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Ok, I dunno where this is supposed to go, but someone just "silenced" me in ESD chat zone for "spam." I made a Charlie Sheen toon just for fun, and for the past couple hours, I've been playin' the part and everyone's been having a laugh. Then this silence thing happens. Right now:

People are doing fleet recruiting.
Some guy was talking about assimilating a 17yr old borg with his tool <--- he used a other word.
And there's just the ton of weird convo that often takes place there.


Suddenly, I'm "silenced" right before I'm about to change my toon to one I use for a PVP match. But what's the point of being on a team since NONE of my toons can communicate for over 23 hours now? Because someone either accidently or deliberately hit the "report spam" button?

In the year and 3 weeks I've been on this game, I had no idea the "spam" button did that. WTF Cryptic? C'mon, you're really gonna hand power like that to players instead of having it alert a GM so an actual person can sort out what's going on?

:rolleyes:
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Besides the fact that you may have been having some fun that some may find tasteless, crude and/or offensive. I wonder if part of it is if you used Charlie Sheen's name when making the character? Not sure if you did but thought it a possibility. Who knows if a player reported it or maybe a GM did it because they felt it in bad taste. All I know is I cant log in to play because there are so many people online and apparently Cryptic cant handle the server load. If I had been, I may have found your joke offensive or funny depending how you played it but either way. It would have been nice to at least made it to ESD or any zone when I log in.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Ok, I dunno where this is supposed to go, but someone just "silenced" me in ESD chat zone for "spam." I made a Charlie Sheen toon just for fun, and for the past couple hours, I've been playin' the part and everyone's been having a laugh. Then this silence thing happens. Right now:

    People are doing fleet recruiting.
    Some guy was talking about assimilating a 17yr old borg with his tool <--- he used a other word.
    And there's just the ton of weird convo that often takes place there.


    Suddenly, I'm "silenced" right before I'm about to change my toon to one I use for a PVP match. But what's the point of being on a team since NONE of my toons can communicate for over 23 hours now? Because someone either accidently or deliberately hit the "report spam" button?

    In the year and 3 weeks I've been on this game, I had no idea the "spam" button did that. WTF Cryptic? C'mon, you're really gonna hand power like that to players instead of having it alert a GM so an actual person can sort out what's going on?

    :rolleyes:

    I rather doubt it was a Player that actually physically silenced you...Did ya try to contact a GM to see if maybe several players reported you??

    And did ya check yer email to see if ya got an infraction notice??
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    You got chat blocked? Damn, I enjoyed your shenanigans before I logged out for the night. Gave me a good laugh to end my session. I even changed to your instance to take a look at how you made STO Charlie look.

    That sucks.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    i would file a ticket to dispute it. assuming the situation is disputable. talking about it on the forums is likely just going to get it locked, and possibly cause you more grief. if it were me in your place, i know i wouldnt be happy in that situation. you may want to edit your post. in any case GM ticket, definitely. hope that helps
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    DaveyNY - I agree it sounds more like a few reported him. Love your sig line! I have that same dream!!!! DStahl, we need more space! And I dont want to wait till Christmas! ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Yup, this is how the report spam function has worked pretty much from the start. It's there so gold seller bots can be quickly squelched so players can enjoy a "peaceful" atmosphere without having to make a GM manually do it... It's still counted as reporting someone so the GM can then come along later and take any appropriate action against the account.

    It does take a number of players to report you before the silence kicks in so you must have offended enough of them to report you... tbh, while I would have taken you pretending to be Mr Sheen in the spirit of fun, there does come a point where the joke wears thin... such as if you were doing something silly like saying "winning!" over and over in zone chat, in that situation I would probably have done the same.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    naynayz wrote: »
    DaveyNY - I agree it sounds more like a few reported him. Love your sig line! I have that same dream!!!! DStahl, we need more space! And I dont want to wait till Christmas! ;)


    From Our Dreams to his Ears..., and on to His... Things To Do RIGHT AWAY List :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Yup, this is how the report spam function has worked pretty much from the start. It's there so gold seller bots can be quickly squelched so players can enjoy a "peaceful" atmosphere without having to make a GM manually do it... It's still counted as reporting someone so the GM can then come along later and take any appropriate action against the account.

    It does take a number of players to report you before the silence kicks in so you must have offended enough of them to report you... tbh, while I would have taken you pretending to be Mr Sheen in the spirit of fun, there does come a point where the joke wears thin... such as if you were doing something silly like saying "winning!" over and over in zone chat, in that situation I would probably have done the same.

    In addition, it has been said multiple times by people with gold names that abuse of this report function can come back to bite the reporters... so if you were 'silenced' for no reason, the people who reported you would, potentially, be dinged.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    V-Mink wrote:
    In addition, it has been said multiple times by people with gold names that abuse of this report function can come back to bite the reporters... so if you were 'silenced' for no reason, the people who reported you would, potentially, be dinged.

    I'm not sure reporting somebody who's acting like Charlie Sheen, would ba a No Reason Offense.

    Just Sayin'... ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    DaveyNY wrote: »
    I'm not sure reporting somebody who's acting like Charlie Sheen, would ba a No Reason Offense.

    Just Sayin'... ;)

    I did say 'if.' =)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    naynayz wrote: »
    Besides the fact that you may have been having some fun that some may find tasteless, crude and/or offensive. I wonder if part of it is if you used Charlie Sheen's name when making the character?
    Damn, I should have Kling-a-fied it like my past "joke" toons. Darwin award is MINE for not considering that. :rolleyes:
    it sounds more like a few reported him.
    And I'm wondering if it was a misreport like how you can get mistells and mischallenges. The reason I'm considering that is because of the guy talkin' about the 17yr old borg chick and his "tool." Maybe not. For the record, I did state I was not actually Sheen and that it was a parody toon.





    DaveyNY wrote: »
    I rather doubt it was a Player that actually physically silenced you...Did ya try to contact a GM to see if maybe several players reported you??

    And did ya check yer email to see if ya got an infraction notice??
    Yup, sent out a ticket immediately, plus nothing in my e-mail except auction returns and an item sold.





    Cattivo80 wrote: »
    You got chat blocked? Damn, I enjoyed your shenanigans before I logged out for the night. Gave me a good laugh to end my session. I even changed to your instance to take a look at how you made STO Charlie look.

    That sucks.
    Hah hah, thanks. It was all about parody. Glad some people were cool with that.


    :D



    It does take a number of players to report you before the silence kicks in so you must have offended enough of them to report you... tbh, while I would have taken you pretending to be Mr Sheen in the spirit of fun, there does come a point where the joke wears thin... such as if you were doing something silly like saying "winning!" over and over in zone chat, in that situation I would probably have done the same.
    Lol - no, only said that a few times. I was mostly trying to ad-lib by stringing weird statements together. Maybe a few players don't know how crazy he's gotten lately. Nutz...my Papa Smurf, Qul Moh-di, Yomama Osama, Bubbles the Chimp and "Em-Jei" toons went over without any problems.

    I guess Charles is too awesome for some people to handle.







    (sarcasm, people! That last sentence is sarcasm.)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    BTW - thanks everyone for your replies.

    :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Damn, I should have Kling-a-fied it like my past "joke" toons. Darwin award is MINE for not considering that. :rolleyes:


    And I'm wondering if it was a misreport like how you can get mistells and mischallenges. The reason I'm considering that is because of the guy talkin' about the 17yr old borg chick and his "tool." Maybe not. For the record, I did state I was not actually Sheen and that it was a parody toon.







    Yup, sent out a ticket immediately, plus nothing in my e-mail except auction returns and an item sold.







    Hah hah, thanks. It was all about parody. Glad some people were cool with that.


    :D





    Lol - no, only said that a few times. I was mostly trying to ad-lib by stringing weird statements together. Maybe a few players don't know how crazy he's gotten lately. Nutz...my Papa Smurf, Qul Moh-di, Yomama Osama, Bubbles the Chimp and "Em-Jei" toons went over without any problems.

    I guess Charles is too awesome for some people to handle.







    (sarcasm, people! That last sentence is sarcasm.)

    LoL... Perhaps unlike the real persona, your toon ended up in jail...

    ... which is most likely where any of the rest of us would be, in this kinda situation....

    Money and prestiege do have thier perks... :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Hah hah, seriously.

    I'd like to add that at no time did I see anyone address me as a spammer. Only saw that addressed to a guy who was doing a fleet advert. No one seemed bothered by what was going on.

    :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    If your character actuly looked like sheen or you actuAly named him
    Charlie sheen you could of been in violationof intelectual copy rights
    A gm may have silenced you to protect it self from legal retribution
    From sheen estate, if that's case your lucky they didnt lock your account.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Wouldn't they just change his name to "Bad Name", I had a few ship names changed to that in the past.
    Zone chat in fed space/ESD is one of the reasons i stopped playing a fed altogether. Inane blather mixed with childish rants, in Klingon space the zone chat is just so much more....fun. lots more humor there.
    if you'd a been on Qonos i doubt you would have been reported.;)
    I could be wrong.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Ok, I dunno where this is supposed to go, but someone just "silenced" me in ESD chat zone for "spam." I made a Charlie Sheen toon just for fun, and for the past couple hours, I've been playin' the part and everyone's been having a laugh. Then this silence thing happens. Right now:

    People are doing fleet recruiting.
    Some guy was talking about assimilating a 17yr old borg with his tool <--- he used a other word.
    And there's just the ton of weird convo that often takes place there.


    Suddenly, I'm "silenced" right before I'm about to change my toon to one I use for a PVP match. But what's the point of being on a team since NONE of my toons can communicate for over 23 hours now? Because someone either accidently or deliberately hit the "report spam" button?

    In the year and 3 weeks I've been on this game, I had no idea the "spam" button did that. WTF Cryptic? C'mon, you're really gonna hand power like that to players instead of having it alert a GM so an actual person can sort out what's going on?

    :rolleyes:

    For the brief time I was at ESD tonight I found your Charlie Sheen character to be amusing. I'm not a big fan of the Sheeninator and you were doing a good job of portraying his WTF antics. You were definitely not spamming. I think some people hit 'Report Spam' when they meant to hit 'Ignore Player' because they're used to clicking that, and some people hit 'Report Spam' to be jerks. Combined, those resulted in your current predicament. That's my thought, anyway.


    Z
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Aww man...I missed out on all the "WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" dialog? Grrr....hey...if you impression is good on voice, I'll invite you to my fleet's TS voice server. And I promise...no bans. Sheesh, the nerve of some people. No appreciation for the art of topical comedy.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Aaah, humorous toons. The last sanctuary for people trying to entertain the masses.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Hah hah, seriously.

    I'd like to add that at no time did I see anyone address me as a spammer. Only saw that addressed to a guy who was doing a fleet advert. No one seemed bothered by what was going on.

    :confused:

    I think I have an idea of who did the fleet advert and what fleet it is. Because even when I'm in ESD. he never frickin stops. Sucks you got the pain of it. I wish I was awake to see this charlie sheen madness lol.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    i luv antics and enjoy fun times at ESD, as well as other common areas.

    what i dont like, are excessive fleet adverts. i will be kind and PM the spammer of the fleet advert and offer a win-win. they limit the number of adverts to 1 per ten mintues, and i wont report them.
    often times i get an agreement, but on occassion i get the rude response in return. in which case i report them for repeated posts within the zone chat "after" i have made an attempt to ask them to reduce the spam.
    i have respect for peopl that are willing to reduce the spam after a request. for those that fill the chat with it and ignore the request, i feel little for.
    (knock on wood - i have yet to be in violation of my reports)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    This is the reason right there I stay as much as I can out of zone chat at ESD...I prefer the relative quiet of Qo'Nos. There are fewer incidents of this type of thing going on, and it seems people on the KDF side are more tolerant or understanding (however you want to look at it) when it comes to zone chat...well, thtat is until you start the Klingon jokes...lol.. :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Other players may report you if you spam or if you are being offensive. Please consider that making fun of anyone may result in someone else feeling hurt. Especially as in the case of Mister Sheen we also have to consider that he shares some problems that other players might have experienced themselves or with loved ones - in which case these hurt feelings some put off as not being a great deal are suddenly a much, much bigger deal.

    This is however not the place to have that discussion. It could easily be that there is more to the story that simply cannot be discussed here at this time and will not at a later time. Please contact CS if you were silenced to find out why.
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