Curse

Mister PMA · Jan 30, 2009, 04:05 AM // 04:05

Anet needs to do something about this ridiculous banning crap. I was playing HB and won, it was a close match too 20-18. The person i was playing with tells me im a noob and reports me then taunts me saying "haha reported"...Normally i could have cared less because i figured hey just one report won't do anything. I log off go to bed, wake up go to log in and im banned! For my name...My name is Mr PMA which as far as i know isnt anything offensive. In fact PMA stands for positive mental attitude. This idiot got me banned for 72 hours and i'm pissed. Why is it that leechers dont get banned and abusers get away with reporting tons of people. It's just stupid.Somebody please fix this...Anyone know if theres a way to get my account unbanned before the 72 hours is up? Ive heard of support tickets or something? Ok, now you can tell me to qq less.

Nightow · Jan 30, 2009, 04:07 AM // 04:07

1)QQ less.
2)No one cares.
3)Contact NCSoft support via their web site and tell them why you shouldn't be banned.
4)QQ less some more.
5)??????????
6)PROFIT!

P.S. Doesn't really matter what you think PMA stands for. It could have a multiude of meanings as seen at http://www.acronymfinder.com/PMA.html.

Mister PMA · Jan 30, 2009, 04:09 AM // 04:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nightow

1)QQ less.
2)No one cares.
3)Contact NCSoft support via their web site and tell them why you shouldn't be banned.
4)QQ less some more.
5)??????????
6)PROFIT!

so i just go on the ncsoft site and email them or what?

Nightow · Jan 30, 2009, 04:14 AM // 04:14

http://www.guildwars.com/support/ pick a language and it'll tell you what to do.

Winterclaw · Jan 30, 2009, 04:18 AM // 04:18

The funny thing is, even if he does contact them, by the time they get back to him, the 3 days will have been up.

The best you can hope for now is that the guy who reported you gets a ban instead for misusing the system.

Tom Swift · Jan 30, 2009, 04:25 AM // 04:25

I agree with the OP. This ban for name just because someone reported it is stupid. don't they actually check the name before banning to see if it is offensive or not? The least they could do is require the reporter to defend why they found it offensive before issuing the ban. Business wise, I would think in the end they would lose more people who get upset by being banned than people who leave because someone else's name offended them.

Lishy · Jan 30, 2009, 04:32 AM // 04:32

I'm with OP on the ban crap getting ridiculous.
Look at this:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1916/gw071eb4.jpg

Now I got this:

All for a little silliness in a T rated game.
I sent a ticket to NCSoft, but they're too inconvenient.
GW was best without the report command

Nightow · Jan 30, 2009, 04:33 AM // 04:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Swift

I agree with the OP. This ban for name just because someone reported it is stupid. don't they actually check the name before banning to see if it is offensive or not? The least they could do is require the reporter to defend why they found it offensive before issuing the ban. Business wise, I would think in the end they would lose more people who get upset by being banned than people who leave because someone else's name offended them.

Normally I'd agree but do you really think they have enough people on the live team to check every single report and follow through on it?

Lykan · Jan 30, 2009, 04:44 AM // 04:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister PMA

Why is it that leechers dont get banned and abusers get away with reporting tons of people. It's just stupid.Somebody please fix this...Anyone know if theres a way to get my account unbanned before the 72 hours is up? Ive heard of support tickets or something? Ok, now you can tell me to qq less.

Surely its obvious the way to deal with it is to report leechers for their names.
Its been proven time and time again they dont check the names they are banning.

Seraphim Angel · Jan 30, 2009, 04:45 AM // 04:45

Yep I completely agree with everything you are saying! Kain that's why I don't even talk in local chat Mr PMA banned for that name WTF! Dude that sucks. I have a guild mate banned because he didn't pay for a run. The guy said he could do a run in 1 hour took him and 1 hour 30 min he refused to pay him got banned. Thought anet was against people who ran but what ever. Another friend banned because he did not pay this guy on guru in a timely manner so he got a ban. Another buddy banned for recruiting i mean cmon this has to end. This ban stuff was intended for abuse of the game yet normal people get banned everyday for little crap. No wonder this game is getting less and less players everyday.

Silverhand · Jan 30, 2009, 04:55 AM // 04:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nightow

Normally I'd agree but do you really think they have enough people on the live team to check every single report and follow through on it?

Y have a feature that results in a ban that they DONT check?
Honestly if anet won't back up their bans with proof
Then they shouldn't ban

Its ike how U can't get arrested bc someone said u stole something
They need proof before they act.

Anet needs to be responsible and check before they act

Iarumas Regnar · Jan 30, 2009, 05:02 AM // 05:02

this is something minor through the eyes of Anet, it's all they can do right now to prepare for the canthan new year festival and keep people playing the game while they continue to postpone and not mention anything about GW2.

Shayne Hawke · Jan 30, 2009, 05:02 AM // 05:02

This banning stuff is getting ridiculous, and I'm starting to think that the QQers actually have a point.

Chabby · Jan 30, 2009, 05:11 AM // 05:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kain Fz

I'm with OP on the ban crap getting ridiculous.
Look at this:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1916/gw071eb4.jpg

Now I got this:

All for a little silliness in a T rated game.
I sent a ticket to NCSoft, but they're too inconvenient.
GW was best without the report command

Don't take it too personnal, but what you said in that screenshot wasn't really a mature and brillant attitude. I didn't find it funny to be honnest.

As for the subject of this thread, the best way to avoid unfair bans is to avoid weird usernames. For myself, I create real names to my characters, that way I avoid of being reported as inappropriate name because what mean something to you might not have the same meaning for somebody else.

As Nightow said, "PMA" can mean many different things. With the amount of players playing on GW and GW2 in development, Anet doesn't have the time to verify each names and its true meaning everytime one (with a weird grammar?) is reported, knowing how many are.

If someone report a name like "Jack Cruise", nothing will be done.
But if someone report a name like "Isux Iou" or "IAGTKU", which can have thousand of meanings, it's understandable that they won't take any chance and ban, temporarily, since it would take too much time to verify.

Plus, it's not a permanant ban, so yes, it's frustrating, the best you can do is to send an Email to Anet, not to be unbanned, but to report someone abusing of the reports and that there is something that needs to be done with it.

FengShuiDove · Jan 30, 2009, 05:32 AM // 05:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kain Fz

I'm with OP on the ban crap getting ridiculous.
Look at this:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1916/gw071eb4.jpg

Now I got this:

All for a little silliness in a T rated game.
I sent a ticket to NCSoft, but they're too inconvenient.
GW was best without the report command

I agree with Chabby. Regardless of how severe, this was an extremely annoying and immature conversation, which could easily be taken as offensive. Deserving of a ban, maybe not, but it sure was dumb.

OT: This is getting annoying to hear about. All of my names are clean, no contest, but get real, almost anything could be contorted/distorted and reported for offending someone. Had a friend serve a name-ban for Bbw Want A Twinkie. Yeah what? If any of my names are reported I'll be incredibly aggravated and will send in the (completely benign) meaning with my complaint.

Nightow · Jan 30, 2009, 05:45 AM // 05:45

I think it needs to be said that people need to stop trying to make their character's name into a statement and just use regular names. If you don't, then don't go QQ'ing about it.

Kain, your conversation was immature and un-necessary at the least. You deserve your temp-ban as the others have said, now get over it.

Professor K · Jan 30, 2009, 05:46 AM // 05:46

Rule I have always followed on that kind of stuff is; If I have to wonder if the name is ok or not, then I shouldnt even bother with it.

And yes I agree, the "making a statement" names are getting ridiculous. Making a characters name a sentence is not clever.

R.Shayne · Jan 30, 2009, 05:51 AM // 05:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seraphim Angel

I have a guild mate banned because he didn't pay for a run. The guy said he could do a run in 1 hour took him and 1 hour 30 min he refused to pay him got banned.

They are not suppose to banned scammers on run unless they are repeat offenders (meaning they have scammed on runs multi times). What I read on Gaile page I was under the impression that they would review the chat records to prove there was an agreement and it that agreement was violated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seraphim Angel

Thought anet was against people who ran but what ever.

You may want to check Gaile archive (around November 2007). Not only is running approved, designers built it into the game.

The banning has to stop and an easy fix is make it so it takes multiply reports for a ban to take place. If one person reports a name it is questionable, if twenty people report a name they may be something to it.

I see Banning as a good thing, it weeds out those that would take the fun out of the game. At the same time banning people without looking into needs to stop, I could see a ban if it was PMS but PMA, that is just stupid.

Inde · Jan 30, 2009, 05:53 AM // 05:53

Okay some of you who are accusing others of QQ'ing are doing a whole lot of it yourselves. There's absolutely no reason that Mr PMA would constitute a ban nor would any person even know what that acronym was supposed to stand for in this case.

Mister, you must contact Support to get this resolved. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it here.

Mesmer in Need · Jan 30, 2009, 05:58 AM // 05:58

I agree, something needs to be done. Mostly about all this qq.
Who cares if you get banned for a couple days. Go out and see the sun once in a while. People have been using the /report offensive name lately to get other people banned unfairly. Moral of the story is to not get into a stupid internet argument with someone who who could do this (i.e. anybody).