Which is a very, very common misconception utilized to downplay the actions taken by the people that think they’re above the rules, unfortunately. It can offend exactly zero people and still be inappropriate for the game.
No one is more offended now than they were 20 years ago when the game launched. We just have a more robust means of bringing it to Blizzard’s attention today than we did back then. A whopping five seconds of mouse clicks in-game now, versus a few minutes of tabbing out, opening a webpage, navigating the support site and submitting a ticket back then. The effort to report was a huge obstacle.
The “new” report system has been in game for years now.
The rules about profanity and inappropriate chat have barely changed since launch. For as long as I’ve been posting in the CS forums, people have come here wondering why their inappropriate chat was actioned. In fact, in the many years here, I think I’ve only seen one (maybe two) threads that turned out to be mistaken account actions…out of thousands.
People seem more apt now to act innocent and post more about feeling unjustly actioned because they can’t follow the rules because they were reported. Is it likely people are reporting more to remove toxicity thanks to reporting made more simple? Absolutely. Has this system been in place for a LONG time now? Yeppers
This is not about anyone getting offended! This is about not using abusive language and not using profanity. It is not acceptable or allowed in world of warcraft! This is about about a safe place or anything like that.
We are regular people who take the time to help those that come here with questions. We help navigate the ticket system and help point them in the right direction for the help they need. Many of us have even been here long enough to have a mild understanding of how some of the systems work and we can help navigate some of them as well. THAT is who we are.
Time after time, people claim they did “nothing”, when they were breaking the game rules they agreed to follow. Backed by the chat logs.
Like when you were penalized and Orlyia confirmed that you were swearing in game, which is against the rules.
You keep breaking the forum rules to lie and spread disinformation, spam, hijack threads, and troll. That is also going to result in more penalties - again. That is your own choice, but don’t pretend it is not your fault when you break the rules and pay the consequences.
Anything you post here is available for anyone else to read. If you post here, anyone can respond to you - you don’t get to control that. Replying to threads is not “stalking” you. You don’t get to pretend you are “just expressing your opinion” when you are intentionally lying. I get you are angry you got punished for profanity, but that was your own fault. Not some grand conspiracy against you or automated GMs.
You won’t be doing on these forums though if you keep it up. Blizzard - the ones that post in Blue - do enforce the code of conduct you agreed to. You can use your own social media to lie if you want, but not here. Not without consequences.
You really don’t have a clue about the system. What I’ve read from you is soo completely incorrect and it’s obvious you’ve misunderstood how anything works.
Good luck emailing the GM manager. It would be extremely doubtful you’d have their email anyway.
You are in your right to the opinion of the services, as long as that opinion isn’t breaching the Code of Conducts or any of Blizzard’s policies. You know what you don’t have the right to?
Breaching the Code of Conducts that both you and Blizzard have agree’d too. Whether it is here on the forums, or within the game/s. Blizzard holds the right to penalize anyone for breaching the Code of Conducts, as stated within the End User License Agreement, something in which you and Blizzard also agree’d too when creating your account.
If you want to breach the Code of Conducts, then that is on you.
Spreading misinformation about Blizzard moderation, using profanity within the game, trolling the forums, hijacking threads… It isn’t about being rude, it is about your behaviour on the platforms, something in which is not acceptable at all.
Misinformation is when someone is incorrect - but they don’t do it on purpose. They genuinely don’t know they are wrong.
Disinformation is when they are wrong, know they are wrong, and spread that wrong info on purpose. Which is what seems to be the issue here. This person got an in-game penalty for profanity, confirmed by Orlyia here on the forums. Despite the confirmation and explanation that profanity and masked profanity is not allowed in games, they continue to lie that they did nothing wrong and lie about the moderation systems.
Oh, thanks for confirming the difference between disinformation and misinformation. Because I was more to referring to this post of theirs in the other thread.
