Does it ever do anything when we report a player? I reported plenty of players for cheating and i don’t think it’s getting address at all. What is the point of reporting if it’s not even being look at? We are like blind bats not knowing if our submitted report did something.
Can we have a “report a player” where we know if our submitted report is being address like we’ll get a response for instance “that they looked into it and we found player isn’t using a cheat” or “we looked into your report and we found the player to be using a script so we banned him permanently” ?
I was glad when you put this feature, but I felt like reporting a player is just there for the sake of us thinking that something is being done finally, but nope.
The official stance is that they don’t let you know what actions they took against another player.
Unofficially, someone posted a while back that the report button is a placebo. They took a look at the code and what it did, and it wasn’t actually connected to anything. I couldn’t find that thread, most likely got memory holed.
They have been banning bots in droves and they do it mostly through player flags when they use the reporting tool. I’d be careful with reporting too much tho, as abusing the report button can actually get you banned. Only report users that you suspect are botting.
Cheating in Hearthstone is otherwise not possible (unless they are exploiting a bug, which so far has only happened once recently in duels). The entire game happens on Blizzard servers so it cannot be manipulated externally in any meaningful way. The only thing that is possible (and increasingly common unfortunately) is botting/ scripting.
I’m guessing this was one of those threads where certain people confused the report flag with the long since removed “dislike” button. And why it can’t be found.
Try reading the post again, with trolling set for “0.”
No, the main point was I couldn’t find the thread, because certain bad faith actors abuse the report feature (a violation of coc). Which if the mods actually addressed, would happen a lot less (confusing the report flag for the long removed “dislike” button).
Just because they disagree or post information that isn’t in line with the company programming doesn’t make them a troll.
I hope you figure that out before microsoft shuts down the actiblizz bot servers.
I wonder if the person you’re referring to is me. I did make a post hoping, not claiming, that it is a placebo, and offering no proof whatsoever. Just add the “telephone game” effect.
I stand by that hope. The people that OP is reporting for cheating probably aren’t cheating and I hope that no report made by Karens leads to any action ever. Basically what you’re complaining about is something I support.
If you can only see three words in that post, submit a bug ticket.
The same way you never ask your friends for a source. Like I said, I would love to link the thread, but you and your friends love to abuse the report feature.
Pretty sure it wasn’t you, since I don’t recall you ever posting about your coding skills. I’ve gone looking for it every time this discussion pops up. Nothing. Then of course certain people crow about “muh thread, where?”
This is the catch 22 of people who love getting threads nuked, then complaining that said threads can’t be supplied on demand.
Stop confusing the report flag with the long gone “dislike” button.
I didn’t flag this OP because he didn’t name and shame. I just made it clear that I disagree with them. But yes I agree it shouldn’t just be used as a dislike button.
Even as it is I run across more actual code of conduct violations per day than I’m given flags to report so it’s silly to waste them on mere dislikes. It’s not just unethical, it’s also impractical
Exactly. It’s asking a legitimate question, and one that deserves some kind of response.
Back before the devs abandoned the forums (last gold post being before the pandemic), it’s one that probably would have been included in a roundup or something:
“X amount of reports addressed/actioned, X number of players cleared, X number of bots banned, X number of cheaters caught.”
It gives confidence that reports are being taken seriously, without posting anyone’s ID.
Even breaking down HOW the report button works, where and how instill confidence in the system.
Sorry, but no. I mean, I think more transparency is usually a good thing, and I am almost always transparent myself, but there is actually such a thing as too much. And one of the times is when you’re dealing with Karens who are on a personal crusade to punish innocent players. I mean, I’m being transparent about how I feel, but should I really? It’s a bit rude. And I do apologize for that. I support Blizzard in not making it abundantly clear that they’ll ignore such things as they should.
We will never end the bot problem if we are afraid to use the report button a lot, there are to many cheaters,
I started one by one, but now i report all even shamans without exception, there is no point in consider the fews that play that deck, the majority, if not 95% are bots.
You’re not helping at all when you do that. Blizzard already knows that a lot of Even Shaman are bots, but they don’t ban every single Even Shaman because they don’t want to ban actual human players. If the Report function actually works, then the purpose of it is to separate the bots from the humans. You are wasting your time and making things worse by adding noise to the signal.
/sigh so hard it would crush the soul of even the most emo of emos
The difference between “hey I typed this post from the bathroom, and I had this amazing thought about (TOPIC)”* (no, I didn’t, btw) kind of transparency and the kind of transparency I’m referring to are night and day. People need more transparency from the powers that be, scummy mega corps, and so on. In that kind of transparency, one can never have too much transparency, especially the kind I gave a specific example of:
*let’s call that the “social-media-sharing-every-activity-and thought-kind-of-transparency”
Holy Light, I’ve seen a lot of shammy bots, but I don’t think it’s that high.
I report a few people a day as well. Mainly the Chinese bots playing on US servers and the accounts that seem to play like a computer rather than a player. Reporting to a certain degree is probably fine but some people report someone every game they play and that is abuse of the report function. If you find yourself spamming the report button maybe it’s time to take a break.
I’m not sure about that. I’ve been reporting every single obnoxious emoter for “Inappropriate Chat” since the in-game report feature was implemented. Never got an account action, not even a warning. Which means that either:
1- you can report all you want; there are no repercussions… OR
2- the reports do, in fact, merely funnel into a “black hole.”
I’m NOT suggesting that anyone report excessively. I’m simply relating my experience and offering the conclusions I’ve drawn from it.
