. Kudos. However this 'event' doesnt. So not only are we particiapating in an event that is basically the same thing as most other events on NA Home, we're encouraged to buy these $$ costumes for the event with no reward granted. Hell... I cant even be with my friends at this event because my PS3 just froze up 5 times after accepting an invite to different central plazas. This is damaging my hardware shutting my system on and off like that. Please, make events worth while, The lack of creativity really has me wondering 'Why'.
Suggestions for future events:
1. Events around Home in different spaces, not just central plaza.
2. RPG style events like that of our friendly neighborhood Japan Home.
3. Events that dont consist of Free vs Paid/Paid vs Paid items by "dancing off"
4. Something BIG, like the Xi event. That event had the forums active and more users involved.
5. How about an event that requires us to obtain unlockable items from the games around home, and use them to access other parts of home, to complete another challenge. For example, you need the echochrome outfit to access theater 5, which gives directions on what to do next, etc...
Get creative Home! Dance-offs are getting played out, seriously. At least give us more dance emotes if we have to endure more 'dance-off' events than something more creative.
now i cant get into home period, first the freezing which led to the network issue, now im out 200 bucks. hey sony if ya want to tell me to gfy why not do it to my face.
i didnt really care about the dang prizes i was just going to a friend, i mean christ, its 1 thing to cause freezing, this is another thing, im not complaining about the effects, moreso the cause which in this case is home
the ac space is so laggy and freezy it reflected onto psn and now my ps3 sux. heres an idea sony, try making it so that 10 million ppl cant b in the same instance together causing lag, freezong, and crashing, instead why not try having so that only a few ppl can b in a space preventing that from happening, then maybe my ps3 wouldnt b i n its current butchered state, i am deeply enraged about this
o boy... yea i agree with you this stuff should b handled more properly, i suggest ya call the police
and also the heart and soul of the ps3 is infamous and prototype
and i feel i owe a few things to the community due to my absense, but wat can i say, when its outta my power nothin can b done, but expect more posts, in the meantime, how many of you here report sexual harassment on home, say a noob kneeling behing a female avi. i say its time we all report that.Remember, while folks are getting banned for making too much noise about not receiving items, sexual harassment, etc, this guy keeps getting to post. Over and over and over and over and....
It is beyond sad that EU home gets a ton of American Swag and CodesHowever common this message is, the final outcome kinda irked me:
Transformers
Star Trek
Audi (ok, that one is techniqully a European company)
And Now..
Kick Ass.What exactly am I missing, Why do we get none of these items? And don't reply with "Well EU Home doesn't get a lot of stuff NA Home gets"
Kick Ass is an American comic book, an American Movie. And they get the exclusive codes? wth? and if this is somehow fair, HAVE WE EVER GOT AN EXCLUSIVE CODE FROM A EUROPEAN FRANCHISE?
I can put up with the crappy way most of the NA events are run on Home, I have actually come to expect them to phail on those. But this is just shameful.Really, I mean Really?
Unfortunately, discussions of boycotts aren't allowed.Yup. You can't mention boycotting Sony. And per usual a locked topic isn't a locked topic without Conrad_Max sucking on the Admin/moderator's nuts.
Via email:Hi,Regarding the last two entries from the U.K. region, there is no doubt many of us are suffering throughout all regions of Home. Being from Australia, i have also been subject, along with many others i know of, and have witnessed first hand the wrath of the holy father NERO !I`m not here to complain that i have been banned on occasions for doing no wrong, as i have glitched many times and been banned for it, although . . . the times i have done no wrong, my emails always refer to "glitch" as being the reason for my removal.Along with many other issues i have faced, this particular incident revolves around the issue of "favouritism banning" and "cling on immunity" which i believe this site is becoming very popular in the EU region for recently.Basically, yes, this occasion i was banned for glitching, as many do when there is a swarm trying to access a new location, which in effect makes it difficult to see what you are attempting when there is many there to restrict your vision. Because these things take time, many hours can be spent at the one location.Noting the prescence of the holy father NERO, and his cronies who are beginning to become ever more frustrated with the amount of people gathering and hindering progress to the new location, midnight has passed in this time, and i am surprised to see i am denied access to the psn, along with some friends who were also present at the time.Logging on with one of my other PS3`s several hours later, i am stunned to see the same group with the lord also present, though, minus the obvious people which are not included in the exclusive community circle of friends, which you come to learn in time who is and isn`t a part of the higher society.Ofcorse most of these people were dressed in exclusive attire which went hand in hand with the short tempered and untastefull remarks to others to make way for their exclusive access to the location.Seeing others being warped/teleported to other locations of the map was a clear sign to take a step back and observe or come back another time.I could go on and on with both this occasion and/or many others which are witnessed by many time and time again, day in day out, BUT . . . . there is too many scenarios alrerady there for all to see which would be deemed unconcienable by most.So . . . i end by saying more and more of us are now taking measures to record and aquire evidence of such circumstances and it`s only a matter of time before these gods of home slip up, AND WE ALL WILL BE HERE WAITING FOR YOU AND YOUR EXCUSES !!! GOOD LUCK !!!Kind regards,[name removed].(the unholy one)
Hi, Just to let you know, if you haven't already spotted my posts to the blog, I've been banned from the PS forum after just 5 minutes of posting, I used the home-watch sig jpeg, not sure if that had anything to do with it, as I'm not sure if the geniuses at Lithium have extended the puerile behaviour regarding home-watch across the pond the here in the UK yet. (Home watch update: It appears Lithium doesn't extend their pitiful moderation services to the UK forums, we believe this user was just confused as to who runs what. For future reference we will refer to them as the UKMODS until a better and more correct title can be found) I was complaining about corrupt mods after being banned for glitching, which interestingly I CAN'T DO, HAVE NEVER DONE, AND HAVE NO DESIRE TO. Unbelievable, the mod in question is called AKA_NERO, my new id I called AKA_NEROS_ATURD, so I'm not sure if that might have played a part either. Either way, this ban is completely for fabricated reasons, this mod harrasses and bullies one of my mates, and because we was all together yesterday that's why I think this shit has happened.I also mentioned Homewatch and it's brilliant exposure of corrupt mods and their special suck-up friends. Anyway, i asked for who I should talk to so I could get hold of screen shots as proof, and also I wanted the name of the mod who had witnessed me doing this. Hidden agendas and clearly a pissed off customer are not the qualities Sony devote their customer services too, I am beyond furious. And for the record, the other peeps in the group also got banned for the same reason, and nobody was doing anything! Sony = Arseholes.I did a bit of digging, and found a topic posted by the author of thise email, but it has been removed: Official PlayStation® Community -PlayStation.com: English Forums: Staff Room: Removed Posts: COMPLETELY UNFAIR BAN
Love the blog btw,
[name removed]. aka [this one too]
I have never been banned, ever, so this came as a total shock. I believe this is a direct result of being on home on 16th March, virtually all day, just hanging out with my mates. When up pops this mod in Home Square called AKA_NERO. He is infamous for being a catergory 1 asshole, and is regularly surrounded by his suck-ups and cling-ons, who in turn snitch on anyone they overhear 'dissing him, or them for that matter. (Home-Watch Note: Sounds very familiar, we have some trolls like this here.) I was with a very good friend Spankie_Jizzard, Z-Pint and a few others doing nothing more sinister than hanging out and chatting mostly crap like you do. Soon as AKA_NERO spots Spankie he starts making remarks designed to provoke a reaction, we all move to the other side of the square, cos this dude has thrown numerous bans on Spankie, the last one because he was snooping on our conversation again, and he saw that Spankie had said that most of the mods in Home were ineffective. Nothing more than that, no name calling, no childish crap, just that, and that was in response to us all talking about sex pests, and how nobody ever does a damn thing about it, despite reporting it. So by now I guess you're getting the general idea. Anyway back to the day in question. Now you know how when you move from one area to another and the chat log changes to include peeps in that area? well interestingly despite being waaayyyyyy over the other side, AKA_NERO kept popping up with inane and sarcastic remarks into our conversation! We all started discussing that we found it interesting that it's one rule for some and a totally different rule for others. We weren't being offensive, just [speaking] generally how we all felt more than a little bullied and intimidated, and how childish and unnecessary it all was. By this time I had really had enough of AKA_NEROS goading so I left, along with a few others. Yesterday morning I get up and check my email, this is what was waiting for me:
PLAYSTATION®Network: 1-day Account Suspension
From: Grief_Report@scee.net
Sent: 17 March 2010 15:03:01
To: [removed]
Dear [name removed],
We are contacting you regarding your PLAYSTATION®Network account and your
recent online activity.
On 16/03/2010, your online activity in Home was in serious breach of the
PLAYSTATION®Network Terms & Conditions for the following reason(s): Glitch.
As a result of this unacceptable behaviour, your PLAYSTATION®Network
account has been suspended for 1 day.
This temporary ban will be lifted on 18/3/2010. Please be aware that any
further breaches of the service Terms & Conditions may result in a longer
or even permanent suspension of your account.
We ask that you use this time to reassess your online behaviour so that you
are more considerate to other PLAYSTATION®Network users when you join us
again online. We hope you can appreciate our obligation to the community as
a whole and to the rights of other users not to be subjected to disruptive
or offensive behaviour.
Yours Sincerely,
The Community Team
So you can imagine my anger, I immediately knew it HAD to be him, I don't even know how to Glitch. He clearly just thought "oh I'll throw that in because the chat log doesn't show her saying enough of anything to warrant a ban." I immediately try to log onto the forums, but wait I can't because my account is suspended! So I can't even hop onto a forum now and ask questions? So I create another ID, I log on and hop into a forum, I did not save it nor copy the text. I stated that I wanted to know how I could find out a couple of things, a screenshot as evidential proof, the mods name, etc. Then I went onto say how enlightening Home-watch blogspot is, as it seems that Nepotism and corrupt behaviour by the mods is rife, and that if it stretches from one side of the globe to the other, then Sony SHOULD be concerned. They have a public image they like to portray after all. I asked who mods the mods? It seem to me that they got a free reign and do whatever they want. I also asked if any other forum user had experienced this. At the bottom I included the Home-watch signature jpeg and sat back to wait. Approximately 3 minutes after posting I hit refresh to see if any new posts had been made, and that's when I got the "YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM THIS SITE" waffle. Anyway, incredulous I fire up the PS3 and try to sign in, stunningly enough the new ID is banned. What is also interesting is that I haven't received any grief report for the ban via email, nada, zip.
You will see the timestamp on the email showing 15.03pm. By 15.05pm today I was on the phone to Sony. I had checked to see if the ban had been lifted, it had not. I speak to somebody called RAM, Indian dude. I explain i want 3 things, a screenshot, the name, and the ban lifted immediately. He try's to fob me off saying he will "escalate it." I respond no he won't, he will tell me the managers name right now, he will also lift the ban right now, the other 2 things I'll wait for. He puts me on hold for 8 minutes, nice touch on a premium rate number. Anyway, he comes back and tells me the supervisors name. He then tells me he can't give me a screenshot. I ask why, he responds that "we don't have that information." I immediately call him on that, referring to the chat logs that are searchable way way back. I also inform him that as a very senior manager in the IT industry for a very high profile company, that he should exercise caution if he thinks I can be blinded by "tech talk." He maintains I can't have a screenshot. I ask for the mods name, not surprisingly he also refused this. Again I ask why, I get the same response. I point out that as a consumer I have a LEGAL right to know who my accuser is, even the cops send you pics of yourself if you break the law! Are Sony above the Law now? Seriously?
I now point that its over 24 hours since the ban was imposed, it clearly says ONE day on the email, now my school taught me that 24 hrs = one full day/night period, or has Sony got a whole other secret clock that we know nothing about? I point out that they are in direct breach of their own T&C and are also operating outside of the Law according to Trading Standards. IT'S IN WRITING MORON! I also advise that I will be emailing the CEO, jack_tretton@playstation.sony.com and will also be Cc-ing in Trading Standards to ensure the email doesn't "get lost". Ram maintains that I will be contacted in due course via email telling me my account has been reactivated. By now my teeth were itching and my eyes were bleeding. However, being a tenacious kinda chick I also asked for the Supervisors name, he eventually comes back and gives me the name. I then ask for his supervisors bosses name. Ram directly asked me why do you want all this information? what's it for? I respond with gritted teeth that it's my right to know, so please find out I'll hold. Another five minutes pass, have now ground teeth into stumps, he comes back, he gives me the name, and now for the best bit. I ask for the bosses job title. A relatively easy question to answer I think. He says, and I quote "he is the manager of the supervisor" OH MY GOD. So I say ok Ram, if I were to write to this gentleman, would I address it to Phil Rampley. Manager of the Supervisor, Sony, London? SERIOUSLY? I really wanted to ask Ram if he was on day release from idiot club. I end the conversation there. Remarkably enough upon ending the conversation I check my network account and good God above it's working!
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