Notice of Account Ban measures
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SirAlanClive
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- Wild_Cobra_Z28
Good for them.
Nobody like playing against online cheaters.
Nobody like playing against online cheaters.
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- Wild_Cobra_Z28
I take it that any hacked car that is played online could get that account restricted from online access.Times like these are when I really wish PD was better at PR. I'm personally hoping for a hacked car amnesty like Turn 10 did
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- Uriehusky
- Uriehusky
Too true.
I said this from the start and it's why I never started hybriding - once Sony snaps they'll snap hard.
It's just a case of how sophisticated their method of 'finding people out' is now.
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SirAlanClive
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Well they do say ' the relevant accounts have now been banned', yet there are worried users posting here wondering if they will be banned, so I think some people have been reported and these have been banned. If everyone stays clean now this will work like a 'scare off' tactic which is probably the best way forward for all those who have dabbled in this.
I don't see them having an agenda to catch everyone - just to clean up online racing. If people know they will be banned if reported then they will stay clean.
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- up a gum tree m8
- skyhighguy86
hahahaha these people were raping the system now PD/SONY will rape them
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- big_noobowski924
I love how GT5 is the catalyst for this. People have been hacking COD and GTA for quite a while on PS3, XBox, and PC. Why no action prior to this? I have a feeling that it is going to be a PSN ID on GT5 only because PD was griping and moaning. I have yet to hear of someone being banned on COD, with exception of my friend Tabby whose PSN has been under investigation by sony for a while due to his uncanny, hack-like quick scope and drop shot skills(I can confirm that he indeed does not hack as he played on my system and controller both of which are completely stock). But, back on topic I think this will be a PD/GT5 only deal.
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- Wild_Cobra_Z28
I think it will apply to the time trials as well. Afterall, you get a world rating. Myself, I seldom get better than about #3,000, but some people are serious at trying for those top positions.
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I doubt the numbers will matter to them.
It's not really that easy.
I imagine they'll work closely with PD to sort through save files and blanket sweep all modified saved data. However - since we have absolutely no idea how visible these modifications (as far as I know) it's all just paranoid speculation.
Or, they'll go with the more crude method of investigating reports more closely.
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At the end of the day, if it's simply an account ban from GT5's online services it won't be nearly as effective as on Xbox for instance, since it's completely free to get another account.
If it's a complete ban from PSN however - that's going to seriously suck for anyone who has purchased items from the PS store..
SirAlanClive
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Seriously...only a fool would actively try to get a better result in a Polyphony moderated event like a TT with a hybrid...well I guess being a GT5 fan is no guarantee of one's intelligence.
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- big_noobowski924
I can't resist anymore....
Do my Prius TC and CR-Z TC count?
Do my Prius TC and CR-Z TC count?
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I can't resist anymore....
Do my Prius TC and CR-Z TC count?
*Slaps with novelty #1 hand*
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i am going to send you a hybrid everyday for a week maybe two weeks i don't know yet...
just kidding.But in all honesty if you are using the hybrids online in time trails you are pretty much asking for it. They can see everything from those results which is like taking candy away from a baby.
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- big_noobowski924
Sorry, I am seriously slap happy. But, Atleast it was in sarcasm so some real Idiot doesn't come asking if their Prius will get them banned.
FOR THE RECORD: Unless your Prius, CR-Z or (insert Hybrid Drive car here) has been modified in a way not available in game you will not be banned.
It's sorta like the "Press 'any' key to continue". You always have that handfull of idiots that ask "where's the 'any' key?" .
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- backpain1
I think they are going off the TT and Leader board related stuff, i only used them in Free roams and other BS rooms, I only did it for the lolz, but alas, all great things must end, i am accutally surprised it took so little time for them to get a response out for this, but i don't think i would be fair(My Opinion) to ban people that have HAD hybrids before this message came out, but only ban the ones that do it after, because atleast 20% off ALL the people that play GT5 online had to have add a hybrid in their garage at some point, or got sent one that they didn't ask for, thats the glitch, what about the people that got the 3000Hp Civic that they DID NOT ask for? they ban the recipeints? what about the ones that used them only in Single? either way its done. hope they don't go to overboard on the banning.
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I think that they have made a move on the DT cheats reported or found...let's face it, some people haven't exactly been circumspect on various forums about this, including this one. It wouldn't take long to read through, check the PSN IDs and then the saves.
Anyone subsequently using one online, will probably also get banned as they have now had fair warning. Sony naturally want to keep the fallout low, but will not give up on this. I think therefore that if anyone has such cars, you'll probably get banned in future after using one online, even in fun lobbies because those too are, are they not, online. No one at Sony or PD will invest any time in checking if a fun lobby is in fact what it says.
Anyone subsequently using one online, will probably also get banned as they have now had fair warning. Sony naturally want to keep the fallout low, but will not give up on this. I think therefore that if anyone has such cars, you'll probably get banned in future after using one online, even in fun lobbies because those too are, are they not, online. No one at Sony or PD will invest any time in checking if a fun lobby is in fact what it says.
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SirAlanClive
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First I think your 20% is about 100% exaggerated. Maybe 0.2% is closer to the truth - I think it's much, much less.
Second, who got a modified car they didn't ask for?
Third, the sender is violating the rules. The recipient only violates them if he uses it online.
Sony/Polyphony are most interested in stopping the process of modification. Those who hack the files are the bad guys in Sony's eyes.
We simple users are just taking whatever comes our way and Sony will not be trying to 'get' everyone - just making the idea unpalatable and thus not worth doing.
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So who here is going to be our Guinea Pig?
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Like i said in the "should PD/Sony let the hybrids slide" thread i am online right now. I made sure by turning the system off and on a few times that it still allows me to get online with them. I don't do the time trials/drift trials with them though.
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