Does ignoring a spammer bring them to the attention of the Devs?
By
Blacjac84,
Posted on: 2010-10-27 07:36 in Player Questions
The devs don't resolve spammer issues, the GM's do. And what you do to report them is simply type /ignorespammer, or click on their name and choose ignore spammer. That automatically adds them to your ignore list and generates a spammer petition that gets sent to the GM's
Simply putting spammers on /ignore dosen't bring them to the GM's attention, however petitioning them does. Stick around long enough and you see them get banhammered. Glorious!
EDIT: What Forbin said 
----- Union's finest underachiever -----
Farewell CITY of HEROES
The First, the Last, the One.
Union: @ominousvoice2059
Unless you petition or summon a GM, a certain number of spammer complaints must be received by GMs to result in the same action.
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
Quote:
Which quickly happens. Spammers by definition contact as many people as possible in order to advertise their sites. As a result they are forced to keep making new accounts as the old ones get shut down.
|
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Unless you petition or summon a GM, a certain number of spammer complaints must be received by GMs to result in the same action.
|
Quote:
There's actually something that happens? Dang, I'm tempted to hang out in Atlas just to see that happen. Unless someone has demorecorded it and put it on YouTube.
|
Originally Posted by OminousVoice
Simply putting spammers on /ignore dosen't bring them to the GM's attention, however petitioning them does. Stick around long enough and you see them get banhammered. Glorious!
EDIT: What Forbin said |
Home server: Guardian
My 50s: 3 scrappers, 2 tankers, 1 blaster, 1 defender, 1 controller, 1 warshade, 1 stalker, 1 brute, 1 corruptor, 1 widow, 1 dominator, 1 mastermind (on Liberty)
Current project
I can't even remember the last time I saw a spammer in-game.
Quote:
It's a problem that has been around since EQ, possibly before. If there were a way to get rid of them completely, it would have been done by now. Unfortunately, there are no ways to totally lock them out without inconveniencing a lot of innocent people in the process. "Throwing out the baby with the bathwater", so to speak.
|
Originally Posted by Jiblets
is there any possible way that we can finally be rid of these blood-sucking leeches?
|
Virtue Server
Avatar art by Daggerpoint
Quote:
And unlike games that leave corpses, you don't find any interesting ads like the site spelled out in gnome corpses |
Originally Posted by Tyger42
It's a problem that has been around since EQ, possibly before. If there were a way to get rid of them completely, it would have been done by now. Unfortunately, there are no ways to totally lock them out without inconveniencing a lot of innocent people in the process. "Throwing out the baby with the bathwater", so to speak.
|
And just to make sure you're aware -
/ignore is different than /ignorespammer (! Ignorespammer auto corrects/finishes on my iPhone).
/ignorespammer does require a threshold (enough reports) to be reached for a petition to file, so if the spammers are being vulgar (/ignorespammer is for any spamming, not just money sellers) also /petition under "TOS/Harassment" for faster action.
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Quote:
Nothing special happens just a forced disconnect and they can't log back on because the accounts banned.|
Originally Posted by Blacjac84
There's actually something that happens? Dang, I'm tempted to hang out in Atlas just to see that happen. Unless someone has demorecorded it and put it on YouTube.
|
Now Guild Wars has their Avatar of Death that busts forth from the ground and kills the botters and RMT spammers which also bans their account. Funny as heck to see it happen.
Here.
I've also watched for peak spammer times for certain companies, and invited Mod8 to visit the location at the requisite time. He's pretty awesome about things like that--sent some GM_Goons along to kneecap people.
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
Quote:
Dude! |
Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
(! Ignorespammer auto corrects/finishes on my iPhone).
|
Speeding Through New DA Repeatables || Spreadsheet o' Enhancements || Zombie Skins: better skins for these forums || Guide to Guides
Quote:
Friday October 22 at around 9pm PST in Atlas Park, inside WW on virtue server. I sent a petition so I have an email track.|
Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I can't even remember the last time I saw a spammer in-game.
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Nothing special happens just a forced disconnect and they can't log back on because the accounts banned.
Now Guild Wars has their Avatar of Death that busts forth from the ground and kills the botters and RMT spammers which also bans their account. Funny as heck to see it happen. Here. |
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
I've also watched for peak spammer times for certain companies, and invited Mod8 to visit the location at the requisite time. He's pretty awesome about things like that--sent some GM_Goons along to kneecap people.
|
"Hmm, I guess I'm not as omniscient as I thought" -Gavin Runeblade.
I can be found, outside of paragon city here.
Thank you everyone at Paragon and on Virtue. When the lights go out in November, you'll find me on Razor Bunny.
Quote:
The heroes won't let mod8 have a fanclub, for fear that his dark power will grow.|
Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
Just one of the very many reasons that we need a Mod8 fanclub. =)
|
Dr. Aeon and the Television don't support it either, but that's cause the only boss they'll work for is Numero Uno.
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Quote:
my vote for this game is to have rularuu the ravager spawn and kill the spammer, that would be epic
|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Nothing special happens just a forced disconnect and they can't log back on because the accounts banned.
Now Guild Wars has their Avatar of Death that busts forth from the ground and kills the botters and RMT spammers which also bans their account. Funny as heck to see it happen. Here. |
Quote:
And then afterwards, he does the /teabag emote. |
Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
my vote for this game is to have rularuu the ravager spawn and kill the spammer, that would be epic
|
99458: The Unbearable Being of Lightness
191775: How the Other Half Lives
My Webcomics
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
my vote for this game is to have rularuu the ravager spawn and kill the spammer, that would be epic
|
Personally I think seeing Lusca's tentacles burst forth from the ground surrounding the RMTer and then Spanking him to death would reek of Awesomesauce.
Now if Rularuu the Ravager had a giant mace we could call the BanHammer . . .
How about Mako's shark thing come up out of the ground and eat them?
Or better yet, drag the offending party underground like the way the Tier 2 demons unspawn?
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
Quote:
I saw one quite recently in Talos. A character with a website in the name, sitting in WW doing /em panhandle. I had to laugh. (Then I /petitionned.)
|
Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I can't even remember the last time I saw a spammer in-game.
|
Character index
Quote:
All that happens is that they disconnect without displaying a countdown.|
Originally Posted by Blacjac84
There's actually something that happens? Dang, I'm tempted to hang out in Atlas just to see that happen. Unless someone has demorecorded it and put it on YouTube.
|
Now, when someone gets their named changed to 'Generic 012345678', you can actually see the change as it occurs.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
Quote:
And the change to All-In-White; All-in-Tights when the costume offends, as well.
|
Originally Posted by Ironblade
All that happens is that they disconnect without displaying a countdown.
Now, when someone gets their named changed to 'Generic 012345678', you can actually see the change as it occurs. |
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by JKCarrier
And then afterwards, he does the /teabag emote.
|
You stole my idea.
Additional ideas:
1. Mods/GM sets some preferences on their own screen so they don't have to set complicated commands each time. One click bans!
2. Subject of ban gets:
a. a large dark "shadow" around them which quickly gets smaller.
b. GM drops from the sky with extra large Carnie Strongman Hammer (it's an in game reward for a badge). Should be about 3x as large as regular hammer.
c. Huge "Footstomp" impact graphic around target (who dies immediately). Huge text above says "BAN HAMMERED", using text like with Containment or DB Weakened.
d. GM gets choice of emotes afterwards: /em various dances, /em champion, /em teabag.
e. GM gets choice of various models to use with the ban: Harlequin, Jack In Irons, Council Werewolf, Ghost Widow (Ghost Widow with huge hammer = funny), Scirroco, Miss Liberty, Statesman, maybe a few more.
f. GM then engages Jet Pack and rockets back up to the sky.
Human Nature being human nature, I could see people wanting to end thier hero's account with mass spam/offensive behaviour if they got a cool ending like ghost widow taking them out.
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
Quote:
Spammers are getting bolder. I have my e-mail settings to "friends & SG-mates only". But just a few days ago, I got a TELL from a spammer while standing in Talos WW. I'm so glad the devs found a way to enable copy/paste a little while back... made it that much easier to send "documentation" right in my petition. |
Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I can't even remember the last time I saw a spammer in-game.
|
.
Quote:
|
Don�t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. - R.W. Emerson |
YUMMY Low-Hanging Fruit for BASE LUV
Quote:
i've recently encountered spammers at various markets. i always select "ignore as spammer" and continue with my business.
|
Originally Posted by Impish Kat
Spammers are getting bolder. I have my e-mail settings to "friends & SG-mates only". But just a few days ago, I got a TELL from a spammer while standing in Talos WW. I'm so glad the devs found a way to enable copy/paste a little while back... made it that much easier to send "documentation" right in my petition.
. |
Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
I run into spammers in the Atlas WW all the time. The latest one was a jumble of random letters for a name, and they were advertising a PL website:
' Hi,this is www.--------.com, we have lower price10% bonus and better service .1000 m +10% bonus = $9.88 in 5 mins.Powerleveling (CoH) 1 - 50 = $40 in 12 hours.If you have any questions,Pls contact with our 24*7hours Livechat!'
Since they have been chased out of email (thank heaven!), is this their last refuge, and is there any possible way that we can finally be rid of these blood-sucking leeches?
Mechanista 50 rad/rad Corruptor
Buster Braun 32 SS/Inv Brute
Mortua Manus 41 Bots/Dark MM
December Ashe 30 Ice/Fire Dominator
Umbra Sprite 32 Dark/Super Reflexes Stalker
Mister Large 30 Thugs/Bubbles MM
Dynamaxine 28 Electric/Stone Brute
Three-Alarm 19 Fire/Dark Corruptor