Question and Answer

Q: Why has The Dark Syndicate Switched to a more legitimate site?
A: It has been our goal for some time, Zero finally made the push to have it done.

Q: Has Sega or Microsoft threatened any members of the site?
A: Yes lol

Q: Will anyone on this site work on an Xbox private server?
A: No, programming the Xbox to bypass Xbox Live would be a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Even without the Xbox Live program, getting PSO to connect to a private server would still violate The DMCA

Q: Does this mean Schtserv violates the DMCA?
A: Yes, but end users can not be held liable or responsible for using it. You can not get in trouble for playing on his server.

Q: Is The Dark Syndicate A clan?
A: No. Nope. Never.

Q: Can I play PSU with one of you guys?
A: Unfortunately we can not give out our PSU names or information. Sega recently banned a member of our site who had never modified the game on top of Microsoft issuing a super ban on most of our members because of Sega manipulation.

Q: Are you guys trying to protect Sega by not releasing content?
A: F*** No. If PSU content for the 360 was released it would hurt the players and the game we all love. It would hurt them far more than it would hurt Sega.

Q: Will the new site help any staff members situations with Sega?
A: Haha no.

Q: How do we know you guys won't change your minds?
A: You don't. But we do. The decision is final. We had to let go of 4 of our trusted staff members who disagreed because of it. No worries though, they do not have the ability to modify the game.

Q: I think I saw a youtube video of Snowfox, where is it?
A: They are unlisted, they're still there.

Q: I saw someone claiming to be a hacker, what do I do?
A: File a support ticket to Sega, you can find the link on our navigation bar on the left. Be sure to include all the information you can. Please do not contact us first. You can submit your information to us after you have contacted Sega. The Dark Syndicate is not your personal weapon. Do not submit fake claims to us if you simply do not like someone. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Q: Is Sega really banning characters named Snowfox?
A: We don't know. There is at least 1 case of a legit Snowfox being banned but he is one of ours.

Q: Why did you guys remove the Blue Burst Content?
A: It's going to be back up momentarily.

Q: I don't think what Sega has done to your members is right, what can I do?
A: You can voice your opinion on the Sega forum or contact them via a support ticket. Be warned, most Snowfox or TDS threads get deleted immediately. Please do not get yourself in trouble with them.

Q: Are you turning on other Phantasy Star Hackers?
A: Of course not. We believe in modding, but only for personal gain or experience, not to effect the gameplay of others. We are only against those trying to ruin the game for others.

Q: What if someone else mods the game for destructive purposes and releases it?
A: It's been 4 years. You can't live on what-ifs.

Q: Did I hear you offered to help Sega before and it didn't work?
A: Yes. Ignorance ruined a possible standing relationship with Sega. However, the PSU community is ran by Edward, who seems to be a good dude. Zero vouched for him. Feel free to blame him if he turns out to be a prick.

Q: What happened to your forums? Didn't they have 50,000 members?
A: Yes, Foxline gained just about 50,000 users in 4 years. We aren't conceited. Only 7,000 members were active. We can assume the rest were inactive lurkers, multiple user accounts, or spam bots. When The Dark Syndicate reopened we reached 4,200 members. It was a hard decision to shut down the forums back in 2005 but we saw no other option.
 

Q: Where did the line "Snowfox Lives" come from?
A: It started when a member of the R&D Team was banned. He came back on an unnamed character and said that in the lobby and it stuck. A fan of ours imitated Clumsyorchids character and went around saying this line. We thought it was so funny we asked him for screen shots.

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