Reporting non-english abuse - Guild Wars Forums

Kisuro · Jul 29, 2007, 08:29 PM // 20:29

Ever since the Polish districts have been introduced I've been wondering: is there any point in reporting people who use foul language, abuse or harass others using the polish language? There is a lot of this going on, and I think part of the reason for this is that people using polish feel they will go unpunished, because even if I report them Anet will not be able to confirm wether the screenshots I submitted do contain abuse or not.

wetsparks · Jul 29, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38

I have a fealing that if GW was published in Poland they have people who can read Polish that can ban people for that kind of thing, otherwise they wouldn't be able to enforce the EULA.

pamelf · Jul 30, 2007, 03:11 AM // 03:11

Even if they don't, (although I'm sure NCSoft Europe hires Polish people) there is a myriad of translation software out there that I'm sure they use.

They wouldn't open foreign language districts if they couldn't police them. If there is abuse going on, without a doubt, report it.

Yanman.be · Jul 30, 2007, 08:45 AM // 08:45

Same for Dutch/Flemish. I'm pretty sure there is no translation software capable of translating Flemish.

Kisuro · Jul 30, 2007, 11:05 AM // 11:05

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Originally Posted by pamelf

Even if they don't, (although I'm sure NCSoft Europe hires Polish people) there is a myriad of translation software out there that I'm sure they use.

Yeah, but have you ever used translation software? Mosto of the time it translates into gibberish, and I'm not sure any of it supports curse words or slang.

Hengis · Jul 30, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49

Personally, I would report them anyway.

If the situatuon is serious enough for you to consider reporting someone, then the chances are that others will feel the same way. If ANet receive several reports of the same incident from different users, then the likelyhood would be that they will look into the matter further even if they cannot understand the specific language in question immediately.

ANet and NC Soft are global companies, and i would be rather suprised if they could not come up with someone from the list of global employees who could not understand whatever language it happened to be.

Just my opinions as always.

pamelf · Jul 30, 2007, 01:51 PM // 13:51

Honestly, if the game is supported in a certain language, chances are they can GIVE support in that language... just makes sense.

Ghengis Kwell · Jul 30, 2007, 09:50 PM // 21:50

I have been playing GW for about 18 months now and I have to say I have noticed a sharp increase in racial abuse , and I don't care if its 'street' talk its still offensive.

Commander Ryker · Jul 31, 2007, 02:45 PM // 14:45

I would have thought for sure they'd have support for all different languages of the game but when I looked under support it had, English:US+UK, french, german, italian and spanish. No korean, no polish no any of the other nationalities we have playing this game.

NCSoft is korean and they don't even have support for that!

What's up with that Anet/NCSoft?

Roshi_ikkyu · Jul 31, 2007, 03:22 PM // 15:22

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Originally Posted by Commander Ryker

I would have thought for sure they'd have support for all different languages of the game but when I looked under support it had, English:US+UK, french, german, italian and spanish. No korean, no polish no any of the other nationalities we have playing this game.

NCSoft is korean and they don't even have support for that!

What's up with that Anet/NCSoft?

Check to make sure you don't have a home/country site, doesn't the asian areas have there own GWasian site?
Send of a report via the normal channels and check with the polish fan site for assistance. Thats guildwars.pl by the way, maybe they have a PR rep assisting them.

Karel · Aug 01, 2007, 06:22 AM // 06:22

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Originally Posted by Yanman.be

Same for Dutch/Flemish. I'm pretty sure there is no translation software capable of translating Flemish.

Yeah man, I'm having the same problem of getting flamed in flemish since those ppl know they cant be reported.

When I'm 18, I'm gonna work at NCSoft for Dutch translations etc. xD At least, I wish.

Commander Ryker · Aug 01, 2007, 02:34 PM // 14:34

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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu

Check to make sure you don't have a home/country site, doesn't the asian areas have there own GWasian site?
Send of a report via the normal channels and check with the polish fan site for assistance. Thats guildwars.pl by the way, maybe they have a PR rep assisting them.

Good point! I googled "guild wars polish" and came up with this site, http://www.guildwars.pl/ I guess you'd do the same for the others.

SPIRIT OF THE SEA · Aug 01, 2007, 08:55 PM // 20:55

I personally think that it doesn't matter what language your talking if your cursing you should be suspended.I mean there can be ppl who are multi lingual (such as myself being born with a English tong and still speak Spanish) I have gone to Spanish districts and found ppl cursing in Spanish. What I recomend for anet is that a-net install a translator for only gw mods and them see when cursing so can suspend them. anyone agree?

Jul 29, 2007, 08:29 PM // 20:29	#1
Kisuro Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006	Reporting non-english abuse Ever since the Polish districts have been introduced I've been wondering: is there any point in reporting people who use foul language, abuse or harass others using the polish language? There is a lot of this going on, and I think part of the reason for this is that people using polish feel they will go unpunished, because even if I report them Anet will not be able to confirm wether the screenshots I submitted do contain abuse or not.

Jul 29, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38	#2
wetsparks Desert Nomad Join Date: Nov 2006	I have a fealing that if GW was published in Poland they have people who can read Polish that can ban people for that kind of thing, otherwise they wouldn't be able to enforce the EULA.

Jul 30, 2007, 03:11 AM // 03:11	#3
pamelf Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Guild: Lost Templars [LoTe] Profession: Me/Mo	Even if they don't, (although I'm sure NCSoft Europe hires Polish people) there is a myriad of translation software out there that I'm sure they use. They wouldn't open foreign language districts if they couldn't police them. If there is abuse going on, without a doubt, report it.

Jul 30, 2007, 08:45 AM // 08:45	#4
Yanman.be Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium Guild: [ROSE] Profession: A/	Same for Dutch/Flemish. I'm pretty sure there is no translation software capable of translating Flemish.

Jul 30, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49	#6
Hengis Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Guild: Better Than Life (BTL) Profession: R/	Personally, I would report them anyway. If the situatuon is serious enough for you to consider reporting someone, then the chances are that others will feel the same way. If ANet receive several reports of the same incident from different users, then the likelyhood would be that they will look into the matter further even if they cannot understand the specific language in question immediately. ANet and NC Soft are global companies, and i would be rather suprised if they could not come up with someone from the list of global employees who could not understand whatever language it happened to be. Just my opinions as always.

Jul 30, 2007, 01:51 PM // 13:51	#7
pamelf Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Guild: Lost Templars [LoTe] Profession: Me/Mo	Honestly, if the game is supported in a certain language, chances are they can GIVE support in that language... just makes sense.

Jul 30, 2007, 09:50 PM // 21:50	#8
Ghengis Kwell Baby Maker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UK Guild: Sent Fromhell Profession: D/W	I have been playing GW for about 18 months now and I have to say I have noticed a sharp increase in racial abuse , and I don't care if its 'street' talk its still offensive.

Jul 31, 2007, 02:45 PM // 14:45	#9
Commander Ryker Site Contributor Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: R/	I would have thought for sure they'd have support for all different languages of the game but when I looked under support it had, English:US+UK, french, german, italian and spanish. No korean, no polish no any of the other nationalities we have playing this game. NCSoft is korean and they don't even have support for that! What's up with that Anet/NCSoft?

Aug 01, 2007, 08:55 PM // 20:55	#13
SPIRIT OF THE SEA Banned Join Date: May 2006	I personally think that it doesn't matter what language your talking if your cursing you should be suspended.I mean there can be ppl who are multi lingual (such as myself being born with a English tong and still speak Spanish) I have gone to Spanish districts and found ppl cursing in Spanish. What I recomend for anet is that a-net install a translator for only gw mods and them see when cursing so can suspend them. anyone agree?