Earlier this evening, a thread popped up on the official PSU forums in which a player claims he/she was unfairly banned from the game. This spawned a new debate about Sega of America's banning practices.
Many players are claiming that the actual account owners are not the ones getting banned; instead, phishers are using the players' account information to take control of the account and get it banned. When the actual player contests the ban, Sega upholds it without providing further information. This, apparently, is "unfair" and "unprofessional".
Sorry, folks, but I'm afraid I side firmly with Sega on this one. That argument is a load of bullshit. If you're stupid enough to give away your private account information to a complete stranger on this game, you deserve anything and everything that happens to you. It's not like these phishers are hacking into Sega's servers to access account information. If that were happening, then players might have a case regarding unfair bans. As of now, you only get phished if you physically tell someone your account information via in-game mail, e-mail, PM, voice chat, etc.
You wouldn't willingly hand your credit card information over to strangers. Why would this be any different?
So for the people that were dumb enough to give away their account information: get over it. You screwed up, and you paid for it. Take it as a learning experience, and start over. Just quit bitching about how you were "unfairly" singled out by Sega.
One final point: Sega's bottom line is to make money. PSU is one of the methods through which they try to make that money. For each player they ban, Sega loses another monthly fee and potential profit. Do you really think they would ban somebody just because they "felt like it"?
Good lord. Get a clue, people.
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