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I'm Getting Harrassed by an Unknown Player !

allfather777allfather777 Member Posts: 290 Arc User
edited July 2014 in The Academy
Hi Sir, :D

A Player called "[REDACTED]" keeps sending Me Challenges ! in the beginning I Didn't React in the hope it would go away; but he kept Sending Private Challenges.

If I Know his @NAME I Could Ignore him, but on the Launcher of the Private Challenge only stands the name of the Character !

So I finally accepted, in the hope he would understand reason, but he never spoke one word !:confused:

I Went to Options to maybe Find a way to block those invites, but I Can't seem to Find the correct Command !

Can someone help Me out please ? anyone knows how to neutralize those Private Challenges please ?

Lord of Destruction - The Victory Sire :D
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    You have two choices - change your team up settings (not accept invitations)

    - or -


    Once you're in a challenge match, right click on the player in question to do a private message.

    Copy his name.

    Open your friends tab, goto ignored players and manually add his name.

    Problem solved.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2014
    Just ignore. I had some moron bothering me for 10 minutes, asking me to buy him some fleet modules. Straight to the ignore list for him.
  • bds007bds007 Member Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    In the privacy section of the "social" UI, there is a setting that only allows challenges from friends and fleet. I can not confirm if this works, as the email configuration certainly does not. I still get spam.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,975 Community Moderator
    edited July 2014
    Eh... slap an ignore on him.
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    bds007 wrote: »
    In the privacy section of the "social" UI, there is a setting that only allows challenges from friends and fleet. I can not confirm if this works, as the email configuration certainly does not. I still get spam.

    It does work.

    As for getting mail spam, if you purchase ANYTHING from the exchange your account id is sent in the sale transaction email. This is often used by spammers. Mark them as spam works, but it won't stop it entirely.
  • generalmocogeneralmoco Member Posts: 1,634
    edited July 2014
    you can also make your self anonymous, it'll do you wonders: Devs do it, that is why you can't seem'em in game... lols

    /anon "type this in chat"
  • bds007bds007 Member Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ddesjardins wrote: »
    It does work.

    As for getting mail spam, if you purchase ANYTHING from the exchange your account id is sent in the sale transaction email. This is often used by spammers. Mark them as spam works, but it won't stop it entirely.

    Maybe so, but I have an account that has never purchased anything from the exchange, or put anything on the exchange, and have still gotten spam. So, they have to be getting it from another source as well. Possibly the gateway?
  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    Are you talking actual different accounts or your alts?

    Alts share the same @name.

    If it's a different account the only other way they can get your @name is by mining who's online (manually) or from fleet lists (fleet mate manually listing it).

    Gateway is too restrictive unless it's again a fleetmate that copied it.
  • bds007bds007 Member Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ddesjardins wrote: »
    Are you talking actual different accounts or your alts?

    Alts share the same @name.

    If it's a different account the only other way they can get your @name is by mining who's online (manually) or from fleet lists (fleet mate manually listing it).

    Gateway is too restrictive unless it's again a fleetmate that copied it.

    Different accounts... that account only has one toon, never used the exchange, and still gets spam.
  • solemkofsolemkof Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    bds007 wrote: »
    Different accounts... that account only has one toon, never used the exchange, and still gets spam.
    Maybe you walked past them or posted in the chat when they were looking around a social zone for targets.
  • viperiousspacedviperiousspaced Member Posts: 122 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    If you go into privacy setting you can change the mail notification to only allow friends and fleet to mail you. This was bugged (wouldn't remember the setting when you logged out) since the game started but they sorted it a few patches back.

    You'll still get the exchange notification/friend an' fleet mails but you won't get any ec seller spam mails.
  • adwynythadwynyth Member Posts: 369 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    To get their @name (so you can report them or do whatever), start typing their character name in your chat window. After the third character, it should bring up a list of characters online with names matching those characters. Keep going (spaces included) and it should narrow it down to the right one. And the @name will be displayed there too...it'll give the full "character@account" version.

    It's presumably a shortcut meant to streamline PMing or inviting people, but it works great for reporting idiots who blindly throw challenges, friend requests, guild invites, and other things out there repeatedly.
  • dkratascodkratasco Member Posts: 585 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Also you can use search option (press "o") unless he/she doesn't use anonymous option you will find his/her @handle if online.
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