Guild Wars 2

So I received a 3 day ban. My client turned grey and got a message similar to
“Your account has been lock due to misbehavior”

The only time i talk via in game is when im talking smack to the enemy team in wvw. I add to my party and tell them they suck at the game. lol it’s what pvp is all about. I can understand a 1 day ban to make the carebears happy. But 3 days?! lol. thats just silly. I got banned because i hurt some lonely low-life’s feelings and he could report me for making him feel even more inadequate rofl.

Its not my fault these people have insecurity issues and try to solve them by reporting every “mean” person on the game rofl.

Why is there even a report option for that?! THEY CHOSE TO JOIN MY PARTY. lol its not like i made them join my party. THEY CHOSE TO GET PICKED ON. honestly, what WvW’er can say that 95% of the time when they get invited to a party, that they don’t get bashed on? lol

So it’s my fault for that persons stupidity in joining my party, getting bashed so bad he cried and reported me. LOL good things ANet takes such good care of the care bears. gotta keep dem gem store purchases up.

On another note: You guys tried to fix the talking cross server in wvw, but you didnt think about not allowing cross server party invites INSIDE WvW? lol. Is it really too hard to disable party invites INSIDE WvW? rofl. But its my fault that someone got his wittle feewings hurt and cried to mommy. rofl

ALSO, I saw someone else post that they received a ban and have no idea why. I figure its because of the excessive trash talking i do. But i also didnt receive an email or notification, so good thing i was online when the ban happened.

Anyways, a word to you softskinned carebears. If you continuously get owned or run from someone, and they invite you to their party, I WOULD NOT JOIN THE PARTY. ROFL. Just a heads up to you spineless pvp’ers that havent a clue to what you’re doing in wvw.

Trash talking is what PvP is all about. And to ban someone because you guys can’t prevent it, its just plain STUPID. So i’ll prolly be heading over to Darkfall where carebears quit after their first death.

I’ll prolly be back to see whats up with this new update. Gotta get dem skins. lolol

But after this, i refuse to buy anymore gems from you guys, i’m not mad, just dissappointed that the carebears got the best of me. lol. see you guys in 3 days.

Noobs.

Remix.2086:

Trash talking is what PvP is all about.

Yeah, you couldn’t be more wrong.

Carbine.4706:

Remix.2086:

Trash talking is what PvP is all about.

Yeah, you couldn’t be more wrong.

Exactly

The ELUA/TOS apply to WvW as much as anything else in this game. They are also your primary (if not only) warning. This fact has been stated by Gaile Gray speaking for Anet.

The fact that to do your trash talking, you invite people to your party, makes the GMs look at this in a worse light.

If you used profanity, again worse light. Double if you misspelled in an apparent attempt to bypass the filter of your target.

3 day suspensions are the minimum punishment they hand out for things they suspend for.

And you were suspended, not banned. This game treats them as different things. Mainly, bans are permanent.

EDIT : Added comment about Gaile Gray and Warnings.

I just received a 70-hour ban for language because I was mildly taunting and trash-talking downed foes in sPVP pubs. Now I just want to say that I GET IT! I understand why I was banned and why A-Net has zero tolerance for what they might deem as bad-behavior; however, A-Net should probably show some respect for their paying customers, including mild offenders (obviously not cheaters), a warning before issuing the banhammer. From my observation of how “griefers” are reprimanded in GW2 and in the forums, pretty excessive actions by the moderators and game masters..

A-Net, I was really diggin’ your game until now. Maybe I’ll come back to play your game again after my ban session or maybe I won’t ever come back at all. Maybe I’ll go play Planetside 2 or Rift in the meantime.. These games are far from perfect and probably not as much fun as yours but their developers and community can acknowledge that a safe and miniscule amount of trash talking is part of the online match experience as it has always been.

Also, good luck trying to make this game as an e-sports landmark. Maybe you’ll throw away all your resources at it and fail by the time Blizzard’s next MMO comes out or maybe you’ll come around and show a little more respect for those who genuinely love your game, even though they have a little bit of a potty mouth.

Oh a pro player But you forgot to read the user agreement before you pushed that ok button?

Remix.2086:

So I received a 3 day ban…carebears…lonely low-life’s feelings…making him feel even more inadequate…insecurity issues…persons stupidity…he cried…care bears…wittle feewings hurt…cried to mommy…softskinned carebears…spineless pvp’ers…carebears quit…i’m not mad…carebears…Noobs.

You sure you’re ok over there?

edsters.3128:

A-Net should probably show some respect for their paying customers, including mild offenders (obviously not cheaters), a warning before issuing the banhammer.

The EULA you did agree too in order to play the game, was your warning.

You’re right but that’s the problem. You can argue that the EULA is very clear and simple but I’d say it’s a little vague so if you’re going to throw the book at people like that, then finding offenders must be the easiest thing to do because “swearing” can come in many forms and several things said in online games can be deemed offensive BY ANYONE… Maybe the EULA should just state “We are dictators so watch your back cause we’ll ban you for anything if it’s offensive”

edsters.3128:

Maybe the EULA should just state “We are dictators so watch your back cause we’ll ban you for anything if it’s offensive”

Close, so close

While playing Guild Wars 2, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the Game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players. This includes posting insulting, offensive, or abusive comments about players, repeatedly sending unwanted messages, reporting players maliciously, attacking a player based on race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Hate speech is not tolerated.

What is vague about that?

EULAs/TOS are often left a little vague for 2 reasons :

Helps them smack down people who would otherwise toe the line.

Lets them be easy on someone depending on the circumstances were a more defined set of rules would not

nasi.4785:

edsters.3128:

Maybe the EULA should just state “We are dictators so watch your back cause we’ll ban you for anything if it’s offensive”

Close, so close

While playing Guild Wars 2, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the Game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players. This includes posting insulting, offensive, or abusive comments about players, repeatedly sending unwanted messages, reporting players maliciously, attacking a player based on race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Hate speech is not tolerated.

What is vague about that?

I am a little surprised that the line does not say “includes (but is not limited to)”

You’re a smart person, right? You like playing videogames??

Then you should understand that playing in intense and very fun matches in teams and groups can be a sheer amount of fun. As a result of being so absorbed in a game that you are desperately trying to win is sometimes a bit distressing. So for players who overly express themselves in a manner of mild trash talk to THE OPPOSING TEAM is suspension worthy? I didn’t even say anything to offend these players outside the game by attacking his/her ethnicity/race/religion or whatever. It’s called trash-talk and it’s been part of the online-gaming culture since the beginning and it’s probably not going anywhere anytime soon.

But Hey! I’m guilty, right? I accept these charges but I still fail to see how these draconian rules encourage a fun gaming environment. It only discourages people from investing real passion into a game they’re playing.

Just take notice… I had 40 extra bucks laying around and I was planning on purchasing my first set of gem stones. That probably won’t be happening anymore. It’s just 40 bucks, I know… But just think of the possibilities, my friends.

Trash Talk is like sexual harassment.

It’s not necessarily the people you were talking to who were offended.

And just because trash talk has been around for a long time doesn’t mean it needs to stay.

It sounds like you were picked on as a child, Rajani. And I’m genuinely sorry about that. But that doesn’t mean everyone else who’s got some tough skin should have to pay for it.

edsters.3128:

It sounds like you were picked on as a child, Rajani. And I’m genuinely sorry about that. But that doesn’t mean everyone else who’s got some tough skin should have to pay for it.

I’m simply saying that some people don’t care for trash talk.

And in this game, that can have (as you have learned) repercussions that you feel.

So what the heck is the purpose of the swearing filter then??

edsters.3128:

So what the heck is the purpose of the swearing filter then??

Here’s your answer

And that’s probably another reason why people don’t use the chats anymore.

Everyone’s too scared to use chat now because they either know people who have been banned/suspended for something silly or have been punished themselves.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/toxicity

Gaming Utopia… I get it.

I wonder if the ‘stupid, spineless carebears’ purposely accept the party invites just so the ‘trash-talking PvPers’ end up crying on the forums. Wouldn’t that be the ultimate ‘trash-talk’? Lol.

The trash talkers are the ones who lose out here because they are the ones who get banned and grouped into the same category as fraudsters and cheaters. Anyone with the emotional maturity of a toddler can click on a report button and POOF!! No GW2 for 3 days, as if A-Net decided to be our parents.

Anyone with the emotional maturity of an adult can refrain from using inappropriate language, and Gee!, unlimited access to Guild Wars2. =)

Which is obviously the lesson to learn here. This system basically discourages a good chunk of the players to ignore chat altogether but if it saves a player from having his/her feelings hurt, then its worth it. I’m surprised these forums have allowed this lively discussion to happen.

It certainly is worth it, we should never have ‘fun’ at the expensive of others, wouldn’t you agree? =)

Of course I agree but when gamers trash-talk, it’s not always for the purpose of offending but to only liven up the experience and thrills of competition. We shouldn’t be overtly rude to our fellow players but we shouldn’t be so unforgiving either.

edsters.3128:

The trash talkers are the ones who lose out here because they are the ones who get banned and grouped into the same category as fraudsters and cheaters. Anyone with the emotional maturity of a toddler can click on a report button and POOF!! No GW2 for 3 days, as if A-Net decided to be our parents.

let me guess, you go to someone’s house, say something rude, immature, or gross, and they ask you to stay away, it’s all their fault you got kicked out, right?

No way. Going to a friends house demands that I actually represent myself as a pleasant human being and I would never offend someone especially in their own house. In GW2, I’m just a thief named Arwald who enjoyed taunting his downed foes.

It would seem that ‘taunting’ could be considered purposefully offending. Thus, your statements might be considered contradictory. It really matters not, as we all agreed to the rules of the game and ToS before ever stepping foot in Tyria. You did read the rules before agreeing to them, did you not?

We’ve already talked about the EULA and quite frankly, it’s BS but you all already know that.

edsters.3128:

We’ve already talked about the EULA and quite frankly, it’s BS but you all already know that.

Well it doesn’t matter if now you think it is ‘BS’ because when you logged in for the very first time you agreed that it wasn’t or you would have not accepted the terms to start with.

I never denied breaking the EULA. I’m just another voice to express how ridiculous some things are in this game. It’s a lot easier for companies to make the terms long after you’ve already given them your money.

Trash talking comes with EVERY PvP game and anyone that doesn’t like it should either: A.) go play something else, B.) grow a pair, or C.) block and move on. And if ANet is really serious about turning this game into an eSport (lol) they will have to change “teh rules” because the type of player they’re attempting to attract probably kitten-talks their own mom.

Bottom line is maturity goes both ways. People are quick to tell others to “act like an adult” and not taunt others, but forget that they themselves could just not get kitten over words in a godkitten video game.