ITT: 115 lays the law to TW

[Rudy]

I received the following through the zone's ban E-mail distribution list this evening. It only took me a glance to realise I was going to have a laugh reading it. Over the years I've seen my share of exceptionally funny attempts at ban appeals, but this one is truly in a class of it's own...

From: (omitted out of respect for the plaintiff - Rudy)
Subject: "You are banned from SSCU Trench Wars till 2008-05-09 15:49 GMT+10 BanId #18069"
To: bans21@trenchwars.org
Received: Friday, 2 May, 2008, 4:41 PM

Dear Sir(s),

Please be aware of the below details.

"You are banned from SSCU Trench Wars till 2008-05-09 15:49 GMT+10 BanId #18069"

The nature of this correspondence is to advise that this suspension is to be lifted immediately and if there is any lack of action, alternatives
to ensuring this takes the appropriate course WILL be made available.

As for any particular details relating to this matter, will need to speak to the Internet Crime Complaint Center
and ask to be referred to case #1239/bgq relating to internet abuse.

In addition to this, acting as my representative to this matter is, Justin M. Shoreline (WilmerHale Law Firm WA, USA).
Available from, justin.m.shoreline@wilmerhale.com.

I understand the duration to the criteria for the suspension of use to Trench Wars is a short period, this however, is not
acceptable due to the technical advice concerning state, federal and local infringements.

Very truely yours,


This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain sensitive and private proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient.

I particularly like the disclaimer at the bottom that I've completely disregarded. I have considered replying to it, but I'm actually more curious to see whether this center and the case number actually exists first. I find it amusing that someone from Sydney, Australia needs to refer to a US law firm and then goes on to talk about "state, federal, and local infringments".
Anyway, this guy will be back in the zone within 24 hours. I'd encourage anyone kind enough to inform him that this game is run by it's playerbase and no one has any legal standing to contest a ban of any sort pertaining to either Trench Wars, or Subspace as a whole. Or just point and laugh at him as I will be sure to do.

[Soilderz]

rofl this is money $$ sue us

[Rudy]

http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/
Be careful guys, teh internet is serious business.

I don't think he read the FAQ before logding the complaint. Sorry guy!
Thinking about turning his 24 hour ban back into a 3 day term just to piss him off. Discuss.

[Maverick]

Hahaha I wonder what he does or what e-mail you get when you raise it to 3 days. You should do it just to mess with him :grin:

[H.M.S. Stargazer]

Hahahah!

[Doc Flabby]

Prehaps he should have read that EULA he accepted when he installed the game

[Kahlan]

This just makes me chuckle inside.

[Dameon Angell]

Was it Trancetunes? lol

[Ewan]

Damn, I wish I still had BanG so I could check who this was.

[Money]

ROFL best laugh all year


i sent 115 a ?message LOLoLOl

[bounty]

Yeah that is an instant classic for sure! I bet it took a few mins to compose that.

[roxxkatt]

Thinking about turning his 24 hour ban back into a 3 day term just to piss him off. Discuss.

AGREED


rofl

btw this reminds me of that letter that someone got irl, forgot where it is in forums...

[Money]

lol netban him and see what happens, i bet we get nuked.

[Galaxy Turbo]

I like this, it makes a good read.

Please include his/her name. I want to congratulate them for entertaining me.

[Money]

?find 115