Curse

ComMan · Jun 23, 2005, 01:00 AM // 01:00

Namely:

"WTS"

"WTB"

"Want to buy"

"Want to sell"

"Selling"

"Buying"

Or any other phrase about buying, selling, or trading. Please add a function to automatically block people spaming this in the all chat, because I am sick to death of hearing it. I've had the trade channel blocked since day 1 to try to avoid this, and I have a block list a mile long in hopes that they've EVENTUALLY implement the idea to completely block players.

However, even if they let me ignore people in the all chat, I would still have to waste my time blocking every person who spams buying/trading. Is it really so much to ask that the game filter this stuff out of the all chat?

eventhorizen · Jun 23, 2005, 01:18 AM // 01:18

Dont blow a fuse dude.

Repetitive spamming is one thing, but blocking out stuff because its in the wrong place is a bit OTT imo.

People are getting better, using the trade channel more, everytime I see WTS in all I tell the person to use trade. No need to waste any coding/server space/myharddrivespace/a.nets time going to that extent.

IMO

Soul Skank · Oct 29, 2006, 07:37 PM // 19:37

I appologize for bringing an old thread back to life but I too am upset about the constant spam. I turned on my trade channel to see if it was even getting use and the "Salesmen" were spamming on that, switching to all, spamming on that and switching back... Ultimate notice.

Ultimate annoyance. I cant even figure out the Ignore command.

Help me GW. Help me.

SilintNinjya · Oct 29, 2006, 07:40 PM // 19:40

um...some of that IS blocked. they tried to do something about it. if you type "WTS" or "WTB" at the begining of your talk, it puts you in talk automatically. but people just "WT B" now.

ignore is used to ignore a specific person, not a talk.

or you can just turn off all chat when you arent using it.

Relambrien · Oct 29, 2006, 09:16 PM // 21:16

Note the dates on the previous posts, SilintNinjya. They're from summer of last year.

Monk Mystic · Oct 29, 2006, 09:53 PM // 21:53

relambrien he HAD to resurect this post to say what he wanted to i dont give a damn if it was 4 years old, had he made a new one with his thoughts some, lets just say, jerk would have told him to use the frieking search button every once in a while. yet then you get, lets just say, jerks like you yelling at him cause he did.

god isnt THAT a lose/lose situation

but anyhow, yeah people would find ways around the blocks, they always do.

Apocrypha · Oct 30, 2006, 01:53 AM // 01:53

30 minute ban for trade chat in the local chat? a lot of work for admins but people will learn a hell of a lot faster and there won't be any people trying to get around it. If the moderators can't read that it's an advertisement then neither can other players.

It's impossible to do anything in LA because of all the spam, half of it in and half out of the trade chat. If I'm looking to buy/sell something, I'm looking in the trade channel, it's like advertising barbies to 40 year old men, only 1% of them actually want it.

AaronSwitchblade · Oct 30, 2006, 06:24 AM // 06:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apocrypha

30 minute ban for trade chat in the local chat? a lot of work for admins but people will learn a hell of a lot faster and there won't be any people trying to get around it. If the moderators can't read that it's an advertisement then neither can other players.

It's impossible to do anything in LA because of all the spam, half of it in and half out of the trade chat. If I'm looking to buy/sell something, I'm looking in the trade channel, it's like advertising barbies to 40 year old men, only 1% of them actually want it.

I would heartily agree for short and sharp bans for players that spam the local channel with trading matters. What narks me even more though is if you ask them to stop, and they reply in a manner as if to say "why?" - bollocks to why, you know precisely why.

Thirty minute swing of the BANHAMMER. I would support this motion.

Blightfire · Oct 30, 2006, 08:26 AM // 08:26

Well, then we might end up having to pay subscription fees for all the work the admins end up going to have to do... An easier solution would be to have some form of auction house... then we won't have to put up with nearly as much people trying to sell something

Zakarr · Oct 30, 2006, 09:55 AM // 09:55

Current chat filtering is probably done in client side. If that is the case, let people add their own filters. This way buy/sell spammers don't know what filters everyone have and therefore can't force everyone to see their messages. Now there is a common standard what is filtered and these spammers can easily by-pass them with test messages. Ignore list could be "unlimited" too.

AaronSwitchblade · Oct 30, 2006, 10:12 AM // 10:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blightfire

Well, then we might end up having to pay subscription fees for all the work the admins end up going to have to do... An easier solution would be to have some form of auction house... then we won't have to put up with nearly as much people trying to sell something

Doesn't fix it I'm afraid. Other MMOs with them still have the problem.

Rakeman · Oct 30, 2006, 05:06 PM // 17:06

People should be banned for spamming the All chat IMO (not permanently of course).

Praetor · Oct 30, 2006, 08:25 PM // 20:25

Suspension and Ban. Learn the differences and the connotations.

Instead of chat filters, there should be, as many ppl suggested before, RP districts, trade-only districts, social districts, etc. If some idiot thinks he can spam trades in a RP district, 2 hr suspension or deletion of whatever item he was trying to sell. Don't be like microsoft. Fix the big issue, not the little bugs.