Right Click Report - Not Going Away

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992

Sure it did. People reported goldsellers, or people using hate speech, GMs checked logs, and banned people. That is the system working.

What you mean to say is that it took time to work, because GMs were not always available in that instant. But there is a reason why we don’t trust computers to make ethical decisions, and a mob running out of control has been something to be feared since the dawn of civilization. And automatic punishments by algorithm derived from the actions of groups of people is both of those put together, with zero accountability.

Have RCR open a GM ticket, and slap a 24 hour /ignore on whoever you reported, so you don’t have to see them. Anyone else who doesn’t like whatever they’re doing can also do a report, and won’t have to see it, either. Maybe a goldseller ends up spamming to an empty room, since no one is listening. Maybe a bigot goes on a rant for thirty minutes, getting progressively more upset because people aren’t paying him any attention. Gee, isn’t that just a shame. But what it doesn’t do is, say, kick a guy because someone is getting their panties in a twist because community banter is interfering with their attempt to sell rough leather for less than the AH.

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993

Right now RCR slaps a temporary squelch on the person and then it gets reviewed.

So win win? The person is instantly removed from chat but not permanently actioned without a GM review.

994

“That guild’s getting Rag world first? Mass report their main tank!”

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995

Doesn’t squelch raid or guild chat :slight_smile:

996

Do you not remember that PVPer who got mass-reported during a rated BG, then actually got booted out of the game?

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997

You realize that to report someone you have to have either text from them on your screen or their character on your screen?

998

You realize you can do that from their portrait?

999

Except it isn’t win win. Unless you count pissy people making sure EVERYONE can’t see what has their panties in a twist ‘winning’. It is like saying, “Suburban soccer moms don’t like Marilyn Manson, so NOBODY can listen to him!”

And there is no accountability on those who report falsely. Only way auto squelch would be fair is if it squelched both sides (the reportee and the reporter), as a way to curb abuse.

But it can auto-kick you from the game.

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1000

Right and to get to their portrait what has to happen?

1001

And then you log back in, oh no…

1002

…

Oh no, you got DCed, dropped aggro, it’s killed a healer, raid wipes.

Oh no, you got DCed, logged back in, and you were removed from the battleground.

Oh no, you got DCed, logged back in, and you were killed when loading up by the people who were trying to gank you.

Oh no, you got DCed during a mass pull while a competitor stream-sniped you, and your entire raid got wiped.

:open_mouth:

Can’t be abused at all! God-forbid you’re in a popular farming spot when a guild is trying to get herbs, mining nodes, etc. for raiding materials.

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1003

Back then, people hadn’t had 20+ years of internet time to develop a bunch of social disorders yet.

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1004

Why are you inviting a raid full of people who will report the MT mid fight?

1005

It doesn’t have to be in the raid. They can save chatlogs from /1, party, /s, etc. and mass report when they enter MC. Hell, the opposite faction could just spam report them on their way to raid, DC them, and then corpsecamp them.

I’ll admit, they said they were raising the squelch, dc, etc. limit on RCR so people wouldn’t be affected.

1006

Dare I ask for a source? Or will the ensuing argument leave me with -30 minutes to my life and still no source for a claim?

1007

… You can’t possibly be misreading that.

Okay, so. I’m going to take you on toddler logic.

  1. You and your guild are going to do Molten Core (Ragnaros hasn’t been killed, yet). “Hi, guild!” Guild: “Hi, main tank!”
  2. Another group has decided, “I’m going to compete,” and they have decided to mass report you at an inopportune time so they can take advantage of the wipe your disappearance will cause. Enemy guild: “Bye, main tank!”
  3. You log back in, think you just DCed, and the guild is, likely, very mad at you, since it’s a competition. Congrats! You may have just lost your world first!
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1008

Why does this never happen in current world first races? Could it be that entire guilds aren’t willing to abuse this system and risk an account ban for a negligible advantage?

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1009

I started it at a nice, fun time for everyone.

1010

You’re just gonna have to trust me on this one boss :wink:

1011

And not quite certain how a large group would be able to right click a player in a raid instance.