Has anyone been banned before for sharing titty/dick pics from other titles or is this a first?
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I found a vagina in Watch Dogs 2 and Sony suspended me (Update: Ban lifted)
- Thread starter Goron2000
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Yeah, they are rolling bans back now that media is all over this. Trying to dodge those negative PR cycles. Someone high enough in food chain realized that they really stepped into it.
Gz for getting your online feature access back.
TwilightPrincess
Member
So Ubi patches away the vulva and lets the male genitalia stay? are they less scandalous?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ll-frontal-nudity-can-get-you-banned-from-psn
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ll-frontal-nudity-can-get-you-banned-from-psn
lensoftruth
Member
Isn't this embarrassing for ubisoft? Imagine being asked to texture this?
Truth be told, full frontal is so rare in video games outside of H-games that I don't think a lot of companies have any real policy in place for it on their social sharing services.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
texhnolyze
Banned
Remember: that picture is not the game's representation.
It's the player's.
The player killed her (accidentally) and took a picture of her from that angle. During gameplay it just looked like a woman lying there. He had to intentionally walk over and look close (the game didn't draw attention to it) and snap the pic.
Similarly, someone could find the merest hint of a female nipple in GTA or something and take a zoomed-in screenshot. Again, it's the players action that would be tasteless, rather than the actual game content. The game content would just be a realistic detail.
FWIW the picture is nasty as hell and I don't like it either.
Killer Queen
Banned
I was thinking this too. Walking into work and your boss tells you you're texturing vaginas.
Caayn
Member
The fact that they'll undo the ban after it getting some attention shows how unjust the ban was in the first place.
Congrats on the win.
blame space
Banned
there is no shame in texturing vaginas
I hadn't set sharing up since getting recently getting a Pro but I did remember a warning about stuff like this when signing up to the Share services. I've signed up on the new Pro now and this is the warning that you get before you accept the terms...
Maybe the ban extension was due to additional complaints about the shared image?
I know that some have suggested that it's the fault of the game for showing a, shock horror, vagina in a game but I don't think the band was about the OP playing a game with a vagina in it but making it public on people's screens when they turn their PS4s on. You can play films with whatever ratings and content you want on your PS4 without any worries about being banned for doing it but if you were to post images from it (You probably can't do the same with films) then it becomes your responsibility for sharing it openly on PSN.
Although I couldn't remember the specific wording of the warning I could certainly remember that I was warned about sharing from when I initially signed up to it. To me at least, if I chose to share an image publicly on a platform such as PSN with that warning then I would actually be expecting to be reported, at least once, and probably banned.
OP, I do hope that you sort it all out but, you know, be more careful in the future as you're inevitably going to piss off somebody by doing this.
The issue with the OP is not that they've shared an image on Twitter but that they've broadcast that image to everybody in their friends list and the people they're following and, perhaps understandably, they've had complaints from a person or people who clearly didn't want to see it.SEN said:
Maybe the ban extension was due to additional complaints about the shared image?
I know that some have suggested that it's the fault of the game for showing a, shock horror, vagina in a game but I don't think the band was about the OP playing a game with a vagina in it but making it public on people's screens when they turn their PS4s on. You can play films with whatever ratings and content you want on your PS4 without any worries about being banned for doing it but if you were to post images from it (You probably can't do the same with films) then it becomes your responsibility for sharing it openly on PSN.
Although I couldn't remember the specific wording of the warning I could certainly remember that I was warned about sharing from when I initially signed up to it. To me at least, if I chose to share an image publicly on a platform such as PSN with that warning then I would actually be expecting to be reported, at least once, and probably banned.
OP, I do hope that you sort it all out but, you know, be more careful in the future as you're inevitably going to piss off somebody by doing this.
YianGaruga
Banned
Killer Queen
Banned
Just because you enjoy your hobby doesn't mean it's not weird.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Sorry OP had to post it, it's all I could think of.. that's some real shitty shit right there though. Did you have previous warnings or bans?
It seems a bit weird that they would jump straight to ban over a minor infraction; then double down on it because you posted about it. Unless there is some Sony-mod lurking on gaf with a bone to pick...
edit: just caught up to the "unban". good stuff, though it shouldn't have even come to that.
lol at that message. Shameless.
zorlaczerohero
Banned
If the next Watchdogs OT isn't called "Watch_Dogs 2 |OT2| Neo-Gash is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E." I'm going to be disappointed.
Lol well then, good it was sorted out. A warning like that should have been first thing.
TwilightPrincess
Member
What is weird about vaginas?
RichiRamjag
Member
Woot!
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
You peeps ever attended a sculpting or nude drawing class? Artists are desensitized to these things while working from my experience.
What a ride this must have been.
I feel like the Sony & Ubi will take the wrong lessons from this, but at least now you'll know to just save the media and upload it your damn self ¯_(ツ
_/¯Obliterator
Member
Wait so they removed female genitalia specifically but left in the male?
lensoftruth
Member
Nothing but it's certainly odd to texture it in this way. Red top news should be amusing tomorrow
DoubleTake
Member
Be careful what you do for the foreseeable future OP. Your account likely has a big red target on it now lol.
It's against their service rules to discuss your ban on an unrelated website? Wasn't aware of that.
Aenima
Member
Your screenshot can still be seen by EVERYONE on PSN in the Live from Playstation section, is actually a top trending screenshot.
And it was uploaded by Efsak, that i supose it was you, and thats why you got suspended twice, as probably 2 mods saw it and took action on the account of the uploader. Strange thing is Sony dont have deleted it from the feed.
Good thing your bans got lifted. But if i was you i would delete that screenshot from twitter. Because otherwise it will be remaining in the Live From Playstation trending screens, and your risk that another mod see it and ban ur account again.
Edit: The screen is now gone from the Live From Playstation section.
If you work at Sony you're already fired.
YianGaruga
Banned
lmao this may be the best part. they ban him but don't even remove the offending pictureYour screenshot can still be seen by EVERYONE on PSN in the Live from Playstation section, is actually a top trending screenshot.
And it was uploaded by Efsak, that i supose it was you, and thats why you got suspended twice, as probably 2 mods saw it and took action on the account of the uploader. Strange thing is Sony dont have deleted it from the feed.
Good thing your bans got lifted.
Just when triple A vaginas were finally being accepted now we're only left with dongs again.
I feel this sends the wrong message :|
I think after this I'm making serious considerations about keeping my ps4 offline and not buying anything new. I just can't believe they treated me the way they did and I know from reading this forum that they treat others with the same disrespect.
Your screenshot can still be seen by EVERYONE on PSN in the Live from Playstation section, is actually a top trending screenshot.
And it was uploaded by Efsak, that i supose it was you, and thats why you got suspended twice, as probably 2 mods saw it and took action on the account of the uploader. Strange thing is Sony dont have deleted it from the feed.
Good thing your bans got lifted. But if i was you i would delete that screenshot from twitter. Because otherwise it will be remaining in the Live From Playstation trending screens, and your risk that another mod see it and ban ur account again.
I'm guessing that Sony would have to delete the twitter post itself, something which they have no power over, to remove it from the feed.
These notifications were sent to you incorrectly, and your account has not been suspended. Despite this, your activity on our platform by sharing offensive content from Watchdogs2, was a breach of our PSN Terms of Service.
Except it was suspended .. You deserve a refund for this month of PSN at the very least. I would call and bitch at them OP.
Killer Queen
Banned
I don't know about the others, but I'm just fucking around. It just seems like an odd situation to have thrust upon you one day at work, especially when it's not particularly relevant or impactful.
Considering what happened, that's not exactly the wisest thing to do.
Tarkus
Member
Is that in-game or real? I can't tell anymore.
lensoftruth
Member
Explains the quality of their games I suppose
jabberwocker
Banned
Lol I was thinking the same thing.
Captain Tuttle
Member
This is what happens when your hobby (my hobby) is enjoyed by children and adults
The extra month is a bit of fuckery though and will likely hurt Sony a bit in pr
The extra month is a bit of fuckery though and will likely hurt Sony a bit in pr
lensoftruth
Member
Doesn't help that a lot of the cool games have unessesary content like this either
Actually sounds like it's on par with the video game industry.
Blood and guts = Awesome
Nudity = Ew
If there HAS to be nudity = Male please, females are yucky
There is no equality in our hobby.
jabberwocker
Banned
How? They dont give a shit about pr. They have about they most unfriendly consumer policies out there. Have there shit jacked all of the time and say nothing.
Sonys official PR manual is only one sentence.
"Fuck off!"
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