Guild Wars 2

Sitting in a mob waiting for Teq I saw a pet name that was clearly reportable (it would get replaced by ‘kitten’ if I tried to include it on the forum). But I had no obvious way to report it. The owner was in the mob someplace so I couldn’t pick her out.

Is there a way to do that kind of report now? If not, please put one in.

There isn’t a good way to report pet names, guild names, or account names in game. I’ve seen one guy on my server who has an account name that I can’t say on the forum. He has been reported but is still there.

The only thing you can do for these is take a screenshot and make a ticket to support.

If the pet’s owner is in a guild, the guild tags will show up. That will help Support as it narrows down to that guild and which members were at that place at that time.

Just because something offends you does not mean that the powers that be need scrub away until you are warm and cozy.

To answer OP, no I don’t think there is a way to report pet names.

Jory.9172:

Just because something offends you does not mean that the powers that be need scrub away until you are warm and cozy.

To answer OP, no I don’t think there is a way to report pet names.

Any word that would be replaced (legitimately) by kitten in the forums is pretty much an offensive word for everyone and falls under the jurisdiction of the Naming Policy.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-naming-policy/

This is a game for all ages and I’ve seen younger players in my guilds and ocasionally see forum posts from parents about suggestions for classes their kids should play, etc. The civic duty and social responsibility we have in the real world concerning kids applies in game and the policy is an extension of that.

Plus I don’t need to see dumb player names like KittenBalls McKittenface, A Big Black Kitten, or I Kittened Your Mom.

I never really understood why someone would want to report a player’s name, as all the most “hardcore” names are already blocked.

I have seen several inapropriate (sex related or in other ways rude/insulting) Guild Nmes and Pet names… No way to report them. Plz make such things reportable.

Some ppl get away with names written in other languages. I’m Swedish and have seen many not very fitting names in Swedish… I guess other non-english languages gets away with this as well…

And I have seen countless examples of:
“Use misspellings or alternative spellings of names that violate any of the above rules”

I personally don’t have a problem with it but not all players are 30 + as me….. And – rules are rules.

I have seen some truly tasteless pet names, and wish there were a report button for them as well, but in general, naming things tasteless names are in the eye of the beholder.

Having said that, there are deliberate references to things that definitely should be “kittened” out.

I think it would be a good idea to throw the “kitten filter” into the game, and then any obscene or offensive names would show up as “kitten” in the game too.

In fact, I think it would be kind of funny if all of a sudden these names and pet names changed from (insert offensive word here) to Kitten. It wouldn’t cost the players anything, because pet names can be changed on the fly without cost.

Not only that, if someone didn’t have the forethought or thought it would be cute to name their character something offensive would have to buy a name-change ticket. Now, before anyone says “that’s not fair,” keep in mind that the original name was chosen by the player, so if it’s offensive enough to get “kittened” then it’s their own fault.

just sayin’

Ashabhi.1365:

I have seen some truly tasteless pet names, and wish there were a report button for them as well, but in general, naming things tasteless names are in the eye of the beholder.

Having said that, there are deliberate references to things that definitely should be “kittened” out.

I think it would be a good idea to throw the “kitten filter” into the game, and then any obscene or offensive names would show up as “kitten” in the game too.

In fact, I think it would be kind of funny if all of a sudden these names and pet names changed from (insert offensive word here) to Kitten. It wouldn’t cost the players anything, because pet names can be changed on the fly without cost.

I like that, add more parental controls to the game that are optional for mature users. Perhaps make it interactive, so that parents can run through a list and check a word and variations of it to appear as “kitten.” That could be long and tedious, but it is the parents’ jobs to protect their children -not the rest of the worlds’.

Jory.9172:

I like that, add more parental controls to the game that are optional for mature users. Perhaps make it interactive, so that parents can run through a list and check a word and variations of it to appear as “kitten.” That could be long and tedious, but it is the parents’ jobs to protect their children -not the rest of the worlds’.

It is every players “job” to abide by the rules that they agree to when they accept the TOS. If they can’t keep the agreements that they’ve made they should expect to be reported. Saying that puts them to protecting other people’s children isn’t accurate. There are people playing this game from all over the world and from all walks of life and consequently the rules of polite society apply — through the TOS.

Pet name violations, guild name violations, chat violations, all are reportable. The OP is simply asking for an easy way to report, and I agree with the suggestion. Making an easy way to report would be great.

Ashabhi.1365:

I have seen some truly tasteless pet names, and wish there were a report button for them as well, but in general, naming things tasteless names are in the eye of the beholder.

Having said that, there are deliberate references to things that definitely should be “kittened” out.

I think it would be a good idea to throw the “kitten filter” into the game, and then any obscene or offensive names would show up as “kitten” in the game too.

In fact, I think it would be kind of funny if all of a sudden these names and pet names changed from (insert offensive word here) to Kitten. It wouldn’t cost the players anything, because pet names can be changed on the fly without cost.

Not only that, if someone didn’t have the forethought or thought it would be cute to name their character something offensive would have to buy a name-change ticket. Now, before anyone says “that’s not fair,” keep in mind that the original name was chosen by the player, so if it’s offensive enough to get “kittened” then it’s their own fault.

just sayin’

Only if I can filter to see kitten or not, would I be ok with a kitten filter in the game. I would so not want to see people/pets/other named kitten everywhere.