Pilot emergency! Need help!

[Snakenator1]

Guys I have a uber serious problem now and its bad

Recently someone on PSN made a complaint and accused my account of being a hacker! Because of this my main account has been suspended temporarily until a final decision is made whether I get to keep it or not.

But because the accuser hasn't provided enough evidence to get me booted I have a short window of time to appeal against this problem and I really need help! I'm sure you all know I am no hacker of any kind but my account is threatened now. I need advice on what I can do, I have evidence to disprove the claim but I like advice. From a loyal friend PLEASE HELP

[ND-2-SPD]

But you're not a hacker, you're just MLG.
But seriously I was super scared when my account was banned, my advice would be to just stick with it, call PlayStation and get it over with, if they can't prove anything there's no reason to ban you. DON'T PUT IT OFF IT WILL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE. I hope this is helpful

[Snakenator1]

I'm waiting for a reply off SCEE to see what evidence they have against me then I'm gonna argue against said claim. I'm more pi**ed off right now than anything else.
My guess is this may of also occurred because from the recent ddos attack on PSN, someone might think I'm one of them -_-

[TheConzio]

It was probably some kid who can't stand losing against someone online. I wouldn't worry too much if they can't provide evidence, especially if you can prove that you're not hacking.

My advice would be to film some of your awesome WipEout skills, with your controller in view.

[Jonny]

Taking effort is proabaly the best way to show them that you are serious.

[Snakenator1]

Well I got a email off SCEE just now with what the accuser used as their claim, oh its real rich you wanna see??

"The following anomalous behaviour was observed a few days ago on the game *WipEout HD Fury*, the claimer observed the following anomlies:

Erratic path behaviour of the craft
Travelling at speeds outside of the limits of the game
Random bursts of increased speeds
An impossible race time for *flash speed class*
Craft randomly gaining air and rolling"


So basically this guy thought that NETWORK LATENACY WAS ME HACKING!! do you realise how pi**ed I am guys about this. A saw loser cannot stand me beating him and did not take into consideration that WOHD servers are going two years on without maintenance.

I am so f**king angry >.<

[Knux_Chaotix]

Sounds like an amazingly sore looser. Did you get your account back up and running?

[Snakenator1]

Not yet, I have to write an email back arguing against the claim with evidence to prove I was playing the game normally -_-
This whole ordeal is the last thing I needed right now >.< really annoyed

[Knux_Chaotix]

I hope this works out for you. Its a bit bloody ridiculous. If you want a rage race or an elim to let off some steam, hit me up

[Jonny]

Oh, this just reminds me some online reviews of the WipEout games. "Game get's impossible to handle" and so on.

Seriously, is this game hackable?

[Snakenator1]

You literally just said what I said when I first got the email. But I can't see hacks for this game and what good would they do anyway other than wrecking havoc on the leaderboards which are already broken anyway.

This entire thing is pointless and has wasted my time, I'm going to get it sorted.

[Hellfire_WZ]

Wait wait wait... "evidence to prove you were playing the game properly"!? Mail them back and ask them how the flaming hell you're supposed to do that! I thought the burden of proof was on the accuser, not the victim!

But basically, you can easily address any of those points.

Erratic path behaviour of the craft - As you have correctly explained, that is due to network latency. It's commonplace if your connection is experiencing issues or indeed if the other person's connection is not up to scratch.
Travelling at speeds outside of the limits of the game - Direct them to some videos of Flash TTs and SLs on YouTube to show them exactly what is possible. That's subjective. Or better yet, do your own!
Random bursts of increased speeds - Turbos? Barrel rolls? It's a f*cking game mechanic! If they mean jumping back and forth randomly, then again, it's network latency.
An impossible race time for *flash speed class* - Video evidence of a race time better than your record. Plenty available.
Craft randomly gaining air and rolling - It's a game mechanic, it's even explained in the sodding game.

Sadly, sh*t like this is a problem now we no longer have anyone at SCEE who even understands the game, but the fact they've done this without any proof against you is quite frankly disgusting. I wish I still had some sway in the matter otherwise I'd just say give them my contact details.

[Snakenator1]

As I said before they probably suspended me for the recent hacking attack from last Sunday and not wanting to take any chances, but clearly the accuser doesn't understand how Wipeout works.
Its stupid all this, I'm having to give up my time to sort this out and its pathetic *long sigh*
I'll get my account back if its the last thing I do and if not well SCEE can screw themselves. Although this should not happen because its all so stupid.

I'll do what Conzio said, make a video showing I have the controller in my hands and how I race. Best bet for now but still annoyed about this.

[Ace3000]

Random bursts of increased speeds

Well that's just a Turbo. What gives?!

[XxSuperRyugaxX]

What the hell? This is completely ridiculous. So a random player can report who he wants, and what Sony do!? They accept the reports? This is so ridiculous, they even don't make sure to known the game before accepting reports. Those issues happens everyday, from years, and they accept reports based on them. Woah...
Hacks for this game don't exist..
I don't know, you should contact them again, and maybe link them this forum, this thread. This is just unbelievable. So for now is that a permanent ban?
Sony, you disappoint me more and more, everyday. This is not the right way to treat us.. I know what you feel because I got a permaban time ago without reason..
tsk

[Snakenator1]

The ban is not permanent but the account has been suspended so basically the account still exists and is active but it won't connect to PSN servers. The ban can become permanent however if I don't give a persuasive argument, so I'm now collecting evidence in my favour when I should be doing more important things right now.

Of all things I've wasted time on this has to be the most pathetic thing ever

[Light Buster]

Wow, this is dumb. Well, all I can do is try this:

Erratic path behavior of the craft: Lag, it's everywhere. Can't do much about it, unless you have a very good internet connection. If you get this many times, someone with horrid connection might be making this complaint.

Travelling at speeds outside of the limits of the game: Show them some runs where you can achieve a very good lap time/time trial time. There are a LOT out in Youtube.

Random bursts of increased speeds - Turbos/Barrel Rolls. Game mechanic. Direct them to Hellfire's Wipeout Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxzY...1994E3331211F5

An impossible race time for *flash speed class* - Videos of even better race times can be found on Youtube. Not a whole lot, but there are some and can even be achieved/bettered.

Craft randomly gaining air and rolling - These are game mechanics. Again, Hellfire's tutorial on the game covers it, direct them there.

If you have the name of the person/player who sent this complaint, get it, write it down, and appeal against it because only a bad sport would make these complaints.

[Snakenator1]

Well after spending the entirety of Friday recording my Wipeout sessions, collecting suitable images, using some videos on Youtube and constructing a persuasive argument with said evidence. I have sent the defending document to SCEE, all I can do now is wait for a response but my account is still down at the moment.

Has anyone ever had that feeling when they just want to punch someone in the face so hard it might make their skull disintegrate and go flying for miles (think its referred to as a falcon punch), because I have that feeling right now.

Evil sense of humour still intact, check

Also SCEE have not given me the ID of the accuser as they wanted to remain anomalous so I cannot use the name in my appeal.

[Oryx Crake]

You could possibly use this forum as a reference. that is to say, explain that this is a forum full of people who will not tolerate cheating (if you want examples of what has happened when people have been caught in the act just ask any one of the old guys), many of whom are or have been entirely dedicated to finding every trick the game has to offer within the bounds of what is "legal". Also this forum is trusted by, and indeed has members from, the wipeout dev teams.

also there is plenty of filmed evidence on youtube both of "impossible" race times (PAH!) and of latency issues and lag, for reference: "impossible race times" Small but noticable latency issues of exactly the kind they mentioned

[mannjon]

This is utterly F*in ridiculous. I think you should report this sh*tty racer and bad sport to Sony. Is it possible this 8 year old violated the minimum age requirements for online play or something? As already mentioned, just show them your record times. In fact, if you tell me what race it was, I will show them MINE. I think most of the even average pilots would have a time that would be "impossible to achieve" according to this snarky (probably little kid) pilot.

If you need to, maybe have a petition of sorts from pilots with good race times. I'm sure a list of 200 top times would strongly support your claim. Do you recall the track or time by chance?

I get messages all the time from people that claim I'm cheating. Not because I cheat rather because I practice. I usually just block and ignore these comments. It is sad to see that there are some pilots like this. It just isn't the WO way. Better yet, have them monitor the upcoming Avalon.