Just had a guy report me because of 2 questions

[TheMightyMollusk]

I've had people threaten to report me for daring to try to explain basic job functions before. Nothing's ever come of it. Don't worry about it.

[kamenkuro]

Most folks let folks like that just slide. Carrying them through because they're tired of sensitive players blowing up in their face. Thankfully most non-savage stuff only needs half the party to be competent

[Final-Fantasy]

I would have just left after the first reply, without saying anything more.

[Gaealiege]

It is not even remotely true, what Reinfeld said. I received a three day ban from an instance in Rabanastre of telling a cocky black mage that his corpse was doing 0 damage. He kept intentionally standing in circles, dying, then saying "Lol, worth it". I responded "Your corpse is doing 0 damage, so it wasn't worth it."

Three day ban. No warnings, no nothing.

The policy in this game is hurt feelings are banworthy, despite the fact that individual was effectively harassing the healers.

[SenorPatty]

It is not even remotely true, what Reinfeld said. I received a three day ban from an instance in Rabanastre of telling a cocky black mage that his corpse was doing 0 damage. He kept intentionally standing in circles, dying, then saying "Lol, worth it". I responded "Your corpse is doing 0 damage, so it wasn't worth it."

Three day ban. No warnings, no nothing.

The policy in this game is hurt feelings are banworthy, despite the fact that individual was effectively harassing the healers.

Or the report ended up in the hands of GM who used irrational judgement. This is, of course, assuming that was all that was being said verbatim without anything else being left out (because that usually happens) and your hands wasn't caught in cookie jar while you were being investigated (which also tends to happen).

I've said more or less the same thing many times, told I was going to be reported. Nothing happened. Maybe they didn't do it. Maybe they did and if it did, then clearly the GM at the time rolled his eyes and thrashed the report.

[Nyvara]

If he was a true sprout he Probably spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how to report someone then gave up frustrated.

[Gaealiege]

That's the entirety of the exchange. And yes, I received a 3 day ban for it for "violating the policy on harassment." Whether or not the GM used irrational judgement is of no consequence to the person being punished for hurting a troll's feelings.

I have no clue why there's such a charade on these forums pretending like the policy is otherwise. After I returned to the game, I mentioned it in my hunt linkshell and was greeted with people all giving their similar stories.

It's clear that the policy is to embolden and empower the troll and punish those aggravated by their behavior.

[Jimmymagic]

Whether we have the whole story or not, if nothing else really happened then there's no reason to worry. It's tanks like that though that make me feel better about myself since I'll be going Gunbreaker next month. I'm not a pro at tanking (yet) but I'm not an idiot either. I plan to do my absolute best.

good attitude I like that awesome

[SenorPatty]

That's the entirety of the exchange. And yes, I received a 3 day ban for it for "violating the policy on harassment." Whether or not the GM used irrational judgement is of no consequence to the person being punished for hurting a troll's feelings.

I have no clue why there's such a charade on these forums pretending like the policy is otherwise. After I returned to the game, I mentioned it in my hunt linkshell and was greeted with people all giving their similar stories.

It's clear that the policy is to embolden and empower the troll and punish those aggravated by their behavior.

And yet, it fell exactly on a GMs judgement. That GM decided that you violated the rules even though there's clearly nothing else to suggest you did. It's an irrational judgement because the opposite of that would've been using clear judgement and thrash that person's report.

The rules may have changed but the people enforcing are the same as before. If it wasn't, like robots they would just auto-ban people solely based on reports without investigation and there'd be no one left playing the game.

[Reinfeld]

It is not even remotely true, what Reinfeld said. I received a three day ban from an instance in Rabanastre of telling a cocky black mage that his corpse was doing 0 damage. He kept intentionally standing in circles, dying, then saying "Lol, worth it". I responded "Your corpse is doing 0 damage, so it wasn't worth it."

Three day ban. No warnings, no nothing.

The policy in this game is hurt feelings are banworthy, despite the fact that individual was effectively harassing the healers.

Well a big part of what I said was that my experience with GMs is that they side with whoever gets offended enough to file a report. I'd say my experience aligns pretty closely with yours.

I got a warning for talking back to 4 or 5 people in a WoD run who spent 40+ minutes haranguing me after causing a single wipe, then blaming me for every subsequent wipe that wasn't my fault. Then I don't remember if I got a warning or 24 hour suspension for calling someone a dumb n-word in the heat of the moment. The latter one I more or less deserved, but I didn't say anything particularly aggregious in that WoD run. It's just that the squeaky wheel gets the GM grease.