Cruel and Unusual Punishment

[FreeJeebus]

Banned for 20 days for having inappropriately named retainers and an FC named "Cosby Klan". I pay to play this game. This is my first offense as a sprout. I was told there was nothing they could do because the 2 retainers and FC name change caused a pile up of reports and I couldn't be given a lighter punishment and that I wouldn't be given any kind of leniency. I don't want a slap on the wrist. Like. I just want a reasonable punishment for what I did wrong. Force me to change the names and 3-5 day ban. You are taking away 2/3 of my paid subscription for the month for a first offense name violation. The GM I spoke with was not helpful at all. Just repeating copy paste dialog rather than trying to actually talk with me and understand my point of view. Force closed the encounter when I was still trying to talk with them and figure out what I could do to prevent bans in the future. This is complete ass.

[Zomkei]

posting here isn’t going to help. go into support and try to appeal the ban if you honestly think it’s unfair.

edit: seeing the stuff you’ve said, appealing isn’t going to help either lol

[NanaWiloh]

All I will say is never never use the name of a sex offender,murder,terrorist,etc As a name for anything in a MMO. You basically asked the community to report you up the wazoo. Using that name now on a new account it goes without question that in the gm's eyes it looked you are/were trying to offend people.

[FreeJeebus]

All I will say is never never use the name of a sex offender,murder,terrorist,etc As a name for anything in a MMO. You basically asked the community to report you up the wazoo..

Yet people run around with names referencing people like Epstein, Bin Laden, Stalin, General Lee. 20 days is excessive. All I wanted was a fair review of the context of the situation, everything that happened, and the fact that it was my first offense without prior warnings or being told to change the name(s). If I am not told to change something, of course reports are going to just keep piling up. Nobody in the game complained to me directly and said it was offensive to them and I wasn't told by a GM to change it until I was jailed and handed my 20 day suspension.

[Seera1024]

Yet people run around with names referencing people like Epstein, Bin Laden, Stalin, General Lee. 20 days is excessive. All I wanted was a fair review of the context of the situation, everything that happened, and the fact that it was my first offense without prior warnings or being told to change the name(s). If I am not told to change something, of course reports are going to just keep piling up. Nobody in the game complained to me directly and said it was offensive to them and I wasn't told by a GM to change it until I was jailed and handed my 20 day suspension.

All that likely means is no one's reported their names.

Not everyone reports for inappropriate names, especially if they aren't obviously meant to be offensive.

[NanaWiloh]

All that likely means is no one's reported their names.

Not everyone reports for inappropriate names, especially if they aren't obviously meant to be offensive.

Very true I remember Mizteq's Fc had a tank name Hugjazz. He had that name for the longest time before someone finally reported him and he had to change it.

[Zeraphiel]

All that likely means is no one's reported their names.

Not everyone reports for inappropriate names, especially if they aren't obviously meant to be offensive.

Actually, I've come to the forum tonight to find out how I go about reporting names. Because, I've seen A LOT of inappropriate stuff, and I'm tired of it now. I'd appreciate it if anyone could provide me the procedure.

[Breakbeat]

Sure. In this game, you need to actually open up the menu and write out a ticket. If you've ever played WoW, there's nothing like a right-click-report in this game for anything other than RMT (Real-Money Transactions).

Credit to the Reddit user I've ctrl-c/v this from:

Go to the menu buttons down at the bottom under System > Support Desk > Contact Us > Report Harassment.

Just a tip but if you can include the following, it helps the GMs:

Time of incident:

Where you where when it happened:

Players name (person you're reporting):

what he/she was doing:

and include a small portion of the log if they said anything shitty.

You should get contacted by a GM and then you can just spill the entire incident.

[Snarils]

Am I the only one that will now be paying more attention in game to players names?

Cause I am all for these types of player not being allowed to spread and lower the quality of community.

being new to FFXIV myself, I am really enjoying it so far. Still have not found a FC, but mostly because the names i've seen have just been terrible.