I really wanted to avoid posting in my own thread but this is starting to irk me a little...
It's really easy to say "So what if someone offends another person" because it's really hard to understand how it feels to be ganged up & harassed for no reason until it happens to you, and it feels like no ones taking the effort to try and slow it down - it almost feels like like the community supports it in away just bye saying "so what, not my problem." - and this is something I don't see allowed happening in other " Artistic MMO's" or Graphical Chat rooms if you will.
Yes - I'd be the first person to say " then leave" but for the last 3 weeks I've taken the time to sit down in BonFire and Ficho Tunnel totally in shock at not only the behavior ( because block button is awesome once more <3 ) but the fact that this stuff can go on for hours every day almost.. and people simply just uninstall the game after awhile or come to the forum and make a wall text about how this place sucks.. why is this I wonder? and how is this happening? I've seen 4-chan with less nasty stuff flooding the chat.. xD
granted I see so many stupid arguments happen ,but of what I see is lately is plotted and organized trolling ( I won't name groups or names but alot of you know what I'm talking about) just because they know they can get away with it. Shouldn't been tolerated. But I do realize that with in-game harassment comes with 'cyber pride' - and by this I mean members will not want to report members because
1- They don't want to look like p***ies ..I can't think of a better word so forgive me..
2- They think that they can win the "argument" instead of reporting.
3- Alot of these kids don't know who to report to/how to report because as said, they don't come to the forums to see who's ranked to handle in-game stuff and who is not (I received a bunch of pms today and I can't handle in-game issues...so who do they turn to exactly..?)
$-and ironically they end up banned when they are the victims, but if a mod wasn't there to see the WHOLE fight then who is to tell the difference?
But my point is cyber bullying is a type of harassment and shouldn't just be brushed off and ignored. I personally think we need to put a little bit of FEAR into these people (: Thus why I think having a public report system would make people realize that " oh crap, if I publicly humiliate someone then I will not only be banned but receive the same in return and be documented like a wall of shame." Honestly if your only butt-swinging people of said a lil cuss word, then it shouldn't be 'public humiliation' and you can just lol and move on, because that is easily disputable and can be deleted. No - I'm talking spammers, hackers/exploiters, and trolls.
but yes, I can see where most of you are getting at and maybe I'm just a person that believes in order and discipline when it comes to pro and organization of games wise..maybe I'm just harsh though Dx