I just received a email from PSN that my account was suspended permanently due to a name violation.
Some of you may know who I am and my name was mildly offensive (it included a name of an STI) I understand some may take offence if they have the disease and then see it as " x has been killed by x disease " but it was a childish mistake when i first created my psn account all those years ago. (If PSN had a name change service like xbox I'd have changed it many years ago)
Main reason why am positing this is because at the time i got suspended (it gives a day of the violation) a person from who i beat in trials messaged me saying hes gonna hack me, report me and insulted me for about an hour till i blocked him. I'm guessing he's the player who reported my name and got me banned and its a damn shame that people like that ruin my entire experience on the playstation.
So just as a warning to everyone if you get salty don't go and report people unless the name is 100% insensitive or damn right cheating as it can effect a lot of people and hurt them as I have now lost thousands of hours on an entire account ps1, ps2 and ps4 not to mention all the online games, dlcs etc i have purchased gone overnight because of a salty pvp'er who couldn't get flawless.
EDIT1:
Dear ***, we are contacting you regarding your Sony Entertainment Network account and your recent online activity.
On 09-11-2015, we noted that your online activity in OnlineID was in breach of the PlayStation®Network Terms & Conditions for the following reason: BANREASON.
This email is to inform you that your Sony Entertainment Network account has been permanently suspended due to severe breaches of the service Terms & Conditions.
Yours Sincerely,
The community Team
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
http://eu.playstation.com
EDIT2:
Been shitting a brick for a while due to strong words such as "Permanently banned" and "severe breaches" but they assured me it was just because of my name and since I've never been in any bother with them before and my account has been around for so long they will allow me to submit a name change request but if that actually happens or not is to be seen. Fingers crossed!
EDIT3:
A lot of people been asking for my actual PSN name. I don't want to give that out since they is haters and children who could and probably will report it even more so withholding it for now.
EDIT4:
A lot of people been asking for what was sent in the message in the trials match. I looked at my saved screenshots and unfortunately only got the start of the messages. I've blurred his PSN name and my full name to stop people been general dicks:
http://oi65.tinypic.com/2cdevxw.jpg
And just to be clear. In this particular trials match they was in the back of the C spawn in last weeks trials so I was flanking with the trials pulse rifle picking each one off as they hard-scoped the pipe thing trying to headshot my team mate who was literally just sat down watching them around the corner every round.
Edit 5:
I received a response from Sony FINALLY... basically saying they accept my 5 name suggestions and they going to begin processing this. Unknown how long this will take so will update when i find out more:
Hi xxxxxxx,
I understand from our contact that your Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) account has been banned due to an inappropriate Online ID.
We have received the list of alternative online IDs from your registered e-mail address, so now we will be happy to process your Online ID change.
I hope this helps, but if you have any other questions please contact PlayStation Support using the contact details below or by replying to this e-mail.
Thank you,
Mirko
PlayStation Support
English
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Bearbeitet von WhyYouSweatinMe: 11/13/2015 6:59:09 AMThis happened to a friend of mine. He called them and bitched them out saying that he had the name for years and that it was complete bs. They let him change his name and sent him a free copy of bloodborne for the inconvenience. Cause a fuss. [spoiler]his name was deeznutsm8, seriously. prior to that silly vine[/spoiler]
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Bearbeitet von m12112112: 11/12/2015 9:55:14 PMI was perma banned for .. about an hour. [b]Here's my story:[/b] [spoiler]Legacy Crucible map -Sniped Titan and his gf (also Titan) accidentally a few times (ok was totally intentional ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)) -Got them again when both tried to rush me. And few more times , trying to act cool staying in the open. -When heavy was about to drop (I was very close to the box in hall), made my way to snipe tower ovelooking other one. Waited till after they picked up the heavy. Then sniped them (FIrefly is amazing or what). -They finally get me. I'm like 4:1 or 5:1 on both of them. They dance and teabag oblivious to anyone around. -Well cool, satisfying round and all, log out of Destiny for the day -Log in next day, see 'unable to login much like OP here. Google error code to be sure says account banned.[/spoiler] My previous id was self deprecatory at best, and if at all offensive it should be to myself. Turns out someone had put in complain about it offending them. Chatted with PSN support, who advised to call them. After long call was put through to someone who was 'supervisor' of 'specialist;' . Explained the situation saying yep name is somewhat immature but not offensive to other people, and its very likely a salty player from yesterday (Had the id for years and had no problem) The 'specialist' said they could make a perma change to my id but I'd lose trophies etc. Cool, made new id, and asked 'specialist' if that seemed offensive? She said no, ot that I can think of. Said thank you and got off phone. Logged back into Destiny. If I ever get matched against with those 2 btw lets say we'll all have a very good time. Edit: Removed some details
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I was banned for this exact username
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I think Sony should've gave you a warning to change your name or you'll be banned.
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5 Antwortenone of the reasons xbox is way better [spoiler]jk but seriously sony really needs to fix that bullshit[/spoiler] [spoiler]please dont start a console war over this comment[/spoiler]
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1 AntwortenI feel your pain. I used to play WoW and all my characters had "offensive names". Never got permanently banned, but I had name changes all the time. My favorite one is still Ironfourskin.
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If you call playstation and explain the situation they ahould allow you to change the name. I had to change mine. It was groupofblackppl. And they found it offensive evern though i made it 6 or 7 years ago. They said they had juat found it. The account manager said he didnt even aee why it was offensive enough to be banned
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A buddy of mine got the same ban because his name was pickled"ck lol just go with it sounds like you had the same name for a while, can be a nice change to have a new name.
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4 AntwortenSony should let you keep your game progress if you change your name. Cause I'm assuming you had level 40s and completed the raid now you have a level 25
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2 AntwortenBearbeitet von Sixclicks: 11/12/2015 2:43:00 PMYeah, the whole name change thing is ridiculous. They should give you a warning with a link to change it before outright banning you. Some people get banned for hardly even offensive at all names. A friend of mine got banned and lost everything for his old name YourmomhasmyKY. They took away all of his game progress, trophies, and emptied his friends list.
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They should have just let you change it like wtf
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Dumb name is dumb name but PSN really needs an overhaul. Too much outdated infrastructure. They'd probably be better of starting from scratch with a new network that allows more flexibility in development so it can be better updated over time. Then they'd just have to build a bridge so old account data can be transferred into the new system.
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Bearbeitet von An Actual Noob: 11/12/2015 1:51:13 PMgetting 10 headshots is cheating now? lol -blam!-ing casuals, anyway its sad that they perm banned you for an offensive name, thats a major overreaction for something that couldve been fixed with a simple name change, atleast thats how it goes on xbox, you just wont be able to play online unless you change your tag and they let you do that for free in such a case(dont know if its still like that, its been a while so i could be wrong), ive had friends that wanted all their friends/recent players to report them for an offensive tag so they'd get a free namechange. either way, good luck man
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Sony has offices all over the US, break a few windows until you feel the account is paid in full and then come to Xbox. Allegedly/hypothetically/etc.
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This is not justice!
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Go after psn with a hammer of sweat. Thatll scare em
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1 AntwortenSame thing happened to my friend, you can submit a name request and they should grant it, if it doesn't breach the code of conduct
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3 AntwortenGood luck. It would be a shame to lose everything.
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1 AntwortenThis is just cringeworthy. All of that time and money, gone. Let us know if you get it back. I'm rooting for you.
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2 AntwortenSo the logical response was to complain on the Destiny forums. Nice
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1 AntwortenYou started a new psn account and started destiny from scratch? That's dedication right there.
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Good luck bro.
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Good luck bro.
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2 AntwortenSame thing happened to me, just ring them, you'll have to change your gt and you will lose your trophies