Insomniac: New banning policy for RFoM effective immediately

Heads up, Resistance: Fall of Man players – a new banning policy has just been implemented by Insomniac and Sony, as Chris of Videogame-news.com reports.

First off, offensive user names and clan tags – and obviously, a combination of both – would get you on the bad side of the law (not bad side of the law GTA-style, more like violating EULA bad side of the law style). Even the clever few who combine the first three letters of their clan tag with their usernames to spell out something naughty isn’t exempt from this item, either.

Those caught and reported to be naming themselves after things that break the PG barrier would have themselves permanently banned and their Playstation Network accounts suspended.

Next up is cheating and exploiting, two things that ruin the fun of the game for everyone. If you’ve spotted a player using lag devices or exploits or any type of trickery to get an unfair advantage over the game, you can have them ejected from the player area by simply sending a private message to the MyResistance.Net “cheating” account.

The username to PM is “cheating“, without the quotation marks.

We at QJ, along with the folks over at Insomniac and Sony, would like to remind gamers that cheating and the use of in-game exploits is strictly prohibited in any game type, and that includes custom and private games.

But what about if you’re knee-deep into a game, and can’t spare a moment to PM someone? Worry not, for Insomniac and Sony have deployed “In-game moderators” with the ability to check up on any game, whether it be ranked, custom or provide, and catch anyone sharing or abusing exploits without being seen. Kind of like Police Ninjas, but totally invisible.

Caught red-handed? Serves you right, but Insomniac and Sony are no ogres. A first-time ban would have you out of the game for only 24 hours. Don’t push your luck too much, though, as the duration of the bans will grow longer and longer with every succeeding offense. Dodging your ban would have the same consequences, so don’t even think about it.

So we’re reminding everyone to keep things clean.

Heads up, Resistance: Fall of Man players – a new banning policy has just been implemented by Insomniac and Sony, as Chris of Videogame-news.com reports.

First off, offensive user names and clan tags – and obviously, a combination of both – would get you on the bad side of the law (not bad side of the law GTA-style, more like violating EULA bad side of the law style). Even the clever few who combine the first three letters of their clan tag with their usernames to spell out something naughty isn’t exempt from this item, either.

Those caught and reported to be naming themselves after things that break the PG barrier would have themselves permanently banned and their Playstation Network accounts suspended.

Next up is cheating and exploiting, two things that ruin the fun of the game for everyone. If you’ve spotted a player using lag devices or exploits or any type of trickery to get an unfair advantage over the game, you can have them ejected from the player area by simply sending a private message to the MyResistance.Net “cheating” account.

The username to PM is “cheating“, without the quotation marks.

We at QJ, along with the folks over at Insomniac and Sony, would like to remind gamers that cheating and the use of in-game exploits is strictly prohibited in any game type, and that includes custom and private games.

But what about if you’re knee-deep into a game, and can’t spare a moment to PM someone? Worry not, for Insomniac and Sony have deployed “In-game moderators” with the ability to check up on any game, whether it be ranked, custom or provide, and catch anyone sharing or abusing exploits without being seen. Kind of like Police Ninjas, but totally invisible.

Caught red-handed? Serves you right, but Insomniac and Sony are no ogres. A first-time ban would have you out of the game for only 24 hours. Don’t push your luck too much, though, as the duration of the bans will grow longer and longer with every succeeding offense. Dodging your ban would have the same consequences, so don’t even think about it.

So we’re reminding everyone to keep things clean.