Account warning with almost no information.

They don't tell you so you can't try to get around it next time.

You should got an email stating which part of the TOS you infringed.

Edit: Looks like you got a warning for harassments. Which is very vague cause you could be jokingly saying f** and get reported if someone is easily offended

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Originally Posted by Padudu

I don't think your in-game account can be warned for things you say on the forum, can it? I thought at most they just send you to baby jail on the forums.

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They say it can but I haven't heard anyone get that harsh punishment other than banned on the forum.
My ex was banned here but can still play the game.

Every time one of these threads comes up, I'm reminded that forum posters have a much higher proportion of warnings/bans than the full player base.

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Originally Posted by Equitable_Remedy

Every time one of these threads comes up, I'm reminded that forum posters have a much higher proportion of warnings/bans than the full player base.

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Eh usually if you get smacked on here it's for a good reason. In game you can use three emotes in a row in Limsa and get a warning for disrupting someone's gameplay.

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Originally Posted by Ceridwenae;6057433

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Without any context[/B], you've called someone an "asshat" here, said someone's parents failed, and often seem to be somewhat combative with other posters (there are more things I could point at, but you can read your own posts and see what you think); that's without even going past the first few lines of the posts, and in just August alone. Again, however, I'll stress that's all without the context of why you wrote those words, so I'm personally not saying whether or not you're right or wrong in the spirit of the discussions you were having, nor whether I agree with you for doing so.

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Came here to note that while OP is generally just about the game... they are definitely not without ...moments.

Good reply.

We'd all like to think we do nothing wrong, but if you're getting warnings maybe stop that extra second before you say anything in game.

Been playing for the entire run of the game. No warnings. Ever. I talk all the time to randoms but am careful in "mixed" company to not say anything I wouldn't tell a complete stranger face to face. Seems to be working.

I just wanted to add to this. What the majority of players here have said is true; we all stopped talking in game b/c the first big general / vague harassment policy change back at the end of stormblood / beginning of shadowbringers. This caused us all to realize we could be reported for literally giving advice to a new player.

Btw, we warned in many forum posts this would kill community within the game, and it did. Of course, this was before the big wave of taverns / Rp venues. This was known... as the big quiet - I'm kidding, I'm just calling it that LOL. I've played since 2nd beta 1.0, and this game was never this quiet. We were very chatty like other MMO's, we just weren't as rude / abrassive. Many of us tried to fight back on the forums but were essentially told we don't know what we're talking about and nothing would change - LOL. Yep, everyone stopped helping / talking / interacting.

The second big policy change that occurred was when the streamers were playing. This was actually an improvement to the first one - SE changed the punishments to actually have a cooldown, before they were permanent. SE also said they would be more specific with which policy you broke - before, I could be wrong about this, they wouldn't even tell you which rule you broke let alone what you actually said.

I know it's easy to just blame SE, and rightfully we should ask for more lenient punishment considering some GM's can escalate a single first time offense to level 2 / 3 and bypass the warning all together, giving you an outright ban on a first offense if they deem it too intense (again, I don't have personal experience with this, but I've read posts of banned accounts recounting their side saying this happened to them /grainofsalt). However, the community at large doesn't know how absolutely brutal the punishment system is in this game and rarely come to the forums to find out, so there isn't enough of an outcry.

The advice I can give you is, if you have friends - only speak to them through discord, even free company chat is dangerous b/c you never know when a member starts to feel a certain way about you and decide to try to ruin your entire game. If you don't have friends, like me XD, it's just a pretty quiet game. It's still very enjoyable, but I suggest a lot of youtube in the background / family to speak with outside of the game <3

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Originally Posted by Imora

They don't tell you so you can't try to get around it next time.

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People do it all the time anyways i.e that one deranged roe player, stalkers, botters, ect.. If they want to get around something, they will lol. Sometimes people are just dumb and one slip up causes a warning. If you play this game a lot - and I mean a lot - and between chatting in Limsa, roulettes, new content - if you RP, venues, ect.. - you will probably at least be engaging with people a moderate amount. If you get slapped with a warning, I'd bet most players will not know what the heck for unless they were being egregious to begin with. You can get slapped with a warning for saying the F word in chat to telling someone how to play, to of course the more bad stuff (griefing/harassment/ect) they definitely need to be clearer with the reports. With the bar for getting a warning being as low as saying 'feck' in public chat, there's not much to get around anyways. You will either continue doing it or you won't.

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Originally Posted by Jessica_VS

^This entire post is the best one in this thread, with great advice.

I find the number of people writing "Just don't talk in-game" to be interesting, because I talk all the time in this game, other MMOs, and other online games in general, and I have never, after decades of gaming, received a "warning" or anything of the sort from any company. I feel like as long as one speaks or writes with kindness and positivity (the main elements of being a likeable person, really), then no reasonable person would find fault. But some people online throw out disparaging remarks, casual rudeness, and profanity-laced diatribes about whatever they have issue with that very second, to the extent that these people cannot even remember and recognize what they might have said or done that offended someone else.

Just treat others as you wish to be treated, which includes speaking to others the way you wish to be spoken to, and there will be no reason why you cannot chat with other people in the game. Then again, there is that other traditional saying: if you have nothing kind to say, keep it to yourself.

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This, again, is running under the assumption that I was being hostile to someone in the game which is not the case. Like I mentioned earlier, I go out of my way to be nice and supportive to people. I give people compliments, I do my best to be sociable. I even danced for a bunch of lalafels in Limsa a couple days ago. I'm really one of the nicest people you'll meet. The assumption a lot of people on these forums seem to have that I deserved this for being a bad person is kind of infuriating. I've been gaming online since the 90's and never once have I had to deal with something like this.

Just be a halfway decent human in game, and you won't get warned/banned/etc.

I know that it feels like that's asking a lot, but I promise you that it really isn't. We can all do it—I believe in us.

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Originally Posted by Equitable_Remedy

Just be a halfway decent human in game, and you won't get warned/banned/etc.

I know that it feels like that's asking a lot, but I promise you that it really isn't. We can all do it—I believe in us.

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That's an exceptionally condescending way to completely ignore everything I've said in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Darthgummibear

That's an exceptionally condescending way to completely ignore everything I've said in this thread.

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Why are you surprised? Just ignore him, he didnt even bother reading your original post and added his "take"

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Originally Posted by LianaThorne

Eh usually if you get smacked on here it's for a good reason. In game you can use three emotes in a row in Limsa and get a warning for disrupting someone's gameplay.

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I got smacked with a suspension on here because I told someone that nobody gives a flying F about their ultimate clears....that was the only time I've had that happen. Never received a warning in game, mostly because I don't talk much other than the odd quip about something, or direct messaging/LS/FC chat with very few people.

Because people lie all the time about being innocent, that or they don't realize how harsh they act around others in a way that can result in a harassment ticket being filed. The poster in question almost certainly said something to warrant it, but feels like thats just Tuesday to them maybe. Think back the past week or two on any negative interactions with players and try to determine what you might have said. These tickets are rarely baseless.

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Originally Posted by Raim

Because people lie all the time about being innocent, that or they don't realize how harsh they act around others in a way that can result in a harassment ticket being filed. The poster in question almost certainly said something to warrant it, but feels like thats just Tuesday to them maybe. Think back the past week or two on any negative interactions with players and try to determine what you might have said. These tickets are rarely baseless.

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And this is why I don't interact with people anymore. Feels before reals, I get it. I'm not even mad about it anymore, lol.

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Originally Posted by Raim

Because people lie all the time about being innocent, that or they don't realize how harsh they act around others in a way that can result in a harassment ticket being filed. The poster in question almost certainly said something to warrant it, but feels like thats just Tuesday to them maybe. Think back the past week or two on any negative interactions with players and try to determine what you might have said. These tickets are rarely baseless.

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I haven't had any negative interactions with people in the game, that was the whole point. Thanks for assuming I'm lying about all this.

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Originally Posted by Darthgummibear

I haven't had any negative interactions with people in the game, that was the whole point. Thanks for assuming I'm lying about all this.

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It's how these threads usually go.

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

It's how these threads usually go.

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People assuming the worst?

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Originally Posted by Darthgummibear

People assuming the worst?

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Can't have a moral crusade without a villain! :^)

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Originally Posted by Darthgummibear

I haven't had any negative interactions with people in the game, that was the whole point. Thanks for assuming I'm lying about all this.

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It's not necessarily you having a negative interaction with someone. You might have been joking around with a friend in /say and a passing player might have taken offense at what was said because they lacked context.

Warnings are just that - a warning ("please remember that there are other players present and be careful about language choice"). If the GMs had felt you said something inappropriate with ill intent, I doubt it would have been just a warning. If this was the only time you've been contacted by GMs over something said/done, it's not worth the worry.

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Originally Posted by Avatre

I got smacked with a suspension on here because I told someone that nobody gives a flying F about their ultimate clears....that was the only time I've had that happen. Never received a warning in game, mostly because I don't talk much other than the odd quip about something, or direct messaging/LS/FC chat with very few people.

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My other account got smacked on here for telling people Yoshi-P isn't infallible and makes mistakes and that the dev team is wrong about MCH performance in HW.

It happens. Forum community was WAAAAAY different then.

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Originally Posted by Darthgummibear

I haven't had any negative interactions with people in the game, that was the whole point. Thanks for assuming I'm lying about all this.

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The thing is as the rules are written it doesn't matter if you think you are being negative in interactions with others in the game. All that matters is did some other person feel you were having a negative interaction with someone and feel it enough to report.

This is why I won't join a FC that I or my best friend don't own and control who is in. I have a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor that could easily offend someone. Better to keep to myself and a select few others.

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Originally Posted by Imora

My other account got smacked on here for telling people Yoshi-P isn't infallible and makes mistakes and that the dev team is wrong about MCH performance in HW.

It happens. Forum community was WAAAAAY different then.

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You can get banned - or could - for slander on here, for being direct with someone. It's why I always word everything with "seems", etc.. I don't talk in reality like a lot of my forum posts. I heavily edit just about every single one, or go back over something before posting to make sure something isn't accusatory in an argument, for example. Some users used to get banned for "profanity" for using curse words on the forum too.

The problem with ToS enforcement, to me, is it seems to vary so wildly, you never really know what's safe or not, so I take the better safe than sorry route. Still got a warning in-game though.

I will never understand how or why profanity is even forbidden by the ToS when there is an optional profanity filter in the game options and multiple NPCs in the game curse and some of it is even voice acted. Double standards if you ask me. Too many easily offended little babies in this community and a lot of the moderation seems to be selective.

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I will never understand how or why profanity is even forbidden by the ToS when there is an optional profanity filter in the game options and multiple NPCs in the game curse and some of it is even voice acted. Double standards if you ask me. Too many easily offended little babies in this community and a lot of the moderation seems to be selective.

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Users like to tell others a profanity filter doesn't excuse the use of the words. Generally, I think the only people reporting for the casual, or occasional, use of a curse word are doing it precisely because they know GMs might ban for it.

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Originally Posted by Juri_Licious

Here's some information. You do not know how to talk to people in a respectful manner and SquareEnix said play games win your respective prize.

Try being a better person if possible.

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And you not supporting questionable people.

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Originally Posted by Raoabolic

And people wonder why "gamers" are pushing for single player MMOs, lmao.

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This is bad logic. Single-player MMOs defeat the purpose of MMOs. It's the punitive system of this game that needs to change or be more efficient at pointing out irregularities. Some people have reported infamous people and nothing happens, but other people are experts at misconstruing situations, and those are the reports that go through because all the buzzwords tick the boxes.