Taiko vs SE - UK Law - Data Protection Act (Taiko Wins)Follow

When people got a sniff of something they could shoot him down for. Unfortunately, one of the most reliable habits of humans is to shoot the crap out of anyone who sticks their neck out.

Is Tai right or wrong? Who knows. In cases like this the only people who know the truth are the ones who were there (and half of the time they delude themselves into believing that they got crapped on anyway). I'm inclined to believe that in the case of the -ga farming, he was minding his own business and not griefing. Sadly, many people don't even think to ask a person what they're up to before bleating to a teacher about some other kid taking their candy.

I got talked to by a GM for holding a possible JeJ placeholder for 5 minutes to see if it was the real PH, when all of the players that I could see had moved away (old OCD personal mission to get that drop, even though I could just buy it; it was the last of those NMs that I hadn't 'beaten'). Both my seacom and bazaar said [Notorious Monster] [Rabbit] [/tell] [You can have this], but that didn't matter.


As soon as you're argumentative with someone in a position of authority, you lose. It doesn't matter whether you're wrong or right. Situational: thinking required

As Keylin said, SE is running their own private playground and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 doesn't mean squat. Same as a nightclub or pub; if they don't like you, you lose.

That said, SE in general has had such a habit of ignoring players that I would like to see Tai do what he set out to do.


Edited, Nov 16th 2010 2:37pm by Gnaal

So as it turns out they can ignore the ICO?

I can vouch for the accuracy of SEs claim for the harassment. I was in the Besieged the day he was being a douche and saying some nasty things about 9/11. This was not just one comment or off color remark but a conversation throughout besieged which he provoked. SE should not have to provide you with anything, you know exactly what you did to get banned Tai.

ITT: it's impossible to talk about 9/11 on any day except 9/11.

Nevermind. I should not post and play FFXI at the same time...

Edited, Nov 16th 2010 11:50pm by xypin

Typed up a response, but forgot to hit "post" and was distracted by my linkshell. Came back, hit post after realizing I forgot to... and everyone had already covered what I was going to say.

lol. You should do some research on memory.

Edited, Nov 17th 2010 2:16pm by ThePsychoticOne

I've got every chat log, including from bazaar mules, going back to early 2007. Is this not normal?

i've got logs from every time i played on my desktop going back to late 2006.

Doesn't matter what he did or said, if you ask SE for logs concerning yourself you should be given that information without having to fight for it.

Why should they be more open?

Peimei, it all stems back to about 18 months ago, when SE brought out the banhammer and banned several people who had done nothing wrong. When they called the POL helpdesk, they were told it was due to "irregular activity" and to submit a ban complaint if they wanted their account back. SE at no stage would release to those affected exactly what they meant, and a lot of it was left to guesswork.

If SE was more open, which they should be, they would have more respect from their customers. All it takes is for them to say "We banned you for this because we noticed this this and this". By just saying irregular activity and not detailing it, it was causing distress for a lot of people. Admittedly, most of those affected were in North America. I opted to push for it under UK law, in the hope that SE would change their ways worldwise. That's the long term goal, whether it will happen I have no idea. But dealing with it the way I did gets their attention. It might even make a few others be aware of it. And the more awareness of how things are currently, the worse they look. If they look too bad, people will avoid them, which in turn will lower profits and annoy shareholders.

By dealing with this, I'm hoping that Square Enix will start paying more attention to customers. I've nothing against those banned for genuine reasons, but I do against those who get banned through no fault of their own.

That avatar just screams invasive government.