Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone I am upset with a low percentage of the guild wars 2 community on almost a daily basis at least once I have to meet a extremely abusive player that uses extreme excessive verbal abuse directed at me and I am sure you have all dealt with this also. my issue is with the Report tool at hand. you report the player and block the player and that’s as far as you hear anything about the matter. I have met players I have reported in the past that did not encounter a ban or any kind of punishment for breaching the community rules. I would like some kind of confirmation from Anet that your issue is being dealt with. anet aggressively enforce their rules to protect their business but what rules are they enforcing to protect the community ? I have played guild wars since the launch of factions and now just purchased HOT for 80 pounds. this is a on going concern of mine and now at the brink of of not playing guild wars ever again because of the growth of toxic players

Interesting. I don’t think I’ve ever even once had abusive language directed towards me in chat, and I’ve been playing for almost 3 years.

However. Reported abusive language usually gets the first offender a 72 hour suspension and you are not going to know if they aren’t logged on because they aren’t playing or because they are serving out their suspension time. They won’t get a ban until after they get a certain number of reports, and they do both suspend and ban as I’ve seen threads from people who got a suspension and for people who were banned.

If you have them blocked then how do you know that they are continuing to reoffend? As far as you will know, they stopped.

I sympathize with the OP, i had from time to time this kind of experience with some players mostly in SW when they want to be effective and the rest of the gamers just want to have fun.
The only thing you can do is to report this and keep enjoying the game. Don’t get all worked up, maybe that guy is a normal dude that had a bad day.

Just report and forget about them.

my pal plays thief in pvp and he gets a ton of verbal abuse. he screenshots it all and makes it into collages that he uses for his desktop backround. it’s pretty great to be honest.

I’ve dealt with some pretty severe racism many, many times. And I’ve said in the past that despite Gw2 having “one of the nicest MMO communities” I’ve also never experienced more racism any where in my life than in this game. I’m not sure what causes it but there are some extremely insensitive people out there. Not to mention that it doesn’t even bother me most of the time… I could care less if people want to use racial slang or stereotypes but some of the things I’ve heard in Gw2 really make me wonder if these people actually think that way or if they’re just being rude.

What ever the case, I’ve reported the people that have said these things, including the [NGGR] guild on multiple occasions and to my knowledge nothing has been done. Though of course it’s possible I’m just misinformed. Regardless, if they haven’t been banned, it would upset me more knowing that they’re still out there potentially hurting someone else than knowing of the things they said to me specifically.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

I’ve dealt with some pretty severe racism many, many times. And I’ve said in the past that despite Gw2 having “one of the nicest MMO communities” I’ve also never experienced more racism any where in my life than in this game. I’m not sure what causes it but there are some extremely insensitive people out there. Not to mention that it doesn’t even bother me most of the time… I could care less if people want to use racial slang or stereotypes but some of the things I’ve heard in Gw2 really make me wonder if these people actually think that way or if they’re just being rude.

What ever the case, I’ve reported the people that have said these things, including the [NGGR] guild on multiple occasions and to my knowledge nothing has been done. Though of course it’s possible I’m just misinformed. Regardless, if they haven’t been banned, it would upset me more knowing that they’re still out there potentially hurting someone else than knowing of the things they said to me specifically.

If you used the ingame report option to report a guild name or tag, it’s unlikely to get changed as the report say character name. The support people don’t always think to check guild name if they get an offensive character name report. If you want to report a guild name or tag or a display name, then the best way is to make an actual ticket from the top of this site and report it that way.

You can block that individual, screenshot the abuse, and seen to the devs. They will look at the evidence and take proper action. Sorry that the experience was so bitter for you.

As someone who quit LoL purely because of the abusive community (I was level 5 and I was being called a noob. I’m not kidding), I understand the frustration with online verbal abuse. If you’re in PvP I suggest having a tab with no chat and playing with that.

PvE in general isn’t too bad for verbal abuse, unless you’re going out of your way to be a kitten, and as for WvW I couldn’t say as I don’t do it much anymore.

If you’ve reported and blocked them, then good. That’s all that you need to do on your side. Now go out and enjoy the game instead of being hung up over one kitten.

There’s only been a couple of times I’ve had abuse directed at me, usually because I’m sticking up for somebody who’s being abused themselves.

If you’re getting personally attacked on a day-to-day basis, then chances are there’s a behaviour that you’re involving yourself in that makes you more of a target. That could be through provocation, or through making yourself an “easy target” (i.e. responding very emotionally, publicly).

I do see offensive language very often- maybe a few times a week. In my opinion, one of the largest problems and possible contributors is that the report category for this is “verbal abuse”, whereas it should be “offensive language”, as it was in GW1. People think they can talk kitten, as long as it isn’t directed at somebody. Others may not realise that this stuff is against the ToS and reportable.

I’ve seen people pass sexual jokes, racism, molestation jokes and worse as “banter”- because they aren’t aiming it at a particular individual. Of course, these people get an immediate block and report from me because I can’t stand to see that kind of low-level stuff in map chat.

I am beginning to think that some people do get away with it because of lack of reports, and the fact that each incident isn’t enough for punishment in itself. This would probably mean that a moderator would have to refer to a history/case before taking any action, which takes more time in itself.

The worst time is late at night/early morning. SW, HotM/PvP and the major cities seem to be the worst areas for such things, but that is pretty self-explanatory considering these are the most densely populated places and mostly where tensions can run highest. I try and avoid these areas when I can, and at these times. If I see a particularly foul conversation happening, I’ll report and block all participants and then turn my chat off for a while.

PS: It isn’t always this bad. I’m feeling particular raw right now because of the worst map chat I’ve seen the night before last in SW.

Yeah, I understand what you mean, OP. I’ve talked about it in the forum as well, and reported, but nothing seems to be done about it. Only players that say they’ve never experienced such behavior towards them. But it is really out there – I’ve heard them say some really horrible, horrible things about women, especially, and also used tons of vulgar language I can’t stand. I’ve turned off say and map chat now, and am finding the game a lot more peaceful. I also have my profanity filter maxed out.
No sense in the belligerent behavior, but what else can you do except for giving up the game entirely.

Unless you are playing with someone else (where party or guild chat is useful), why turn chat on at all? You do realize that you can selectively turn them off, right? The mindless drivel spamming my chat window is a distraction I can easily deal with by making it go away. If I think turning map chat on will help, I turn it on. I can turn off whisper and NPC chat as well. I am not forced to take note of anyone else in PvE which is fine if all I’m doing is some farming. PvP, WvW, dungeons, and fractals require some interaction so I adjust accordingly.

Why suffer listening to nonsense when you don’t have to? Learn to use the chat interface to your advantage.

darklight lord.2391:

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I am sorry that this happened to you. The majority of the GW2 community is positive. In the 3 years playing this, I just had one incident where someone harassed me. I did report and believe that Arenanet received it and took action. Strange thing is that it happened in last few months. Wonder if the expansion announcement has drawn “toxic” players into the game.

Given the type of bans they have handed out in the past and their pride at having the “friendliest mmo community”, I doubt Arenanet is not taking this serious. However, if you really need reassurance, send them an email explaining the situation and the action you took. Hopefully, someone will confirm receipt. I don’t think they will tell you what they actually did though. Believe it goes against their policy.

I have been spending a lot of time in Silverwastes lately. I don’t map chat hardly at all. Occasionally saying something if a conversation is interesting, but I always have the map chat open.

I’m appalled at some of the things I see in that window. Also a lot of abuse of individuals and groups of people seems to be rampant at times.

I have found myself defending a couple of people being picked on or abused. Particularly when the abuse is horrifying and undeserved. I would like to mark these comments up as immaturity, but as much as I have seen it happening lately, that cannot be entirely true.

jheryn.8390:

I have been spending a lot of time in Silverwastes lately. I don’t map chat hardly at all. Occasionally saying something if a conversation is interesting, but I always have the map chat open.

I’m appalled at some of the things I see in that window. Also a lot of abuse of individuals and groups of people seems to be rampant at times.

I have found myself defending a couple of people being picked on or abused. Particularly when the abuse is horrifying and undeserved. I would like to mark these comments up as immaturity, but as much as I have seen it happening lately, that cannot be entirely true.

I hope that you have been reporting it under verbal abuse.

I can’t think of any more appropriate retaliation against trolls and other abusive players than to ignore their existence. Constantly griping about them just feeds them their daily dose of attention. In spite of being an archaic form of punishment, shunning actually works.

darklight, I’m sorry that you have experienced abusive language. However, ANet policy of not telling reporters about disciplinary action taken is commonplace in the industry. All that a reporter need be concerned about is whether the behavior continues. If it does, then report again.

Also, as part of “you all,” I can definitely state that I have not experienced this. I cannot even honestly say I’ve even even seen it in chat. Since I’ve played for almost 3K hours over three years, I don’t think the problem is pervasive. I also doubt that the difference between my experience and yours is not just because you might be playing on EU while I’m on NA.

On our server Gunnars Hold there were 2 trolls and very active in chat being as annoying as they could be. Like normal 12 year olds would do, and being racists on top of that. So we reported them many times to Anet and it did take some time but in the end both of them are perma banned.

darklight lord.2391:

I have met players I have reported in the past that did not encounter a ban or any kind of punishment for breaching the community rules.

How do you know they didn’t get a temporary ban? Did you go out of your way to unblock someone that was harassing you and whisper them asking if they have by chance been punished for a report you filed against them?

I know if someone whispered me asking if I had been banned, even if I was, I would deny it, so I can only assume someone who was actually banned would as well.

So how do you know??

Often times I ignore the chat if I think someone might be a problem. I learned my lesson before with a few choice words and don’t really plan on having that happen again.

Best to block and move along, don’t get suckered in.

One thing that I have done is I make a separate tab in my chat window called “QUIET” and make sure to have everything unchecked, then click the little speech bubble icon in the corner and play without any visual noise coming from any source.

Just something to keep in mind.

Block is there for a reason. If everyone blocks and reports them, those flowers tend to wilt and die when no one responds to their special brand of stupid.

Report, block, and move on. It takes time to develop a thick skin against their stupid, but certain PvP rooms help this process. These days, after an hour or so if that, I tend to forget their names. The next day? I definitely forget their names.

They’re not worth anyone’s time much less a thread about them.

There was one guy in /map chat in Queensdale one day going on about women, lesbians, and so forth. I debated figuring out where he was, taxiing over some people from my LGBT guild, then all of us tagging up (or at least putting on some impressive titles) and follow him around quickly killing whatever spawned near him at events so he could not tag it. Not that I did it but the people on the map that had not already muted him would have probably been doubled over in laughter when he started complaining.

Menadena.7482:

There was one guy in /map chat in Queensdale one day going on about women, lesbians, and so forth. I debated figuring out where he was, taxiing over some people from my LGBT guild, then all of us tagging up (or at least putting on some impressive titles) and follow him around quickly killing whatever spawned near him at events so he could not tag it. Not that I did it but the people on the map that had not already muted him would have probably been doubled over in laughter when he started complaining.

I know you say you didn’t do this, but this kind of behaviour isn’t the answer. It is in fact reportable in itself. Purposefully compromising another person’s ability to play is against the rules- it’s griefing. This kind of behaviour isn’t ok, even if the other guy was spouting all sorts of atrocities.

Crimson Clouds.4853:

Menadena.7482:

There was one guy in /map chat in Queensdale one day going on about women, lesbians, and so forth. I debated figuring out where he was, taxiing over some people from my LGBT guild, then all of us tagging up (or at least putting on some impressive titles) and follow him around quickly killing whatever spawned near him at events so he could not tag it. Not that I did it but the people on the map that had not already muted him would have probably been doubled over in laughter when he started complaining.

I know you say you didn’t do this, but this kind of behaviour isn’t the answer. It is in fact reportable in itself. Purposefully compromising another person’s ability to play is against the rules- it’s griefing. This kind of behaviour isn’t ok, even if the other guy was spouting all sorts of atrocities.

How would it be griefing though assuming you are using impartial rules? It is just a group of friends doing events on a map.

The most probable thing is for anet to consider it a ‘he said, she said’ situation and do nothing but say they took his side. How could you make any sort of ruling that would not have unintended effects? If that is bad then I call foul on everyone who finishes an event as part of the dailies before I can get there.

Remember, this was theoretical only (actually, it was also a slight variation too as I thought of 2 choices but combined them here to make the explanation easier). It was fun in the sense of imagining an annoyance slowly turning on a spit over a fire.

Menadena.7482:

How would it be griefing though assuming you are using impartial rules? It is just a group of friends doing events on a map.

The most probable thing is for anet to consider it a ‘he said, she said’ situation and do nothing but say they took his side. How could you make any sort of ruling that would not have unintended effects? If that is bad then I call foul on everyone who finishes an event as part of the dailies before I can get there.

Remember, this was theoretical only (actually, it was also a slight variation too as I thought of 2 choices but combined them here to make the explanation easier). It was fun in the sense of imagining an annoyance slowly turning on a spit over a fire.

It’s not the action itself, like you said. It’s the intent. You admitted yourself that you were debating running around after somebody with your friends, killing the stuff they were trying to kill before they had a chance to hit it themselves so they wouldn’t be able to complete that event. (I.e. griefing, harassment, impairing another player’s ability to play the game as they want to- providing it is within the rules)

There’s a difference between the two things you said: completing events and stopping another person from completing them. Completing events fast is one thing, but at least other members do have the opportunity to complete them too. Making sure somebody doesn’t get any progress in the event is whole other kettle of fish.

Sure, if something was to come of it, they’d look at both sides of the story. For instance, Mods/Devs have mentioned before that if an infraction was provoked, then they would take the provocation into consideration. Theoretically speaking, if you did do what you said you were thinking of doing, the guy could’ve taken multiple screenies or even video showing what was happening and sent a ticket to CS.

darklight lord.2391:

Hello everyone I am upset with a low percentage of the guild wars 2 community on almost a daily basis at least once I have to meet a extremely abusive player that uses extreme excessive verbal abuse directed at me and I am sure you have all dealt with this also. my issue is with the Report tool at hand. you report the player and block the player and that’s as far as you hear anything about the matter. I have met players I have reported in the past that did not encounter a ban or any kind of punishment for breaching the community rules. I would like some kind of confirmation from Anet that your issue is being dealt with. anet aggressively enforce their rules to protect their business but what rules are they enforcing to protect the community ? I have played guild wars since the launch of factions and now just purchased HOT for 80 pounds. this is a on going concern of mine and now at the brink of of not playing guild wars ever again because of the growth of toxic players

Wow

nm, misread

PookieDaWombat.6209:

One thing that I have done is I make a separate tab in my chat window called “QUIET” and make sure to have everything unchecked, then click the little speech bubble icon in the corner and play without any visual noise coming from any source.

Just something to keep in mind.

I just keep a Map tab, so unless I’m doing group content that might need communication (or I maybe just get curious), all that inane blorf doesn’t hit my screen.

Menadena.7482:

Crimson Clouds.4853:

Menadena.7482:

There was one guy in /map chat in Queensdale one day going on about women, lesbians, and so forth. I debated figuring out where he was, taxiing over some people from my LGBT guild, then all of us tagging up (or at least putting on some impressive titles) and follow him around quickly killing whatever spawned near him at events so he could not tag it. Not that I did it but the people on the map that had not already muted him would have probably been doubled over in laughter when he started complaining.

I know you say you didn’t do this, but this kind of behaviour isn’t the answer. It is in fact reportable in itself. Purposefully compromising another person’s ability to play is against the rules- it’s griefing. This kind of behaviour isn’t ok, even if the other guy was spouting all sorts of atrocities.

How would it be griefing though assuming you are using impartial rules? It is just a group of friends doing events on a map.

The most probable thing is for anet to consider it a ‘he said, she said’ situation and do nothing but say they took his side. How could you make any sort of ruling that would not have unintended effects? If that is bad then I call foul on everyone who finishes an event as part of the dailies before I can get there.

Remember, this was theoretical only (actually, it was also a slight variation too as I thought of 2 choices but combined them here to make the explanation easier). It was fun in the sense of imagining an annoyance slowly turning on a spit over a fire.

I know you didn’t actually do it and was just putting forth “vengeful thoughts” of a fun way of annoying an annoyance so I’ll just address the point of, could ANet tell you were griefing him, in case there are others who try your idea out

1) you have someone on map chat making reportable comments.
2) you had, presumably, already reported this guy so you are now on record
3) you call in friends/guildies from out of the map who are members of a guild that has direct ties to that person’s comments and explain to them what you are going to do. If you use ingame chat, you are on record. All the people who are guildies and on your friends list who ’responded to your call are on record now as going to the spot of a person you just blocked/reported.
4) all of you get to the one point where this one guy is who has been saying reportable things and together you keep him from tagging mobs by overwhelming them first.

I would bet that ANet could tie your actions to that guy’s comments.

Crimson Clouds.4853:

Sure, if something was to come of it, they’d look at both sides of the story. For instance, Mods/Devs have mentioned before that if an infraction was provoked, then they would take the provocation into consideration. Theoretically speaking, if you did do what you said you were thinking of doing, the guy could’ve taken multiple screenies or even video showing what was happening and sent a ticket to CS.

Which I could easily counter with the stuff that was in map chat (which I assume they have logs of, no need to trust my screenshots). That would make it quite clear he was not only provoking the whole map but also disparaging whole groups of people.

Menadena.7482:

It was fun in the sense of imagining an annoyance slowly turning on a spit over a fire.

I know you definitely didn’t mean any real harm in it, but your description above is exactly the kind of fun that trolls and griefers live for. They get enjoyment at the thought that what they are doing is really annoying the person on the other end, and even better if they start to rage. That’s basically winning for a troll/griefer.

Perhaps you have subconscious troll tendencies?

Draknar.5748:

Perhaps you have subconscious troll tendencies?

Nope, trolls are just annoyances who look for how to get under people’s skins. I believe in karma and the quicker the better.

Menadena.7482:

Crimson Clouds.4853:

Sure, if something was to come of it, they’d look at both sides of the story. For instance, Mods/Devs have mentioned before that if an infraction was provoked, then they would take the provocation into consideration. Theoretically speaking, if you did do what you said you were thinking of doing, the guy could’ve taken multiple screenies or even video showing what was happening and sent a ticket to CS.

Which I could easily counter with the stuff that was in map chat (which I assume they have logs of, no need to trust my screenshots). That would make it quite clear he was not only provoking the whole map but also disparaging whole groups of people.

That wont work in a situation where someone retaliates against the person with offensive chat.

This quote is about harassment but can be extended towards those who retaliate by griefing that other person. Source

“Now, there are occasions when claims of “harassment” run in both directions. I am not making a judgment about any situations mention here, but sometimes chat records show a back-and-forth bickering or attacking that does not allow an easy solution. This means an agent confirms an in-game report but also notes that the alleged victim also was in breach of the UA or the RoC. If there’s evidence of what we call “mutual antagonism” then it gets trickier and a resolution isn’t as simple to reach. "

ANet’s policy is block, report, move on. Do not attempt to take “the law into your own hands” as they will consider that as breaking ToS also.

Menadena.7482:

Draknar.5748:

Perhaps you have subconscious troll tendencies?

Nope, trolls are just annoyances who look for how to get under people’s skins. I believe in karma and the quicker the better.

I hate to admit this, but my brother is a troll. In fact, he has no qualms admitting it. He 100% gets his kicks from simply imagining how annoyed the person he is trolling must be. He will crack himself up about it and just keep doing it, slowing imagining their annoyance growing, and growing, and finally bubbling up into a ragequit, which is the ultimate fun for him. I hate him so much sometimes lol. But kitten he’s my brother, blood is thicker than trolls.

I’m just saying that your comment about finding fun in imagining them being annoyed is exactly his definition of fun. Maybe you are a justice troll. Trolling common thugs and ne’er-do-wells. Just be sure to use your powers for good and not evil.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

I’ve dealt with some pretty severe racism many, many times. And I’ve said in the past that despite Gw2 having “one of the nicest MMO communities” I’ve also never experienced more racism any where in my life than in this game. I’m not sure what causes it but there are some extremely insensitive people out there. Not to mention that it doesn’t even bother me most of the time… I could care less if people want to use racial slang or stereotypes but some of the things I’ve heard in Gw2 really make me wonder if these people actually think that way or if they’re just being rude.

What ever the case, I’ve reported the people that have said these things, including the [NGGR] guild on multiple occasions and to my knowledge nothing has been done. Though of course it’s possible I’m just misinformed. Regardless, if they haven’t been banned, it would upset me more knowing that they’re still out there potentially hurting someone else than knowing of the things they said to me specifically.

I think people today are carried too far away with “offensive” ideas. The NGGR guild, for instance, if it’s offensive to you, sorry. But, why should they have to change their guild name because you are offended because it looks too much like a racial slur? People need to stop getting offended over every little thing. And to me, that guild name is trivial and unworthy of a second look let alone being offensive.

It would be different if the members are spewing explicit racial slurs all over the maps and being generally obnoxious about it. Maybe that is the case and you’ve seen that and are offended. Then I could understand.

I have never seen any abuse directed at me or at anyone in the area around me in this game all the while I’ve been playing. This whole gaming community is 10 flights of steps up from the f2p games I’ve played in the past. Mature, intelligent individuals that play this game for entertainment and act cordial to everyone is all I’ve ever seen.

darklight lord.2391:

Hello everyone I am upset with a low percentage of the guild wars 2 community on almost a daily basis at least once I have to meet a extremely abusive player that uses extreme excessive verbal abuse directed at me and I am sure you have all dealt with this also. my issue is with the Report tool at hand. you report the player and block the player and that’s as far as you hear anything about the matter. I have met players I have reported in the past that did not encounter a ban or any kind of punishment for breaching the community rules. I would like some kind of confirmation from Anet that your issue is being dealt with. anet aggressively enforce their rules to protect their business but what rules are they enforcing to protect the community ? I have played guild wars since the launch of factions and now just purchased HOT for 80 pounds. this is a on going concern of mine and now at the brink of of not playing guild wars ever again because of the growth of toxic players

People were mean to you on the internet? And somehow you’re too edgy to turn on your profanity filter? God kitten , must’ve been tough growing up in a trigger-free environment. This isn’t tumblr. The last thing we need is SJW’s destroying this game

I’ve seen complaints about abusive people… in fact it kept me away from PvP for the first year I owned the game… that being said, I’ve never received an angry whisper, or any type of abuse in 1400 hours of playing this game… Map chat sarcasm and chat trolling may be a thing… and it is all in understandably good fun. But I’ve never been personally attacked.

I’m immune to abusive players since i never ever read the chat log. I obviously never answer since i do not read and i suppose i might have been reported for botting because of that.

stambogalizi.8356:

darklight lord.2391:

Hello everyone I am upset with a low percentage of the guild wars 2 community on almost a daily basis at least once I have to meet a extremely abusive player that uses extreme excessive verbal abuse directed at me and I am sure you have all dealt with this also. my issue is with the Report tool at hand. you report the player and block the player and that’s as far as you hear anything about the matter. I have met players I have reported in the past that did not encounter a ban or any kind of punishment for breaching the community rules. I would like some kind of confirmation from Anet that your issue is being dealt with. anet aggressively enforce their rules to protect their business but what rules are they enforcing to protect the community ? I have played guild wars since the launch of factions and now just purchased HOT for 80 pounds. this is a on going concern of mine and now at the brink of of not playing guild wars ever again because of the growth of toxic players

People were mean to you on the internet? And somehow you’re too edgy to turn on your profanity filter? God kitten , must’ve been tough growing up in a trigger-free environment. This isn’t tumblr. The last thing we need is SJW’s destroying this game

The profanity filter is not in place so that you can swear or use profanity in any way. This has been several times stated on the forums before (look up yourself I just woke up).

I do agree with OP though, even with profanity filter on, when I play this game it is annoying that certain people have the need to work around the profanity filter, or in other cases do not do that effort, just to annoy other players or because they have a bad day, or because they think it is cool to do this sitting from their home on the other side of the continent.
Then again on the other side, there are people so sensitive that when said something ment for some other person, they might block you because they thought it was ment for them…..

My experiences with this game is that there is two extremes on both sides of the spectrum. either waaaaay to sensitive for anything that even just looks wrong in their eyes, or overly “aggresive/kitten”.
The players in the middle there are pretty cool though

I get abused from time to time, mainly because I jump on their corpse in WvW if they group gank me and fail…

Throwing siege on people works wonders too, will almost instantly get PM from someone that blocked you so they can kitten talk all they want without hearing anything back.

Electra.7530:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

I’ve dealt with some pretty severe racism many, many times. And I’ve said in the past that despite Gw2 having “one of the nicest MMO communities” I’ve also never experienced more racism any where in my life than in this game. I’m not sure what causes it but there are some extremely insensitive people out there. Not to mention that it doesn’t even bother me most of the time… I could care less if people want to use racial slang or stereotypes but some of the things I’ve heard in Gw2 really make me wonder if these people actually think that way or if they’re just being rude.

What ever the case, I’ve reported the people that have said these things, including the [NGGR] guild on multiple occasions and to my knowledge nothing has been done. Though of course it’s possible I’m just misinformed. Regardless, if they haven’t been banned, it would upset me more knowing that they’re still out there potentially hurting someone else than knowing of the things they said to me specifically.

I think people today are carried too far away with “offensive” ideas. The NGGR guild, for instance, if it’s offensive to you, sorry. But, why should they have to change their guild name because you are offended because it looks too much like a racial slur?

For the same reason states will refuse to issue license plates hat they think MIGHT contain a slur, no matter if that was the intention? For the same reason that they will recall and reissue plates if they realize one slipped through? For the same reason games do the same thing with character names, even if it MIGHT be a slur in a language not spoken by the person that made the character? Should I go on?

sephiroth.4217:

I get abused from time to time, mainly because I jump on their corpse in WvW if they group gank me and fail…

Throwing siege on people works wonders too, will almost instantly get PM from someone that blocked you so they can kitten talk all they want without hearing anything back.

and thats when you block back so you dont have to hear it

Uhm, the report function is not meant to settle a personal score, to seek validation or to gain pleasure from others being punished. You’re not supposed to report people because you don’t like their behavior or they’ve managed to puppy you off. You’re supposed to report them because it’s the right thing to do when you’ve seen them break the rules. Therefore, informing you of the judgement a GM has taken serves no purpose and at best would just encourage the wrong kind of behavior.