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Got chatbanned for having MindSlayers Bracers...

theravenforcetheravenforce Posts: 7,132 Arc User
edited February 2013 in Champions Online Discussion
I got chatbanned for not giving someone MindSlayers Bracers..I had clearly explained that I couldnt because I had previously unlocked it and did not still have the item. They acted as if I could just RIP them off my costume and hand it to them for G...which is really stupid... And this happened yesterday..

So I was chatbanned yesterday...I decided I was no help to anyone if I couldnt talk so I logged out...I'm hoping that this time I'm not chat banned...

EDIT: I am no longer chat banned, as I stayed off long enough. But I will say this, the system is ridiculous and pathetic. Even more so are the people who abuse it "for LOLZ"

This is becoming a serious issue and it is a shame it seems unlikely it will be resolved.

Other times I was chatbanned:

Mentella - was chatbanned last year for winning a mentalist category in a CC. Some individual raged and chat banned me.

ForceGirl - Was Chatbanned for winning a duel with an "OP" Personal Force Field >_>"

Thats it so far...I hope no one else is EVER chat banned for such pathetic and baseless reasons.

So to summarise, do not run around with over 7k PFF, or MindSlayers Bracers or try to win a category for a CC. :mad::frown::confused:
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    It's O.K.
    Everything is fine.
    It's working as intended.
    For the future in mind, you have learned not to interact with others or other way be seen in a Cryptic MMO.
    It doesn't stop you for playing. Oh, wait it actually did.

    And they really think people are going to play for long it's other games with this system "hardcoded" in the game and "working as intended".
    But hey, atleast 2 it's games have someone scudlling thru the reports, right?
    Right.

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  • rokurocarisrokurocaris Posts: 1,074 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    rokurocaris wrote: »
    I just got silenced.
    Why? Because I refused to sell a Warlord Foot Module and a Warlord Back Module for only 20 G. Seriously! :mad:

    Another perfect example of what this function is used for.

    It's not a new problem, but it keeps growing bigger. :frown:
  • forutnefireforutnefire Posts: 477 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Horrible reason to get chat-banned, sorry you got cheated out of playing due to this.
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  • theravenforcetheravenforce Posts: 7,132 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    forutnefire wrote: »
    Horrible reason to get chat-banned, sorry you got cheated out of playing due to this.

    Yeah :(

    I'm just amazed at how many times Caliga has been chatbanned..it's insane O_o

    But the reasons for my chatbanning are stupid IMO.

    I hope this gets fixed fast.
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  • xcaligaxxcaligax Posts: 1,096 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    theravenforce wrote: »
    Yeah :(

    I'm just amazed at how many times Caliga has been chatbanned..it's insane O_o

    But the reasons for my chatbanning are stupid IMO.

    I hope this gets fixed fast.

    After my 3rd time, you kind of get "numb" to it. Oh well. My infamous legend grows. :eek:

    Hope the system finds a solution!
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  • theravenforcetheravenforce Posts: 7,132 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    xcaligax wrote: »
    after My 3rd Time, You Kind Of Get "numb" To It. Oh Well. My Infamous Legend Grows. :eek:

    Hope The System Finds A Solution!

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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    champions Online Mmo, One Of Cryptic Studios Shining Beacons Is Due To A Shut Down.
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  • forutnefireforutnefire Posts: 477 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    xcaligax wrote: »
    After my 3rd time, you kind of get "numb" to it. Oh well. My infamous legend grows. :eek:

    Hope the system finds a solution!

    Speak for yourself... I'm usually in the middle of helping someone when I get mine and it's aggreivating like no other.
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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I don't chat anywhere outside the CoX channel. That is what witnessing chatbans on other people has taught me.
  • polishlightningpolishlightning Posts: 404 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Someone should set up a seperate channel that can be used outside of CO. If you get enough people using it people may not even have to use Zone Chat anymore.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    But that still doesn't stop the bannings.
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  • tiresias99tiresias99 Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    How exactly does this system work?

    There should not be any way that a single person can chat ban someone else. It should require a decent-sized group effort, at the least.
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  • amarillonmcamarillonmc Posts: 189 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    polishlightning wrote: »
    Someone should set up a seperate channel that can be used outside of CO. If you get enough people using it people may not even have to use Zone Chat anymore.

    lol these days it's sooooo easy to set up something like that
    The only thing you need is a host, and a PHP chatroom script.
    Oh, and a brain to monitor said chatroom.

    (I have both)

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  • polishlightningpolishlightning Posts: 404 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    amarillonmc wrote: »
    lol these days it's sooooo easy to set up something like that
    The only thing you need is a host, and a PHP chatroom script.
    Oh, and a brain to monitor said chatroom.

    (I have both)

    I nominate amarillonmc as chatroom host!
  • amarillonmcamarillonmc Posts: 189 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    polishlightning wrote: »
    I nominate amarillonmc as chatroom host!

    lol 3 more nominations then I'll get a chatroom online.

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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    theravenforce wrote: »
    I got chatbanned for not giving someone MindSlayers Bracers..I had clearly explained that I couldnt because I had previously unlocked it and did not still have the item. They acted as if I could just RIP them off my costume and hand it to them for G...which is really stupid... And this happened yesterday..

    So I was chatbanned yesterday...I decided I was no help to anyone if I couldnt talk so I logged out...I'm hoping that this time I'm not chat banned...

    EDIT: I am no longer chat banned, as I stayed off long enough. But I will say this, the system is ridiculous and pathetic. Even more so are the people who abuse it "for LOLZ"

    This is becoming a serious issue and it is a shame it seems unlikely it will be resolved.

    Other times I was chatbanned:

    Mentella - was chatbanned last year for winning a mentalist category in a CC. Some individual raged and chat banned me.

    ForceGirl - Was Chatbanned for winning a duel with an "OP" Personal Force Field >_>"

    Thats it so far...I hope no one else is EVER chat banned for such pathetic and baseless reasons.

    So to summarise, do not run around with over 7k PFF, or MindSlayers Bracers or try to win a category for a CC. :mad::frown::confused:


    Right more and more people are getting unfairly chat banned. I doesnt matter why they put this in this "feature" will drive players away. Anything that drives players away should be removed as soon as possible.
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  • agentnx5agentnx5 Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    kojirohellfire wrote: »
    I don't chat anywhere outside the CoX channel. That is what witnessing chatbans on other people has taught me.

    That channel is mostly dead any time I've logged in (as in type in "Hello?" and maybe get 1 response in 30 minutes). Perhaps it's just active at certain times of the day.

    Anyways, I prefer trade, contests, coPvP, coRP, and various private channels (i.e.: -The Collective-).

    polishlightning wrote: »
    Someone should set up a seperate channel that can be used outside of CO. If you get enough people using it people may not even have to use Zone Chat anymore.

    For me:

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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    agentnx5 wrote: »
    That channel is mostly dead any time I've logged in (as in type in "Hello?" and maybe get 1 response in 30 minutes). Perhaps it's just active at certain times of the day.

    Indeed. It's usually quite talkative when I'm on.
  • brokenrivalrybrokenrivalry Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Man, I've been chat banned about 45 times, and that's on a literal scale for so many stupid things. One of which being AFK in Caprice. Apparently, It's illegal to stand in doorways, and gets you chatbanned. The Chat ban feature is driving me away from my destination and off a cliff. I can't stand it anymore. I'm pretty sure those who chat ban people for ridiculous reasons can actually get banned according to the Terms of Service, so if you get thrown as far as I have, there's always that.
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  • zahinderzahinder Posts: 2,382 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Someone should roll 'Chat Ban Man.'

    If we had catch-phrases like CoH had, his would be '...!'
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  • somebobsomebob Posts: 980 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    brokenrivalry wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure those who chat ban people for ridiculous reasons can actually get banned according to the Terms of Service, so if you get thrown as far as I have, there's always that.

    HHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAa....

    Oh, that's rich.

    Cryptic doesn't ban anybody. Because, again, no GMs to actually ban with.

    Also, the playerbase knows this to be the truth because they KEEP DOING IT.
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    zahinder wrote: »
    Someone should roll 'Chat Ban Man.'

    If we had catch-phrases like CoH had, his would be '...!'
    Well, Happifun Security System X-4's Nem is Autochatban, a robot initially designed to enforce silence in a library which has gone rampant and is trying to silence the entire world...
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    hmmm, I have 3 spare slots :biggrin: wonder what power set to use.

    Took over 2 days to get anyone to report Private Criptic, they didn't beleive when I told them I reported him straight off

    wonder how long it will take chat ban man to get reported?
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    chaelk wrote: »
    hmmm, I have 3 spare slots :biggrin: wonder what power set to use.

    Took over 2 days to get anyone to report Private Criptic, they didn't beleive when I told them I reported him straight off

    wonder how long it will take chat ban man to get reported?

    Someone might take that as a guy that is out to chat ban people, so I'd say not too long.
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  • heavynosferatuheavynosferatu Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Hey, y?all prepare yourself
    For the new Chat Ban man
    You'll never hear a sound
    From the new Chat Ban man
    You?re bound to lose control
    When the Chat Ban man starts to Ban


    couldn't resist
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  • agentnx5agentnx5 Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    heavynosferatu wrote: »
    Hey, y'all prepare yourself
    For the new Chat Ban man
    You'll never hear a sound
    From the new Chat Ban man
    You're bound to lose control
    When the Chat Ban man starts to Ban


    couldn't resist

    *starts to do an East Coast Swing dance to the song*

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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Posts: 3,797 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Is it true that you can chat ban yourself just by sending LOL, and nothing else, in three consecutive post?
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  • flamingbunnymanflamingbunnyman Posts: 2,035 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    zedbrightlander1 wrote: »
    Is it true that you can chat ban yourself just by sending LOL, and nothing else, in three consecutive post?

    No.

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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Might have to do it in local or zone (I'd go to Lemuria to try that one out though :P).
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  • flamingbunnymanflamingbunnyman Posts: 2,035 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    biffsmackwell wrote: »
    Might have to do it in local or zone (I'd go to Lemuria to try that one out though :P).

    Still no.

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    Now, if you were LOLing three times in quick succession in MC Zone chat, I could see you getting banned, but probably not a self-ban.
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    flamingbunnyman wrote: »
    Still no.

    zonelol.jpg

    Now, if you were LOLing three times in quick succession in MC Zone chat, I could see you getting banned, but probably not a self-ban.

    Yeah, that's why I suggested Lemuria. :biggrin:

    I have heard that chatting too quickly will get you chat banned, but I don't know how many times you have to do it before it gets you.
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  • flamingbunnymanflamingbunnyman Posts: 2,035 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    For the record, I did that in a mission. But if the magic number of three were true, I'd imagine it worked anywhere.

    In CoH, you could get silenced for feeding too much into any chat channel too quickly. Didn't matter if you were just typing really quickly or repeating the same thing over and over again, nor did it matter if it were /local, /broadcast, /tell, or any mix of channels.
    I've seen similar locks in pretty much every game I've played too, so I imagine it happens here too.

    But three repetitions of "LOL" is not some magic chant to automatically chat-ban yourself.
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