Curse

flclisgreat · Jan 30, 2008, 10:26 PM // 22:26

for about a week now i have been getting whispers from a gold selling site. i have never bought gold from this site or any other site. every time i log on i get a whisper, and about every 10-15 minutes after that till i quit playing. my ignore list is full of this gold sellers names now, and i am left to do absolutely nothing. every time i delete a name to add a new one, another name or one of the previous one just continues the spam. i can't (and shouldn't have to) go to DND or offline.

question. when you ignore someone does it ignore just that name or the whole account? i think it should ignore the whole account

we should definitely get a bigger ignore list imo. not just for what is happening to me, but because there is a huge group of retards/asshats out there.

anyone have any ideas as to how to make this stop?

Bryant Again · Jan 30, 2008, 10:28 PM // 22:28

It's not the the whisper blocking system is malfunctioning, it's that the likely reason is the gold seller has a large handful of accounts.

Molock · Jan 30, 2008, 10:34 PM // 22:34

I have been pm'ed 30+ times and its always been different accounts. These gold sellers just have ridiculous ammounts of trials (probably..).

Stolen Souls · Jan 30, 2008, 11:08 PM // 23:08

It's getting out of hand. All I have to say about it...

mr_groovy · Jan 30, 2008, 11:14 PM // 23:14

Hmm perhaps an automated script to get the trial key from guildwars.com. == a lot of keys. Ip ban I'd say. (Then there are still proxy's

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Qwertyfied · Jan 30, 2008, 11:15 PM // 23:15

Happens to me a number of times per day, occasionally when they pm multiple times, i just stick them on ignore for a while. If my ignore list gets full, take one of them off, since they will (hopefully) have being banned by then. I dare say this works on the bot just pressing the tab key, and proceeding to pm everyone in the district. I may be wrong of course.

flclisgreat · Jan 30, 2008, 11:23 PM // 23:23

i am in kamadan d1 most of the day, either buying or selling something (so no offline/DND). its the same site, and i highly doubt they are not in kamadan d1 because i cant report them(which is /fail also)

Zonzai · Jan 30, 2008, 11:27 PM // 23:27

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Originally Posted by Stolen Souls

It's getting out of hand. All I have to say about it...

You can say that again. Temple districts are nuts.

erk · Jan 30, 2008, 11:31 PM // 23:31

A nice feature would be to be able to switch off all whispers unless they are either from the Guild/Alliance you are in, or on your friends list.

Also when I untick local chat why can I still see the chat text above the spammers character? Surely that's a bug.

flclisgreat · Jan 30, 2008, 11:32 PM // 23:32

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Originally Posted by erk

Also when I untick local chat why can I still see the chat text above the spammers character? Surely that's a bug.

no, you can always see the text above anyones head in team/local chat

Rhedd · Jan 30, 2008, 11:34 PM // 23:34

This PMing bot thing is relatively new, and it's GOT TO STOP.

Wake up, Anet.

erk · Jan 30, 2008, 11:40 PM // 23:40

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Originally Posted by flclisgreat

no, you can always see the text above anyones head in team/local chat

That's a bug. If you opt out of local chat because someone is rude, harassing, or spamming, you should not be able to see it!

Uber Mass · Jan 30, 2008, 11:41 PM // 23:41

mostly temple of balthazar its indeed very annoying i report them every time i get there lol

HawkofStorms · Jan 30, 2008, 11:44 PM // 23:44

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Originally Posted by Stolen Souls

It's getting out of hand. All I have to say about it...

Agreed. There have been about 10 threads on this and suggestions to stop gold spammers and improve report in the last week. That is a huge upswing. I sure hope A.net is paying attention. There is definately something up.

Malice Black · Jan 30, 2008, 11:45 PM // 23:45

To those that don't get spammed...stay out of bath temple!!

RPGmaniac · Jan 30, 2008, 11:49 PM // 23:49

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Originally Posted by erk

That's a bug. If you opt out of local chat because someone is rude, harassing, or spamming, you should not be able to see it!

That's not a bug, it's been that way since 05 at least. It only shows chat in the chat bubbles, not in the chat log. It shouldn't be too hard to turn the camera so you can't see the chat bubble of the person being rude to you.

Fril Estelin · Jan 30, 2008, 11:49 PM // 23:49

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Originally Posted by Malice Black

To those that don't get spammed...stay out of bath temple!!

Yep, I've been there around 4 times in the last 6 months and no spam! They probably get the name of people standing there.

Commander Ryker · Jan 30, 2008, 11:50 PM // 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by erk

That's a bug. If you opt out of local chat because someone is rude, harassing, or spamming, you should not be able to see it!

Not true. You can turn off local chat but still see random bits.

RPGmaniac · Jan 30, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51

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Originally Posted by Fril Estelin

Yep, I've been there around 4 times in the last 6 months and no spam! They probably get the name of people standing there.

I've been PMed the second I get into the temple at times.

WinterSnowblind · Jan 30, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51

It's been happening to me a lot lately in Lions Arch. (American districts)
Not exactly game crippling, but it's pretty darn annoying. Hopefully they can get do something about this..