The emote spam issue

[RoseBnargin]

Guess we cant do anything about those attention beggars except muting the sound, biting our ears off or scratching our eyes out.

[KingXRay]

actually emote spam too much will get you banned though for ToS for Spam...very long ago i was spamming throw snowball to my friends then i receive a email warning for spamming emote and breaking ToS for Spam lol. so pretty much i always turn off my emote log for everyone now for spamming coz emote spamming always happen in my fc gathering since we taking group pictures before /gpose even come out lol

[Ilan]

actually emote spam too much will get you banned though for ToS for Spam...very long ago i was spamming throw snowball to my friends then i receive a email warning for spamming emote and breaking ToS for Spam lol. so pretty much i always turn off my emote log for everyone now for spamming coz emote spamming always happen in my fc gathering since we taking group pictures before /gpose even come out lol

Its a total ridiculous that emote spam is violating the ToS. There are way worse things where SE doesn't give a s... about but for that or stepping to often into a character is a violation of ToS.

[Stitches1974]

Its a total ridiculous that emote spam is violating the ToS.

It's like that in other MMO games as well. In WoW being reported for emote spam will get you a warning or temp ban, depending on account's track record.

You also have to remember, 20 other people should not have to move away, black list a person, or change emote settings because someone wants to spam emotes in a populated area.

[SpiritMuse]

Its a total ridiculous that emote spam is violating the ToS. There are way worse things where SE doesn't give a s... about but for that or stepping to often into a character is a violation of ToS.

If "stepping into character" requires you to spam the same emote fast and often enough that it shunts everything else out of the chat window within seconds, maybe you should reconsider your RP habits.

[Ilan]

If "stepping into character" requires you to spam the same emote fast and often enough that it shunts everything else out of the chat window within seconds, maybe you should reconsider your RP habits.

First of all: I don't RP, i don't spam emotes and i just read it in the Forum. Second of all: This is still not anything bad since it is a game character and not my RL body.

People take things like emote spam or stepping into their character as a reason to report someone should lear the difference between RL and a game and should stop to take every single fart serious.

[Stitches1974]

People take things like emote spam or stepping into their character as a reason to report someone should lear the difference between RL and a game and should stop to take every single fart serious.

A single fart no, but if you're in a room full of people and you keep doing it, you're the one being rude and impolite. Just because YOU want to do something doesn't mean EVERYONE around you needs to be inconvenienced.

[Jijifli]

If "stepping into character" requires you to spam the same emote fast and often enough that it shunts everything else out of the chat window within seconds, maybe you should reconsider your RP habits.

Doesn't have to flood chat. This is confirmed by a GM when I asked. If you use emotes 10+ times a minute, you are breaking ToS. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it floods chat. It doesn't matter if it's a private area with friends and just one person barely in range threw a fit over it. You don't even have to list the right emotes.

Just a little mention, from someone who did accidentally chat spam /huh in Idylshire. (SOWWY) It is something they take action on, but I do also wish they put a bit more attention on it. I can't deny my /huh, but I was reported for /yes. Made the process confusing to fix.

[MistyMew]

I'm not against emotes, they have done a great job with some of them! I like the ocassional wave/dote/hug for sure

But.... when ppl do spam them I leave the area, to me (just an opinion)...but it screams of someone who is desperate for attention and I really don't gravitate to those personalities in a game nor rl.

I would like an option to see emote text/sounds etc from anyone in a ls I am in ,fc, friends list but that's it. Even with that limitation I know of a few that always seem to seek this attention but again..I will just leave. lol

IMO it should not be against tos..that's a tad harsh , simply give us more options to control what we see and hear from emotes in general

[Narukuchan]

I don't see the issue as long as the emote notification in chat is turned off by the person. You could also just mute the volume in game but emotes and the spamming of them will always be a constant. There are some people who will be trolls though but those sadly are unavoidable just blacklist and ignore those types.

As someone who uses emotes a lot with fellow master race Lalafell's I have never ever seen or heard anyone come up to us and complain etc on my server at least. In fact many others join in and add to the wonderful sounds of a group of adorable emote spamming Lalafells. You will always hear a Lalafell before you see them - that's a truth. xD