I’ll try to keep it brief. Friday I was banned for 7 days for telling my friend in /4 he’s basically an f’ing idiot. I believe this to be extremely heavy handed. From what I can see and are aware of, actions against your account escalate with further offences! Cool! I got a mute like 4-5 years ago, then around the same time I got a couple of days suspension for mouthing off…I can appreciate the escalation is a deterrent…but for it to escalate into a 7 day ban, 4-5 years later for banter in the world chat is honestly extreme as hell…Id paid my sub, grinded out 2 exalted reps, all others were revered, I’m fully bis minus that epic 2h, had my pots flasks and food, enchants and gems ready for Fridays raid (our guilds first HC prog this expansion) even ground out 10 sky shards and killed Alani…just to be hit by this excessive ban…Like I said I fully appreciate penalties and that they escalate…but if they escalate they should also De-escalate…I haven’t had any issue for years, haven’t caused a problem…that should mean something
Ban discussions aren’t allowed. Since you already admitted to using offensive language against your “friend” in public chat…
The fact you made this thread shows the suspension hits exactly where needed to continue to teach you a lesson insofar it doesn’t escalate to a permanent ban. If you weren’t inconvenienced by it, the penalty wouldn’t be as effective.
Silencing you didn’t help and neither did a suspension.
As for de-escalating penalties, it may or may not depending on time between. I think they stepped over to the new system in 2018 or 2019. So that means overall you’re at the right penalty tier as the first one is a week silence then followed by a week suspension, thereafter double that time and so on.
Grow up, I’m not here to appeal my ban or even discuss it really but context matters and explaining provides context. To continue to teach me, a 35 year old man, a lesson in a game with a mature language filter and then getting a 7 day ban because I used the “F” word
It was really convenient of you to dismiss the fact that my mute followed by couple of days suspension was 4 to 5 years ago. If reading is difficult for you you shouldn’t have green font because how didn’t it help if I had no penalties against me for 4 to 5 years?
To reiterate in case you’re having issues following…I got muted 4 to 5 years ago, once I got unmuted I promptly got a short suspension…Again, 4 to 5 years ago…(4 to 5 years ago if you need it being repeated for the 6th time)…
My post here is to request that after 6 months to 12 months without offense, that penalties de-escalate (So for instance, if I get a mute, then 3 day ban, if I don’t reoffend in 6-12months, my next offense doesn’t escalate to a 7 day ban, but rather stays at 3 days, if I don’t offend for double that time, I should get a mute), I don’t think that’s unreasonable and I frankly don’t quite understand your passive aggression, did mum not double up the ham in your sandwich today? Or did she just not cut it into triangle shapes that you like so much
A comm ban would of worked, it would of been more than sufficient to remind me that the game is full of toxic individuals, because that’s what it comes down too, no one was or is really offended by the use of the “f” word, the people that reported me are just toxic…They’re probably the same people that spew intolerance, racism and the typical filth you’d expect from degenerates n the world chat all day long. I was reported as an ironic joke, I expect my name being “nobadwords” had something to do with the joke, at my expense ofc…reporting me, har har
Context doesn’t matter here, you admitted to doing it and got penalised correctly for it. I’m not the one here being judged. Don’t make this on me.
It is not allowed to swear even with the filter.
I did not dismiss the fact. If we go by your “reading” comment - you would’ve seen that I mentioned they went over to the new system 7 years ago and since then penalties won’t reset.
Your post starts with your own personal penalty experience, not just merely a request for lowering tiers over time. The fact it is going into a circular discussion is exactly why ban discussions aren’t allowed “I will provide context to show why judgement is wrong even when I offended someone” etc etc. I’ve seen it all over the decades I’ve been here.
It wouldn’t, you already said you had one, remember?
The one who got punished is toxic. Not the one who reports toxicity.
The rest of your post clearly shows you do not regret your behaviour.
Basically the issue of all these bans is “someone report you” = “someone disliked what you did” = “you violated the rules” = “you got banned”. One can say pretty much whatever one wants in chat but unless someone really reports that person multiple times, probably nothing is going to happen to him/her.
It’s actually sad how people are hiding this thread, like it was some secret.
Same goes with the “name report”. All you get after getting reported for offensive name is essentially a free rename for you character, then you create the very same name, maybe change a to á or something simillar but then it goes without further notice. This automated reporting system is just bad.
One report is sufficient, we see this more often on the US CS forums.
Players cannot hide threads, only moderators can. Reports however can temporarily hide the thread until a moderation review passes.
If it’s an offensive name, renaming it to the same name will escalate it upwards to a more serious penalty.
There is no automated reporting system, as you’ve stated earlier “someone really reports that person multiple times” - it requires players to actually report therefore you contradicted yourself.
All penalties and its appeals are looked over by human GM’s. You cannot possible accuse it being a case of automation even when the OP himself declared to have done something x)
This is a mere educational post, take it as you want but the rules are quite clear.
Wrong
They absolutely should
There wouldn’t of been one if it wasn’t for you, an MVP who should know better to not make it a discussion
It worked for 4 to 5 years, remember? Are you a goldfish? You do realise 4 to 5 years ago wasn’t yesterday, it wasn’t last week, it was 48-60 months ago, 1460-1825 days ago
Wrong, I wasn’t reported for being toxic, I was reported because it gave people the jollies, just like you’re the toxic one here, getting the jollies for making an argument out of something that didn’t need to be an argument.
Me debating you being wrong doesn’t not = Me not regretting saying the “f” word and getting a 7 day ban…this has been a monumental set back, I regret it deeply and I’m kicking myself hard for it.
Just here to request de-escalation…
There may not be an automated report system but there is an automated penalty system…there are plenty of examples of where people have been mass reported for absolutely nothing by toxic people, to hinder them and to be an inconvenience
All penalties are not looked over by humans, appeals are. If reports themselves were looked over by humans, there would be no need for an appeal system as an appeal starts an investigation, if humans had looked into the reports to begin with, there would not be a need for an investigation as that would of already been done
Nice of you to report my thread by the way and get it hidden, toxic
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