Curse

Sagius Truthbarron · Oct 20, 2005, 05:29 PM // 17:29

I got suspended and I don't know why. All it says is "You have been suspended for offencive behavior for the next 21 hours." They sent me no letter telling me what I did, nor do I have any idea as to what's going on.

I do remember making fun of one of those Virgoods representitives by copying their add, but lowering the prices and replacing "www.virgoods.com" with "www.cheese.com." Several people said they would have reported me if they didn't see the 'cheese'. I'm sure a few people did.

What kind of idiot sees a name like www.cheese.com and thinks it's an illegal blackmarket for online gaming? If I was suspended for this.. They didn't even check the website?

Otherwise, I seriously have never cursed on Guild Wars before. I don't talk about sexual things. I don't do stuff like that. Sure, I can cause a bit of commotion in an arguement, but not to that much of an extreme.

I heard one person talking about how they got banned for a week for logging in and out of characters. I know I was recreating alot for PvP, I wonder if that has something to do with it.

I sent them a letter, but I am completely baffled. I see posts like this all the time. It seems like the GW support team could save alot of time by just sending people a letter, telling them what they did wrong and for how long they are being suspended.

Sanji · Oct 20, 2005, 05:38 PM // 17:38

It seems that some people have painfully thin skin or are just report griefers. :\

Sagius Truthbarron · Oct 20, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41

Yeah.. And this was like a day after I gave my clothes away and did the naked prot warrior build.. Couldn't be that. Besides, that kept alot of people alive for awhile.

Tactical-Dillusions · Oct 20, 2005, 05:42 PM // 17:42

"Abusive behaviour" is very vague reason indeed but it probably is because of whatever you were typing.
At least 21 hours isn't too long.

Best turn the chat off or ignore everyone in future

justinkim · Oct 20, 2005, 05:44 PM // 17:44

one of my guild members was banned for 24 hrs for having the name I muddaphuker I

kawaii_bat · Oct 20, 2005, 05:45 PM // 17:45

I am actually scared that honest people might get suspended because some guy reported and posted a screenshot of a particular thread line and not the rest of the actual conversation.

I'm never rude, never curse and never cheat....
But still there is a big possibility (and most probably already is) of nice decent players out there getting banned or suspended by jerks for not real reason.

And that really saddens me

My tip to anyone encoutenring a jerk:
If you ever encounter a jerk, take screenshots occasionally. Also refrain from being rude yourself as they will take advantage of that. Take a nonchalant attitude: Whatever, I don't care, if you say so and warn him to stop.

1-If it was rude enough you can send screenshots of your own. I alwasy send 2x Pictures once at the beggining of the conversation and the other at the end.

2-If you are suspended (and you didn't report) and suspect that it's that jerk's fault, send Anet those pictures dictating: If I was suspended because of this guy then here is the rest of the conversation *Show screenshots*
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If ever anyone else here at Guru has had a problem like this. Anet should know. It could escalate into a bigger problem of Jerks actually taking advantage of their system.

Hanuman li Tosh · Oct 20, 2005, 05:50 PM // 17:50

well, honestly, you dont get a 21 hour ban for your first mark.

Omg Kthxbye · Oct 20, 2005, 05:53 PM // 17:53

I learned just to never chat with anyone in the game. The MAJORITY of players in Guild Wars are childish, immature, and rude. I almost never chat with anyone anymore. True, I have met a good amount of mature, respectful players, but I have met far more of the immature type.

Sagius Truthbarron · Oct 20, 2005, 05:54 PM // 17:54

I've never been reported before. Well, not to my knowledge. They appearently never inform you about these things.

Some of you seem to assume that I'm lying about not knowing what is going on, though.

Sekkira · Oct 20, 2005, 05:58 PM // 17:58

I can't believe I haven't been banned yet. I've wandered around districts cursing everyone out, calling people out to insult them, taken some money off people instead of going in to FoW and bailing (I was also reported for that too afaik). Not even a letter of warning from Arenanet or anything.

Savio · Oct 20, 2005, 06:00 PM // 18:00

To whoever just posted: this isn't a thread on how many times Sagius has been banned before, if ever. I'm not dealing with it.

kawaii_bat · Oct 20, 2005, 06:14 PM // 18:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savio

To whoever just posted: this isn't a thread on how many times Sagius has been banned before, if ever. I'm not dealing with it.

I think why he posted is just to raise the question:
Are we safe from being banning ourselves for no reason?
Not just to complain about him being particularly banned

Aracos79 · Oct 20, 2005, 06:16 PM // 18:16

Or a better idea; don't reduce yourself to a jerk's level and retaliate. At that point, you are just as guilty as them and can't complain if you are sanctioned. If you get griefed, mute the general channel, put them on ignore, and go about your business. If you feel the need, grab a screen and shoot it to ANet, but the last thing you should ever do is retaliate.

Savio · Oct 20, 2005, 06:19 PM // 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by kawaii_bat

I think why he posted is just to raise the question:
Are we safe from being banning ourselves for no reason?
Not just to complain about him being particularly banned

Not that; some others were questioning if he had been banned before, which seemed particularly flame-worthy. So...no more posts on that.

To Sagius: I'd just avoid imitating anyone breaking the rules, as yes, there are blockheads everywhere.

kawaii_bat, Anet has access to chat logs for pretty much anything. Screenshots help but they can see the whole chat anyway.

Sir Skullcrasher · Oct 20, 2005, 06:45 PM // 18:45

funny, i usually break rules outside town when there no one in my party! and i just curse like crazy everytime i died!

To the OP, i would think someone reported you for using advertisment in chat and it probably offened someone that you use cheese.com thing. Just explain to A-net your point-of-view but by the time A-net response back, you should be unbanned. Beware, if you see someone selling stuff or advertising, don't copy what they do to flame them; take a screenshot and report them in.

Knight of Eternal Darknes · Oct 20, 2005, 06:52 PM // 18:52

there's a lot of jerks on guildwars lol my brother got banned a couple days ago for a name You Queefed but it was good for me, he got me a lot of faction that day lol, but seriously these people need to lighten up if you see someone saying something bad just ignore it, what kind of b!tch reads every little thing in the channels and if they see something they report them with these kinds of people it seems like no one is safe from being banned, me being a man if someone says something to me i'm not going to keep my mouth shut just for this kind of crap seriously most of these people who report other people for misconduct are the one who usually start it and get insulted and can't saying anything bad and they're only choice is to be cowards and report people i think anet should just stay with banning people for things that are actually important like spamming websites, and scamming people stuff that's or just have a filter in the options menu

smurfhunter · Oct 20, 2005, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by sir skulkcrasher

funny, i usually break rules outside town when there no one in my party! and i just curse like crazy everytime i died!

lol thats an amazing idea. im gonna go do it right now as soon as gw stops LAGGING

ftl

stoned bob · Oct 20, 2005, 07:16 PM // 19:16

see it this why its good u got suspsended cuze now we know they actually do something against those botters tthat sell gold :P
its obivous they cant check the site of every bot :P

Sagius Truthbarron · Oct 20, 2005, 07:43 PM // 19:43

Wow. I should really read over what I write to the support forums. I left a few words out in several places.. Kind of looks like a big, idiotic rambling spree. O.O

The GM who replied actually told me that he couldn't understand what I was trying to ask. x.o

Yeah, I was blocked for imitating that Virgoods.com advertiser. It was reported, apparently by most of the people in the channel as "spam" though I only repeated the identical message about 3 times. Oh well.

Kind of funny. Some people can do the most heinous things and get clean away with it (then rub it in everyone's face), but you can get banned for talking about cheese.

Sir Skullcrasher · Oct 20, 2005, 07:50 PM // 19:50

just tell him.. you didn't mean to be a jerk to pretend to sell stuffs over Guild Wars chat. But tell him that you're copying what that advertising bot is doing to make fun of him.