Talk:Report/Archive 1

Gold Sellers

Which /report category does this belong to? I tend to use the spamming category if the sellers announce their services several times by the time I reach the Xunlai chest.

Go to international district in any major city at night - they'll be there.

I've also done the screen capture/NCSoft support site route, but it's rather disruptive to ongoing game play. 71.29.77.98 09:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Gaile responded to this question on her talk page, and she said spamming or botting works, whichever you feel is better. - anja 09:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Which are now handily on this page, thanks to Gaile moving them :) Biscuits 13:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Same District

Should it be noted that you can only report someone if you are in the same district, because I tried reporting someone who was whispering me a message for some online gold buying site only I couldn't since he was in another district. -- Broodling 02:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

This is a HUGE pain in the butt, largely with the account scammers, because they spam their particular message, and before you can be quick enough to report them, they are already gone to another town or district. I think it possible that many of them are using bot programs to post the messages too, because they know if they get caught, they will have that account banned.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, adding on to my previous post, I am not sure then, but now, if someone is not in the same district as you, the chat window shows that "such and such must be in the same district as you". This sucks, when someone like the account scammers are posting so quick and leaving before they can be reported.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC) i was just paying for a run and then the person got away with my oney i paid first and now he travelled to another district so i cant report him and now i cant even get my money back because he also ignores me so beign in the same district isnt a very good rule --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.81.24.86 (talk).

It really shouldn't be all that hard to make it so you can report anyone anywhere in the game. I don't understand why they don't do it. It would be a lot easier to report people if you didn't have to be in the same district as them. Midio 23:08, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

It's probably to prevent abuse - the GW folks don't want some loser with a grudge reporting people who annoyed him constantly. I wish they'd let you report people that have whispered you since you've zoned, though. Starlight 16:20, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

/report updates

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Lol gaile i belive i have said this a thousand times.... Will there be an update to add (to /report) [Goldseller, spammer, real world trader.] Thanks, as well you haven't been on since the 1st (or your logs just havent) [In Game]68.151.27.108 07:57, 27: January 2008 (UTC)

have u ever tested wow? i've tried a 10 day account, made an undead priest and entered their hometown or what it was, everyone report spammed each others 24/7, it really failed, it was just to u know klick on a name and a list came up showing report right over the name, i really dont want that to happen with gw --Cursed Angel 12:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Spamming is already one of the options...And isn't goldselling and RWT the same thing? Have one or the other, not both. Also, an option for scamming would be nice. Sora267 15:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Tryed WoW...and i dont like it period..just keep it at that.

There can't be one for scammer as well it involed your action. But you can always send a support ticket...

That's correct. Scamming requires more information than a simple /report and should be reported via an official support ticket. -- Gaile 23:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Gold selling is selling cash. RWT is like....people trying to sell GW accounts for RS accounts.68.151.27.108 21:53, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

right, just under a day i got 4 bots sending me messages about buying gold, its getting worse --Cursed Angel 22:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes i know it is, i go to ANY intertown and boom! gold seller spam like crazy. And with the growing amout of topics om guru and the wiki's i think its time for anet to take some serious action. On a legal level may i note. As im serious getting tired of a growing ignore list, spam and talk about this! MAKE IT END! 68.151.27.108 05:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't see why report spamming would be a problem. The purpose of the report system is to provide a fast, efficient way to alert GMs of inappropriate user conduct, making the investigation and banning processes more efficient. Since abuse of the report command is a violation of the rules of conduct, anyone who repeatedly abuses the report command likely to get banned. -- Gordon Ecker 05:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

(Reset indent) As I have mentioned in the past, and chose to mention here because the topic title is more informative, you can use "spamming" as the reason until "gold selling" is added as a reason, if and when that happens. -- Gaile 23:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I personally would like to see the ability to report someone not in your disctrict, like /report <player name>. I just mapped out from GToB after being there for about three seconds, and received three whispers after mapping out, meaning I can't report said person unless I map back, look around for the person in question, select said person, do a /report, and hope that the person doesn't map out before I'm done. — Galil 17:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Reporting Goldsellers

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Recently in Great Temple, every time I zone in, I get a PM from a goldseller advertising. Since they're not spamming me and just send ONE PM, I can't report them for spamming. Should I report them for spamming, verbal abuse, or am I gonna get ------ over if I report them ingame? Sora267 23:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

That is spamming. They are sending unsolicited messages, probably on mass to anyone in the district. It's like the spam you get via e-mail. I don't think you'd be penalised for reporting that. Biscuits 00:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I've been reporting them for botting, since they certainly have to be. It's always right when I enter a zone and it's just way too quick for it to be a human.--Murdoc the Mad 01:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Botting and its 1 PM per about 7 mins...its anoying. 68.151.27.108 05:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

i got one of thses PM's in a Dungeon the other day i looked at it went what the hell it has been happeneing a lot recently aswell its quite annoying why would this be happeneing and gold sellers suck, well thats my 3 cents right there --Wild rituals 11:08, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I got one recently, I reported it as spamming, as it seemed like the most appropriate category. -- Gordon Ecker 11:16, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Can u have the player/seller in your whisp section and /report them? as i was 2 levels down Cof and couldnt see a way of reporting them??--Wild rituals 11:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Report as "spamming" now, even if they're whispering. We're looking at adding a "gold sales" option to the /report system, but in the meantime, "spamming" is probably best. Thanks for your help! -- Gaile 19:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I sat recruting for my guild in shing jea last night and kept repeatedly getting the same message "go buy our guild wars gold b;ah blah etc ect" after reporting him/her/it another one replaces it almost immediatly after that one stopped and i was still getting the message from the new one. i could tell a lot of people were getting annoyed at having a longer ignore list than freinds list these days --Wild rituals 00:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey I have a question its regards a friend in gw of mine that told me that he is helping guild wars by stealing the gold of the people who buy the gold offline therefore making them never buy gold again, is that a good way to help or is it just as illegal? --Count Vidal 19:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Abusing other players -- no matter the supposed "justification" -- is wrong and can and will result in account action such as a block or ban on the account of the person doing it. We will deal with gold buyers. Player can help with reports. Players should never try to extract justice or enforce the User Agreement -- that is the task of our Support Team. -- Gaile 18:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I just used the NCsoft support site to report a pm spammer, and got an immiediate response saying approprate action had been taken, and sure enough when I logged in, the guy was gone. However, because he spammed me using a whisper, I had to go through the process of using the website rather than the /report command. It would be really useful to us players if you could remove the district restriction on /reporting, so we don't have to exit the game. Ashes Of Doom 22:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

To be honest I am a pretty fast typer to type /report Name and I use a pretty good computer with a really above average connection... and at the speed I got nailed with a gold spammer they are being smarter now because it is not possible to have got me and switched districts. There is one character that is probably sitting in a district and that one collects names and saves it and the other system picks it up on another character sitting anywhere in the game and just spams out mass whispers. This way you can only nail one account and they can keep the others for watching easily. Probably using a packet sniffer to filter out the packets with the names in it when someone joins a district and saves that to a database then the other bot can just pick it up and whisper it out.... Really annoying... I often whisper back at them "reported" just for fun Chik En 23:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

ok.. its getting bad. I cant stay in balth temple, shing jea or kamadan without getting continuous messages from gold sellers. reporting them doest get the problem solved right away, since they just message you again after a few min.. and believe me my ignore list is FULL! ive even deleted some friends to make room.. please can we have a more reliable solution, its becoming ridiculous. mabey more mods that rotate shifts in the most effected towns. I'm also sure they are using a bot program to automatically target people in towns and go through them one by one. Inquisition

Agreed. Always seems to be the same address too.... — Galil 17:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Anet needs to add a "Bad Advertising" option to the report system, It would look like "Use this option to report people who are advertising anything forbidden by the EULA, such as trading in-game items for money. Misuse of this feature can result in your account getting suspended." For example, if someone advertises a Runescape account for 100k, you can report that person under this category. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:71.181.4.25 (talk).

(moved indent back to left side of page) I would think that the "players" whispering you like that could also be reported as scammers, even though they may not be sucessful in the scam, it seems to be that it is the attempt that is being reported.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Factions Starting Bots -- They're Back!

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Gaile those angry mob of bots is back (but not in the huge numbers) at shing jea inter d1.And american shing jea d1 holds a whipser bot....68.151.27.108 20:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I've set up a Botwatch page to make reporting bot hot spots, and heavy advertising spots, too. -- Gaile 19:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

/report - leeching

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Hi gaile. I was wondering why it is that the "leeching" option is only available in pvp areas. It happens just as often in pve, and is no less annoying. for example, I was in a party yesterday for mallyx - the party leader went afk shortly after the start. none of us noticed till after we beat the mobs. we waited 10 minutes after that and finally came to the conclusion he was leeching - but none of us could report him because leeching wasnt a valid complaint outside of pvp. Does anet have any plans to change this? Cheers Terra 23:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah that would be useful or the ability for leader of group to kick someone or at least voting option.Have been in groups where was one annoying person and would love to be able to kick them out! But also would be useful where people have lost connection,rather than wait for 10 mins could kick after a few mins.--Dan Mocha 15:08, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

First, it doesn't seem that it would take too long to notice that someone was leeching in a PvE mission. I mean, they'd not be moving, right? I'd suggest that the best answer is to wait a minute or two and reform a group, if you think that the alleged AFKer is actually a leecher.

In the larger picture, the ability to kick members can bring huge social consequences -- and more than a little ugliness -- to a game. Having a guild leader opt to boot someone out when that person just happens to get a reserved rare drop, or having a vote system that allows the group, as a whole, to abuse another group member with removal from the group for similar unpleasant reasons is a very risky element to add to the game. I do not anticipate that we will add a "leader boot" or "vote to boot" system. We've been asked about it in the past but have declined to do so. I will ask if we intend to add the ability to report for PvE leeching, but quite honestly I think that's rather unlikely, too. -- Gaile 01:43, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually Gaile, I have often had people go afk mid mission for precisely the reason that once people reach a certain amount of time invested they dont want to give it up and would rather go on in a smaller group, giving the leecher a free ride. In the mallyx example above, the guy stopped as soon as he was sure we were all busy fighting and wouldnt notice. We invested time, a consumable set and considerable effort to get to the point when we noticed. We didnt want to give this guy a free ride (and probably couldnt have done it with 7 anyway - he was a monk) and so had to leave - forfeiting the consumables. I think the least this guy deserved was a report, dont you agree? but, to our extreme frustration, we couldnt report him accurately, and we lost out whilst he just went back to town to try again. I think because of this there is an argument for a leeching report in pve. Terra 18:11, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I think their should be a report for leeching in PvE as its incredibly annoying, however i agree that no kick system should be introduced as it just opens the flood gates for griefing. I think accrusing dishnour so at least preventing people from repeating this over and over again would be beneficial to the PvE community as ive gotten to the end of several missions and got my team to resign and leave due to leechers, thus has happened at the end of urgoz and the deep to me and also in killer missions such as eternal glade and the incredibly frustrating bastion, but I would rather quit with my team than give the person a free ride to protector, at least if we could report him we would feel like he was punished in some way. -- Salome 17:58, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Leech reporting in PvE would be of great help... As for the kick voting: I'd suggest a system where all drops until the kick voting belong to the kicked person, but: 1.) don't reserve any more drops of monsters killed by the rest of the group to the leecher, 2.) do not give EP to the leecher for monsters killed by the rest of the group, 3.) in case of a mission, don't let the leecher get the mission success, and 4.) if the rest of the group /resign's, they should appear together in the outpost where they started without the leecher in the group instead of leaving one by one. If you do it like that, there is no possibility of misuse. Also it would decrease the amount of time to regroup after a failed mission. -- BuffyS

there is one problem with this- people might pay to get a run for a mission or outpost then the guy could just turn around and report you for 'leeching'. in fact this would prob cause more problems than it would solve, just like the other leeching report. people will report you for fun, or because they don't like your build, or because you said hi the wrong way. people new to the game wouldn't stand a chance. Roflmaomgz 03:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Reporting Guild Names

Is it even possible to report a highly offensive guild name? There ought to be a way to report a whole guild for its name, and hopefully end up with the name being changed, or the guild disbanded in extreme cases. If a character names himself "kill the (insert racial slur here)" he gets reported, and either banned or name changed. If a guild names themselves the same way, nothing can be done about it that I know of... does anyone else see the issue here?72.161.108.174 22:47, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes I see some pretty offensive HoH winner names...although most of the time they make me laugh, you're right. MiraLantis 22:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

If you read the article, there is a link to support, where you can pretty much report anything you like. Biscuits 12:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah but the whole reason for introducing /report was (presumably) that very few people were doing so and violations were going unpunished due to the difficulty of reporting. Cynical 16:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Out of subject: Lol you're right, the guild names are sometimes funny. "We Quit Our Day Jobs vs. C A S T R A T I O N". Ninjas In The Sky 18:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

-Note: Deleted something I have said, plz do not recover here.- Ninjas In The Sky 18:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

You're not supposed to remove content from talk pages, even if you posted it yourself. Just don't post it in the first place. ;) Biscuits 21:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

if that is true that is silly, better not make a mistake or ever regret why you say or type. pffft. Roflmaomgz 03:17, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Reporting guild tags

What exactly are we supposed to do about reporting guild tags that are offensive? And can a guild change them after the guild has been created? I know guild names cannot be changed, and if one is offensive, then basically the whole guild would need to be deleted and restarted, but what about tags? I do not remember where or when now, but it was over a week ago, but I saw someone with a guild tag of four letters that was referencing a female body part and the tag started with the letter K. I don't think anymore specifics are not needed, but you get my idea.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Rage quitting

How do you report for rage quitting?^_^ --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:18:16, 3 June 2008 (talk).

You can't. That's taken care of by dishonour. :) Biscuits 09:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Yea, just enter RA battles with a W/Mo wammo using mending, breeze, orison & such and, when others idle in foresight of your build, Qq/report/sh!t on them/hexed! >=D/has a naice day. --Ulterion 19:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

How do you report for inappropriate language?

In a lot of outposts there are people talking trash(Shing Jea, GToB, etc). There are a lot of them who use inappropriate language that is clearly against the EULA, but they are not being abusive. Furthermore, most of them don't "spam" it, so I cannot report them for spamming either.

Please add an option to report for inappropriate language.

The definition would be:

"Use this option to report people for inappropriate references if they are not being abusive or spamming. Misuse of this feature may result in your account being suspended." --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:22:27, 17 June 2008 (talk).

Dude, GWs is a teen game, if you want to report people for swearing, play RS or just turn on your language filter on under options, if your really that pissed about it, why are you still playing? ╙─ ╠Dogzrdogz╣ talk

There is a section for reporting verbal abuse, check part 3 as it still covers foul language which offending or not is still not very nice, here it is below...

3. Verbal Abuse Reporting a player for verbal abuse sends a notification to the GM team. GMs may conduct a careful review of that player's behavior. If a player is found to have engaged in verbal abuse in violation of the Rules of Conduct, that player's account may be banned. T1Cybernetic 09:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Please use the "spamming" option for reporting verbal abuse, swearing, and other offensive chat. The team reviews all chat that is reported for spamming not just for frequency, but for content. So /report and then "spamming" is a great way to help us nail the pottymouths. :) -- Gaile 21:35, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

I take issue with swearing being considered a reportable offense, unless it contains racial slurs, and a few (very few) other words. And here is why. The filter is there for a reason, and I did look over it. Not sure if mine is missing things or not, but I would think that the game updates that are downloaded would have "adjusted" any issues with that. Specifically, my filter only has 3 levels, none, normal and maximum. (Where in there does it have a section for spam filter as some people have suggested?) If someone is too lazy to turn on the PROVIDED filter, why should others restrain their free expression? Racial slurs I feel do not fall into this category because, well, I will not say what I really think in here, but I feel that racists are pieces of small brown smelly stuff. I understand that some people might be offended by swearing, but this IS a game, and as many of the online games I have played (with the ESRB tag) they say "online content cannot be rated" or something similar. It says in the EULA that account holders have to be 18 or older, and if they cannot handle the occasional swear word, I don't see that as my problem. Repeatedly calling someone a swear word, I do feel would sort of qualify for verbal abuse, as would calling someone a "insert British term for cigarette here" to use another example.

I, and many others, proudly served my Country for many years of my life, and part of that was to defend Freedom of Speech. It has been said before (and I am sorry, but I do not remember who said it) "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." (I am also probably misquoting it, and for that I am truly sorry.) Unless it is being spammed, I feel that it is wrong to report and potentially ban (actually suspend, ban implies a more permanent timeframe) a player for swearing. That is like asking someone who is out in the public to not swear, just because there is someone who MIGHT not be comfortable with swearing. Yes I agree that children can and do play this game, but to me, this crosses the line of, if that child's parents are concerned about potential issues, then they should take active steps to guide their children, not be lazy as many seem to be, and expect everyone else to watch out for what they might say in front of someone. That is what the filter is there for, and if that parent is too lazy to make use of the provided tools, we shouldn't have to suffer. I am not going to claim that every other word out of my mouth is a swear, but I also feel that it is wrong to ask someone to not swear at all because they will be reported because a parent refused to use a provided filter, and a child may be playing the game. In all reality, most kids probably have heard more swear words today than many of the players have when they were that age.

I do not currently have any kids of my own, but I am lucky enough to get to spend a lot of time with my nieces, and I wouldn't take them out to a public place and ask everyone who might be around to not swear, just because I wouldn't want them to possibly hear a swear word.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Rated T for Teen. Not PG. If you want something PG for your kids to play try something disney put together. Also you kind of remind me of kyles mom on south park. "Horrible senseless violence is okay as long as no one says any naughty words!" --BriarThe Spider 13:36, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

What about people that are talking about obscene things, like how large their genitals are? ~ Hrafn 20:49, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

@Gaile Come on swearing isn't necessarily verbal abuse you know this, everyone swears from time to time in normal conversation. Your use of the word "Pottymouth" that's an offensive term in itself. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.98.95.237 (talk).

"This account is hacked."

Two minutes ago a guy wrote in the german chat "this account is hacked". I reported him for Spam because I didn't know for what I shall report him. Hope it was ok. --84.60.42.2 23:50, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

We see tickets about this from time to time, but they're completely bogus. It's sad that people say things like that; it has caused a few players to panic, and for no reason. Unless someone had just given his account credentials to the other player, how would that account be hacked? Voodoo? Osmosis? Mind Reading? :)

Using the "spam" report in this situation is ok. The alternative is to consider filing a support ticket where you have the option to give more details or to report someone who is not in the district with you. ( /report only works if you and the player are in the same district.) I know that filing a ticket takes a bit more time so in cases where you would rather use it, "spamming" is the best option. -- Gaile 21:39, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

content dispute

I noticed the content dispute tag, and had a look. It looks like it's over the "report for leeching is greyed out for no reason while in a PvP battle sentence" that was since removed. I'm guessing the person that added it looked at /report from a PvP staging area, rather than in an actual battle, so it should be OK to remove this tag. I've never observed the Leeching option greyed out while actually in a PvP battle, but then I'm usually focussing on winning, not reporting. ;) Opinions? Biscuits 21:56, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Remove it, its kinda a bug but nothing to have a fret over. Dominator Matrix 21:57, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Use "Spamming" for Advertisers

I wanted to mention that unless and until we get a chance to expand the /report system, players are more than welcome to use "Spamming" as the reason option when reporting people who advertise to buy or sell game accounts or access keys. I've amended the front page to include this info, too. Thanks. -- Gaile 02:53, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Maybe this isn't the right place to ask (but can't find a better spot), but... several times over the last week I've zoned into Kamadan to a message offering to buy accounts. I tried the /report option for spamming, only to find that the player has moved on. So I could certainly open a ticket through the website with a screenshot, but I have to ask -- why is it limited in the first place? The only reason I can think of is that the system is designed to prevent false reports ("I don't like player X, but don't know where he is, so I'll just report him from here"). But of course that would backfire on the reporter, given that Player X probably wasn't doing anything report-worthy at the time.

Is there some potential problem of game-wide reporting that I'm missing? --Nkuvu 23:33, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure if this is part of the updated system or not, but if I am quick enough to be able to report account buyers, I try to report them as scammers. And then, because most of them are spamming the message as well, I then try to report them as spammers also. The problem is, most of the time, those sneaky S. O. B.s are usually already in another district by the time I can type in their name.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Fake Reporting

I would like to know who to get in contact with to discuss being reported for leeching or leaving while I've been ABing. I've now been hit with "dishonorable" twice in less then half an hour and I've have NOT been leeching or leaving. This is starting to REALLY make me peaved. I am srry if I put this in the wrong area, but this is the only place that I could think of atm. --Nick6200 05:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

At least 2 of your party have to report you for this to have any effect - which means 2 other people who can see you on their map think you are leeching - or are just being malicious. Anyway, the support link it posted multiple times on this article - use that and raise your issue with them. Biscuits 08:46, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Faulty description

The Verbal Abuse and Spamming descriptions are switched. Sjeng 14:42, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Great, you fixed it ^^ Thanks. Sjeng 11:51, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Fixed what? One-man Live Team can't fix sh!et. --Ulterion 19:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Maggy

I have to say I'm a little disappointed in how the /report thing works.

Here I am in a nice weekend trying to have some fun in GW ,doing Jade Quarry.And guess what ?In almoast every group there are 1-2 leechers.So i reported them and i wasnt the only one doing it.In 1 hour i saw a person in the group always doing the same thing...hidding near the Base Defender...did it once, twice...4 times ! Since I'm not a kid and i actually enjoy this game i did what was right ( can get frustrating if you see the same person leeching over and over again) and guess what happened ?! I got the dishonorable thing ...now what was that for ?!

I've also seen there ( Jade) one person with 6 different accounts ...botting.But the thing is...why bother reporting when they're back every day...doing the same thing and I'm the one getting the Dishonorable part ?! --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:86.120.65.27 (talk).

• I have the same issue, i validly /report for leechers, and i keep getting dishonorable... what is the use of using /report when im the one suffering for using it, fix the **** system or remove it. --Craz1 23:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

While this is indeed a problem for many ppl the reasons are also understandable (prevents abuse by angry players etc). One thing you can do against it, especially if you play in FA/JQ regularly, is to try and get into games with ppl you know. If you get in with three "good" players you can just report together, gives you no dishonor and has some effect. Also makes games more fun. Also don't report if there's 4 leechers or so unless youre sure your teammates will do the same. If you don't report too often, you'll probably spare yourself dishonorable if doing that, take out some leechers and have a nice game. Seems to be working relatively well. --Tenshi Samshel 02:14, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Zkey Scammers and others

how do u report zkey scammers (people who pay 100g instead of 100k for 20 keys and so on) Because there were many incidents of zkeys being scammed via trade, including myself. i can tell one person who has done this, yet he wont be the only one doing it most likely :\ (character name scamming: M A H) --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.19.185.56 (talk).

Read the section on the article about reporting via NCSoft supprt, or use the scamming option. Biscuits 14:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

If you ask me, it's the traders fault, there's a 2 step process for trading for a reason, so you can view offer and accept it if the offer is what you want, if you are too lazy to take the time to double-check, it's your own fault. Also, people could validly type 100 in the incorrect box by accident. --Craz1 23:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I believe the term is Caveat Emptor : Buyer Beware. Craz1 is right, you have the chance to review the trade before accepting it, unless somehow they are switching from platinum to gold pieces when you click accept, if you click accept for 100g, then there is really no one else to blame but yourself for that. It may suck, but that is how it is. If the trade is showing 100p, then somehow when you click accept you only get 100g, then yes, I think that would be a legitimate complaint.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

fort aspenwood

ok theres a person who is getting minions and killing herself and then the minions kill Master Architect Gunther making us loose...im guessing thats grounds for reporting...but which do u select, people have been doing leeching, and people report as leeching making her not get in for a few min...but right after that she does it again,and again, and people just stop reporting. and its ruining my experience at fort aspenwood because we dont even get a chance to win(so along with the what do u select...is there a higher penalty then just 10 min without being able to go in/can we get an update it so there will be?) --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.85.230.85 (talk).

See the link at the bottom of the article, "Reporting via NCSoft support". Take screenshots and send as many details as possible. Unfortunately there is no instant solution. Biscuits 08:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Gaile responded to a similar question from someone in RA. Apperently 2 or 3 players were in RA on Necros with Aura of the Lich and would kill themselves before the match to make all the minions they have wipe their party--I will admit now it was my Husband Adrin and our friend Shard that were doing it. Anyway, Gaile stated to Adrin that, while this was bad play tactics, it was not something that a person could be banned or appropriately reported for and he went so far as to take it up with NCSoft support. Gaile's response is in one of her more recent archives.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 00:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Fix

As we all know, the real victims of the report system are the innocent and honorable people who report the botters/leechers. However, we are also aware of the fact that removing the functionality which requires reports to be backed would result in people abusing the system. My proposition - reduce the required amount of reports to be considered valid from 1/3 of the team to 2-3 players. Furthermore, once an account as been reported by the required 2-3 people in a single round, all remaining reports within 24 hours are considered automatically valid.

This would work as follows: -Botter in aspenwood is reported by three people in a single round - Botter is given dishonor, reporters are not given disgonor -Botter then reenters battle after 10 min of dishonor and is reported by a single team mate - Botter is instantly given dishonor and reporter is free from penalties.

After 24 hours from the last instance of receiving dishonor, the account reverts to requiring 2-3 reports as opposed to only one before getting dishonor.

This would allow people to report exploiters more freely without fear of being unduly punished, resulting in a drastic over all reduction of exploiters in pvp areas and less instances of innocents wrongly being given dishonor while still protecting against report abuse. Zero4549 04:52, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I have not played any part of it where I have had to deal with the "dishonour" part of reporting someone, and to be honest, I could care less if I get any for doing so. If I think someone is deserving of being reported, I usually do so. I also don't usually play any of the PvP portions, and it is probably there, but anyway. If someone is getting dishonour for reporting someone who is doing something, I think it would be a better idea for any dishonour to be applied after an investigation, if needed. But, make any level last for longer and more of it for the offending person.

69.182.188.52 06:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Problem is that your "proposed fix" would make the problems even worst. Ppl sometimes are falsely reported on AB and they get the hex, and by ppl who are not evn on their team (but playing in the same side - is not uncommon discussions on the team chat). Your proposal not would not fix such bad behavior but would make easy for someone who disagrees with a bigger number of player for any reason to be falsely reported and prevented from playing. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.81.48.8 (talk).

Gotcha!

Take that!!! ---- Alexanderpas Talk|Contrib|Guild 20:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Kind of a wierd curiosity, but why didn't you also report arch for scamming as well? Or was that not an option when the report was made?

69.182.188.52 06:47, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Report enemies for botting

I'm wondering if reporting a player of the opposing team for botting actually works. It doesn't show me a message if I use it. I'm Luxon and JQ bots are mostly Kurzick. --numma_cway 10:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Screams

Abuse! Ice Cream, Joo Scream, we ALL SCREAM for ABUSE (aka: /report in gwars). --Ulterion 19:20, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Again, but this time in English?Pika Fan 19:22, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

I think he meant something along the lines of: "Dear Sirs and/or Madames, I believe the design of the report feature in Guild Wars is somewhat imperfect and that such design may lead to the use of this feature in a non-intended manner by users of this glorious game who might be inclined to occasionally act in a less than scrupulous manner." --Star Weaver 19:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Getting you gold / items back after being scammed

This is the first time in 3 years that I got scammed, so I'm just curious: after I reported the guy, NCsoft said they suspended his account. But what of my gold? Since the logs showed I paid it, why can't I get it back? :( The Masquerader 07:19, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

The same thing happened to me, and they told me they didn't have the resources available to get my gold back. The /report feature is fubar. I got reported easily for swearing and way banned in a matter of hours but it took 3 days for the guy who scammed me to get banned.66.32.19.16 06:22, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Disallowed character names

I am asking this, because this actually has happened to me.

Why is it that the character name Sarcastic Wiseass (using this as a specific example for reasons of accuracy) was an issue, and got me an account suspension within just over a week, when I have seen other names that I would consider a lot worse seem to be able to hang around for about a month without anything apparently being done about it? To be honest, I don't really see an issue with this as a character name, as I am reasonably sure that a good portion of the players on this game have heard and/or seen words much worse before, both in this game, and in real life.

I think that this goes back to my previous statement(concern) about swearing being a reportable/bannable offense, and people not taking into consideration that this is like life. You cannot go someplace and expect everyone there to not swear just because you came in, and you might be offended by swearing. I have no problem making use of the report feature when I feel that it is warranted, but again, I will NOT report someone for language unless it contains racial slurs or what I think are generally accepted hate words. To me, that seems like, if you have problems seeing drunk people, going into a bar and expecting everyone in the bar to immediately sober up, and not be drinking just because you walked in. I apologise for the extreme example, but it gets my idea across better.

69.182.188.52 06:59, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

It's an issue for the same reason that you would still get a ticket (and possibly your license revoked) for excessive speeding, even though you tell the officer that you've seen other people speed way faster than you were.

If you don't want a character's name to be an issue, avoid making a character with a name that could possibly be an issue in the first place. Personally, that character name doesn't offend me, and you're probably right about not being able to avoid being offended in public, but the fact is that you got "caught," so you have to deal with it. --★KOKUOU★ 07:05, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't have an issue with being "caught" doing something I am not supposed to be. I am adult enough to accept that. My issue is why is this something to be "caught" doing? Swearing or not swearing should be up to the individual, and if others are offended by swearing, then why is that even an issue? As before, if you do not like something, why go someplace where you know that activity might happen? Or, if something is provided to alleviate some of that possible offense, why are you not making use of it, then being bothered when that possibly offensive thing happens and blaming the other person because you are offended?

(forgot to "sign" post)

69.182.188.52 07:24, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Because Guild Wars does not have a chat filter feature for people to use. ~Shard 07:25, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

If GW doesn't have a chat filter feature, then what is it on the F11 Options screen under the General tab, that looks like it is labeled Chat filter level: on my screen? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.182.188.52 (talk).

That's a chat filter. Anet doesn't know it's there, though. That's why you can get banned for saying ----. ~Shard 07:48, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Again, since it is there, even if ANet doesn't know it is there, given all of the other issues, especially saying that account holders are 18 years of age or older, how is it even an issue on the swearing? I understand and accept that there might have been potential issues with the name, and I have no qualms about that (other than wanting to have a cool and appropriate character name and not being able to now), but I posted in another discussion page, why is it my account name was kicked within a week, and I have seen players who have been online for probably just under if not over a month already with names a lot more offensive? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.182.188.52 (talk).

(Edit conflict) Well, that's not a Guild Wars problem; it's a societal one. Some people think like you, others are offended easily. Regardless, no one has the right to be a moral compass for anyone else, so Guild Wars' support team just does its best to keep the game safe for the ages it's rated for. That, however, is based on the ESRB and other ratings agencies, which I suppose is ironic considering my previous moral compass comment, however I find it hard to fault ArenaNet or the support team for banning character names such as the one you provided as it clearly is in breach of the game's EULA regarding character name creation. --★KOKUOU★ 07:33, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

My point again, though. It says in the user guide area, (EULA RoC, etc) that I have read that account holders be 18 years of age or older (my paraphrasing here). In most situations I have been in, that is a legal adult. And that also means, if they are the account holder and a child is playing on their account, by reasonable deduction, that child is either a. THEIR child, or b. a child they are responsible for. If they are allowing that child to play, then they should take responsibility for whatever they CAN control, (again, the PROVIDED filter), and not expect others to not swear because a child might be playing. Every account holder has a reasonable right to expect, by ANet's wording, that adults are the ones playing, and/or are responsible for their own accounts if they are not playing. If that child is playing without their knowledge and consent, then again, I do not see that as our responsibility.

69.182.188.52 07:45, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

True, account holders must be 18 years or older, but the EULA specifically states that those younger can use the service provided an adult completes the agreement process to the EULA. Guild Wars is rated "Teen" (at least it is in Canada), meaning that it's rated for those 13 years and older. There's a difference between having to be over 18 to use software and being younger but requiring an adult's consent to use software.

This means that there are people younger than 18 years using ArenaNet's service, and thus, there are rules in the EULA stipulated to "protect" this age group. --★KOKUOU★ 08:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't see what's wrong with X I Give Bow Jobs X --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.11.4.8 (talk).

Duration

Could anyone tell me about the lenght of banns, eg. are there permanent banns? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.2.6.211 (talk).

I'll refer you to here -> Ban. --Lania Elderfire 14:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

running rip offs?

can someone let me know if scamming covers when you run a person and they dont pay you? k thx =) --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:FighterXiii (talk).

I'm pretty sure it does, as long as you have pictures to prove they agreed to pay you, of you finishing the task, and then of them leaving. Vald [Citation Needed] 13:15, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I might be blind

But what option do you select if a player repeatedly opens the gates to let the Luxons in at FA? It's very annoying when you're monking. DemonicFahrir 12:35, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

u select the leeching option cause not only is he not doing anything, kinda match manipulating as well i guess..............::: --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.205.103.57 (talk).

Its still being a detriment to your team and thus leeching, however, it could be solely a problem of newb-ery. As in, the player (mistake ofc) believes that by standing there and keeping the gate open, it will be easier for the players team-mates to get through. Not having to worry about the gate and all. Its subjective really. =/ --BriarThe Spider 13:45, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

No no, the guys purposefully open the gate when the luxons are marching at green. They come, he opens green, they storm in, i get wtfpwnt by 3 sins and a mesmer and gunther dies before i can rez. Annoying. I guess i'll report for leeching then.DemonicFahrir 13:47, 3 November 2010 (UTC)