Pilot emergency! Need help!

[Snakenator1]

This is actually good guys because I referenced this thread in my dispute so all these replies are proving the point that I wasn't hacking the game, so all your words will hopefully be taken into consideration and thus help my cause

@mannjon: Well it was a Flash lobby where this person accused me but I can't remember any of my contenders but I know that I ended up in a lobby with a few inexperienced players so it could of been any of them, but we did a lot of races and covered tracks like Anulpha, Vineta, Moa and a lot more.
So what I've done is I took all of my Flash records and borrowed some off the wipeout leaderboards to prove that my time was within normal game limits.

However....
I will say one good thing that has come from this, I've proven to myself how far I have matured over the past few years about things like this. Honestly if you saw me when I was a lv1 inexperienced snake I may of complained about a similar thing but I didn't. Unlike other people I researched what I was doing wrong, found Hellfire's tutorial and one day made myself known here and did the best thing I could do:

Never stop practicing, persistence is key. Everyone here on this forum aren't friends to me in my eyes. You're all family

I've come a long way and soon will be celebrating my 1st anniversary as being a dedicated Wipeout pilot, I have a nice thing to celebrate it to
Also I got the beat zico trophy on my 5th lap and beat my old time of 30.72 to a new record of 30.62! I've gotten good

[mannjon]

You know, it is a good measure of how far you've come.

My first online race was with a bunch of top tier pilots. I had just finished the solo campaign, and just got my silver skin. So I got a message from Kleidoskopic asking me to help with a bling brigade run. I didn't even know what that was at that time. I recall losing by something like 14 seconds that race, and I think it was Scar that actually won. But unlike a lot of these new pilots now, I didn't think to myself: "That dude had to have been cheating." I instead thought, "WTF was that? Am I missing something here?" And I certainly was. Turns out I was missing about 4 barrel rolls per lap and 2 bad-ass shortcuts. In general, I learned that racing online wasn't even close to Elite difficulty, and I learned not to rely on computer AI exploits.

Now when I play online and I see a bunch of level 1 pilots, I think to myself: "Let's see who can get to my level without giving up in frustration." Then later I see the true pilots rise up on become worthy adversaries. Pilots that are courteous and ask questions like: "How do you do that? Why are your times so quick?" I always try to give some helpful advice. Pilots that respond with negativity and accuse me of cheating simply get blocked.

Chances are better than likely Snake, that the pilot causing all this ruckus won't ever be able to truly compete -ever. They were probably some trophy chaser, which is simply impossible in this game given that mindset. It has taken 2 years or less, to get to the point where I am now. I'm certainly not the best pilot out there, but I would definitely say that I am among the top 10% easily, and probably even among the top 2-5% (at least according to wipeoutrankings!). Anyone that is willing to graciously accept defeat, and learn from other better pilots eventually becomes a top competitor.

[terra-wrists]

freaking well said mannjon, freaking well said !!!

[blackwiggle]

Snakenator1.
You have a PM

[Snakenator1]

Thanks for the pm, task was completed in no time.

[mannjon]

I would just like to say as a general sentiment here, that this particular way of helping each other over issues like this is something that I feel personally separates this particular gaming community from others out there.

I am glad to see the willingness of others to help over this type of issue, and I am proud of all the forum members for readily providing such support to those in need.

Well done everyone. Well done indeed.

[Snakenator1]

I wish to add to that also.

I have never before considered a gaming community as a second family, it takes a lot for me to consider who or what is family in my eyes. This forum has seen me make new friends in seconds and develop as a person. All the support and help you've guys have given me during this issue means a world to me.

I will always say that this is by far the best gaming community I have ever been a member of, I'm so proud to call myself a pilot for this game series but only I could of discovered the game sooner and been a part of it for longer than I have. But that will never change the fact I am here now.

I can't do much else to show my appreciation for the support other than say this:
Thank you for changing my life forever ^_^

[Jonny]

^Just can agree

[Ragsus Maxima]

(In the background, you can hear some people saying "Daaaaaaawww...")

Considering you have pretty solid material to counter the complaint, you should be fine unless the current SCEE staff are a bunch of A-holes.

Nevertheless, that little POS has not any evidence of you cheating (because you were legit, damn!), so the most likely scenario is that jerk being suspended and you being safe.

You definitely have the upper hand, so cheer up!

[Snakenator1]

(In the background, you can hear some people saying "Daaaaaaawww...")

Dammit am I being all cute and softie again? Its a bad habit from spending time with my girlfriend
Also SCEE are now only just starting the investigation from what they said to me just now, it could be either days or weeks before I get a final verdict. Hopefully won't be to long *fingers crossed*

[mannjon]

I declare this the "National Absorb Your Weapon Day." The softer side of WOHD!

If I had an Icaras pillow, I would cuddle with it tonight, only to get a good night's sleep before quaking everyone to destruction tomorrow morning.

But seriously though, props to the community. I doubt you'll find more dedicated and close knit fans anywhere else.

[terra-wrists]

there goes the Fury

[Cipher]

Hope you get your account back! But SCEE should be embarrassed for this, suspending an account without even checking the claims, ridiculous o_O

And yes, this community is the best! <3

Cipher

[TheConzio]

This community is definitely one of a kind, I agree with every word Snake

[ND-2-SPD]

Yeah, the community is awesome. I've been here since April and it's already my favourite community of gamers (probably because we're not constantly yelling obscenities at each other)

[Snakenator1]

Well coming up to the 2 weeks mark now since the accusation, still no word from SCEE about the investigation and my account is still suspended.

Could it really take them this long to come up with a "Yes you can have your account back" lol
But in all seriousness I still don't see how the accuser could find evidence that supports them as its non-existent far as I'm aware.

*sigh* -_-

[traksta1]

Unfortunately my experience with SCEE concerning a ban was all too similar to yours in as much as one lying troll report got me what looked like an automated 1 month instaban with little recourse to justice or anyone to contact with the will or ability to exact it. Sat it out rather than bang head against brick wall. Hope your experience will be better. Good luck.

[mannjon]

I think in the event that something like this is overturned, whoever accused someone of cheating should be banned for 1 year, and the person innocent should get a free 1 year subscription to PS+

[terra-wrists]

Seriously, is this game hackable?

no, but you can become good enough to get called a cheat - happens to the best of us. So "hack ya hands"

[Snakenator1]

Dear Mr Jake Nadin

We have concluded our investigations and have reached a final conclusion. Due to substantial evidence provided in your e-mail for your defence we have decided to reverse the claim, the account "Snakenator1" has now been restored and may access PSN servers once again. No further action will be taken and this case is now closed.

We would like to show you our sincere apologies, due to the recent attack against PlayStation on the 24th August we couldn't take any chances to protect the security of members accounts thus suspending your account till further notice. In order to show our apology we have added £5 free of charge to your PSN store wallet. We would also like to apologise to the website "WipeoutZone", by sharing the link you gave us we could see how much anger this issue we may have caused for your friends.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Sincerely
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.


That was an E-mail I just received, so that means:
SNAKENATOR IS BACK!!!!!

Huzzah that makes me really happy now ^_^ plus the fact they actually apologised to this forum as well makes it a satisfying apology for me. They're forgiven in my eyes now.
So I have £7.39 to spend now

Guys a big thanks for the support on this matter, all your replies had boosted my cause and saved my account from a perma-ban, I owe you all big time.
You can never remove this pilot from his WipEout