I’m not suggesting the GM should have given the streamer buffs.
I’m pointing out the gravity of banning somebody for half a year as a serious thing…that you would think requires some form of higher authority or checks and balances.
Ex. In my job I can issue payments to people…but those payments are checked by at least 1-2 other people before they go out. They are at minimum checked by my direct manager. If it’s a large payment, it’s checked by the Director and potentially the VP.
How does somebody get a 6 month ban within minutes of a streamer request unless it’s just (1) person making the call and pulling the trigger to ban?
How is banning somebody for half a year a lesser deal than giving some dude world buffs? I’m not saying he should have done either…I’m pointing out that the severity of the response is a huge red flag.
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It is up to blizzard. And thankfully they have made their stance crystal clear for over a decade-and-a-half now.
Inconsistent enforcement of rules is a huge problem for credibility. It doesn’t matter how “toxic” a player has been in the past. What matters is if they broke a rule. An angel can break a rule and should still be punished just as hard as some toxic child who breaks the same rule.
In this case though, dispelling people on a PvP server is explicitly fine. The fact there was any punishment at all is unacceptable.
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When they are camping you, make guilds for it, put you on dispel lists. Yea blizz OBVIOUSLY thinks its harassment idiot
Gathering 20 players, creating a cross faction alt to /who a specific player and then camping them until they log out is not the same as just killing someone and deciding to camp them.
Gotta dig through the 1.5k posts in that reddit thread unfortunately. The streamer admits to it and apologizes that the guy got banned.
I was telling you how it was done and how it was still stream sniping. Like I said, take a step back and think objectively.
Look, even a warning, a mere warning towards footgodx would already constitute as a violation of the trust and impartial behaviour that blizzard should display.
Its not necessarily about the 6 month ban, but a GM interfering on a streamers command at will, instantly. Dishing out warnings or bans for perfectly fine behaviour on a pvp server (which is dispelling). Circumventing the conduct and process all the other players have to go through.
In short, getting favors because he streams. Its unacceptable.
Its not. And even if it was it would still be fine.
Bliz had made it clear the old rules need not apply to classic. See the new instance cap or banning farms that were perfectly legal in vanilla. Though it seems they change their minds on what is and is not acceptable on a whim with very little forethought.
Changes to the game and things you can get banned for are VERY different beasts.
I never said it was, are you high?
World of Warcraft Classic
If you do not wish to engage in regular PvP combat in WoW Classic, you must create your character on a Player versus Environment (PvE) realm. On a PvE realm, you can freely choose when you want to engage in open world PvP combat by enabling or disabling your PvP flag.
Their specific policy on PvP “harassment” for classic is “go to a PvE server”
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Well I cant help you are irrational, and actually think that “if it happens off camera it isnt stream sniping” Even when the guy is actively streaming, and is playing the character to get to the position for the stream, you just cant see the actions of that character.
No, I agree. It is concerning either way. To what degree, though? A soft ban compared to a 6 month IP ban is wildly different penalties.
1000% not the full story.
Even if it WAS stream sniping. It is a meaningless distinction anyways because targeting specific players is 100% fine.
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Getting stream sniped is something that can happen if you choose to stream, why would it be something you get banned for even if he WAS specifically targeting him?
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Who cares if it’s stream sniping? What does that have to do with any rule whatsoever related to WoW?
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I didn’t see anyone tell the priest or streamer to go to a PvE server. So regardless of what that says it isn’t what was applied here. Only things I can see happening are the ban getting overturned because absolutely nothing was done wrong or the rules have changed, ban gets upheld. Guess time will tell as to where this goes. In the mean time hope the priest enjoyed his “forced break” from wow. I don’t feel bad for him in the slightest.
Not really. I’ve literally never heard of him 