Eagelseye.6312 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I am not sure where to put this up. This is not the correct place to bring such a sensitive topic but as it happened during a PvP match yesterday, I am putting it up here. The player who was in the party which I joined randomly, asked me from where I am, and upon saying that I am from India, started racially abusing me for no reason! I initially ignored him, but then he just kept crossing the limits, only for me to answer back in the best way possible and subsequently blocking him. Since the release of HoT, when I started playing the game, this is the very first instance where I faced such racial discrimination. It is really sad. Most of the players I met are really nice and I take this player as an exception. However, the words used were so hurtful, I had to bring this up to the Developers here. Hopefully some action would be taken. Thanks and Regards Sunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDudisx.5914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Anet will delete your post because you posted the players name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takashiro.8701 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Calling someone out on the forum is not a cool thing to do and also against the terms of service here iirc. If you have a problem with a player, report him and tell it to the support, they'll take care of it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagelseye.6312 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 How can I report this to Anet without posting it here please advise? I have reported him in-game, but there was no option to write an explanation.. I also don't wish to publically humuliate anyone and hence would edit the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagelseye.6312 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @xDudisx.5914 said: > Anet will delete your post because you posted the players name. Thanks for the advise. I have edited the post and deleted the name. My motivation is not to humuliate or corner a singe individual, but just to bring up such an issue to Anet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthey.5340 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Report him if it makes you feel better inside, block him if you truly cant handle his verbal abuse. Or, try and realize that this is the internet and text can only hurt you if you let it... grow some thick skin... move on with your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawdler.8521 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Right click, report for verbal abuse. Right click again, block. This is the real lesson of PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusanyu.4057 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 You will allways find jerks on the net report them Anet is Rilly good about handling these sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoria.1392 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 My advice would be to right click and report the person at the moment this is happening, and then, follow up with a ticket (and screenshots if you have any) with all of the specifics. It's fine to post here-- directing them to your ticket-- as long as you don't use person's name on forum. Sorry this happened. Whenever a person starts that garbage, immediately put them on block-- but DO report them. Just don't let them ruin your day. Plenty of good people to play with. I also don't agree with those saying that text can not hurt anyone. Please consider history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuya.6495 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just report and block them when you right click on their icons in game. As you can see from some of the replies here to your thread, pvp is a cesspool of that kind of person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor.6392 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @Zoria.1392 said: > My advice would be to right click and report the person at the moment this is happening, and then, follow up with a ticket (and screenshots if you have any) with all of the specifics. > > It's fine to post here-- directing them to your ticket-- as long as you don't use person's name on forum. Sorry this happened. Whenever a person starts that garbage, immediately put them on block-- but DO report them. Just don't let them ruin your day. Plenty of good people to play with. > > I also don't agree with those saying that text can not hurt anyone. Please consider history. Text and words can hurt, sure. It's up to you if you let a random ass stranger on the internet get to you, though. Let that sink, a complete random, who you don't know, and will never meet in real life, managed to rile you up... hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Aschi Popp.7496 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @feroxeu.7416 said: > Cant handle the internet? Log off. Is this the first time we agree on something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Aschi Popp.7496 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 The only way to get banned from game is to say one specific word. If he didnt say it, you are out of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troops.8276 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Trying not to let it get to you is of course a good thing. Block and especially report help with that as you're being proactive in a way they have no control over you. Becoming desensitised to such behave is not a good way to go. There is a whole host of issues associated with that. At the extreme end there is a personality disorder related to it "detachment disorder" though that's more to do with abusive relationships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saerni.2584 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1944: fighting racist nazis in Europe 2017: criticize racists online and get told to suck it up. Report them and block them. After you call them a nazi of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieux P.1238 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 BLOCK is the solution to all racial abuse. What is Anet waiting for to implement that feature? OH wait...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kichwas.7152 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Honestly you should be allowed to post his name. It is to protect such racists that companies, often sympathetic to such people, make policies against calling them out. Post his name on reddit, google+, and everywhere else. I'd like to add that one to my block list. Here, file a support ticket with the time and they can look at logs and take action if willing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troops.8276 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @"Vieux P.1238" said: > BLOCK is the solution to all racial abuse. What is Anet waiting for to implement that feature? OH wait...! Social exclusion is (one of) the mechanism(s) that communities use to enforce what is deemed acceptable. That power is made exclusive by design to Anet. They define what is acceptable and offer the report function as an alternative to enforce social exclusion (permanent ban) or at least the threat of it. If Anet then fails to act upon it they are condoning and encouraging behaviour that they and/or the community may want to be deemed unacceptable. Blocking alone does not go far enough. Edit: typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithilwen.1529 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 ANET has an email address for this specific purpose. Also you can log into your account here and file a ticket. Go to my account > support > file a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Play.6104 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @Eagelseye.6312 said: > > @xDudisx.5914 said: > > Anet will delete your post because you posted the players name. > > Thanks for the advise. I have edited the post and deleted the name. My motivation is not to humuliate or corner a singe individual, but just to bring up such an issue to Anet The in game reporting isn't very good. It should have a feedback system. Seems like people cross the line with comments fairly often. Whether it is wishing peoples family members die awful deaths, racial insults etc. Would be nice to know reports were reviewed and acted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinn.7864 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @saerni.2584 said: > 1944: fighting racist kitten in Europe > > 2017: criticize racists online and get told to suck it up. > > Report them and block them. After you call them a kitten of course. Racism had nothing to do with why we where in the European theater, we didn't even learn about the Holocaust until after France had been retaken. Also the way people dealt with other people being insulting in 1944 was to "knock them down" not whine to highest available authority. Exercise your own power via the block function, don't wait on Anet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Ben Phongluangtham.1065 Posted October 23, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @Eagelseye.6312 said: > I am not sure where to put this up. This is not the correct place to bring such a sensitive topic but as it happened during a PvP match yesterday, I am putting it up here. The player who was in the party which I joined randomly, asked me from where I am, and upon saying that I am from India, started racially abusing me for no reason! > > I initially ignored him, but then he just kept crossing the limits, only for me to answer back in the best way possible and subsequently blocking him. Since the release of HoT, when I started playing the game, this is the very first instance where I faced such racial discrimination. It is really sad. Most of the players I met are really nice and I take this player as an exception. However, the words used were so hurtful, I had to bring this up to the Developers here. Hopefully some action would be taken. > > Thanks and Regards > Sunny In-game reporting and blocking of the individual is definitely your best course of action. Our CS teams will review the chat log and take appropriate action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor.6392 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @Kichwas.7152 said: > Honestly you should be allowed to post his name. It is to protect such racists that companies, often sympathetic to such people, make policies against calling them out. > > Post his name on reddit, google+, and everywhere else. I'd like to add that one to my block list. > > Here, file a support ticket with the time and they can look at logs and take action if willing. Yeh! Let's witch hunt one guy, that will make us outstanding citizens feel better about ourselves and how nice we are! Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cursE.1794 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Great stuff Ben. Instead of making contact with the victim on a private channel you post a public response, therefore encouraging more people to use the forums and not the designated functions to deal with their private problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troops.8276 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 > @Crinn.7864 said: > > @saerni.2584 said: > > 1944: fighting racist kitten in Europe > > > > 2017: criticize racists online and get told to suck it up. > > > > Report them and block them. After you call them a kitten of course. > > Racism had nothing to do with why we where in the European theater, we didn't even learn about the Holocaust until after France had been retaken. Also the way people dealt with other people being insulting in 1944 was to "knock them down" not whine to highest available authority. > > Exercise your own power via the block function, don't wait on Anet. > We cant knock then down though, that power has been taken away. And not just in internet land, provocation isn't a get out of jail free card, mores the pity. Blocking though isn't equal to a right hook, sadly Anet punishing them is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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