Lets rework the forum punishment system (and other stuff)

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We reworked the in-game one, where players about to be banned get a warning, so they stop doing whathever your doing

As a forum rat, and i can tell you this from experience and a lot of people can too

Bans in this forum honestly have no warning, we are left with attempting to predict what each mod might or might not be punisheable and base our behavior on a assumption on what someone MIGHT find offensive, bans come out of nowhere in they always do and it always leaves you thinking “what did i even do now?”

So this is a proposal of a different, more fair for both parties

The forums come with steps to get banned

  1. Warning number 1: Comes with no punishment, Just a warning saying "Hey, you did this this and this and broke this x rule of thr code of counduct this is your first warning, you only have one left

  2. Warning 2: Maybe a small punishment like a ban for a few hours or so, but only in the worst cases: Again clearly explaining why you were banned, which is something the forums lack

  3. appropiate punishment for the broken rule,

Basically that

Fron experience, i was banned a few times for reasons that honestly made no sense, i was never toxic, yet non toxic people can get banned for doing a joke, and the toxic ones are never banned,

So please, consider this,
Imagine if i were a toxic person, and i get a warning and im like “oh damn, the forum mods dont like this so i better not do it again”

What we have now is a "You got banned for doing this minor thing bc we dont have another type of punishment, just bans

And maybe make the TOS clearer, because most bans i see arent included on it

Another suggestion about another forum issue

Also, The following things would make the forums a better place

  • A reason why topic are locked showing next to the “Locked” Message
  • A reason showing why posts were deleted
  • a reason showing why topics were deleted
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I would note, in the forums if you violate the forum Code of Conduct the details of your infraction will be sent to you in an e-mail from noreply@blizzard.com including the offending text.

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I got suspended and i didn’t got an e-mail.

i had to create a Ticket so I could get the details.

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There is no guessing, you know why you got the ban. Blizzard emails you the specifics and you can appeal it.

I’ve received two, rightfully so and worth every character.

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The email can easily fall into a spam folder so make sure to check it.

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I would like to contest to that

I got banned and i never recieve any emails and the game master ignored my questions, i wonder still if i was talking to a human

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I doubt you were. If you try to appeal your ban you’ll get an automated message telling you to p!ss off.

The message is even signed “the forum moderation team” so that they can conceal the fact that whoever sent that message was a bot.

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I got banned for 3 Days for saying that tanks are usless against sombra -_- For vulgar language. I suspected something happened Becouse i said a nasty word bleeped by some hearts in another comment. When i went to appeal the claim and get proven inocent, I had a question: What was the first game you ever completed? So i answered and it didn’t work. So i tried so many games after an hour i gave up. Wasted my time and energy, After that XQC gets banned for using a emote. So i figured that we will get punished for everything controvercial. I hope this changes

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I swear, they didn’t sent me one.

Even the silence notif was really weird.

First: It said that I got silenced.
that was the first notif.

Then I get another that tells me that my post got flagged and stuff.

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Atleast you knew why you got banned

I never knew

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Regardless, even if you don’t get an e-mail, remember to always follow the forum Code of Conduct and the Overwatch forum posting guidelines to ensure your posts is not locked or deleted, and you are not suspended from the forums.

Now if you are banned or suspended in game (which revokes your forum rights), that is a different matter and must be handed in private with Blizzard.

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Again, as i said in the original post

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While we’re at it can we please get the email with the appeal link default to the server the infraction was on. It’s kinda annoying trying to appeal, getting told that GM can’t help because it’s not an EU infraction, and then not being given the right link.

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My main issue is that there are toxic individuals that go around false reporting you if you don’t share their view on a subject and are the slightest sarcastic in your reply to them, even when it’s obvious to everyone that they are intentionally trolling. The net result has been you getting silenced and them going on as usual trolling away.

I heard they’re getting stricter on the false reporting now, so hopefully that happens less in the future.

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Here is the universal link, it will redirect based on your language and location settings on your web browser.

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This

I suspect this is the reason i got banned

By disagreeing why a op somewhere in the world

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You can get banned for literally anything really, depending on what mood the mod that handles your “flagged” post is on.

Learned in the old forums that it’s of no use to try to make a joke or be the least bit funny because you might very well end up with a suspension because of it.

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Hey you you broke this rule don’t do it again

Does it again

WHAT DID I JUST SAY!!!

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What details? I definitely got an email, but it didn’t actually say anything real. Apparently I was trolling/spamming by saying “git gud” in quotations. That’s all the information I was given, and I’m 99% sure the “reason” is automated based on the flag you received.

I’d like to be shown how “git gud” is against the terms of service.

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That would be the details.

It is a harassment violation.

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