False reporting and automated ban

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@Fesz-cenarius

That is the point. You do not know what the threshold target report number to trigger a player imposed penalty is, let alone that it is a “high number”.

And we NEVER will be told this information as I have already stated multiple times. If you need it to come from Blizzard’s mouth, then here is what Vrakthis said about it over a year ago. They are deliberately vague about it in order to keep people from being able to figure out how to game the system.

@Fesz-cenarius

I’m not aware of Blizzard even saying “high number”. I know that they said something to the effect of “enough reports”, but what is “enough reports”? Is it 5 reports? Is it 10 reports? Is it 100 reports?

Why do you keep asking for a number you know they will never tell you? The only time I have ever seen them give a number was Orylia telling a player that there were 62 instances of accounts reporting them for spam.

@Fesz-cenarius

Otherwise, IMO, you are just trying to pull “facts” out of your posterior in an effort to prop up your desire to have the option to conspire to squelch any other player at any time for every little slight you think you had to suffer.

Nope. , as I said before about posts like these complaining about the Silence system or the Spam Squelching system: It. never. ends. well. for. them. period.

@Mellga-area-52

The Silence, itself needs to be reviewed by the GMs. It shouldn’t be up to the players 'cause we can see in this thread that there are those that go beyond the Gold Spammers.

It IS reviewed by GMs. A Silence CANNOT be put into place automatically. They have said this over and over. If you want to see it in blue text, click the first link I referenced above.

Anything that requires action taken against a player’s account has to have an actual, living, breathing, Blizzard-employed human being initiate it.

All players do is report. Each report generates a ticket for a GM, and probably globs them all together as others report the person as well. If enough unique reports are received, the system deems it to be a severe enough of a problem to warrant squelching them until I GM can investigate the matter.

This is what happened that one time to Asmon-whoever when he asked folks to report him on stream. The threshold was met and he got squelched but his account did not receive a Silence.

And while the system was designed with the gold spammers in mind, its application goes beyond that as well as its usefulness. Especially in light of the fact that WoW Tokens have annihilated the gold farmers.

It works against the guy who is spamming “Selling {{oreName}}!!! 5k/stack!!!” every 30 seconds or the guy with poor impulse control and a lot of emotional immaturity who is resorting to racist/homophobic language in public chat channels.

The server communities have, for the most part, decided they don’t want such things in the game they’re paying to enjoy. If you or anyone else does not like this, feel free to patronize another company.