The mysterious spam blocker - Guild Wars Forums

Darth Marth · Jun 24, 2006, 06:56 PM // 18:56

How does the spam blocker for chat work? (the one that says "Your message was suppressed to prevent excessive messaging" or something like that) Once, I was trying to PM someone and hit enter instead of apostrophe. (Again

) Then the blocker suppressed 4 or 5 of my attempts to continue the message while the other person wondered what I was talking about.

And yet I often see people spamming messages much more frequently than should be possible, and anyone who has seen American district 1 of Lion's Arch will know that the sheer speed of the messages is such that it's hard to keep up. How exactly does the blocker choose what to block?

Former Ruling · Jun 24, 2006, 06:58 PM // 18:58

When you first go into a district, its very loose in how often it catches it, but the more you talk the more restrictive it is. Also at first it only catches the same message repeated, but it gradually gets to where it suppresses anything.

This is atleast how It has worked with me.

Thats why people can spam 5-6 messages in a row, change 1 space in the messag,e spam it a few more times, then swith districts, do the same thing there, come back and repeat.

Darth Marth · Jun 24, 2006, 07:12 PM // 19:12

But whispers? Come on...

EDIT: Actually, I suppose you might want to block whispers. But I wasn't spamming it at all. And I've seen people spam the same message literally dozens of times before I block them.

PTPST · Jun 24, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33

GW allows you to spam shorter messages faster than long messages

Besides, people in Lion's Arch usually have many different messages stored in their "past message" thing so they just press downspace-enter, downspace-enter, downspace-enter, downspace-enter: 4 spammed *different* messages in 2 secs. For long messages, you have to wait until it fades off the screen to say it again.

Alias_X · Jun 25, 2006, 04:08 AM // 04:08

The spam blocker is really annoying. I would rather have people spamming the way they used to than people spamming with 2315235 at the end of their messages, and VVTS.

Carth` · Jun 25, 2006, 07:21 AM // 07:21

I don't know what they changed, but I never used to see people spamming. Now I see people doing actions "A Moron says "No"" 20+ times, and I see people saying the same short "WT.S" message dozens and dozens of times. Definitely more than 5-6 by a long way. And I don't even know why these idiots do it, I put them straight on ignore because I can't see any chat when they do it. My ignore list has been growing very fast lately

Jun 24, 2006, 06:56 PM // 18:56	#1
Darth Marth Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Midwest Guild: Order of Celestial Guardians II [OCG] Profession: Me/Mo	The mysterious spam blocker How does the spam blocker for chat work? (the one that says "Your message was suppressed to prevent excessive messaging" or something like that) Once, I was trying to PM someone and hit enter instead of apostrophe. (Again ) Then the blocker suppressed 4 or 5 of my attempts to continue the message while the other person wondered what I was talking about. And yet I often see people spamming messages much more frequently than should be possible, and anyone who has seen American district 1 of Lion's Arch will know that the sheer speed of the messages is such that it's hard to keep up. How exactly does the blocker choose what to block?

Jun 24, 2006, 07:12 PM // 19:12	#3
Darth Marth Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Midwest Guild: Order of Celestial Guardians II [OCG] Profession: Me/Mo	But whispers? Come on... EDIT: Actually, I suppose you might want to block whispers. But I wasn't spamming it at all. And I've seen people spam the same message literally dozens of times before I block them. Last edited by Darth Marth; Jun 24, 2006 at 07:16 PM // 19:16..

Jun 24, 2006, 06:58 PM // 18:58	#2
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	When you first go into a district, its very loose in how often it catches it, but the more you talk the more restrictive it is. Also at first it only catches the same message repeated, but it gradually gets to where it suppresses anything. This is atleast how It has worked with me. Thats why people can spam 5-6 messages in a row, change 1 space in the messag,e spam it a few more times, then swith districts, do the same thing there, come back and repeat.

Jun 24, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33	#4
PTPST Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2006	GW allows you to spam shorter messages faster than long messages Besides, people in Lion's Arch usually have many different messages stored in their "past message" thing so they just press downspace-enter, downspace-enter, downspace-enter, downspace-enter: 4 spammed different messages in 2 secs. For long messages, you have to wait until it fades off the screen to say it again.

Jun 25, 2006, 04:08 AM // 04:08	#5
Alias_X Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	The spam blocker is really annoying. I would rather have people spamming the way they used to than people spamming with 2315235 at the end of their messages, and VVTS.

Jun 25, 2006, 07:21 AM // 07:21	#6
Carth` Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2006	I don't know what they changed, but I never used to see people spamming. Now I see people doing actions "A Moron says "No"" 20+ times, and I see people saying the same short "WT.S" message dozens and dozens of times. Definitely more than 5-6 by a long way. And I don't even know why these idiots do it, I put them straight on ignore because I can't see any chat when they do it. My ignore list has been growing very fast lately