ÜberJumper
16th Jan 04, 7:56 PM
After several people reported being banned or muted from gamespy, Geoff at Relic contacted Gamespy to investigate.
This is that Gamespy had to say.
The Chat_Monitor bot automatically enters chat channels that go beyond a certain number of minimum users. It would then kick, mute or ban for a very short select list of 'bad words' or URLs to known warez and crack sites. Spam and certain bad words will get a gag, repeat offenders and those posting 'crash URLs' will result in a ban.
Most bans expire after 5 days, however racial slurs can last forever or until our customer support is contacted to discuss the matter.
Geoff and I when discussing this are concerned that people were being arbitrarily banned without any prior warning. So we had a look at the EULA that is installed with HW2.
Here's the important bit here (You can read the rest in your \homeworld2 directory in the Eula.txt).
1. Limited Use License. Sierra Entertainment, Inc. ('Sierra') hereby grants, and by installing the Program you thereby accept, a limited, non-exclusive license and right to install and use one (1) copy of the Program for your use on either a home, business or portable computer. In addition, the Program may have a multi-player capability that allows users to utilize the Program over the Internet via gamespy.com or another gaming network designated by Sierra. Use of the Program over gamespy.com is subject to your acceptance of gamespy.com’s or such other gaming network’s Terms of Use Agreement.
For convience, here are the gamespy chat room rules (http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/chatrules.shtml). I assume they apply to Homeworld 2 as well.
Chat Standards
As a user in Arcade chat, you may have your chat privileges removed with or without warning for the following reasons:
Flame wars. The verbal attack on others in order to instigate or continue a pointless argument.
The excessive use of foul, vulgar or extremely profane language.
Racist and sexist remarks, slurs and attacks, as well as unsportsmanlike and unkind attitudes. Spamming the channel or repeating yourself excessively, so that others are unable to share the chat.
Exchanging information regarding pornography, adult sites, obscene urls or any site sponsored by banner ads of pornography is strictly prohibited.
Out of respect for the great companies who have brought us all together for their incredible games, GSA does not condone the discussion of game piracy and warez, e.g., the exchanging of warez site links, cdkey generators, software cracks, etc., as it violates copyright laws and the licensing documentation of most game publishers. This extends to discussion of cracks or hacks of GameSpy software.
Chatting in / accessing GameSpy Arcade through any interface other than the Arcade software (through IRC or similar clients) is prohibited. Users accessing Arcade chat rooms using these clients will be removed from the chat rooms.
We appreciate your need to discuss things without restrictions, therefore we have provided you with PlayerSpy and the ability to private message one another using the "/msg nick" text feature that irc chat offers.
Note that Homeworld 2 now has the ability to Ignore users, and use private messages.
Course of action if you have been banned.
feedback@gamespyarcade.com
You could also try
http://www.gamespy3d.com/support/contact.asp or http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/contact.asp
This is that Gamespy had to say.
The Chat_Monitor bot automatically enters chat channels that go beyond a certain number of minimum users. It would then kick, mute or ban for a very short select list of 'bad words' or URLs to known warez and crack sites. Spam and certain bad words will get a gag, repeat offenders and those posting 'crash URLs' will result in a ban.
Most bans expire after 5 days, however racial slurs can last forever or until our customer support is contacted to discuss the matter.
Geoff and I when discussing this are concerned that people were being arbitrarily banned without any prior warning. So we had a look at the EULA that is installed with HW2.
Here's the important bit here (You can read the rest in your \homeworld2 directory in the Eula.txt).
1. Limited Use License. Sierra Entertainment, Inc. ('Sierra') hereby grants, and by installing the Program you thereby accept, a limited, non-exclusive license and right to install and use one (1) copy of the Program for your use on either a home, business or portable computer. In addition, the Program may have a multi-player capability that allows users to utilize the Program over the Internet via gamespy.com or another gaming network designated by Sierra. Use of the Program over gamespy.com is subject to your acceptance of gamespy.com’s or such other gaming network’s Terms of Use Agreement.
For convience, here are the gamespy chat room rules (http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/chatrules.shtml). I assume they apply to Homeworld 2 as well.
Chat Standards
As a user in Arcade chat, you may have your chat privileges removed with or without warning for the following reasons:
Flame wars. The verbal attack on others in order to instigate or continue a pointless argument.
The excessive use of foul, vulgar or extremely profane language.
Racist and sexist remarks, slurs and attacks, as well as unsportsmanlike and unkind attitudes. Spamming the channel or repeating yourself excessively, so that others are unable to share the chat.
Exchanging information regarding pornography, adult sites, obscene urls or any site sponsored by banner ads of pornography is strictly prohibited.
Out of respect for the great companies who have brought us all together for their incredible games, GSA does not condone the discussion of game piracy and warez, e.g., the exchanging of warez site links, cdkey generators, software cracks, etc., as it violates copyright laws and the licensing documentation of most game publishers. This extends to discussion of cracks or hacks of GameSpy software.
Chatting in / accessing GameSpy Arcade through any interface other than the Arcade software (through IRC or similar clients) is prohibited. Users accessing Arcade chat rooms using these clients will be removed from the chat rooms.
We appreciate your need to discuss things without restrictions, therefore we have provided you with PlayerSpy and the ability to private message one another using the "/msg nick" text feature that irc chat offers.
Note that Homeworld 2 now has the ability to Ignore users, and use private messages.
Course of action if you have been banned.
feedback@gamespyarcade.com
You could also try
http://www.gamespy3d.com/support/contact.asp or http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/contact.asp