Was I in the wrong?

[Nedkel]

Just wondering why it's funny or fun to follow people emote spamming. Please elaborate.

Because its a game, and someone is trying to get attention or reaction from you? Thats all what is about.
Someone laughing at stranger does not have a reason to laugh at him, but he does that to see someone else reaction at unordinary thing. It was different in the OP situation since he was doing a duty and someone was trolling him in it, but spaming emotes in the city is just a child play.
A lot of people playing this game do not take it seriously, especially minors who are trolling people around with emotes. Stop being so grumpy about it, thats sad.

[Schan]

I also remember back in ARR when DRGs had a certain skill that they could spam. Don’t remember what it was, I just know they jumped up and spun their spear into the ground, and it was really really loud.

Ring of Thorns. Also known as the pole dance. Kinda miss that skill but yeah... that skill and Dark Knight's Unleash are annoying when spammed non-stop.

Because its a game, and someone is trying to get attention or reaction from you? Thats all what is about.
Someone laughing at stranger does not have a reason to laugh at him, but he does that to see someone else reaction at unordinary thing. It was different in the OP situation since he was doing a duty and someone was trolling him in it, but spaming emotes in the city is just a child play.
A lot of people playing this game do not take it seriously, especially minors who are trolling people around with emotes. Stop being so grumpy about it, thats sad.

There is using an emote a couple of times then there's literally chasing you everywhere and spamming emotes 100+ times. Random person laughing at me? sure thing. you do you buddy.
Person literally following me around spamming emotes for the next 30 minutes? Not cool.

Wether you like it or not emotes can be used as a tool for harassment.

Interestingly enough Lalas and Catgirls are the worst offenders of this second type of spam(especially if they have that voice). There is a stereotype for a reason.

[Amariel34]

Certain emote sounds annoy me as well, even when not directed at me. Comes from having ASD, since the same thing happens in real life with certain sounds. I believe you can mute emote sounds in game, which is what I did. This way people can spam whatever emotes they want and it doesn't bother me. If people are being brat with emotes, then try muting them even temporarily. It will save you a lot of stress.

[JackHatchet]

I always get a kick out of it when random people run up to me and pull out their bard harp to pluck the same note over and over again. And they have no idea that I play with my sound off so I can listen to YouTube.

[Maverick_Haas]

At risk of sounding like a dick, can we not create new threads about venting? We have a fully dedicated thread for venting, one which I've used a few times myself. Creating new threads for trivial drama like this crowds the forum and frankly lowers the value of these forums. Here's a link! Happy venting.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ry.-Let-s-vent.

[Ceridwenae]

Because its a game, and someone is trying to get attention or reaction from you? Thats all what is about.
Someone laughing at stranger does not have a reason to laugh at him, but he does that to see someone else reaction at unordinary thing. It was different in the OP situation since he was doing a duty and someone was trolling him in it, but spaming emotes in the city is just a child play.
A lot of people playing this game do not take it seriously, especially minors who are trolling people around with emotes. Stop being so grumpy about it, thats sad.

I'll start this with why I posted my initial post in the first place: because it seemed as though one of the posters didn't think emote spam worthy of report. And though I'd say it'll depend on the emote, the amount of spam, the person doing the spam and their intent (and intent is what's important, btw), and the person they are spamming as to how it's dealt with, the GM who contacted me outright told me it wasn't condoned behaviour, regardless of where in game it occurs. That was supposed to be the important take-away, but I know it's often easy to overlook the point of someone who's overly verbose when they're trying to elucidate.

So, nah, I'm not grumpy about it. Don't assume that! I might be being quite definite about how I really despise otherwise fun stuff being used to bully or harass people, but I'm not grumpy. I can get angry about such things, but this is just a debate here. It's fun to hear all sides, so long as they're stated in a polite way. Believe you me, if anything ever happens like that to you, I will stand in your corner and fight for you (we're even on the same server. You can look me up if you need to, but I don't think you're the sort who'll have problems!). I asked for your elaboration out of a genuine wish to see why it might be a thing for someone to do this. Understanding all sides is useful to come to a general conclusion in how this kind of thing is dealt with.

I do understand what you're saying however, and despite your assumption, thank you for replying. You have a good day, you.

[JackHatchet]

At risk of sounding like a dick, can we not create new threads about venting? We have a fully dedicated thread for venting, one which I've used a few times myself. Creating new threads for trivial drama like this crowds the forum and frankly lowers the value of these forums. Here's a link! Happy venting.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ry.-Let-s-vent.

Our forums are not crowded enough! And how dare you think people's issues lower the value of the forums. You don't get to judge that. =P

[Yllania]

You guys sure like dragging out threads for as long as you can here huh

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

Sounds legitimate to me. I wouldn't be worried about being in the wrong here. All is well!

[AxlStream]

So go on: explain to me why it's okay to follow someone around emoting at them (even though the GM response indicates it isn't). I mean, if someone's standing still and you emote and get no response, and then you follow them when they move on and keep doing it, why is that? Aren't you just wasting your time? Please help me understand. It's not like I want emotes removed from the game, they are fun! But just why is using them to go after others acceptable?

Its just culture really. In WoW, me and friends used to do the same thing. Find rando, emote at him non stop while following him, get a huge train going with more randos cuz being part of a thing is fun, good times and laughs for all. You don't go for someone specific over and over cuz then that's harassment. Some things people just read too much into and try to put a meaning or intent that was never there.