If I were to SPAM these forums...

[GordonLiu]

"The names are still there on your blacklist because they get banned."

I'm not challenging the assertion you made there, but you do see that those two things have no logical connection, right? People appear on my list as a result of them getting banned? Ok, but they also appeared on the list before they're banned too, didn't they, so... I guess it's not really reasonable to expect anyone to be able to glean anything at all from that. There doesn't seem to be any way I can tell whether someone has been banned if this is the way its done.

"I'm not sure how many more times this needs to be reiterated. It's been mentioned countless times in other threads about RMT."

Oh, my bad, I guess I didn't read EVERY thread on the topic in here. Is that the expectation? Maybe if this wasn't an ongoing problem since the game's release, there would not have to be dozens of thread complaining about the very same topic, and reading a handful of them would give me enough of the story to speak on without revealing that I'm not intimately acquainted with the minutia of the banning process.

In the meantime though, I find it funny that the issue of persistent spam has gotten to the point where regular players like (presumably, based on forum activity) yourself are resigned to the point where, when you see another user complaining about it, you're more likely to speak critically of that user for not knowing enough about the issue (ironically, for being annoyed at seeing a new thread on an old topic, which could be considered a microcosm of the SPAM phenomenon I've experienced in FFXIV) than to express any annoyance at all at the issue of the SPAM that is causing the frustrated post.

That's a great tip about the character limit in the posts though, thanks for that.

[Ashkendor]

I'm not challenging the assertion you made there, but you do see that those two things have no logical connection, right? People appear on my list as a result of them getting banned?

No, people's names appear on your blacklist because you put them there. They remain there if the character is banned. Their names aren't changed to (Deleted) unless they are deleted or they transfer server (which I doubt you're going to see much of from RMT bots). If you're using your blacklist to filter RMT tells, you can typically remove them in a few days.

There doesn't seem to be any way I can tell whether someone has been banned if this is the way its done.

You're not supposed to be able to tell if they've been banned.

(ironically, for being annoyed at seeing a new thread on an old topic, which could be considered a microcosm of the SPAM phenomenon I've experienced in FFXIV) than to express any annoyance at all at the issue of the SPAM that is causing the frustrated post.

That's because it tends to come off like "well, I'm still being spammed ingame so I'm going to go spam the forums."

RMT spam sucks. We all hate it. I know a few people that have installed the Guildworks client for the express purpose of blocking it.

That's a great tip about the character limit in the posts though, thanks for that.

No problem. The character limit is a relic of the nastiness that plagued the beta forum, if memory serves.