Have you ever reported someone in game?

[Dark_Pixie]

What gets me is that the word 'noob' is in the chat dictionary at all.

[Cannonfury]

I don't report I just watch... this game/tv show is my favorite online tv show...The Young and the Questless.

[Captain Hector]

I report when people do bad and annoying things. I know a lot of people on Abassa Tortuga that like to cause trouble have like 20+ accounts. They also stretch out the words (I won't say an example), to not get filtered. So, I reported a guy, and he says, "Oh, so what? I have many accounts". What really worries me is that there's a little kid on open chat, and they see one of these things. I have never been banned, and I don't plan too. I want to get into test lol.

[Red Nations]

I've reported quite a few over the years, mostly for griefing other players, using racial slurs, cursing, or other inappropriate behavior. I recall when moderaters used to come directly into the game and deal with some of these situations. Never could understand WHY Disney hasn't been banning IP accounts for some of the more troublesome griefers and trolls as this would eliminate their multiple accounts. Over the past couple years the game seems to be going mostly unmoderated or so it would appear as reporting doesn't seem to do any good lately.

[Ice_Storm]

Originally Posted by Red Nations

I've reported quite a few over the years, mostly for griefing other players, using racial slurs, cursing, or other inappropriate behavior. I recall when moderaters used to come directly into the game and deal with some of these situations. Never could understand WHY Disney hasn't been banning IP accounts for some of the more troublesome griefers and trolls as this would eliminate their multiple accounts. Over the past couple years the game seems to be going mostly unmoderated or so it would appear as reporting doesn't seem to do any good lately.

Now they do that.

In the past, they rarely took any "immediate" action.

Disney's support team has improved a bunch ever since 09.

[static156]

I dont report ppl..... i usaully just try to annoy them as much as they annoy me but it was this one time this random new girl in my guild kept teleporting to me, dieing, and yelling demanding for help i told my gm about this girl. Soon after she got booted..... and idk how but she kept teleporting after and she wasnt in my crew or friends list at all! so i finally put her on ignore and me and another guildy who was with me reported.

[Red Nations]

and idk how but she kept teleporting after and she wasnt in my crew or friends list at all! so i finally put her on ignore and me and another guildy who was with me reported.

If she was in your guild she was probably using the guild List box to teleport to you or others in guild. One reason why you need to be very careful regarding who you invite into your guilds.

[FightingExecutioner]

I only reported one person over my time in Pirates Online and he was using the very annoying Swift Foot Glitch to break General Darkhart from his initial location by using Taunt on him and running off into the distance. Me and the other people who were looting at him got annoyed at this and one by one, we all reported him. And every time he tries to break Darkhart, we would immediately all use Taunt on him so he won't get Darkhart's Attention.
I almost reported someone else; She considered herself the Queen of PVP (Before Infamy was implemented) and she was only a Level 2 Basic Access! I challenged her to PVP and a few seconds in, she uses a glitch to cause the match to end and Crash me. I return to find her primping that she defeated me and I declared her a cheater. I was about to report her but I thought it wouldn't be for a good reason so I didn't use Report and instead just used Ignore on her.

[Ice_Storm]

You have to report people in Online games... when they give you a user-friendly UI to do so.

Pirates Online has such a UI.

Therefore, you should be using it if people are breaking the rules or harassing you.

[leo]

I have had to report a few times. Sometimes, the same person more than once. All due to the nasty attitudes and trying to put down others by mean insults. Sometimes drama that goes to far where it ends up into fights of serious insults.

I think the ban system needs to be changed. Now you get banned for saying a website name even if its a forum website based on POTCO. They need to revise the system of reported players. I have seen a really, really nasty talking player who wend as far as the "F" and not get banned. I don't know how it works anymore but i think it was way better in the early days. Now it's more likely to get banned for some childish reason than a serious bad cause.

[Ice_Storm]

Originally Posted by leo

I have had to report a few times. Sometimes, the same person more than once. All due to the nasty attitudes and trying to put down others by mean insults. Sometimes drama that goes to far where it ends up into fights of serious insults.

I think the ban system needs to be changed. Now you get banned for saying a website name even if its a forum website based on POTCO. They need to revise the system of reported players. I have seen a really, really nasty talking player who wend as far as the "F" and not get banned. I don't know how it works anymore but i think it was way better in the early days. Now it's more likely to get banned for some childish reason than a serious bad cause.

Oh, these kinds of behavior problems barely existed in the previous generations 07-08.

Society is demanding children to behave this way; also from what ' icon ' they look up too.

That, and peer pressure to behave ' all mean and bad ', whatever the ignorant term is.

It sickens me... a lot has changed D:

[Captain Hector]

Originally Posted by Red Nations

I've reported quite a few over the years, mostly for griefing other players, using racial slurs, cursing, or other inappropriate behavior. I recall when moderaters used to come directly into the game and deal with some of these situations. Never could understand WHY Disney hasn't been banning IP accounts for some of the more troublesome griefers and trolls as this would eliminate their multiple accounts. Over the past couple years the game seems to be going mostly unmoderated or so it would appear as reporting doesn't seem to do any good lately.

I have to disagree. I could say something about my other account (example, I don't have one), and it'll be filtered. then I'll say it word by word, and it'll show up as ***Spamming***

[Red Nations]

Originally Posted by Captain Hector

I have to disagree. I could say something about my other account (example, I don't have one), and it'll be filtered. then I'll say it word by word, and it'll show up as ***Spamming***

I didn't say unfiltered, I said unmoderated. There is a vast difference between a robotic filter censoring chat and real moderaters coming into game when situations call for it.

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Originally Posted by leo View Post
I have had to report a few times. Sometimes, the same person more than once. All due to the nasty attitudes and trying to put down others by mean insults. Sometimes drama that goes to far where it ends up into fights of serious insults.

I think the ban system needs to be changed. Now you get banned for saying a website name even if its a forum website based on POTCO. They need to revise the system of reported players. I have seen a really, really nasty talking player who wend as far as the "F" and not get banned. I don't know how it works anymore but i think it was way better in the early days. Now it's more likely to get banned for some childish reason than a serious bad cause.

I agree that it was better in tthe early days when Moderaters actually came into game and deal with these people while the situation was still in progress. I believe that the report system was much better then. However in the old days the filter system was absolutely horrible and much of normal harmless conversation was blocked. That system seems improved allthough it can still be abused.

Originally poster by Ice Storm
Oh, these kinds of behavior problems barely existed in the previous generations 07-08.

Society is demanding children to behave this way; also from what ' icon ' they look up too.

That, and peer pressure to behave ' all mean and bad ', whatever the ignorant term is.

It sickens me... a lot has changed D:

I can't agree with you that these behavior problems didn't exist back in 07-08 I remember that era in POTCO very well and the majority of my reporting happened back then. I remember groups of griefer guilds from back then going around game acting like little street gangs. At least back then reporting seemed to get a response from moderaters.

[william kid]

I have reported speed glitchers on SvS. They would come in and gather the bounty and then port it all. I did enjoy sinking them ( how bad at a game do you have to be to cheat and get sunk lol ) but they really annoyed me. You used to be able to see chat from the other Capt. so when they would broadside you could see the name of the glitcher and report him. I'm sure others used it for other reasons and big D removed it from game so now its harder to report. Cheaters/hackers always get the ban stick if I can.

[leo]

I find the chat filter a big failure. It filters some stuff that has no connection to being negative. And the worst of it is that it doesn't tell you that it was filtered. You're message just doesn't go to your friend or guild and all you think is that it did. I am not against chat filter but it should tell you when your chat doesn't go through.

As for drama, it's pretty normal since the early days of the game. If anything it's less drama because back then, people took competition more seriously.

I do think there should be a hacker or cheater report option. I have seen people using cheat engine or what ever program to speed before but there is no option to report them with.