Curse

ZenRgy · Mar 24, 2009, 09:28 AM // 09:28

Too much bureaucrat form filling.

Silicon Based · Mar 24, 2009, 11:07 AM // 11:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nanood

Well. First off. I hate you and your leeching bretheren.

But to answer your question. Yesterday I went on a reporting rampage of all the lame leechers in JQ. Got a bunch of Dishonorable and couldn't play for a while.

This was after asking team mates to also report.

One thing I noticed is that the Hex Discription for Dishonorable is INCORRECT. Nowhere in the discription does it say

"YOU HAVE BEEN GIVIN A TEMPORARY BAN BECAUSE YOUR LAME TEAM MATES COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO REPORT AS YOU DID. MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU DECIDE TO USE THIS BADLY IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM YOU WILL THINK TWICE BECAUSE THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS GOING TO SUFFER IS YOU."

QFT
Indeed the reported gets busted and the leecher leeches on and on and on

Ate of DK · Mar 24, 2009, 02:16 PM // 14:16

I just don't care because Anet doesn't care.

Why should I do their job and get backfired by a system that doesn't work...

Mister_Smiley · Mar 24, 2009, 02:24 PM // 14:24

I started out reporting people, but after a while none of them where disapareing and i was like"whats the point?" Since anet is going to do anything it just a waist of time and that was that i stoped doing it, hell i even reported some of the botters as well. Anywho i don't plain to do it ever again because there is no point. It seams Anet isn't doing anything to fix it, so why do it at all.

X CDH X · Mar 24, 2009, 02:30 PM // 14:30

GW is a free to play game so ur gonna get a loads of nubs and retards

Squishy ftw · Mar 24, 2009, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Meh, reporting..sounds like an effort I have to put in. Not going to happen..

Zakarr · Mar 24, 2009, 02:52 PM // 14:52

What is ArenaNet's opinion about ranger spirits in Aspenwood? I used a build which changed the conditions a bit because wanted to have something new, then some retard spammed the team chat that my spirits were bad and I got four leech reports. The hex was short, but people can report others if they think that some skills are bad?

Ctb · Mar 24, 2009, 03:04 PM // 15:04

Because self-policing in an MMO is a terrible idea that will never work in any circumstance ever.

Exhibit A: the /report "feature" in Guild Wars....

If mmo players were mature enough to self-police they wouldn't need a way to go crying to mommy anyway.

On a more serious note, I did actually try it a few times, but nobody else on my team could be bothered, so I got kicked out instead. Yay.

Callie The Healer · Mar 24, 2009, 03:36 PM // 15:36

I heard lots of times when people look for leachers... I didn't know what it was. CAn somebody tell me what leaching is so I don't accidentally do it?

Earth · Mar 24, 2009, 04:19 PM // 16:19

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Originally Posted by upier

So ... why aren't YOU reporting the leeching bastards?

Quote:

Originally Posted by upier

Nobody gives a shit.

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Besides, sometimes I leech too. Obviously no one bothers reporting.

glacialphoenix · Mar 24, 2009, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Because nobody else does, and I've seen various cases where you report one, they're not afk, and the whole sodding team of leechers cheerfully /reports you back. So you get the dishonour and they get off scot free.

Not very encouraging for would-be /reporters, is it?

Steps_Descending · Mar 24, 2009, 04:31 PM // 16:31

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Originally Posted by Callie The Healer

I heard lots of times when people look for leachers... I didn't know what it was. CAn somebody tell me what leaching is so I don't accidentally do it?

BAsically, it's willingly doing nothing while the rest of the team do the job for you. Typically, you're afk at the spawn point or at the rez point.

Jenn · Mar 24, 2009, 04:37 PM // 16:37

I don't report most people for anything because it would mean that I care, and one thing that an asshole loves and feeds off of is pissing others off; they don't care that they do it, so why should I give them the satisfaction? It may seem like backwards logic, but I really, really just don't care. If my teammates want me to, then I may, but I'm not going to actively seek vengeance on a person I'll probably never play with again.

I also don't report people for usernames or flaming me, etc. I think it's RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing retarded to be offended by a username, and flamers are at least a little bit hilarious. Just shrug them off. They're probably some 15 year old kid who won't get laid for another decade

There's always the ignore list, too.

I guess I kinda think the /report function is for cry-babies

. Sorry =O

Ctb · Mar 24, 2009, 04:48 PM // 16:48

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I guess I kinda think the /report function is for cry-babies

Which is fine, but some of us want to actually use chat and whispers and whatnot to actually have conversations that could at least be described as "not massively and unrelentingly stupid" in the game, and they screw that all to hell.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, I would happily pay a premium for access to a heavily moderated server that kept the children permanently at bay. There are more than enough places on the internet to be stupid. I want one where being stupid is strictly forbidden and any intentional attempt at stupidity is actively, mericlessly, and permanently crushed beneath the cold, steel-toed boot of a wrathful moderator.

Also, I may take the internet a little too seriously....

glacialphoenix · Mar 24, 2009, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Quote:

The hex was short, but people can report others if they think that some skills are bad?

See, they don't have to say that it's because they think your skills are bad. They'll just claim you're leeching (y'know, because obviously you're not contributing anything if they don't like what you're doing) - and since you had enough people reporting you, dishonourable hex it is.

Short answer: yes they can, and you can't do anything about it except suck it up.

Linksys · Mar 24, 2009, 06:21 PM // 18:21

I'm always afraid that if I /report a legitimate issue, Anet won't be able to find it or figure it out and assume I'm faking it. Then I get banned. Maybe not likely but still, being an American has conditioned that in my mind. If I can walk away from something I witnessed unaffected, I simply walk away. It's not worth the trouble to get involved. It's not something I agree with but it's a matter of survival. I want to keep my account. That's a small scale comparison to real life where I want to avoid having a criminal record, avoid retaliation from people who get arrested, and avoid being pulled from work to show up at some court or police station which will still get me fired from my low wage mcjob. I guess that translates to me in this game. Just like it does in the work place. If I can walk away like I wasn't there and saw nothing, that's what I do. So no, I don't do the /report thing.

Zahr Dalsk · Mar 24, 2009, 06:59 PM // 18:59

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Originally Posted by X CDH X

GW is a free to play game so ur gonna get a loads of nubs and retards

ProTip: You get those on subscription based MMOs too.

Any online game, really.

Let me rephrase it in more general terms: Where there are humans, many of them WILL be idiots.

Ctb · Mar 24, 2009, 07:45 PM // 19:45

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...avoid being pulled from work to show up at some court or police station which will still get me fired from my low wage mcjob.

No competent employer in the U.S. would fire you for cooperating with a police investigation or testifying in court. That may even be illegal, and anyone it happened to would do well to immediately seek an attorney's advice regarding the legal process known as "suing the bejeezus out of them".

Now, in ANET's case it's entirely different. Testifying against leechers is a very good way to get a temporary PvP ban, unfortunately. Sadly, that's what happens when you try to use a small perl script as a moderator.

JoeKnowMo · Mar 25, 2009, 06:25 AM // 06:25

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Originally Posted by Ctb

Testifying against leechers is a very good way to get a temporary PvP ban, unfortunately.

And Anet doesn't care about the actual gameplay so they won't do anything about it.

But if you're spamming an emote in Spamadan, Gaile shows up to warn you.

Pretty clear where their priorities lie.

refer · Mar 25, 2009, 06:43 AM // 06:43

What if other players could observe JQ/FA and report leechers there as well as /unfair reporter and /lazy.