What can get you banned

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

CSR-DanB gave me an official warning for 'mowing down 'random NC Retard' repeatedly' saying it was harassment.

I told him the idiot kept running in front of my tank and my brakes were taking the day off.

The warning till stands afaik.

CSR-DanB is a goddamned idiot.

[Baneblade]

Yeah, and he was a power hungry cunt. His getting fired was the best thing SOE did. But they never replaced him...

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

His getting fired was the best thing SOE did.

SOE didn't fire him. He didn't get laid off in the latest round of layoffs. He still works there, as far as I know.

[Hamma]

Indeed.

[Firefly]

That guy's such a fucking cunt. I honestly cannot stand that cocksucker. If I ever met him in real life I would wait for him to open his mouth to start talking, and then spit in his open craw.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Firefly

SOE didn't fire him. He didn't get laid off in the latest round of layoffs. He still works there, as far as I know.

I guess he morphed into Brewko...

But is he still around? I can't find anything on him recently.

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

I guess he morphed into Brewko...

But is he still around? I can't find anything on him recently.

Yeah. That was his second name, Brewko. I guess they changed their naming scheme or something (dumb idea to have your real name all over like that). Currently he's a PS2 developer as far as I know.

[Goku]

He's a PS2 dev now? Wow. I remember he was put on as a dev on PS to just make it look like there was something going on. Does that guy even have experience with that stuff? I really do not see how CSR work and development is linked.

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by Goku

I really do not see how CSR work and development is linked.

I don't know anything about SOE's set-up or the tools they use, but I imagine it's similar to other MMO companies with regards to scope and function. I also don't know anything about SOE's policies and procedures for its CS department but again, I imagine that it's similar to other companies. The CS department is widely regarded as a step into the world of game development. Most of the devs I know didn't go to DeVry or ITT and get their gaming degree, they started in CS with little to zero experience in the gaming industry (myself among them).

CSRs don't just sit at their computer running around in-game looking for bad people. A large part of their job involves player appeals/reports so chances are good that if a CSR comes to talk to you, it's because you or someone that hates you filed an appeal. A CSR will be trained on a number of programs and in-game command functions which can/will reveal a number of pieces of technical data. From there, competent or interested CSRs will become exposed to a wider array of tools that allow them to look up and edit player information. A logical step is to go from CSR positions to QA positions, but I've known some that went straight into Art, Writing, Production, even junior-level Development because they were that smart/talented.

At the end of the day CSR-DanB is still a fucking cunt, though. I don't hate many people but he's one of them.

[Baneblade]

Well I hope I never deal with him again.

[Hamma]

Pretty sure he's involved with PS2 in some way, although I don't know if he is a developer. I did get toi meet him at Fan Faire last month although I didn't talk to him much at all.

[Goku]

Originally Posted by Firefly

I don't know anything about SOE's set-up or the tools they use, but I imagine it's similar to other MMO companies with regards to scope and function. I also don't know anything about SOE's policies and procedures for its CS department but again, I imagine that it's similar to other companies. The CS department is widely regarded as a step into the world of game development. Most of the devs I know didn't go to DeVry or ITT and get their gaming degree, they started in CS with little to zero experience in the gaming industry (myself among them).

CSRs don't just sit at their computer running around in-game looking for bad people. A large part of their job involves player appeals/reports so chances are good that if a CSR comes to talk to you, it's because you or someone that hates you filed an appeal. A CSR will be trained on a number of programs and in-game command functions which can/will reveal a number of pieces of technical data. From there, competent or interested CSRs will become exposed to a wider array of tools that allow them to look up and edit player information. A logical step is to go from CSR positions to QA positions, but I've known some that went straight into Art, Writing, Production, even junior-level Development because they were that smart/talented.

At the end of the day CSR-DanB is still a fucking cunt, though. I don't hate many people but he's one of them.

Insightful info thanks. I never heard good stuff about ITT or Devry tbh anyway. My bet is FireFly is the next to trip the hack detection program if Dan reads this .

[Firefly]

Originally Posted by Goku

Insightful info thanks. I never heard good stuff about ITT or Devry tbh anyway. My bet is FireFly is the next to trip the hack detection program if Dan reads this .

Considering that it's public knowledge that I'm a member of the video game development industry, I'd consider that a serious slur against my character to be accused of it - especially considering how soul-suckingly average I am at this game. I take my professional reputation and my integrity very seriously and if CSR-DanB so much as twitches his fucking eyeball in my general direction with an unprofessional attack, I'd have no choice but to file an official complaint and keep at it until he was terminated.