This is kinda the part that makes me disbelief you, because this is not an uncommon claim folks make on these forums or on Reddit, Twitter, etc.
But it is almost always a case of it being fake, or that important context wasn’t provided
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I’ve really been thinking hard about truly quitting the game since that happened. I was so upset when ingot the email. I couldn’t believe what was happening. It’s why I appealed. I barely talk to anyone in the game. I just play and that’s why I had no idea what I could have possibly said to be punished for. And the GM showed me.
Is sharing the screenshots allowed if you blur/obscure the names? Like if you got the email and the thing explaining why, it would prove that. But I am not sure how allowed that is to post that information, even if censored properly. Any details about actions or matters of account are held in very strict regard.
You did? When?
On the forums…
I don’t know why you think I care if you believe me or not. I’m simply sharing my experience hoping it will help others avoid getting their account actioned because a joke about a fictional character wasn’t funny to enough people.
Oh, that’s crazy man.
Have you met the average WoW player or human? I’ve not yet met the human who was thinking “I’m going to act like a horrible person. Oh wait, a written notice that I should be civil. Never mind, I’ve changed my mind. I’ll be nice now.”
Yeah, it sure is… I have met many average WoW players here.
No I can’t do that. It’s against the tos to have very specific conversations about this. Screenshots would just get me s forum ban
Okay. Wasn’t totally sure, best to be cautious. But, I hope you opened a ticket and then another asking for a new set of eyes, you have a few outs to try before it sticks, I think. Again, if this is true and all there was to it.
what else did you say?
Because the banned message that you get doesn’t contain the context, just what eventually caused people to click and report. Judging by your hilarious joke, I’m guessing some misogynistic stuff as well?
Casual reminder that the “Social Contract” is in it’s entirety part of the ToS. You’ve been accepting the “Contract” for as long as you have been playing WoW before it was formed.
Ain’t sure of some of the hyperbolic examples thrown out in this thread. Really it’s just laid out in more layman-ish terms to not be a jerk. Really that’s the gist of it.
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I did and they said that after the first appeal any future appeals would likely be ignored. So I just didn’t play the game that week
While it is true it has been in from day one, with Blizzards ‘inhouse’ misconduct a while back, aka their eagerness to appear squeaky clean and ‘virtue signal’ so to speak, and the notice being right in your face, alot more people realize they can report for the smallest, and arguably harmless things. There is something to be said, that things and the company are much more sensitive then before. So the thing itself has existed, but the spotlight and its flaws in the system are ALOT more noticeable.
But, as I said before, the rules, are not the problem, the system enforcing and handling it is the issue. I think cruel/hateful and really problematic people and conduct shouldn’t be accepted.
I mean, once they get a silence on their account, they will probably think twice next time. And that makes the environment more pleasant for the rest of us.
Keep in mind that action isn’t taken unless an offense is manually looked at by a GM. It’s a common misconception that it’s just a bot that decides one’s fate.
Only exception is a ‘squelch’, which is a temporary silence due to a overwhelming volume of reports. This is done during an investigation because it’s rare one will just get a whole ton of reports out of nowhere.
I frequent the Customer Service forums and you’ll be surprised how many people post in there saying ‘why i silence i no say thing bad’ and for a CS rep to not-so-gently remind them that they did.
While that is true, and I agree, I feel like some can be punished over a sheer technicality. Things now happening that most wouldn’t bother or care about, that they have to act on cause ‘well rules is rules, you TECHNICALLY disrupted or offended this one person, who most would think was looking for an excuse to report you out of spite.’ Thats what I ment, its alot easier now to mess with people via reporting then it was a few years ago, is all.
But, this is all hypothetical. Odds are they did earn whatever they got. Since its most likely alot more to the story then whats said, and ya can’t share the details.
I have a theory that only the bad people get this notice more than once. My second theory is we’re all bad people.