Square Enix Special Task Force Investigations (A Story)

[richardd]

:D

I was hoping someone would catch on to that.

Same deal.

if you ever move to California and become a GM for SE. will you be my GM dave for XIV? <3


if they have that RMT PWNER tool or whatever its called for 14. they better re-adjust it lol. i dont ever want to have to put up with getting banned because i traded a flower to a quest NPC more than 1 time a day, lol.

[Sonomaa]

I know your reading this M, how about we do a little deeper investigation into this. It seems too fishy. You can reach me via our mutual contact.

[Marootsoobutsu]

I know your reading this M, how about we do a little deeper investigation into this. It seems too fishy. You can reach me via our mutual contact.

Cryptic post is cryptic, and makes me all kinds of excited.

[Gere]

I think Sonomaa might be James Bond.

[Silenka]

if you ever move to California and become a GM for SE. will you be my GM dave for XIV? <3

Of course <3 Neo-Jormungand shall smite the new breed of RMT!

[Milkster]

I think Sonomaa might be James Bond.

Sona's weapons are too big to be a Bond.

[The Stig]

This William dude appears to be real...:

Allakhazam.com: Final Fantasy XI: Regarding Malicious Software (dated 2007)

Lots of other links too from Alla KI etc, mainly concerning accounts and the "mass" hackings arc that took place 2007/2008.

[6souls]

Bingo again, we don't know if he is even a real person, although I find it hard to believe he would be Japanese (possible, I suppose). The address on the letter is correct, but the lack of any other contact information (email, title and so on) is incredibly fishy.

Anyone else have any info on him?

Spoiler: show

BILLY F BISBY
5309 1ST 2 INGLWD 1
CULVER CITY, CA 90230

The only William Bisby in California.
WILLIAM BISBY in ZabaSearch People Search Engine

[Gergall]

i think the real eye-opener here is that you actually managed to get an account unbanned via a contact at SE?

The truth is, the Customer Service rep DID care. He was pissed and I wouldn't be surprised if the GM that told her off got fired. But there apparently not only is a lack of communication between the GM's on the floor and the Customer Rep. Manager who did the unbanning as well as the Manager and people like Mr Bisby.

I don't think either of you get it. The account was unbanned (along with hundreds of others that were unbanned at that time) long before anyone reviewed the case. The OP originally thought his actions got the OP unbanned, but really that was just a coincidence.

[Ricardon]

He could walk to work.

[Starr]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...rr_1987/fr.jpg

This faggot GM called me a lazy player after this because he didn't wanna fill the dumb fuck form out himself, I asked to speak to a SGM but "there are none available".

[S N K]

Anyways, it is nice to see your friend got her account back. In all, honesty I think most of the SE staff really hates their dead end job.

I used to work for Sega of America back when the Dreamcast was kicking it and honestly while it wasn't the best job, I worked in the game tips section so I got paid $15.00 an hour to sit and play games on the Dreamcast to help give players hints on parts they were stuck on.

Dead end job yes.

Easy as fuck yes.

Shame SE doesn't seem to let most of their GMs have that kind of freedom.

[Redivider]

Anyone else amused by Square Enix Community's lack of friends?

Square Enix Community has not made any friends yet.

I see.....

[Shalafi]

The SE ban stick is swung by the Quintessons.

If Bill Bixby is the players 'White Knight' does that mean SE is the Incredible Hulk?

[neubian]

Spoiler: show

BILLY F BISBY
5309 1ST 2 INGLWD 1
CULVER CITY, CA 90230

The only William Bisby in California.
WILLIAM BISBY in ZabaSearch People Search Engine

There is a William Bisby in South Gate CA which is only 14 miles from El Segundo, CA.

[Mafai]

I got this same letter yesterday except two things were wrong with mine. The name was not right. Has John instead of Josh, and he forgot to sign it.

[Liminality]

I'm sorry, but this story just made me... WOW.

I understand the whole POL/SE agreement that we agree to every time we log into the game, but this kind of treatment is just beyond me. I'll be the first to admit, I bot like every single day... at least once. I even got caught PoS hacking cause I wanted to cheat and get up the hill cause I went the wrong way, but I failed @ math and ended up on the other side of the map, lol. I thought my ass was grass, but I had my account back in 36 hours... wut? Yea, I was happy to have it back, but they obviously knew I had to be using 3rd party programs. They ban someone for a racist comment in /say or /shout on the first offense, but I obviously cheat and have it back in like a day and a half? Even though I got it back, I still feel like it should have been banned. Even now I still bot, even did the day after the fact, and they have never done any "further investigation" into me.

SE's customer service in America has a C rating. In America, that's fucking failing. I've looked @ one of their GM applications before, and the restrictions for applying aren't really that strict. You do have to know, I think it was, 3-4 different languages? Maybe 2, at the least, with it being English and Japanese. Fact is, we know as much about GM calls, policies, and GM's themselves as we do about how Treasure Hunter, or any other vague aspect of the game, works... NOTHING.

I'm more than sure that their "policies" with carry over into FFXIV, but all we can really do is wait and see.

P.S. - I have a feeling that FFXI and FFXIV are going to be like Everquest and Everquest II. You'll have people from FFXI that move to FFXIV, then they don't like it as much, and move back to FFXI. It all really depends on how FFXIV turns out and if SE really is just banning people to try and force them to FFXIV. Guess we'll see by next year.

[Yabby]

I'm happy to see your friend did get her account back. Women who are stay at home moms have one of the only "Full time" jobs. And i have to thank her for using MMO's for her social fix.... because if i go to applebee's one more time and see that chick with 5 crying kids talking on the phone again... someone is getting killed.

[Spider-Dan]

Even stay at home parents need to be role models and play video games without cheating (And spending $1000 of their husband's money). I can't wait to get flamed for this.

Yet he signed his name to this, implying the he supervised this investigation into the unfortunate removal of a character she had poured 5 years of her life (and at least 1000 dollars of her life into, with a lot of mules)

If my wife had spent 1000 dollars on entertainment OVER FIVE YEARS, I'd be ecstatic.

OMG 200 dollars a YEAR? That's like almost twenty dollars a month, yo!

[Thiefami]

this is just terrible.... Milkster can I have your avatar for christmas?