Please help a wronged individual by simply posting a thread in the general discussion

[dipietro]

please, in the gernal discussion of the SOE boards for planetside, post this thread if you would be so kind
just title the thread "Ralphdipietro"
I have been banned from eveb PLAYING this game because I brought up someones violations of the TOS and was accused of harrassing them, and quickly silenced.

Heard of serpus?
yeah, hes probably why you post here, and not on SOE...
Well, he's rude, he insults everyone, and he creates possibly 50+ threads a day about nonsense just to spam and troll the boards,
He's got half a dozen of these "Whats your favorire GIOJOE post" on the first page of the general discussion ALONE.

Well, heres the point
I created a thread, to question why this person was still around,
It was deleted and locked, and I was warned for reffering to this person as "garbage"(While in the same thread someone called me a pansy and said something about sand in my vagina...)
To point at that I was singled out, would be an understatement

I have been banned fom even playing the game,
I do not know what serpus, or any of them over there believe I deserved, but I paid money to play this game,
I wouldnt have minded a banning from the forums, but I have BEEN BANNED FROM THE GAME

and I have been banned, for

questioning the fact someone was still around LONG after MULTIPLE OBVIOUS violations of the TOS...
I just cant begin to explain how unfair all of this really is,

banned from a game I paid for? because I brought up what HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE FEELING?
and have even mentioned themselves?
There are actually threads on the front page of the general discussion right now, THAT ARE ABOUT GETTIN SERPUS BANNED.
That are about how people agreed with me that he's out of control,


If you, kind person who decides to be my savior, would post SIMPLY THIS THREAD in the general forums over there, simply entitled "What Ralphdipietro had to say in another forum about being BANNED FROM THE GAME today because of serpus"

I cant believe that because I brought up a kids ingorance, I have been banned.
I just cant.

please, if anyone could help me,
this must be addressed over there
they are agreeing with me over there, saying "Serpus should go" "Ralph was right"
yet, THEY DONT EVEN KNOW I was banned for sayin what I said...
BANNED FROM THE GAME.
please help me

I doubt if you simply post this thread over there, with my name in the title, you'll get in any trouble,

please psot this,
if you know who serpus is, you know why this is SO messed up I was banned FROM THE GAME for questioning why he's still around

[dipietro]

OMG, spork os over there right now saying he handled it, and everyones happy now

HE IS LYING
he BANNED ME and let serpus stay

OMG, does anyone know how messed up this is?
I have been banned form playing, because I brought up the fact that this "Serpus" kid has 7 threads on the front page RIGHT NOW with titles like "My favorite GIJOE"
hes a spammer,
I pointed it out,
I got banned,

its like they prefer him there to cloud the real issues
I cant believe this

anyone who could post all this and blow the lid on this thing would be the coolest person ever

everyones over there saying how "Ralph had a legit gripe"

ThEY DONT EVEN KNOW I WAS BANNED FOR MY LEGIT GRIPE,

I cant believe this nazi **** =(

[MJBuddy]

i feel for you man...but what if i post and get banned? that would blow as well...try customer support

[dipietro]

you wont get banned
just one post,
title with my name,
and put this thread in it,
there is no effort or maliciousness on your part

they have banned me FROM playing the game,
for bringing up the violations of an OBVIOUS defender

goto the boards right now,
they are talking about it
I was banned for bringing it up,
I cant believe this,
serpus is still there, making more post to piss people off,
and I CANT EVEN PLAY THE GAME

could anyone just simply post this, please?

ic alled customer support, they said "read the eula"
Ive read it,
I was not in the wrong, yet this kid serpus, and the countless others over there were in SERIOUS VIOLATION, IN THE SAME THREADS for which I WAS BANNED for using the term "garbage" to loosely according to the developers.

This is totally bogus

[Jakal]

Alright man ill help u out. I dont own it so they cant do crap to me :) ;)

[Jakal]

can u give me a link there though?

[dipietro]

I dont think you can post then =(

[dipietro]

but THEY WONT ban you, it'll be TOO big
everyone over there is already sick of this kid,
i brought it up
they shut me up

but all you are doing is posting something said in another forum

IT IS THE OFFTOPIC forum (the developer said so himself that general discussion is opfftopic)

For posting a thread with the title of "Ralphdipietro" and posting this thread in it, is not a serious offense,

please help me out, this needs to be addressed over there, that I AM NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO PLAY because I tried to bring up an issue that needed serious attention.

[sandro113]

lets go get Johnny Cochren! :usa: Ah! The good old US of A!

[dipietro]

www.planetside.com

but if you dont have the game, you cant post,

and NO, they wont ban you for posting this,

I am in the process of contacting customer support about all of this,

I jsut wish someone would tell all of those peopole just exactly what kind of nazi special treatment BS is going on over there

there are serious, blatent violators of the TOS, and when people bring them up, WE ARE BANNED
something is wrong here.

[Jakal]

Dang man they wont let me post on there forums if i dont own the game. Sorry man i tried. Seriously you should raise hell about this kind of stuff. You paid money for a product and there denying you service. Go to a public comp and create a new name at sony then post your case on there boards. If enough ppl agree im sure they'll let u back. When did this happen by the way?

[Prowler]

I love shit like this. :lol:

[EineBeBoP]

im staying out of this, dont need more nazi admins crawling up my ass.

sorry i cant/wont help GL tho

[dipietro]

an hour ago,
and I dont know when, or if I'll be allowed to even so much as access my billing account info

basically, they have even stopped me from cancelling my account

in other words, they have effectively made it possible to steal money from me every month hence fourth, and I cant even so much as cancel the account (I have NO ACCESS to anything...the game..my billings, acounts, anything)

this isnt funny,
this aint cool
I brought up the fact that this kid is ruining the boards, he harrasses peopole, and post like 50 threads a day simply meant to start an argument,

I brought all of this up,
they banned ME FROM THE GAME,
not just the forums, the game

I just want this brought up over there,
maybe they dont know they banned me from the game, and did it on accident
it just doesnt seem right
and theres no way to even so much as address this with anyone at all

im screwed,

if anyone can post this, I dont think they'll even so much as say anything to you,
maybe it is a mistake, and we'll both thank you for being the one to point it out

theres JUST NO WAY I SHOULD BE BANNED FORM THE GAME, BUT I AM.
I think its a mistake, but until its brought to thier attention
I cant play


I mean, its one thing not to be able to post
BUT NOW I CANT PLAY BECAUSE I DEFENDED THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE READING THE FORUMS?
please, will anyone post this for me?

[EarlyDawn]

Serpus didn't violate the TOS. He's just the lighthearted humor on the forums, you were told by Spork specifically not to push the issue, and you persisted. For this reason, I really have no sympathy for you.

[teratravp]

the 'serpus' guy seems to be trolling. it sucks to be the one person who couldn't resist the bait, or perhaps was standing up for themself enough to get fucked over by sony's BS 'policies'. sorry to hear that, I heard of cases in the first week where people were banned as well for complaining about the game, so SOE is showing they can be pretty disgusting when they want to be and totally abuse their so-called right to control the community.

You were in the wrong as far as posting gameplay issues in the general chat forum, I don't know why you would bother or expect them to be paid attention to there... but the guy was obviously trolling.

the problem is jerkfire over there apparently is amused in an ironic way by the guy's antics, but that's at the expense of all the people who are being annoyed by him so way to do your job, spork.

update on what happens here, I'll be interested to know how SOE handles this. I'm thinking of getting the game in 6 months if it's a game at that point but if I keep hearing these disturbing incidents of russian roulette banning, then screw those ridiculous aholes. I don't work all day under pressure and rules and regulation to get on my computer and have another boss. I rarely run into problems online or in games, but if I do I don't go looking for some mod or internet police to save me, what a bunch of garbage and I can't believe they would consider screwing with people's money over such ambiguity. they could end up in a class action lawsuit of banned players if you think about it.

[Prowler]

Originally posted by LNS0388
Serpus didn't violate the TOS. He's just the lighthearted humor on the forums, you were told by Spork specifically not to push the issue, and you persisted. For this reason, I really have no sympathy for you.

I concur.

[dipietro]

I pushed nothing after he said that
infact, if you go back and look
my only thread after that, the one entitled "Thank you sporkfire" for addressing the issue
was the one that got me banned
get a clue,
and dont you dare stick up for such an obvious violator of the rules as serpus,

Please, can anyone post this?
I have BEEN BANNED from playing THE GAME, not just posting,

feel sorry for me or not, this is wrong

I merely brought up the fact this kid should be dealt with, and HE SHOULD
his humor isnt lighthearted,
its vulgar, rude, and insulting.
I brought that up, I was banned

this isnt right, and I dont deserve it
your a fricken jerk for even saying that and defending such a individual as serpus.

anyone who doubts me, and actually believs this kid,
please, just goto the planetside forums, and look at who has roughly 10 threads ON THE FIRST PAGE, none of which are meant for anything but to annoy, bother, spam, incite, and troll...

THis is wrong, totally wrong,
I should atleast be able to play,
all I did was bring up a legitimate issue
there is special treatment on those boards,
I see it more than ever now
but I cant believe they would KICK ME FROM THE GAME, for pointing it out...
i just cant

it must be an accident, will anyone post this for me please?

[dipietro]

This is wrong, and you both know it
if you go back and read, you'll see,
I posted nothing about him that was harrassing,
I said he was "garbage"
but thats hardly worth being banned over,

he violates the TOS everytime he post 10 threads an hour,

I brought this up, and the fact he gets special treatment, and a lot of us there are tired of him,
I was banned for doing so,

This is wrong, you know it, I know it, everyone on those boards knows it

but they dont know I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME, because I decided to ask why serpus was still around.

[Jakal]

I dont pretend to anything about the situation BUT i do know that if your paying money for something it shouldnt be taken away just because you said something someone didnt like. I mean come on guy just paid 50 bucks to buy a game and have fun. Apparently something ticked him off and he said something. And that gets him banned? Thats like getting executed for shoplifting. (Not the greatest analogy ever but it was all i could think of). Any way if he deserves a punishment (dipietro) then ban him from the boards. But dont take away something he paid hard earned money for.

[EarlyDawn]

You would think that his humor is rude, wouldn't you? Well, I find it entertaining. I also find it entertaining that you think I'm a jerk for taking his side. You're the guy who just can't deal with what you can't control.

It's also humorous how you feel you've been so wronged. If Spork said for you to drop it, don't bring it up again ,even if you're only thanking him. It will look inflamatory, that is common sense.

Why don't you apologize to Spork via email, and possibly apologize to Serpus as well? It would probably patch the situation that you started and you perpetuated .

[teratravp]

oh yeah and if worse comes to worse talk to your credit card company. they are usually pretty good about recovering your money in a case where you feel wronged by a company or whatever...

[dipietro]

no, listen
dont believe these guys
see for yourselves
please
goto the planetside forums
see what serpus post, see how many of them are on the front pages
i think theres CLOSE to 20 on the first two pages,
NOT one has any reason for being there, NOT ONE,
if thats not spamming or trolling, I dont know what is
Its been like this for weeks too

I finally decided to address it publicly,
a lot of people agreed with me
the developers didnt, I guess they prefer a mindless post bumping a legit gripe off the boards...its saves them time from addressing the issues

either way, I deserved to get banned from the game, for what I wrote? when others have OBVIOUSLY written far worst, and are still there?
Serpus, with his 20 threads today, should stil be allowed to post, while my 3 or 4 threads ABOUT POSSIBLY PUTTING A CAP ON THIS KID, was deserving of BANNING ME FROM BEING ABLE TO PLAY?
if you say yes, I can only assume your a jerk.
cause theres no reason I shouldnt be able to play right now
none
and theres especially no reason someone who spams the boards for weeks straight should STILL BE ON
especially when theres people like me bringing it up (And getting banned for it)

[dipietro]

thank you dagor, I want to see what he says, and why I was banned from playing for bringin serpus's violations up

[dipietro]

spork does not list an email
else I would email him right now and ask why I CANT PLAY for something I said about someone elses violations =(

[Jakal]

Well it is a general discussion board which means he can post whatever. The lounge here has a lot of irrelevant stuff.

[dipietro]

its not that,
this kid post in EVERY thread,
he makes sure to be the first person to insult or demean someone in EVERY thread
got the forums and do a search for his name
you'll be disgusted =(
I was =(

can anyone else post over there for me =(?

this is so wrong I CANT PLAY.
so wrong.

I could understand no posting, BUT NO PLAYING? for poitning out someone elses violations?

[Kikinchikin]

dude... that sux. i thought we lived in America here? Where theres this thing called Freedom of Speech. This works both ways here, altho serpus has a right to say w/e he wants to, u also have a right to say wut u want to about him. Wut they did to u is like a brutal dictatorship in Iraq. You say one thing, and they take u away. Much like the nazis. i feel for u man.

[EarlyDawn]

You were banned for the game for perpetuating a series of posts that were essentially flame-bait. If you don't like what he said, just ignore his posts. Everyone else in the community shouldn't have to put up with your complaining just because you have no willpower.

It's also interesting that you selectively prase those who support you, while condemming those with an alternate view to yours. Probably another factor that lead up to the flame war and your subsequent banning.

The developers want as little conflict as possible on the boards, and by continually posting about Serpus and his "violations", you were engaging in harassment. Funny how the tables turn, huh? If Sporkfire thought that Serpus was such a disturber of the peace, he probably would have been removed too. It's not some conspericy against you.

[WritheNC]

I think you should just skip right over the message board and hire some hacker to find out where Serpus lives. Then we'll talk!

[EarlyDawn]

And as a side thought, why don't you just post the majority of your topics here at PSU, the general atmosphere is more... gentle, and there's an ignore button for use in such a situation? Then, after you see how we feel about your input, you can go post it at the OFs. Similar to a safe little sandbox for you to work in.

[dipietro]

LNS
serpus HAS violated the TOS, and HAS been the incinuator of MANY incidents,

the POINT of my post was that I wanted to bring up his special treatment

and I got banned for it

I got banned for bringing up someone elses obvious violations,

this is so wrong

I got banned from PLAYING...
theres NO REASON why I couldnt continue playing because I posted a thread about SOMEONES violations on the forums...
none

[teratravp]

Originally posted by LNS0388

It's also interesting that you selectively prase those who support you, while condemming those with an alternate view to yours. Probably another factor that lead up to the flame war and your subsequent [B]banning.


Except we're not talking about some rinky **** messageboard banning or something, we're talking about $50 + $13 and shut out of the service he was paying for with nary a discussion about it. Sony either needs a lot more disciplanary options or to get a clue... you can't just take someone's money like that, and for such little reason...

[dipietro]

i agree LNS
maybe in the future,
i was just trying to defend the right of posters over there not to have to deal with serpus
he post in every thread
he has personally insulted everyone who post on those forums

I mentioned that,
and NOW I CANT EVEN PLAY THE GAME

this is SOOO totally wrong,
its ridiculous

even a permanent banning from the forums, for a year would have been more decent than banning me from the game for however many weeks this ban last,

THIS IS TOTAL CRAP.
utter crap.

[Jakal]

Listen Dipietro i was trying to help you before because you seemed like a decent guy. But whining about how bad Serpus is isnt helping you. I agree you shouldnt have been banned from playing and i agree serpus posts to much. But complaining here wont make anyone want to post about it on the official boards. I think that you probably should send a e-mail to spork asking whats going on, if you can get your service back, and if not then ask that your subscription be canceled.

[EarlyDawn]

If you have some specific points you would like to link me to, and outline the TOS versus he has breached, go ahead. Until then, everything you are posting is hearsay, and in my eyes, you have been the agressor. I haven't seen Serpus start any fights, and I haven't seen him post anything in a forum that's not suited to what he was saying.

/if you have any bullets to fire, do so, but please stop speaking out of your ass, it makes you look bad.

[dipietro]

exactly tera

and jackal
i care not to discuss serpus and his offenses on here
but there were people on here acting like I WAS IN THE WRONG, and serpus hasnt done anything

I mean, any kid with a brain and a mouse could goto planetside right now, and type in serpus in the search, and disgusted is all that I can say will DEFINANTLY come to mind

the facts are, I didnt insult a saint,
I didnt insult anyone
I didnt question the integrity of jesus christ or the pope
I brought up the fact that a certain individual has been harrassing peopel on those forums for weeks, and nothing has been done about it..
i merely brought up the question of, "WHY?"

and they gave me the "boot"

=(

i dont care about serpus..
i do care when people act like I was castrating an upstanding citizen over there, and got banned for it
that is so far from the truth its pathetic.
and that is why I posted what I have in regards to that individual

[EarlyDawn]

Originally posted by teratravp
Except we're not talking about some rinky **** messageboard banning or something, we're talking about $50 + $13 and shut out of the service he was paying for with nary a discussion about it. Sony either needs a lot more disciplanary options or to get a clue... you can't just take someone's money like that, and for such little reason...

It's a global ban. It is assumed that if he is banned from the forum, then he is banned from the game, it's common sense (To me.) What he posted was dealt with, and he persisted, so Sporkfire took proactive measures to quell what could have been a full-scale riot.

If I were banned from the game due to using a hack or some other exploit, I wouldn't expect forum use either. It just so happened that he pissed his account away on a trivial matter like one person on the forum. But hey, I don't care, now I don't have to hear his self-centered attention grabs related to such a trivial matter.

[Edit- Nary a discussion about it? He was specifically advised not to post such a topic again after a lengethy discussion about the topic. He was also talked to personally, out of the public eye. This wasn't an unexpected thing. I rather wouldn't, but if you'd like, I can even try and retrieve the specific post by Sporkfire.]

[dipietro]

LISTEN LNS,
the other day, he was so rude, sprok actually had to post in the thread and warn him TO STOP

no, he didnt do it once,it was MULTIPLE TIMES, until the thread was locked

he wasnt banned...just a public warning for it,
and it was BAD,

rude, and insulting

I dont need to "prove" anything
the fact that he's got nearly 10 post on page 1, and that nearly 5 other post have his name in it like "Please ban serpus, he's insulting and rude"
the circumstantial evidence, and the PROOF is right there,

I have done nothing but point out what the rest of the community is DISGUTED WITH
and was banned for it

Why should I go look up post THAT ARE THERE FOR YOU TO SEE?
there 200+ pages of threads,
almost all of em have something rude said by this kid,
because I am not willing to go search through all of them, i am wrong?

Listen, simply posting as much as he does, about the things he does, is spamming, and possibly trolling....
those are indisputable, and violations of the TOS
why should I get specific when the obvious violations are right there?

AND ARG, this is not what I was trying to do here,
see jakal?
I am not tryin to down serpus,
anyone who doubts me only needs to got the boards and go back maybe 5 pages and you'll see more rude and insulting comments than on any other board.

stop asking me for proof he's soo bad,
in giving you this proof, its making me look bad,
so find it yourself please.

[Jakal]

Well at least let the guy cancel his service.

[dipietro]

mainly I just want everyone to see i was banned FROM PLAYING not just from posting

anyone who would be so kind as to bring this up over there
and point out that its MAINLY THE BANNING FROM THE GAME that seems so unfair
id appreciate it

theres no reason I shouldnt be able to play for pointing out anothers violations.

[EarlyDawn]

Burden of proof is on you, not me. It's my email to Spork you're trying to win. As for looking bad, the way you've handled this debate is already killing your support, so I'd start to really think about what you say from now on.

Again, after that post was locked, Serpus continued to post, but unlike your posts, who's core message caused debate, Serpus' messages only brought up side conversations that started controversy as a side-issue, while your posts were all about controversy. You always had the option (but not the willpower) to skip over any of Serpus' messages. Nobody asked for your help to police his messages.

[Jakal]

Im not asking for proof though im saying what serpus did had no bearing on what happend to you. You should stop telling us to go check his posts. Why dont you write Spork an e-mail saying that you believe that it was unjust for him to ban you. Give me the e-mail and ill write one too. It doesn't matter if Serpus is and idiot or not. Thats a matter of opinion. What does matter is that you are having something you paid for taken away for something that really wasnt that important. Thats the real problem here.

[EarlyDawn]

I would concur, either show some specific examples or take this issue to a private forum, it's your one-man-war.

[dipietro]

well
I got a reply
now, they have said they cannot and will not help me because I accused them of illegal actions (WHICH THEY HAVE DONE)

they have prevented me from gaining access to my own account information, and fom playing a game I paid for, and have paid for ahead of time,

I mentioned this,
they wrote back "SInce you 'threatened' illegal action, we cannot help you"

this is totally bogus, what a cop out
now I cant play,
I cant get help
Im screwed
all for trying to point out the special treatment another individual is getting when he is obviously violating the rules.

[dipietro]

spork has no email listed
else I would have emailed him right off,
and as for the burden of proof
like I said, i didnt come here to rally around banning serpus again
I dont care

what I dont understand is why my attempts to point out his violations made it so I CANT PLAY THE GAME.

[The President]

Exactly Jakal.
Taking this to email would deffinetly be more effective for you, the actions of Serpus ( though they may or may not be unjust), are inconsequential really. Try the email man. Good luck with that shit.

-The President:sniper:

[EarlyDawn]

That's prettymuch SOP for any company. If you threaten legal action, the best policy is to cut all contact with the potential plaintiff.

Also, I would direct you to this clause...

6. We may terminate this Agreement (including your Software license and your Account) and/or suspend your Account immediately and without notice if you breach this Agreement or repeatedly infringe any third party intellectual property
rights, or if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to
us, or upon gameplay, chat or any player activity whatsoever which we, in our
sole discretion, determine is inappropriate and/or in violation of the spirit of the
Game as set forth in the Game player rules of conduct, which are posted at a
hotlink located at www.planetside.com. If we terminate this Agreement or
suspend your Account under these circumstances, you will lose access to your
Account for the duration of the suspension and/or the balance of any prepaid
period without any refund. We may also terminate this Agreement if we decide,
in our sole discretion, to discontinue offering the Game, in which case we may
provide you with a prorated refund of any prepaid amounts.

[Jakal]

Does anyone know Sporks E-mail?
Hamma?

[Jakal]

So basically they reserve the right to cancel his service right? OK but they cant continue charging for it right? Wow i said right way to much

[EarlyDawn]

I would assume as soon as his account is siezed/terminated so is the contract, and hense, the transaction, so I'd assume they can't legally bill him for an account he can't access anymore. Just speculation, though.

[dipietro]

so can anyone else go over there and post "Ralphdipietro has been banned from PLAYING THE GAME"?


thats all I ask
i cant find an email
I threatened no legal actions,

They are stonewalling me

this is wrong,

[EarlyDawn]

Terrible runon sentence there, too lazy to fix. It's late, bear with me :o

[Jakal]

Someone really should post that for him i mean it's only fair that they should know his situation.

[BiZKiT]

Spork prolly favors Serpus cause he takes the attention off all the bad PS issues (lag/bugs/unbalance/ect.). Makes all the angry customers fucos on something else. Sorry this had to happen to you. Hope you are able to play again soon. That really is unfair...

[Jakal]

I have to say though legally your fucked. You signed a contract thats legally binding. Which means unless they change there minds your stuck.

[EarlyDawn]

Ah, and I just found this on the OF, for those interested:

Originally Posted by ralphdipietro
serpus is useless garbage.
If he would make one thread with a topic that has anything to do with discussion ABOUT PLANETSIDE, I'd **** my pants.
Not to mention, he insults everyone he talks to, in every thread he can..
especially those who REALLY need help or suggestions,
those are the ones he's extremely rude to,
I dont mind when he insults me, I can just imagine a kid who calls himself serpus sitting in a closet of a room in his parents house in the middle of the afternoon...typing the things he does

lol, no, i dont get insulted,
but someone must not be able to see through this kids ignorance,
and I feel sorry for those people..(Not as sorry as I feel for serpus's mom, but sorry none the less)

Serpus's mom
Left This bit out, didn't check it, but may be inapproperate


If that's not a TOS violation, I don't know what is.

[Kikinchikin]

hmm honestly ralph, i cant find many serpus posts, in the first 8 pages hes posted no more than some. unless theyve been deleted...

[dipietro]

if by some, you mean 17, than ok (Just counted)
and many were deleted, your right.
most of his vulgar ones,
not to mention the fact that he'sn nearly every thread trying to incite something
did you check for that

sures theres just 17 threads made by him since yesterday (That havent been deleted)...
how many has he ruined?

and you want a serpus post? fine?
then im done here, I didnt come HERE to argue about serpus
there is no argument
I looked for JUST a moment, and found this for you
sure, it aint bad,
but on a gaming forum,
its just uncalled for, and ignorant,

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum10/HTML/000604.html
maybe THIS ONE isnt in violation, but this is JUST A QUICK example of this ignorant crap this kid post,

so I brought it up, big deal,
now im banned,

Now, even though my post you posted may look bad, (Though I DOUBT IT)...it makes sense when you read this crap this kid post
I called him garbage, yes, and he most likely is, and he post garbage also,(And believe me, HE has called me FAR WORST)
I said he lives with his parents, which he most likely does
I said little else other than BLATENT FACTS, (Which were competent observations)

hardly worthy of banning me from the game,

[Ouroboros]

From what LNS posted, you did nothing but flame Dipietro. Seriously though, flaming the guy you though did wrong is not the best idea to do bring up your issue.

[Pilgrim]

Just for the record tonight on Emerald Serpus (or someone named serpus) was in the Sanc talking about how he got banned from the OF.

I don't really care what people do in the general chat, posting your lunch was kinda fun amongst the 2000 nerf posts.

As for you pietro, I know that the big evil corporate entity that is SOE is trying to get you, adn that this entire situation is horridly unfair, but the absolute LAST thing you do is get more forum spam going about FREE PIETRO!

Deal with it like the adult you claim to be, call a CSR, Write an E-mail, but if you Honestly think that a forum petition is going to change your state then you are sadly mistaken.

I can say you shot your mouth off somehow to earn that ban... now live with the consequence, as unfair as they may be.

PAX

[BiZKiT]

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum7/HTML/008542.html

and

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum7/HTML/008526.html

[Skyline]

For those of you wondering...
http://www.station.sony.com/en/services/help/procedures.jsp
--------------------------------------------------
1. To ensure every user's rights are respected, Sony Online Entertainment will not tolerate the following:
1.1 Harassment of another member, including threats, unwanted contacts via chat or message boards.

1.2 Participation in abusive, defamatory, threatening, or offensive language or behavior.

1.3 Participation in bigoted, hateful, or racially offensive statements.

1.4 Participation in antisocial, disruptive, or destructive acts. This includes but is not limited to, "flaming", "spamming", and "trolling". "Flaming" is defined as: Making insulting criticisms or remarks to incite anger. "Spamming" is defined as: Sending numerous and or unwanted and disruptive amounts of messages. "Trolling" is defined as: Stirring up trouble to incite disruption. An example of trolling would be posting to a thread without the intent to provide positive suggestions or comments and instead making negative and or disruptive comments.

--------------------------------------------------

>>An example of trolling would be posting to a thread without the intent to provide positive suggestions or comments and instead making negative and or disruptive comments.<<

Is this not the single thing that Serpus does most? I also quoted Kennyth, a pro-Serpus person, as stating that he enjoys watching Serpus bash ralphdipietro on a daily basis. Is that not enough? Use the search button yourself, the proof is there. But I suppose he's just going to get away with it. Whatever. I'm sure Serpus won't be bothering people in the future because he won't want to actually look like he did it before.


From Zhyzak on the General Chat at planetside.com

There is the hard proof LNS0388


This is all rediculious

[dipietro]

I know, I was wrong
but wrong enough to not only get banned from the forums, but from THE GAME?

I cant PLAY THE GAME I PAID FOR...
and all because I said something about someone I felt deserveing of the comments, and someone disagreed with me.

If they just made it so I couldnt post what they dont like, then fine.

Why can I now not have the option of playing because I had a legit grief that HUNDREDS of other players have with someone?

I was vocal about it on a forum in approx. 3 threads.
all of which were locked or deleted before they hit hardly 10 post.
I was warned one time...I stopped shortly there after,
I was even told it was all good,
then 45 minutes later I CANT EVEN LOG IN TO PLAY THE DANG GAME.

No matter how you look at it,
what I said, was HARDLY deserving of NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY A GAME I PAID FOR.....
especially when considering I wasnt talking about the virgin mary
it was a kid, who is probably guilty of 98% of what I said...

theres just no reason why I cant be playing this game during my free months trial WHEN I PAID $50 for this game like everyone else

I was FLAMED worst than what you read there that I posted, IN THE VERY THREAD that post was written in.
People were getting rude, and vulgar,
yet somehow the developer chose to point me out and say "Stop harrassing serpus"
as people were sitting there saying comments like "poor baby has sand in his v*gina" and other insulting, "HARASSING" vulgar comments like that...

IN THE SAME THREAD,
the point is not only that there is some serious special treatment here,
but I got ROBBED big time in this situation...
while others get away scott free having commited worst crimes RIGHT in front of my obviously less vulgar and insulting violations.

[Skyline]

I agree bann'em from the forums. Both for all i care. But the game? That is retarded on Sporks part. Makes little to no sense.

[dipietro]

WAIT
WAIT
so serpus is banned, BUT can STILL PLAY?

WTF?

Oh my ****** GOD....
I am calling sony tommorow morning

[Skyline]

I'm pretty sure he's probably using his 7-day key. I doubt he had/has any friends to give it to.

[dipietro]

Skyline, seriously, GO BACK OVER to the forums and make a thread for me PLEASE

"Why was ralphdipietro banned FROM BOTH THE FORUMS AND THE GAME, while serpus was just banned from the forums?"

Please man, I cant get an answer from sony at all, they think I wanna sue em

maybe its a mistake on thier part

THERES JUST NO REASON WHY HE IS JUST BANNED FROM THE FORUMS
while I AM BANNED FROM THE GAME

Man, and I actually play the game unlike serupus
this is bogus

man, you gotta help me,

please,
this is crazy.

[Skyline]

Your thread is already linked on there and i bumped it.... i'll bump it again before i go to sleep.

[SERPUS]

Don't blame me ralph, I'm not the one who threatened sony with 'strong legal rammifications' and 'court actions.' I just asked people what they had for lunch today.


Nice going.

[dipietro]

listen serpus, one question,
can you play now, or not?
if you say yes, sony is getting a nice little phone call tommorow

banning me from the fourms, maybe
the game, possibly
but giving you some half ban and ME A FULL BAN?

thats totally unfair and WILL be dealt with ASAP

please, answer yes, gimme a reason to call.

are you playing on your account?

[SERPUS]

Apologize and I'll answer

[dipietro]

and serp, I never said anything like that
its OBVIOUS now that you DO know one of the people who has the ability to ban people,

I will speak with them tommorow about this

as for what I said to them, tis between me and them
I mentioned my RIGHT as a consumer to mention this to the BBB,
that is not a legal ramification,
them refusing to deal with me because of mentioning the BBB could look REALLY bad if I were to go to the BBB

The BBB is there for consumers, it is OUR right to file complaints with them
it IN ITSELF is not a legal course of action,
for them to refuse to acknowledge me on that basis would be a falsification.

The BBB would be none to pleased if a complaint were filed with such facts at hand.

If you mention the BBB at a restaraunt your at, the restaraunt owner cannot refuse to serve you (Without expecting legal recourse)....
plus, the BBB allows you to report incidents annonymously
how is reporting them, and this incident to the BBB a legal action if its done annonymously?

and as for them doing ANYTHING to me for possibly even considering that,
if Im not mistaken, its a violation of my rights as a consumer within the borders of the united states,

I could be wrong though
maybe the big bad sony is already prepared with a 50 page report as to why they must not handle me if I mention the BBB.

the BBB is there for consumers who get the shaft.
I got the shaft,
First, as the BBB reccomends, I am trying to handle it through the actual perptrator,
Then, if the issue cant be resolved, filing a complaint is more than reasonable.


look at what it did to other MMogs
(The BBB themselves bring the suit, not the individuals who file the complaints, hence the complaint themselves are not a legal recourse but may result in one)

[dipietro]

Sorry

Now answer, please
and dont lie
I dont want to look like a fool
if I call em and get into this whole speel about how your playing and im not, and then they go "You have both been banned from BOTH playing and posting"
and I go duh.

seriously,
sorry,
NOW TELL ME
I need to know this,
if they are treating me unfairly I have the right to know

Sorry, now, tell me honestly please.
am I calling them tommorow morning? (Are you still allowed to play?)

[SERPUS]

Ok then, if that's how its gotta be. It's a shame your internet life is so miserable.

WHAT DID U EAT 4 LUNCH TODAY?

[SERPUS]

Did you really think that trolling your misery to these boards would help your cause?

[Skyline]

He seems to be keeping his in one thread. Rather then spamming 100 different ones.

[dipietro]

ARG

please, serp
just tell me man
I dont wanna have to go thru all of this tommorow assuming something that isnt true
Fine, I had some checkers.
happy?

now, please,
were you playing today with your main or 7 day account?

I aint tryin to start **** here,
I even said it in the beggining of the thread,

I still think your a shmuck, but that doesnt mean we gotta start gettin each other banned.
its stupid.

I actually play this game, I only post at work
so now
im sitting at home,
and im posting
thats making me mad,
I prefer playing (even though im hittin up some CS in between posting sessions, im still mad I cant grab a few bases in PS right now)

sorry,

its over,
your still a shmuck
im still an ass,

now tell me, please

[SERPUS]

I'll sleep on it. Goodnight

[dipietro]

serp, i aint gettin into it here
I brought it to these boards soley to get a little say back on the main ones,

I just wanted to see if JUST MAYBE it was a mistake im banned from THE GAME....

but I guess if you are too, its a standard ban

but if your playin the game with your main account, but just not allowed to post...I should be allowed also...

anyways, im over gettin into this crap here,
I wanna play games when im home, not post mindless s*** talk..(Thats for work)

[NightWalker XI]

dipietro I hope it wasn't you who directed SERPUS to these forums...:mad:

[dipietro]

serp
your sucha piece of s***

I'll just assume your banned also.

Your scum man
im tryin to call it quits, and you keep this crap goin long into the night

ever notice how ive never posted on the boards past 10?
its cause I GO HOME.
im only posting now, cause I have nothing else to do (On the PC)

truce

I dont even care if you answer now,
Im assuming its a big NO, cause you probably would have bargged about it by now

[dipietro]

dude, not at all
im surprised he's here also

he's not acting like he does over there
but he's still being a shmuck

serp, why cant you just have ONE normal conversation?

answer a few questions, have a few decent sentences exchanged?
why man?

I dont even care about those other forums...no one knows you here...why cant you stop being such a ****?

[NightWalker XI]

Hey dipietro see that little [I] button on the bottom right of SERPUS' post, click on it, it works wonders

[dipietro]

I know man,
I dont wanna ignore him at the moment though
I wanna see what he has to say

hes one of those people

he KNOWS how to **** you off without making it look like he did in front of others

its why im banned right now, cause I tried to point these things out and they yelled at me for "harrassing" him...

I just wanted to know if he couldnt play either, but as you can see...he's at it again =(

[NightWalker XI]

[EDITED]

[dipietro]

I should,
I really should.

but i wanna hear if he has, even the remotest of decent things to say,

at all,

ever.

Its like he's always trying to say, what he thinks will most p*ss you off...
thats not cool
that kind of attitude shouldnt be allowed on the forums
I tried to point this out
I was banned for singling him out I guess,

was it worth it? (If serpus never acts the way he did again..yes)
but since we all know thats no happening...it probably wasnt worth it in retrospect,

I shoulda just waited for evolution to take its course and let him get his own self kicked out.

im a fool.

[SERPUS]

Let's be friends

[dipietro]

serp, you tell me whether your still allowed to play the D*** game with your main account, and I'll send a hooker over there to give you a ******* BJ.

just tell me.
please.

[SERPUS]

What benefit will I gain from this?

[dipietro]

sigh...
serpus, I could goto bed right now, not having to worry about making a phone call in the morning if you tell me,

thats a benefit for me.

for you?
I dont know, make one up man,
Im merely asking for an answer I'll end up getting tommorow,
I just wanted to know if you could help me out
i didnt expect to see you posting here
but while your here, I dont see why you can tell me if your banned from the game
(well, I can see why)
but I dont see why you cant act normal for once.
have a decent conversation
answer a question with a legitimate response

once?
please.

[SERPUS]

I mean, jeeze man, some of that stuff you posted really hurt my feelings. Why did you have to make it so personal?
:confused:

[dipietro]

we being serious now?

(If so, im sorry...i take things personal..im jewish..we do that)

[theshadowduke]

Ok, I have now come here. dipietro, I have taken up your case in the official forums. A forum ban was probably necessary, but a total ban was uncalled for. serpus, just be an adult please. Did you get banned? Yes or no.

[SERPUS]

I think I'm being totally reasonable so far.

[dipietro]

except you havent answered my question...lol

and, hey, if you were serious in that last post,
im sorry,
seriously
i mean, i know just blatently referring to someone as garbage is a little bit of a low blow..but DAMN MAN...you can really bother someone when/if you want.

and besides, its the internet (I can say I bench 300 lbs, and you live in a dungeon..but WHOS to say its not the other way around?)

if it really got to you, seriously, dont think about what I said as an observation, but a guess.
if it was a good guess..then..well....im an a$$,

sorry.

[SERPUS]

I'll chat with you more tomorrow. Tonight, I tire.

[dipietro]

also
one last note, cause now your making me feel like I gotta make excuses for my careless insults,

but Im at work when im posting,
near the end of a 1-10,
having not been stoned, since 1.
and probably having not eaten, since 2.

Now, take into effect that im now lookin foward to getting off work, getting stoned, gettin fed, (And who knows, possibly gettin laid).....and then add serpus to the equation

"die noob haxor die joo suxors" or whatever...

Now, certaintly, if you could just take ONE of the elements out of the equation, I might be able to go without going off on you...
but for some reason...being at work in my little cubbicle....having no buzz at all, starving, and having not been laid in, well, lets say since Ive been psoting here =(.....one tends to be a little ruthless when he feels he's being attacked,

sorry for the lame excuses, its the best I can do, at 2 am, stoned, drunk, fed, and tired.

lol.

let it go.
I dont even know what I said earlier (Or 5 minutes ago for that matter)

[dipietro]

oh, and thanks duke, I noticed you had my back over there

I just cant believe I CANT PLAY THE GAME for something said in the forums,

and what I said wasnt even that bad

its all because I questioned the big bad "sporkinator"
and now im BANNED FORM PLAYING THE GAME

I jsut dont get it

forums maybe

THE GAME?
why?

is spork just tryin to flex?

[The President]

Serp just answer with a yes or no, such as to put this thread finally to rest.

-The President:sniper:

[dipietro]

pres
you dont know serp I guess
he could post a hundred more times with a "maybe next post, but for now I'll annoy you" message, and we'd all still be no closer to getting an answer out of him

but he's being pretty reasonable here (Besides the whole lack of an answer thing)

but I didnt expect him to answer me (just hoped)

[The President]

I hear ya man, is this an indeffinite ban or are you just banned for X amount of time. If its indeffinite that'd be terrible, if its just for X amoutn of time, I'd still email or call and try to get it retracted but if not I'd just wait it out. Good luck again bro.

-The President:sniper:

[dipietro]

whats sad is everyone over there is going "Ralph deserved this" or "that"

but they dont even know I CANT EVEN PLAY THE GAME RIGHT NOW
forget posting
I only post while at work

I CANT PLAY BECAUSE I SPOKE UP AGAINST SPORK?
why would sony even give this guy the ability to ban ME FORM PLAYING?
that gives him the power to seriously screw thier playerbase...
why would they let him have the abilities to ban me FROM BOTH PLAYING AND POSTING,

and WHY WOULD HE DO IT over something so trivial as posting stuff like "Thanks spork", or "Why spork"
banning me from posting..sure..

FROM THE GAME OVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

thats total nonsense, and thats the point

I wish someone would jsut go over there and post "Listen, RALPHDIPIETRO can NO LONGER PLAY the game beacuse of a disagreement with spork...not just post...HE CANT PLAY"

maybe spork didnt mean to ban me so harshly,
or maybe people over there will read that and go "Wow, so at any moment I can be banned FROM THE GAME for what I say?..whoah"

this is just crazy
I had no idea they could BAN ME FROM THE GAME for posting something SO TRIVIAL.
what nazi shit. (pardon my french)

[dipietro]

not forever at all

but its the fact,

I CANT PLAY

not just post

Iwouldnt mind an indefinative posting ban,
BUT ANY KIND OF PLAY BAN should be seriously considered before you restrict the player FROM THE ONLY THING HE'S PAYING YOU FOR...
I cant believe you could just ban people like that FROM THE GAME....
for something so trivial at that....

[dipietro]

Yo, someone warn that tephlon guy that was he's saying about me is the same "harassment" i was banned for

if you dont warn him,
i'll be sure to pass the threads on to the head of customer support who was the one emailing me about this situation,

just tell him to cool it,
its bothering me that he can talk like that "FAR WORST THAN I DID" so blatently without any regard of being banned,

yet im sitting here UNABLE TO EVEN PLAY, because I disagreed with an admin.
about a disagreeable person.
yeah, I posted after he locked and deleted my threads on the topic,
its not like the topic was dried up baby fetus's or something,
it was about an individual causing grief to others on the boards....

he coulda taken my posting privelages or something..
and if he HAD to take em both
or none at all
he coulda been a little more lenient on the ban

I MEAN, not allowing someone to PLAY A GAME THEY ARE PAYING YOU FOR, for something they DID OUTSIDE OF THE GAME...sounds a little shady to me.

[dipietro]

sigh, and can someone tell bizzarot that I was banned WHILE I WAS AT WORK,
before I ever had a chance to get home and even SEE the email they sent me and reply to them....

They banned me for having a disagreement with spork, and posting when he told me not to (Kinda like I didnt ask how high when he said jump)

and the topic itself was about as ontopic to what was going on (Board being spammed) as could possibly be....

I just dont get it,
it WAS UNFAIR
I cannot PLAY THE GAME due to something that was said outside of the game

see? people over there HAVE NO CLUE how ****** up this **** is....

they think I went off on SOE and now im banned
no, I was banned nad couldnt play, and then went off on them
and will be doing so again tommorow, and again and again.....
until they let me play the game ive already paid for.....

but what NO ONE CAN CLAIM is that I did anything other than what IS SITTING RIGHT THERE AS EVIDENCE IN THE FORUMS to get banned.

[dipietro]

ahh, never mind, now it makes sense

the same guy claiming "Ralph was probably banned for something else than what we saw, he probably did something bad we dont know about"

is also the very same person who posted "Serpus is gone, how sad"
and then in the thread it says something like he'll miss his ignorant comments or something...
I dont rememeber
go read it

I feel better though,
the doubters, are just doubters because they know IM RIGHT....

its like...they actually choose to defend someone they know is probably wrong,
and chastize me when they know I probably broke the rules about as much as most of them do WITH EVERY POST.

i feel a little better now, those who are being ignorant, are also blatently supporting serpus, and claiming he is so "cool" and "leet" according to them...
figures...

anyways, no worries,
those who have any intelligence are posting reasonable comments,
those who have none, arent.
as usual.

[dipietro]

AND SO NOW HE'S BACK POSTING OVER THERE....
which means he can OBVIOUSLY PLAY ALSO

TOTAL BS

I am calling sony first thing in the morning.
first thing.

this is totally bogus.
unfair treatment is rampant there
but worst of all, those commiting this unfair treatment have the power to TAKE AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO PLAY THE GAME.
for something I did outside the game...

this is wrong

serpus,
I'll deal with all this tommorow.
and I will be mentioning the obvious harrasment and the overall disgust with your attitude to someone in person,

not to mention the fact that you probably know one of the admins (Spork)

this is bogus
theres no way this kids still psoting and playing WHEN I CANT EVEN PLAY for what I posted OUTSIDE THE DAMN GAME

[SERPUS]

teehee

u r teh looser

[dipietro]

guess so
thanks for answering my question finally
Im glad I didnt goto bed before checking the boards,
now I can make sure I call em first thing,

you got a warning or something?
I got banned FROM EVEN PLAYING THE GAME....

something is wrong here....
it will be addressed.

[SERPUS]

who ya gonna call?

Ghostbusters?

[dipietro]

PLEASE TELL that guy to stop spreading lies
I WAS BANNED FOR WHAT YOU PEOPLE CAN SEE RIGHT THERE
and NOTHING MORE

there is NOTHING more to the story of my BANNING FROM THE GAME

however, there will be more to the story of how it is resolved.

[SERPUS]

it's none of my business.

I've decided on my own terms not to post there anymore.

[dipietro]

858-577-3100
already left two messages,
and sent roughly 5 emails to the head of customer relations (with 4 replies)

and I also just called and left one more message a moment ago, reminding them I am expecting a phone call, and I was sure to mention a few select threads, and customers in thier forums
right now, i am a disgruntled customer
who tried to complain
and then got his product taken away for doing so
I will now call them, relay my complaint in person so to speak, and then ask that the mistake of taking away a PRODUCT I PAID FOR, for no reason, could be fixed.

it aint rocket science

thx for lettin me know your still playin and postin

[SERPUS]

Did it ever occur to you that you're wrong?

[dipietro]

so THEY give you a CHOICE?
yet they decide to RESTRICT me FROM EVEN PLAYING?

all for stuff thats unrelated to actually playing the game.
for incidents outside of gameplay I AM NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY A GAME I PAID FOR?

but, you, were given a choice to leave?

[SERPUS]

I wasn't given anything.

I made the choice.

[dipietro]

wrong about BEING BANNED FROM THE GAME?

I deserved to BE BANNED FROM PLAYING because I disagreed with spork in an offtopic forum about something?

Am I wrong that THAT IS WRONG?

[SERPUS]

Yes
Why make such a big issue out of it?

[dipietro]

So I deserved to NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY because of a comment in an off topic forum?

not just not be able to post?

your a d*ck.

Im gonna make sure I make a formal complaint, however I can, on the phone, over email, to anyone I can about your tauntingly rude behavior.

I deserve to NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY?
your a total a$$ if you BELIEVE that.

[SERPUS]

And to think I really made an effort to help you with your computer problem, and the only thing you could repay me with was a slew of homophobic remarks.

[dipietro]

because its WRONG
It was WRONG
if you actually believe that was a just thing to do, you should move to pakistan, or iran...
somewhere where such tolerance is more of a norm, than an exception.

and so, I deserve to get BANNED FROM PALYING for disagreeing with spork about you,
but you dont deserve to get banned for your 40 trolling threads today?

right?
we'll see if the rules really only apply to select people tommorow
by the time I got off work, they were closed,
im callin when I wake

this is ridiculous
im pointing out all of the violations I can by every poster,
and then Im gong to force them to read off to me, what exactly got me banned so I can here them say IT TO THEMSELVES how retarted it was TO BAN ME FROM THE GAME for what happened,

[SERPUS]

Do you mash your keyboard buttons really hard when you type?

[dipietro]

listen
you never once tried to help me with anything
no one on those boards has ever helped me with anything,
ive posted questions, but because of people like you, I only get jackass answers.


listen, its cool
we'll settle all this tommorow, Maybe I'll even get a chance to TALK to spork
I wanna hear him tell me that I DESERVE not to play for disagreeing with him,
I just wanna hear him say it with a straight voice without laughing at how ridiculous it sounds.
and then I wanna read him one of YOUR post, and ask him how your still here...
and HEAR what he has to say
its a lot harder to be vague over the phone
like they are with these emails

[SERPUS]

You could always call me instead.

[dipietro]

are you admitting to being a developer, or knowing one personally?
So they let thier devs post the crap you do and get away with it, and then im banned for bringin it up?

[dipietro]

all right kid,
gimme your number, i''ll call you, i got a few words for you anyways,
you got some other numbers I can call? your little developer friend?

maybe an address? near north florida?

[SERPUS]

I hope they ban us both from here. That would just make my day.

As a matter of fact I am in North Florida.

[dipietro]

wait a min
serpus, are you banned and just posting, and playing with your 7 day account?

[SERPUS]

So are you going to call or what?

[dipietro]

really?
gainesville florida here,
care to elaborate?

[dipietro]

ummm

call? what?
soe, tommorow morning? yes.

[SERPUS]

I'm sleepy again.

[dipietro]

listen kid, you getting tough with me?
seriously?
we can agree on a public place,
I'll meet you there, bring a camera, and slap you as hard as I can while one of my friends video tapes it, bring it back here, and post the pics.

think I'm joking?
reits union on campus in gainesville? the hub? somewhere in ocala? near orlando?

your really starting to bother me now...
speak up

[SERPUS]

Look out your window.

[dipietro]

ha, seriously, I would give anything to get a hold of you right now...I'm almost tenmpted to head over to the waffle house, (it aint far)

but, obviously, your just trying to get me to waste my time

however, if you can tell me what street the waffle house is on in gainesville, I will leave my house right now.
(Hint: its a number...in the teens)

[theshadowduke]

Ok guys, chill for a second. What I want to know is how spork exactly dealt with this. I can, and will, give my email adress here, if I can get 2 things.
1) a promise that you will not spam me
2) that both of you will stop antagonizing each other.

Ok? Does that sound fair?
I also want both of you to read my last comment on my thread. Serpus, since you can still post, go ahead, but dont be childish ok?

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum7/HTML/008526.html

[dipietro]

ofcourse, serpus just getttin me goin again

oh well, like I said,
thanks for atleast letting me know Im getting the shaft here, and i'm the only one,

have fun feeling tough kid.

[dipietro]

duke
he banned me..simple as that

from playing, from posting, from even accessing my stats or account info
im locked out
because I disagreed with spork

WHY DOESNT ANYONE OVER THERE GET THIS?
I was banned FROM PLAYING simply for disagreeing with spork and not listening to him with regards to serpus

[SERPUS]

It's nobody's fault but your own.

[dipietro]

listen I have no problem with serpus

but I dont see how it ISNT clear to ANYONE and EVERYONE who reads what he writes THAT HE IS TRYING TO INCITE A FIGHT...
I tried to mention this in the forums, and GOT BANNED FROM THE GAME

now im over here, just trying to get answers...and he follows me here, to start another fight,

this kid is a total jerk, and to think they kicked me OUT OF THE GAME, yet let him remain in the forums, and in the game...

SOE is run by nazis (or they give power to a few of em)
its total filth.

[SERPUS]

There you go again.

[dipietro]

ofcourse, much as it was the persons fault who got struck by lightning for being in the wrong spot at the wrong time

lord spork decided to send down a bolt, and I was unlucky enough to be there when it landed, so ya I guess it is my fault


It may be my fault, but ITS STILL NOT FAIR.
its not right, its not proffesional, its not good business,
and its just downright shady
that they would kick me from a game I paid for, OR EVEN COULD FOR THAT MATTER, for saying something OUTSIDE of the game in an "off-topic" forum.

[dipietro]

again?
I never said any of this on those boards..

im saying it NOW because I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM PLAYING, FOR SAYING SOMETHING IN AN OFF TOPIC FORUM THAT NEARLY 90% of the player base would consider mild AT BEST.

[theshadowduke]

why must you both be so childish? I'm offering to help you ralph, and you spit in my face? And serpus, you dont even respond. I'm trying to help you too. Good lord, I'm never helping anyone again.

[SERPUS]

The Waffle House across from the University Hospital or the one on 13th St?

[SERPUS]

I had previously stated that I have chosen not to post on the PS boards.

[bizzarot]

Hey, I'm not gonna pretend to know what really happened between you and sporkfire.. I'm not saying that you deserved a ban from playing planetside.. I don't know what happened.. I wasn't spreading any lies in the other forums, i was simply stating some facts.. Just because people think serpus is funny, you call them idiots.. That doesn't help you get any sympathy.. Also, You claim not to have a problem with serpus, but you obssesed over him for a few days and continue to do so here.. It's the past and move on, try to get this ban issue resolved.. I don't understand why you continue to argue with serpus over something that got you in trouble in the first place..

[dipietro]

duke I dont recall saying anything to you,
sorry if I did
im just annoyed right now

serpus,
you serious, or just looked up that info on that net at wafflehouse.com?

it may be 5 am..but im game buddy.
i hope you weigh more than 120 lbs.

[dipietro]

your llame serpus
i just type in gainesville waffle house in google
first 5 returns said across from unviersity hospital and 13th st.

loser.

[dipietro]

serpus came here,
I didnt go get him

infact, HE CAN STILL POST OVER THERE
i dont see why he's even here starting trouble.

he knows what hes doing.

[SERPUS]

Goodnight, I'm going to bed for real this time. I have a staff meeting in the morning to decide which of my lame employees I'm going to fire.

[dipietro]

thought so,
goto bed kid,

im so bothered by you right now,

i can honestly say you are truly a person who feeds off being responsible for bothering others

good night

[bizzarot]

well, your original post wants this thread over there.. It's all good.. I came here to read this post and all i did notice you type was SERPUS THIS, SOE THAT, SERPUS THIS, SOE THAT.. Now I don't see why someone wouldn't come to a thread that continued trashing them.. seems like he came here to talk things out with you, somewhat in aserpus manner.. You guys even made up for a bit there.. anyway, my advice is let it go and work on the ban issue, threatening eachother with a real life fight is one of the most idiotic things i have ever heard.. Listen to yourselves..

[dipietro]

no one is threatening,
he brought it up first,
look

Im sorry if any of you had to read any of this
i get ignorant at night
and then when I think someone lives within a short drive is threatening me, I get jumpy,
im sorry

BUT, I must say, I did not come here to insult serpus some more
if that seems my intent, I truly regret that, for it was not.

it was only to possibly bring this point up back at the boards, and ask WHY was I banned, simply for disgreeing with an admin in the off topic forums, FROM THE GAME?
Thats all I wanna know

and NO, there wasn nothing else that happened
I was banned before I ever had a chance to ever send an email
I made sure I couldnt playthe game, before I even bothered calling and leaving a message,
but once I realized I was banned form the game, I decided enough was enough
there is some serious differential treatment going on in those forums
I want it addressed,
as a customer, I want this done.
if it took me getting banned to prove it, fine.
just proves my point even more

but as a customer, they must listen to me complaints,
about the service, the policies, the customer relations, and whatever else I can propose in the form of a legitimate grief with SOE.

later all

good night

[dipietro]

duke, I just read all that you posted
sorry if I said something to offend you
I'd bet money it was meant for serpus though, lol

anyways, thanks for throwin a decent word in for me

i know im an ass
and probably deserving of never being allowed to post again

BUT TAKING AWAY MY PLAYING PRIVELAGES FOR NOT LISTENING TO AN ADMIN IN AN OFF TOPIC FORUM?

when my ingame play was flawless, I never griefed, or exploited, and always played in squads and teams
anyone who has played with ralpher on emerlad or markov knows when they're in my group, we use voice whenever possible
we coordinate
we have fun

yet im banned from playing, because of a disagreement with an admin in an offtipic forum, about a disagreeable person =(

[Sputty]

Dipietro, spamming is wrong. That's all you've done here. Surprisingly, even with this thread Serpus was very civil so nmo need to just flame him. BTW, if you say that you werent spamming continually double, triple or even quadruple posting, is spamming. Also, you just continually said the same thing over and over, although you occasionally just flamed.

[Sputty]

Goddamnit..stupid fucking piece of useless shit internet connections. Anyway, oops.

[sniper4evr26]

man, that really sux. they are just taking your money every month and you cant do anything about it? screw frickin customer service, there not gonna help u any more than SOE, you should take this to the courts(or then again, maybe not, just a thought.)

[xisko]

they cant get money to u for a game u cant play... go to courts guy. is all u can do. u really dont need think about u was post in forums. U need to think u pay for no play... is the important thing. In this point i agree with u.

[beavis88]

Call your credit card company, explain that SOE won't let you cancel your account, and contest the charges. The consumer has about 100x the power of the retailer when it comes to shit like this.

[Navaron]

dipietro

Quit bumping your own lame thread.

You got exactly what you deserved. I read your bullshit yesterday before you drug your crap over here.

Regardless of what Serpus does or how it annoys you, he does it in the right arenas, while you seems to be an over emotional child who can't control themself.

*edit* - Next time read what you sign before you go around taunting and tempting a member of Sony payroll.

Both of you.

Here at PSU we have PM function. USE IT. No one gives a shit about your petty arguements, and much less wants to read about it.

Spamming will get you banned. Keep your spam to the lounge.

[ElianG0nzales]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAHAHAHA!!!!!!./.

SIPROS GAWT YEW GUUD!!!!!1 HAHAHAHAAAHAHAAAA
DIPPETER YEW SOWN LYKE MUSH HED. STAWP BEEING SO STEWPED!!./

I MEEN HELLLLLOOOOOOO???? SIPROS OWNDED YEW!!!!

[BrileyPS]

Well this has been a interesting read...although I didn't take time out of my month to read the whole thread:) Dipietro, I will talk to Spork sometime today to see what's up in your case, and why it was taken to this measure of you getting banned from game. Even though I agree that you should have been banned from the boards, along with Serpus...since both of you in my opinion flammed on the official boards. But might I give you one, slightly small piece of advice....even if you feel wronged, you do not go into a discussion with threatening legal action. That does, instantly kill any further possibility of smoothing out the situation, and only brings it to another level. I am just a artist on Planetside, and will just look into this to see how it got to where it is..so don't expect anything, if I can help I will. But everyone, it is not your job to shut down flamers, all you do is add to the flame (hence the name:)) , and if you don't honestly like someone, or the particular thread that they started, then you have the power to move on, ignore it..and just play the game. Talk to you guy's in game...or if your on the wrong team, I won't be talking:) Later.

[Pilgrim]

It has the grace and elligence of tennis...

sigh

[frkjerm]

dipietro
did it ever occur to you that the reason that they banned you from the game as well as the forums because you would do exactly what you did here in the game.

Bring up all this nonsence in to the game. Or hunt down Serpus in the game and start an arguement there.

Just what we need, people spamming the chat with their personal problems.

Just let it go.

[FearTheAtlas]

On second thought..better not :)

[MrVulcan]

ok, ill respond to this....

1. Dont post in the official forums :lol: Stay away
2. If a Dev says Do Not post about this, DONT POST, that is asking for a ban
3. It sounds as if you posted quite a flame over there, if it was phrased anything like these posts make it look like it was, then yes, you were flaming him, and that is against the rules.
4. If you HAD to post about him, post somehting like:

"I belive that "suchandsuch" is violating the terms by spamming the boards, please look into this. This is not meant as a flame, nor as an insualt, I am jsut trying to better the community as a whole. Thank You whatever you decide. - A conserned community member"

5. Yes, post somehting like that, that will prob not get you baned, and that s also not a flame, etc, just a POI (point of intrest).

6. See #2
7. See #6
8. See#7

Best of luck with it all!

[tmartinez72]

Holy-Crap! 12 pages! Geez.

Ralpher from WWIIOL? Reap what ya sow man. No sympathy.

Anyway, gotta learn to drop things. Just look at this thread! Man, compulsive, aren't we? You'd still be ingame if ya just let it drop. There's gotta be other stuff to do man. Like ignore serpus, and post something constructive towards gameplay. Whining about serpus 24/7 doesn't help you, but gives serpus popular noteriety. Walked right into his hands man.

It's one thing to not like a poster. It's another to read every one of his threads, then compain about them. I've only read one of serpus' threads. The GI Joe one because I used to collect them and the comics. Skake Eyes, BTW. Dude got his tongue blown off in 'Nam, and doesn't complain (or can't). Gotta respect that.

Also, drop the weird CAPS stuff. I know that's like your "MO", but man, it's annoying.

[dipietro]

I never so much as too it out of this thread,
sorry if it seemed like I was trolling here


I called customer service yesterday, and left 5 messages
not so much as an email this morning..

I called them today, no answer still

its like, a company with possibly1 million customers DOESNT EVEN have a number to contact anyone at.

how bogus is that?

i guesss contacting the BBB is the only thing I can do...

AND NO, thats not legal action
its my right as a consumer,
and they are obviously violating my rights as a consumer here.

If I am not reimbursed for the game, I guess I'll keep trying to get a hold of them,

this is totally wrong
and ive seen other mmog's do this before (BUT not over forums BS)

I dont know, im calling back in an hour,

and leaving another message.

[dipietro]

so they're billing me tommorow
and theres nothing Ic an do about it =(
I cant them,
no one answers, they have NO customer support
I can leave a message (even though ive left plenty)..they dont call back

and cant write emails (I've written dozens)..no replies


now, tommorow, on the 20th, they charge me money..
im banned
I cant even access my credit card billing information to cancel the charge,

This MUST be outright theft.
there is no other way of looking at it
they have my credit card information
they have banned me from using the product, or checking and editing my credit card information
they now plan on charging me for the product they are no longer allowing me to use, with the credit card information they are no longer allowing me to access.

this is totally wrong,
for a company worth millions, im appalled.

[Tryndamere]

Serpus owns, lol

Diapetro, or whatever your name is... there is a thing in life called "personal responsibility".

They are banning you because you refuse to acknowledge a breach of their ToS, you are threatening them (bad move), and because they don't like your attitude.

You are not in a power position, they are.

If you want your account back, time to kiss ass and apologize.

[Robot]

uhm, don't they cut billing if you've been banned? that's what every other game does

[EarlyDawn]

Originally posted by Tryndamere
Serpus owns, lol

Diapetro, or whatever your name is... there is a thing in life called "personal responsibility".

They are banning you because you refuse to acknowledge a breach of their ToS, you are threatening them (bad move), and because they don't like your attitude.

You are not in a power position, they are.

If you want your account back, time to kiss ass and apologize.

I think you're my new hero.

[dipietro]

i finally got a hold of someone
they're calling me back in an hour or two

[dipietro]

This will be resolved immediately
theres just no reason I amnot ALLOWED to play over a few comments that were FAR from horrible, that I made in an OFF TOPIC forum.

[EarlyDawn]

In all seriousness, please report back and explain what happens, I'm curious to find out how SOE will handle this...

[Prowler]

Serpus, seems more matue then you do. All I know is by the time this Thread is dead you will both be l33t whores. :lol:

[dipietro]

first, I left a few messages, and emails
no reply
then I finally got a hold of some kinda rep

he finally got the info, and went and talked to his supervisor
his supervisor said he would look into why I CANT PLAY, and call me back,
this is where im at as of now,

[dipietro]

prowler, after rading his comments in this thread..the fact he wouldnt ever answer me
the fact he tried nothing more than to annoy me, and incite a fight by coming here,

the fact he would only answer with one sentence "come backs"

all these facts, and he's more mature than I?

makes me wonder how many of the people around here are serpus' "buddies"

cause theres plenty of em back at the other forums

[OneManArmy]

wow, when I entered this thread thinking I'd give a shit but now I just realize some of you need to step away from the computer more often....

[dipietro]

ahhh,
sweet justice

i luv when people do the right thing

my accunt suspension will be lifted within the hour,

the couldnt even find any info on why I was banned they said

its like spork just pushed the button for no reason without any legitimate reason.

Good bye everyone,
thank you for your help,
im allowed to play again,

YIPEEE.

[EarlyDawn]

Hope you learned something from this, Ralph.

[FearTheAtlas]

Now to work on that weapons lock right? :) kidding :love:

[Tryndamere]

Grats on getting the account back.

Word of advice if you ever run into a similar situation...

Be respectful. Getting upset and threatening people will cause them to work against you rather than with/for you.

[tmartinez72]

If they were even going to charge your cedit card, it's insured. Just file a claim with the issuing bank, and card.

It's all moot-point now that you had your acct. reinstated.

What's funny is that you probably lost part of the "included" month, and will bill you from the activation date.

[Kaikou]

I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME
I WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME

Well since now the problem is solved, I guess theres no use in posting here anymore, but in the future, please don't post in poem form...it is difficult/annoying to read :p

[Matuse]

dude... that sux. i thought we lived in America here?

While it may be true that you and I live in America, claiming that "We" do is arrogance beyond words. You are aware that Sony is a JAPANESE company, right? Right?

Where theres this thing called Freedom of Speech. This works both ways here, altho serpus has a right to say w/e he wants to, u also have a right to say wut u want to about him.

You really need to be more conversant with the first amendment before you made idiotic proclamations such as this. Private organizations in their own mediums can put any stricture on the content of your speech that they want.

Wut they did to u is like a brutal dictatorship in Iraq. You say one thing, and they take u away. Much like the nazis. i feel for u man.

No, in Iraq they would have cut his tongue out. Literally. Then shot his family in front of him. Banned from a game for ignoring the specific instructions of an admin? Got what he had coming to him.

they have said they cannot and will not help me because I accused them of illegal actions (WHICH THEY HAVE DONE)

Hate to prick your ego, but banning you from a game/messageboard is so far from illegality that it can't be seen with a telescope.

I mentioned this, they wrote back "SInce you 'threatened' illegal action, we cannot help you" this is totally bogus, what a cop out

If in fact you threatened legal action, then it becomes a matter for the lawyers, and the customer service people are absolutely correct that they cannot help you. Lie in the bed that you made.

i guesss contacting the BBB is the only thing I can do...

I'm sure Sony is quaking in their collective shoes. Talk to the people at the BBB, they'll admit to your face how totally useless they are.

so they're billing me tommorow and theres nothing Ic an do about it =(

You can tell your credit card company to not honor their request for payment. Is that just too easy for you?

This post had potential, up until Serpus posted, and you became unglued as a human being. Now you are just a spam machine. One with horrific grammar, no sense of sentence structure, and the moral responsibility of Clinton. I don't ever read the official forums, so I can't make the least comment on Serpus there, but in his worst post he had 10x the maturity of you in your best. He played you like a fish.

When you get banned again because you have all the impulse control of a 2 year old, please remember the following:

Don't even post here again, you worthless tool.

[Vorais]

I wish they had not renewned your subscription. First of all, SOE will not continue to charge a card on an account they have under banned. You are not the first player to be banned from an SOE game, and never before have they done this. Second, here is a post from Spork...

SporkfirePS
Developer posted 06-19-2003 01:04 PM user search report post
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This will be my only comment on the situation.
I made a request of both individuals involved to tone things down a bit. One of them respected the request, the other did not. That is what led to the current state of things.

Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative
Many questions can be answered by reading the PlanetSide Game Info and FAQ


Only reason you got banned is because you would not let something end. Such as you are doing here. Third, from my understanding (and your own post on the SOE boards), this is not the first game you got banned from. Maybe you should take a look at yourself and see what the issues are that keeps getting you removed from games and forums.

[SERPUS]

So, like, what's up n stuff?

[Happy lil Elf]

Would someone please break both of Dipietro's shift keys, his capslock key, and pound his enter key into dust with a slegdehammer? That has got to be the most annoying style of posting ever.

Wait lemme rephrase that in Dip-speak:
"Would someone

PLEASE break BOTH

of Dipietro's shift keys,

his capslock key, and pound his enter key into dust with a sledgehammer? That has got

TO BE

the most annoying style of posting

EVER."
:sick:

[WarGhul]

Wow. I didn't know they let psychotics like dipietro have internet access. He is obviously completely insane.

Oh, and SERPUS, you kick ass dude.

-I AM WARGHUL

[SERPUS]

THX

I accept payments in check, cash, and Paypal.
:D :D :love:

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Uh-oh. This thread has opened the OF floodgates...
Man the turrets! Batten down the hatches! Women, children, and Squeeky first!

[Robot]

please eat obnoxiousfrog in case of emergency

[Ghryphen]

Originally posted by Lilbird2431
dude... that sux. i thought we lived in America here? Where theres this thing called Freedom of Speech.

It is a privately owned forum. SOE can make any rules they wish. Freedom of Speech doesn't mean anything.

[dipietro]

yes, its a private forum

so what I said in an off topic forum should have gotten me KICKED FROM A GAME that had nothing to do with the comments, or the forum topics itself?
its wrong that I cant play right now,

no other way to look at it

I should atleast be able to play

[SERPUS]

sup ralph

[Navaron]

Originally posted by SERPUS
sup ralph

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

He may be a troll, and you are an idiot, but that was funny as shit.

[Tryndamere]

so what I said in an off topic forum should have gotten me KICKED FROM A GAME that had nothing to do with the comments, or the forum topics itself?
its wrong that I cant play right now,

no other way to look at it


Actually, there are many ways to look at it.

One way is that since it is a private organization, they have the right to establish rules people need to abide by to enjoy their service.

They chose to boot you. That is their right.

It may be unfair, but it is their right.

Another word of advice, try to avoid speaking in absolutes. "No other way to look at it". "Never", "always", "everyone", etc. Speaking in absolutes generally makes your message appear exaggerated, and is therefore not taken as seriously.

[SERPUS]

Originally posted by {BOHICA}Navaron
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

He may be a troll, and you are an idiot, but that was funny as shit.


In no particular order?
:D

[dipietro]

well
ive lost access

now they're telling me something different

they told me it was taken care of,
and I would be un suspended within an hour or so

i called back 3 hours later,
guess what they just said..
they have NEVER HEARD of the guy I talked to, and have none of it on record.
and now they're telling me they cant deal with me anymore because of something or other,

This is so absolutely insane

I have NEVER BEEN BANNED from a game,
ever
I play by the rules
I post what I want

never has posting ever conflicted with my gameplay
here it has
this is the point
it is wrong

Wow, looks like the big bad SOE really is going to screw me on this one.

to all of you who think that my being BANNED FROM THE GAME is a proper punishment for continueing to point out a players violations to a developer...your thought process is severly hindered.
im sorry your parents beat you when you were young, but theres no reason the rest of the world should divy out such harsh punishments for such minor infractions.

Now back to the credit card billing issue
besides the fact I can call visa,
what about the fact that they are RESTIRCTING my access to my account account billing information?
Regardless of whether they dont charge me tommorow..will they autocharge me saturday, or whenever the ban is lifted?
and will they give me ample time between the time they lift the ban and let me access my credit card info, and the time the actually charge me?

I doubt it...its going to be instant...
they're going to lift the ban, and charge me immediately,
theres no way I can erase my credit card info, or cancel the billing
as sooon as the ban is lifted, im charged

this is bogus

they cant FORCE me to pay for an extra month, which is what this will do.

This is just WRONG

[SERPUS]

hahahahahahhhjkfahdskjhKK!!!!!!

That's messed up.

[malikai3k]

Wish i had the brains to repeatedly post a topic bitching about someone then get told to stop and the thread locked, then I do it another 3 times finally getting myself banned.

Sometimes I wish I had the smarts to do this kind of thing.

[SERPUS]

Don't forget to make legal threats and accusations, and sprinkle everything with homophobic remarks.

[dipietro]

what I said in a forum, got me kicked from playing a game I paid for.

What I said, was not even close to as bad as whats said there on a daily basis,
the onyl difference is that a dev asked me to stop
I posted 2 more times and then did so

he banned me FROM PLAYING THE GAME.

I dont care how you look at it,
its not right
only reason you can say it is, is cause your in YOUR SHOES, im in mine,

if this were you that got banned for bringing fourth a legitimate grief with the community, BANNED FROM PLAYING THE GAME....youd feel a little singled out also.

anyways, i dont care

serp, live in north florida, I feel like hurting someone today.
gainesville, remember.
any place, anywhere, im annoyed right now
this is not a threat, I would never be so stupid,
this, is an invitation to come meet my wonderful self,
I promise, so long as wet yourself somewhat immediately after we meet, I wont so much as blink wrong at you
and if you get smart...well...I can get smart also...

Ive just learned in my travels that children like you tend NOT to act the way you do on these forums, when approached about the subject in real life.

Simple invitation
there are roughly 200+ officers on campus at all times
we can meet ANYWHERE on campus if you like, ANYWHERE.

You, have bothered me my friend.
I am bothered now.

I would like to give you a sample of how bothered I am, in person

I HAVE NOT, and WILL NOT threaten anyone,
now, I am merely asking for a chance to meet this wonderful individual.

im over planetside
what they have done here, is illegal, and fraud at the VERY LEAST.

The BBB will here about this,
I will make sure I AM not charged,
and all will work out in the end,

now, serpus,
speak.

[Ghryphen]

what about the fact that they are RESTIRCTING my access to my account account billing information?

The website is not the only place you can cancel. Call your credit card company and refuse payment.

FREE BLINDFOLDS!!@ Click HERE (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/member2.php?s=&action=addlist&userlist=ignore&userid=5002) and HERE (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/member2.php?s=&action=addlist&userlist=ignore&userid=5007)!!

[FearTheAtlas]

Wow...someone's got serious emotinol issues, it's just a game bud. Yeah you paid for it but hey, buyer beware and use common sense....free speach isn't so free when you pay $13 a month for it :D

[dipietro]

yes, but the transaction stilll happens
they will charge me while they are denying me access to my cedit card info.

this is illegal

no two ways of looking at it

[Happy lil Elf]

'Tis a shady topic. On the one hand you paid for a game that is essentially now 3 pretty coasters. You literally can't play this game single player.

On the other hand you agreed they had the power to do this repeatedly by clicking yes on that agreement.

Then again on the other hand you can't even write coherent posts so I guess I'm not going to cry myself to sleep about this happening to you /shrug

[dipietro]

i have no issues at the moment
im over the game
and only posting here now, out of boredom, ad the faint hope that serpus actually lives nearby

The beauty of actually not being a PUNK, is that I dont weigh 110 lbs, and sit in my room all day, throwing insults and trying as hard as I can to pi$$ people off....

simple...i can be at a public place in 5 minutes
i dont want to hurt this kid, lol
theres no way this kid would SO MUCH as blink in my direction when he saw me,
any sane person would see this is FAR from a threat.
that would be like me threatening to beat up a 2 year old, its pointless, and has no merrit.
If I wanted, I could squash the 2 year old.

I would never threaten anyone,
i am merely asking this kid if he would like to meet the person he has been inciting this whole time.
thats all.

[SERPUS]

laughing... too... hard.. to reply

[FearTheAtlas]

I think your implying assult even though your saying your not, it's a very shaky subject and you should think before you post, but that's just me and that's the last once of brain power I'm using on this topic :)

[dipietro]

thought so kid.
thought so.

you mean your crying cause your such a little girl?
tears making the screen blurry?

Hate being confronted huh?
im calling you out....you said you lived near north florida and knew your way around gainesville

well come on down to college town buddy
i wanna show you around.

your a scared little punk
all I wanna do is say hi,
I just wanna see what a person who calls himself serpus looks like,

I call myself by my real name,
if you knew me in real life, you'd call me by my real name
im a REAL person
what your talking to now? is the same person you'd be talking to in real life,

you serpus, probably wouldnt so much as argue with a parking attendant over a ticket.

your a punk,
your one of those people who luvs the shield of the "net"...
I hate it
I wish I could meet everone one of these whiny little punks whos always out to make someone mad.....

im real kid, your all talk.
im gone,

i'll check back in to see if you reply with a REAL comment.

[dipietro]

I think your implying assult even though your saying your not

to imply, is not to actually do,

assault means that he must have felt legitimately threatened by something I did or said,

I dont even know where this kid lives,
how can he feel legitimately threatened?
go back to law school.

Certaintly, however, if I said something like I was going to meet him outside HIS school tommorow, to "talk" as I say...THAT could be "implied" as assault

in order for a case to be brought to court,
there must be a tort,
where is the tort in this situation? who has been "wronged"?

thought so.

gimme some info serp
THEN MAYBE, I could begin to THINK ABOUT assaulting you

for now, im am merely posting invitations to a meeting that could certaintly result in physical violense if it erupts.

That is far from assault, especially with the wording I used.
sorry,
try again.

[dipietro]

also,
now after what I've said, if serpus actually showed up to this "meeting"
his actions, having known what could happen at this "meeting" could lead to an assualt on me.
possibly even pre meditated battery for actually showing up and causing a scene (If he actually hurt me)


Like I said, an invitiation, to meet, nothing more.

I in no way mentioned violence
I hinted towards the possibility IF HE decided to take that road,
but I IN NO WAY threatened violense upon him,
especially since I have no idea Who he is, where he is, or even for that matter, "whether" he'll even read the message.

I did not send it TO him
it was an open statement.

with nothing mentioned at all about "attacking" anyone, for any reasons,

however, if I were attacked, I can honestly say serpus would have one less eye
I say this with all honesty,
im not threatening at all
im stating what would happen in the event my constitutional right to safety was violated.

go back o law school before you start making statements like that
simple saying that I "assaulted" him, could be contrued as defamation of charecter
your stating that I have broken a law, and commited a tort on someone, for which you dont have the proper evidence,

be careful before you start throwing accusations around please.

[Tryndamere]

Its like getting kicked out of an amusement park for bad behavior/breaking a rule (climbing on something).

You pay, then they boot you, thereby denying you what you paid for.

It is your own fault.

The only "legal" recourse is to sue Sony for damages, and prove in a civil court that you were banned without breaking any rule.

In other words, you have no chance that route.

Another word of advice, don't insult the people you're trying to get sympathy/help from.

You appear to be a pubescent pre-teen who is throwing a tantrum. If you want to be taken seriously in an adult manner, act like one.

[dipietro]

well, im outta here
having taken proper actions with sony before I move on,
and properly invited serpus to come meet who he is trying to anger,

I feel better,

im over planetside,
wasnt that fun anyways, it was more the insult of the whole matter that bugged me

anyways, sorry if you feel threated serp (Too bad I have no idea where I'm sending these 'theats')..err...invitations...

later.

[RUEN]

Shhh!! everyone... be very... quiet... and he... might not... come back...

[Navaron]

hahahaha, this whole thread would make a great "Pwned" pic.

[Prowler]

dips posts are as long as Teks lol.

[SERPUS]

IM SO ANGRY NOW!!@@#!@#!@&!*@
AO8HG934APN8C48MALWOI8C!@!@)!(&$()*^()!$*&@)$!*(&@#$


OMFG GRATZ U MADE THE FAT GUY MAD AND HES HUNGRY SO IM BRINGING A BOTTLE OF BBQ SAUCE CUZ IM GONNA EAT UR ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!

[Jakal]

Yeah after reading all this stuff im sorry i defended the guy. And its also kinda sad that they stayed up till like 5 in the morning arguing with eachother. Oh well yet another reason im glad i didn't get planetside. Whiny children (no offense to any mature young players out there).

[Robot]

this entire thread is absolutely hilarious

hamma, i demand a sticky

[Onizuka]

this should be an eternal sticky to be ever preserved at the top of the page..... forever

[w3rd]

You know, Ralphie, they told you to can it yesterday and you evidently didnt heed their warning. Really, you did this to yourself. Lets be serious, you were also acting like an ass. the first couple of days was fine, but it carried over from last week Ralph. You're on your own with sony at this point. I would recomend that you all not post on this subject on the SOE boards as you may agitate the Mods even more.

The bottom line is this. When the mods told ralph and serp to stop, one party did and the other couldnt let it go and now ralph is in this situation. Happy hunting.

[theshadowduke]

Good god. Im sorry I made a post to defend this punk. Wow, I'm quite done.

[dipietro]

I would like to thank duke for bringing up what should be mentioned

I have seen plenty of people get fairer treatments for murdering thier pregnant girlfriend and stashing the bodies in the bay.


The point is, I reposted an issue that NEEDED to be addressed,
Not whether or not im orator of the year,
Im an ass, I admit that much
i can be rude, mean, and whatever else

but what I wasnt, was a bad player.
I played the game, and had fun doing so,
never once did I commit any kind of questionable gameplay actions
I was a good player.

now I cant PLAY, because a developer didnt agree with something I brought up about someone who certaintly was deserving of having the issue brought fourth
when told to stop, I didnt at first.
I was banned shortly there after,

not from posting, FROM PLAYING.

what my having an issue with a member of the community and bringing it up in an off topic forum a few times, HAS TO DO WITH MY ABILITY to play a game I PAID FOR...is beyond me....

and as for the credit card issue
thats my main gripe now,
I can tell the nazis at sony are sweepin this one under the carpet,
thats fine
its kinda hard to contact the BBB and say "waah, they wouldnt let me play and I paid"
though, its still a legitimate issue, and could be addressed,

the more serious issue at hand, is that I dont have access to my billing account,
this would be like I was subscribed to sears catalog or something,
and sears told me that they were no longer going to send me the products for a little while...(Which I could only say "umm, ok" to)
but then, a day or so after telling me they arent going to send me the products, they BILL me for them....
but wait...maybe I could prevent this, by accessing billing
so, you call to access your billing and they say, we're sorry, wait until we start sending you the products again before you call,
and I say "But how can I have the choice to not have those products sent before hand and billed for them if you wont let me access my account?"
"we're sorry, please contact your credit card company"

This is wrong,
and I could compare it across the board to any company.
theres a product,
tommorow, i'll be charged for it,
if nt tommorow, then CERTAINTLY the MOMENT the ban is lifted, I will be charged,

but, what if I didnt want to be charged?
I cant access the billing...so I cant cancel the account
at this moment, they are now FORCING me to get charged for another month...
the month may not start tommorow, but the day they unban me, it will automatically charge me unless I can find a way to make it do otherwise,

im trying now,
all I keep hearing is, "dont worry, banned accounts dont get charged"
and I say "Ok, what about when they;'re unbanned? how can I prevent them from chargin my credit card if I cant get to the information?"
"contact us when your account is no longer suspended for further service, sir"

[RUEN]

lol, its not that he's a bad person, he just doesn't know any better... Its like playing with a baby and once he throws up on you, punching him in the face. If dipietro was ever really out of line here i'm sure Hamma would have done something, but instead, we got this long ass thread and nothing has been resolved... but it sure as fuck was funny :D

[Robot]

Originally posted by dipietro
and I say "Ok, what about when they;'re unbanned? how can I prevent them from chargin my credit card if I cant get to the information?"

i assume you've not actually read the thread and seen the 76 million posts saying, "call your credit card company and tell them to refute the payment you made to soe"

[dipietro]

funny, insulting, harrassing, inviting, threatening, assulting,
its all in a days work I guess
according to you guys, its all of the above, plus some.

sorry it turned into this,
I would have been satisfied had it dropped to the bottom right away..and someone just posted what I was trying to say over there for me,
well, thats what they did..
I thanked that person for doing so long ago

I hope you guys can let this go now,
I hate sony,
Sorry if it looked like I was trying to cause trouble
this is/was truly not my intention at all.

i just wanted to play.

[w3rd]

Poor ralphie......

....BTW, when you coming back serp, we miss you on the boards. Someone started a "Post your lunch" thread and it wasnt you. Its just not the same.

[SERPUS]

Gimme a couple days. I'm actually really busy at work right now and not in my office that much.

I'm also working up a grand scheme to get Grizaje into the sack for a noontime threesome.

Keep up the good posts though, who knows, I might just stop in tomorrow and leave a stinky little turd for everyone.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Hrmmm....
SERPUS seems to be going the way of side salad...
otherwise known as: :banplz:

[WarGhul]

Is that diepetutrid said we was out of here like 3 posts ago...

yet

he

continues

to

post

Seriously, ralph, if that is your real name, what is your deal? I'm sorry, I misdiagnosed you initially. You aren't psychotic, you probably have some form of obessive/compulsive disorder, coupled with a great deal of repressed anger and rage. Have you ever considered therapy? Or medication? Lots and lots of medication? But in all seriousness, one last thing, in the event that you somehow managed to meet SERPUS and a physical confrontation resulted, the evidence of a desire and intention to do him harm is all over this thread. Really, no jury in the world would have trouble concluding that you were the instigator.

-I AM WARGHUL

[SERPUS]

so there.

[colemanmcc]

ralph was totally bullshitted, i know, i was there. everybody that doesn't know what actually happened should shut their mouths.
i actually registered for this board just so i could post this. i've never even played planetside, and after this Sony Online Entertainment entrapment horseshit, i never will.
the whole problem here is the restriction of access to account information... i'd like one of you to find where that's legal in the terms of service...
the banning from the forums, even from the game, i guess that's their legal right through the terms of service (even though the whole situation is ridiculous). but to ban you and not still give you the right to cancel? bullshit.
if they want to include in the TOS a line that says "we reserve the right to FINE YOU FOR YOUR ACTIONS" then fine, since that's essentially what they're doing.

you guys have fun paying through the nose for sony's roundabout, problem-avoiding phone support.

PEACE,
coleman

[WarGhul]

ralphie will not be billed, because they have banned his account, in effect cancelling it. So all the "tomorrow I will be billed even though I cannot play and I'm helpless to prevent it" is crap.

I repeat, ralphie does not have access to his account information because they have removed/banned his account and he will not be charged. His protestations about his credit card being charged are simply speculation on his part. He does not know this to be true, he is simply stating it over and over again because he is very capable of self-delusion and believes that the more he says something, the more correct and right he becomes.

ralphie is utterly clueless; they cannot legally charge you for a service that they refuse to provide. Therefore, they will not charge him. Furthermore, they will not remove his ban, because they do not want to do business with him, and I can personally see why. So since the "they will charge me as soon as they unban my account" scenario will never occur, all his whining about that is pointless.

I agree with other sentiments expressed in this thread that ralphie brought this all upon himself. If he had just let the issue drop and didn't pretend that he was "speaking for the forum community" and if he had stopped trying to point out "legitimate" (in his mind) violations of the terms of service by another forum poster, which isn't his job or responsibility, in addition to insulting and demeaning everyone who disagrees with him (which he has done repeatedly in this thread and did on the planetside forums), he wouldn't have gotten into trouble. The truth is that he caused a lot more trouble than SERPUS ever did, and threatened, blustered and "I have rights as a consumer'd" himself into this mess.

No Sympathy 1
ralphie 0

-I AM WARGHUL

[dipietro]

I am only replying to YOUR IGNORANT post because I feel the public has the right to know how shady all of this was.

listen kid,
I was banned, but not for good,
it was a temporary suspension from the game, forums, and even my credit card billing information.

Now heres the kicker, AND YES, this is true
I had to sit on the phone long distance for like an hour with 3 different people to get this done,

the problem is, is that even if they tag my account as cancelled while its suspended...when its unsuspended and supposedly reactivated...it was going to AUTOMATICALLY bill me...
since this was the case....
it was set to automatically bill me for next month, upon immediate re activation of my account.

This was not good, as it was FORCING ME TO pay for another month, just because I couldnt access it,

basically, I think what they had to do was open the account back up while I was on the phone with them...and then cancel it....basically unsuspending me for a moment before they cancelled it for me


sorry you cant accept this shadiness of thier business,
it was exactly that.
its taken care of now,

so no worries

[WarGhul]

They didn't bill you today and wouldn't have because you were not able to access your account, like I said. Even if you hadn't called, you wouldn't have been billed today because your account was locked. Reading through your numerous posts, you (ralphie)claimed that you would be billed today even though your account was not accessible, which wasn't true, and in fact, is still not true. You repeated this claim over and over again, oftimes in caps, and it wasn't true. You stated that SOE would charge your credit card without unlocking your account, which was not true. In other words, you are a liar.

The term ban, according to the dictionary, means to "prohibit the use of". There is no connotation in the word to indicate a time limit or point at which a ban expires or even that it will expire. Whereas the term suspend means "to debar temporarily". You repeatedly used the terms 'BANNED,' 'KICKED FROM THE GAME' and 'BANNED FROM THE GAME' to describe the condition of your account. You did not definatively indicate that there was a set time limit on this suspension, nor did you state that you had been 'TEMPORARILY BANNED.' The vast majority of your posts give no indication that you were suspended not banned. I was incorrect in stating that your account would be cancelled, but the only information that I had to go on was the data in your voluminous postings. I made the assumption that if SOE was going to ban you, they would cancel your account, because a ban implies a permanent prohibition, and that assumption was incorrect. But don't call me 'IGNORANT.' If I was misinformed it was either because you delibrately misled everyone on this board with your cries for sympathy or because you posssess poor commmunications skills and do not know the meaning of the terms you are using.

You also haven't offered any evidence that your statements about how "the moment the ban was lifted, you would be charged" was a true or valid statement.

Additionally, if you somehow think that by referring to people who dispute your version of events as "IGNORANT" or "kid" you are winning any points, you are mistaken. You have no means of guessing at the ages of any of the people who reply to your posts. You seem to think that by calling someone a child you are placing yourself in a superior position and thus "winning" the argument. Being older is not any indication of being wiser or more mature and in no way adds any validity to your arguments. Calling someone a child seems to be a means you have of insulting people while claiming that you are being mature and rational. Last I checked, most mature individuals don't stay up until 5:30am obsessively checking a chat message board, repeatedly replying to their own posts (in order to bump them), belittling those who disagree with them, whining about how unfair it is that they are not allowed to play a game and 'calling' people out (which you did and then denied that you did. And just to clarify for you, since you obviously don't know the definition of the term, to 'call someone out' means to challenge them to a fight).

So, check your head (and the rest of yourself) into a psychotherapist and get some professional help before some little disagreement at work escalates into a tri-state killing spree.

-I AM WARGHUL

[Happy lil Elf]

Quit poking the moron with sticks. And if you insist on poking him with sticks at least make sure you puncture something vital :p

[SERPUS]

Warghul, you're alright man. We'd make good friends.

[Matuse]

I know there have been some really calamitous spammers in here (pattywick, darkbayne, etc), but have any of them ever before managed to go from first-post-recruit to deep into Soldier within the space of ONE THREAD before like dipietro has managed?

Spam the likest of which even god has never seen.

[Vorais]

Okay guys, first of all SOE does not continue to charge your account after you get banned. Do you think they are morons? Do you think they want a federal law suit against them for credit card fraud? Do you think you are the first person to ever be banned from an SOE game? Second there are many ways to stop a credit card payment if you take care of it right away.

Coleman, read this too please. You also don't seem to get it. SOE will not continue to charge his card. If you hate SOE that much, you can only hope they will because if they do you'll have enough legal recourse to cause SOE some great troubles and make some financial gain in the process.

Lastly, Ralph, you seem to be a violent person. You ever consider counseling or is this just a internet persona you like to portray. If not, and you still feel the need to get out some of that range, I would suggest going and finding a school around you that teaches Vale Tudo. Basically no holds barred full contact fighting. It's fun if you have any skill, and if not, well, if you're a true masochist you will still find it fun. Then again, laying in a hostiptal bed for a little while also has a tendacy to help release tension. And if you are ever in the area of Denver Colorado, send me a PM. Will set up a time at the ring so we can help you release some of that tension one way or another.

[dipietro]

im only here still cause I think you losers are funny

listen

First off, they couldnt properly close my account while suspended, and guarentee that I still wouldnt be charged when it became "unsuspened" or banned, whatever you wanna say.
This is a fact.
Its a fact, because the guy right there said he couldn't
i was on hold for another 15 minutes while, as he said "He got his boss to do 'something' to officially 'close' the account"
these, are facts.
they tell you in the beggining the phone conversations can be recorded I think
these facts, wont be disputed by anyone.

The problem I had, was the fact I couldnt access my billing, personally.
what if the suspension ended on sunday, (After my free period was up)..and at the very moment I am finally allowed to "personally" cancel the account, I would have been charged

because, another fact, which was not disputed by sony, immediately after my account was given access again, if it was past the free period date (And not officially closed), it would be immediately billed.

This is what THEY told me.
this was the main issue

What if I couldnt have gotten a hold of them during the day cause im at work?
they close up and dont answer the phones (And sure as hell dont return messages)...how can I cancel my account before the free period is up?
wait till monday to call?
wait for them to actually return an email? (Which took two days, and it was an automated message asking for me to basically re arrange the message into proper format with a few details THEY DIDNT NEED for this problem.,..and then they'd answer...which probably would have been weeks)

They need to figure out a better way to deal with thier forums than restricting access from everything including the game, and my own billing information.
This, should never be restricted from the customer.

I dont care how you try to say "Sony doesnt charge banned accounts"...because they CHARGE them immediately after they are unbanned...this is a fact,
this was the problem

surely it could have been solved a thousand other ways...but I wanted to point it out to sony, and as many customers as I could.

as for the tough guy, getting tough over in aspen or whatever,
its simple,
I get hit, I most likely get hurt (I am not he-man)
You get hit by me, I promise, you get hurt (I doubt, you are he-man either)
Any reason for this at the moment? no.
Would my money be on you if there were reason? probably not.

[w3rd]

Nobody gives a crap about you or your problems with sony, this is a fact. :rolleyes:

[Canis]

Well that should teach you not to be such a moronic muppet Ralph Dipieto. You kept whining and trolling. You might not like Serpus humor, but no one says you have to read it let alone post your oppinion about it. Frankly I don't think anyone gives a rats ass about your oppinion of Serpus' humor. It's as irrelevant as last years newspaper. I understand getting banned sucks, but I hope this teaches you to STFU.

Go set your pubic hair on fire and try to give your dog the grief... you still aren't worty of that mark of adulthood.

[CTennyson]

I have to say, from reading Serpus posts on Planetside, I was never outright offended, though the SARS stuff was not too PC.

From reading Serpus's posts here, he is obviously intelligent, funny, thoughtful, and hella funny.

Ralphdipietro started off posting 30 times a minute about his firewall, then about his video card choices, then about everything. At one point, half the board was Ralph posts.

As Warghul said, Serpus posted here, and Ralph just came unglued. He fell to pieces. It was hysterically funny to read. This thread is one of the funniest, and I mean roll on the floor, laughing and crying funny pieces of internet work I have ever read.

Serpus, you are damn funny.

Ralph, grow up.

[Hamma]

I think its due time to let this issue die

[SERPUS]

hahahah im kinda drunk but i think raplh would be a good addtion to the pirates of the carribean