AV threat: "PASS ME LEAD RIGHT NOW OR YOU WILL REGRET IT!" - Account Punished

Glinda-azuresong · January 25, 2020, 6:25pm

Do I look like I give a hoot about who has raid lead?

Hint: No. No I do not.

Glinda-azuresong · January 25, 2020, 6:25pm

You didn’t answer my question.

Teamdetox-benediction · January 25, 2020, 6:26pm

Now here’s someone who needs to be bullied into a silence

Basilfawlty-malganis · January 25, 2020, 6:27pm

my overwatch account was silenced for over 500 days as the bans keep increasing for each successive one

Pollz-bloodsail-buccaneers · January 25, 2020, 6:29pm

You can get in contact with Customer Support and have the action against your account appealed. It will take a few days. But it should reset the flags on your account and “hopefully” lead to actions against those who abused the system.

Glinda-azuresong · January 25, 2020, 6:35pm

I get silenced fairly regularly on the forums. It usually doesn’t stick.

Mellga-area-52 · January 25, 2020, 6:35pm

There’s more than just a “Suspension”, but one’s Reputation. The Rumormill likes to spread a lot of misinformation and paints people, a certain way. So, when one can’t speak for themselves, and those that want to cause harm, tarnishes your Reputation, without giving you the opportunity, to explain yourself because they’ve essentially “shut you up”. And that type of environment encourages more false Reporting, and you’re not taken, seriously. You’re forever viewed as a “joke”. It’s much bigger than just a “Suspension” which isn’t even the worst part.

Glinda-azuresong · January 25, 2020, 6:38pm

I reiterate, being silenced on the forums does not ruin your life and, listen closely to this one: your reputation on a video game forum is NOT important to your life.

Calciumplus-misha · January 25, 2020, 6:40pm

I started a thread about the need to stomp out this sort of garbage yesterday and was mocked and called a care bear.

It’s garbage and we don’t need it in the game.

Mamika-herod · January 25, 2020, 6:41pm

Anyone abusing this system by mass reporting in av to get accounts muted should be temp banned (few days). Bans for this behavior have happened before and are justified as it restricts access on your account that you already paid for such as being able to communicate with other players in an mmo.

Premades in av are creating a whole new level of toxic community, not only for the other faction, but their own as well.

Calciumplus-misha · January 25, 2020, 6:42pm

I think he means your attitude is the wrong one to have.

Mellga-area-52 · January 25, 2020, 6:43pm

And I reiterate it’s not really about the Silence, itself. One’s Reputation in a Video Game, in general, isn’t important, in life, in general, however facing adversity, in a Video Game World, that involves other people, is not fun. It’s not fun having to endure adversity, on a daily basis, when we’re all here to play a Game, for fun. Harassing other players based on hearsay is not fun. And that does ruin one’s Gaming Life. It’s still a part of your life.

Is it important? Not really. But it sure as heck, is not fun.

Woopee-mankrik · January 25, 2020, 6:44pm

Pathetic trolls or others who abuse the report system will tell you you deserved it, that you were doing something terribly wrong by not passing lead and doing everything else they say.

Saiph-stalagg · January 25, 2020, 6:45pm

I’m just curious what is with this trend of not passing lead. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LEAD JUST PASS IT OVER. Don’t be a petty pos. Yes their threat was dumb, but you not passing it over because you didn’t want “Raid warnings” is horse

Woopee-mankrik · January 25, 2020, 6:46pm

It’s completely irrelevant. This is about abusing game systems to kick someone offline, which should absolutely get you banned.

Saiph-stalagg · January 25, 2020, 6:47pm

Right, players dealing with players using the systems they have available to them. A GM is not going to magically log on and pass lead. They asked him, he said no and gave some garbage reason.

Again they shouldn’t have threatened him, but they have no other tools.

Cervantesl-blackrock · January 25, 2020, 6:48pm

What Blizzard should do is, next Tuesday, compile a list of people who abused reporting features, and temp-ban them for 7 days.

Glinda-azuresong · January 25, 2020, 6:48pm

Your name isn’t Dahlgren.

Aresia-altar-of-storms · January 25, 2020, 6:49pm

Do you believe that if he was going to attempt to lead that they would have treated him any differently? Yes if he had no intention of leading there is no good reason not to pass it… that said you are missing the point of his post completely. It is how systems are getting abused and people are being falsely punished.

Choopcha-fairbanks · January 25, 2020, 6:49pm

I had games where people spammed raid warnings. I had another game where some jerk would put one class type into a group, and no matter how many times i tried to make proper groups, he would change them back. Never know who your gonna get in an AV…