How to report Ranger Pet Names?

[kharmin.7683]

@Endless Soul.5178 said:

@"Ardenwolfe.8590" said:Reference sexual acts or real-life violenceAre pornographicMake inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions

These are the ones I see and report on the most. I'll never understand why people think that naming your pet things like "--redeacted--" is ok.

Maturity. Or lack there of. That's usually why.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

The original question was how to report pet names, not about what names ought to be reported. That question has been answered:

• Use the "inappropriate character name" option for the in-game /report tool
• Alternatively, if you want to be sure the reasoning is understood, file a support ticket, including explanation and/or screenshots as suits the situation.

It won't matter in the least if anyone is this thread is "offended" or not; what matters is if ANet things the name is disruptive. And they have absolute discretion to decide.

[Leo G.4501]

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was trying to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't trying to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

[Super Hayes.6890]

The community seems to have answered your question as well as it can be answered. I hope the kind of behavior that caused your question reduces in frequency. This is a game, not an outlet for immaturity.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

[Merrick.8604]

My pig's name is Donald J Trump =)

[Ardenwolfe.8590]

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

The multiple admissions in this thread alone kind of prove that point.

[Leo G.4501]

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

The multiple admissions in this thread alone kind of prove that point.

It's a thread about reporting inappropriate names. Of course you're going to get a true positive result. That doesn't mean false positives won't get reported or that true negatives won't slip through.

[Ardenwolfe.8590]

@Leo G.4501 The point is posters admitted they used those names to bait, troll, and trigger their peers in-game. As far as false positives? I trust administrators will figure that out . . . especially given the admissions here.

Case-by-case will apply.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

[Ardenwolfe.8590]

@Just a flesh wound.3589 Very true. Some of the games I play allow for some very questionable names which I will not say here. If my children were underaged again, I would never let them play those games based on the player names alone. Let's not even talk about some of the chat talk I've seen in global.

[Leo G.4501]

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people need to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

[Leo G.4501]

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@Just a flesh wound.3589 Very true. Some of the games I play allow for some very questionable names which I will not say here. If my children were underaged again, I would never let them play those games based on the player names alone. Let's not even talk about some of the chat talk I've seen in global.

The purchasing power of children is low, though. If your children don't play those games, it's likely not a huge hit to the game. Also, I wouldn't let my kids play MMOs at all. Too time consuming. They have better things to do. They can play that stuff when they're older.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people

need

to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

And again, what difference does it make?

Let’s say someone is easily offended and report every transgression in game.. Unless they announce it, no one will know. ANet won’t sanction unless it breaks ToS so all they're doing, at worse, is wasting their time and support’s time. Everyone else in game is blissfully unaware what they’re doing, If others don’t knows when there is a report and the innocent are not punished then it’s hardly something that needs to be spoken out against.

[Ardenwolfe.8590]

@Leo G.4501 Respectfully, you completely missed the point. This is where I leave the thread. And my computer for a few hours.

[Leo G.4501]

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people

need

to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

And again, what difference does it make?

To balance all the talk about being offended. If it makes a difference to be offended, it makes a difference to advocate for rising above offensive language.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people

need

to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

And again, what difference does it make?

To balance all the talk about being offended. If it makes a difference to be offended, it makes a difference to advocate for rising above offensive language.

Let’s me ask you a question then, Let’s say there is a gameA where unnecessary reports are silently filed and which disappear without trace. And there is a gameB which only has necessary reports filed. How would someone playing know which game it is, A or B? What changes are made to a game that has unnecessary, silent reports versus only necessary reports?

[Leo G.4501]

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people

need

to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

And again, what difference does it make?

To balance all the talk about being offended. If it makes a difference to be offended, it makes a difference to advocate for rising above offensive language.

Let’s me ask you a question then, Let’s say there is a gameA where unnecessary reports are silently filed and which disappear without trace. And there is a gameB which only has necessary reports filed. How would someone playing know which game it is, A or B? What changes are made to a game that has unnecessary, silent reports versus only necessary reports?

Why are you asking me about reporting? I'm not arguing what should or shouldn't be reported or what happens to said reports. I'm saying, creating and maintaining a sterile environment has consequences. The things that were merely filtered and avoided by the past generation becomes taboos to the next generation as the filters compound.

[SlippyCheeze.5483]

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@"Leo G.4501" The point is posters admitted they used those names to bait, troll, and trigger their peers in-game. As far as false positives?

Nope. Someone who is motivated by "humor", or whatever, and does something racist, sexist, homophobic, or whatever, has still done something bad.

You are correct, however, that case-by-case analysis will apply to grey areas, such as a pig named "Donald J Trump", which may or may not be upsetting to people.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@"Leo G.4501" said:Again, I'm not advising how or what to report.

Then why are you posting in this thread, in which the OP asked "how to report"?

[Leo G.4501]

@Illconceived Was Na.9781 said:

@"Leo G.4501" said:Again, I'm not advising how or what to report.

Then why are you posting in this thread, in which the OP asked "how to report"?

Scroll back to the post I replied to initially for that answer.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people

need

to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

And again, what difference does it make?

To balance all the talk about being offended. If it makes a difference to be offended, it makes a difference to advocate for rising above offensive language.

Let’s me ask you a question then, Let’s say there is a gameA where unnecessary reports are silently filed and which disappear without trace. And there is a gameB which only has necessary reports filed. How would someone playing know which game it is, A or B? What changes are made to a game that has unnecessary, silent reports versus only necessary reports?

Why are you asking me about reporting? I'm not arguing what should or shouldn't be reported or what happens to said reports. I'm saying, creating and maintaining a sterile environment has consequences. The things that were merely filtered and avoided by the past generation becomes taboos to the next generation as the filters compound.

Everything has consequences. Sterile environments. Filthy environments. Environments in between. You can argue against sterile environments but you can’t argue against human nature. Human nature in this case is some people will find some things worth reporting that you don’t. You’re not going to convince those who are offended that they shouldn’t be offended, especially on the grounds that “it will make the game too sterile” since gw2 being a too sterile game is an impossibility. No game with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of players from all over and with different standards will ever remotely be sterile as long as ToS is applied fairly.

[Dravyn.4671]

@kharmin.7683 said:

@Endless Soul.5178 said:

@"Ardenwolfe.8590" said:Reference sexual acts or real-life violenceAre pornographicMake inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions

These are the ones I see and report on the most. I'll never understand why people think that naming your pet things like "--redeacted--" is ok.

Maturity. Or lack there of. That's usually why.

Kinda goes both ways. I've been playing MMO"s since EQ launch day in 1999 and have never reported anything, because I'm a grown up and "offensive" names are generally nothing more than eye-roll worthy.

[Leo G.4501]

@SlippyCheeze.5483 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@"Leo G.4501" The point is posters admitted they used those names to bait, troll, and trigger their peers in-game. As far as false positives?

Nope. Someone who is motivated by "humor", or whatever, and does something racist, sexist, homophobic, or whatever, has still done something bad.

You are correct, however, that case-by-case analysis will apply to grey areas, such as a pig named "Donald J Trump", which may or may not be upsetting to people.

Didn't someone mention that a rule is in place that reporting a name of a real life person is legitimate? I personally wouldn't be offended but someone who is might want to reflect on some realities.

[Leo G.4501]

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

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@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Just a flesh wound.3589 said:

@Leo G.4501 said:

@Ardenwolfe.8590 said:@wickedkae.4980 If you feel the need to create a name to offend people in a video game, you may also need to rethink your life.

Who's to say the person with the supposed offensive name was

trying

to offend anyone or that the person who is reporting it isn't

trying

to find something to be offended by?

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else

might

be offend. Worse still is when people intentionally develope thinner skin (or put on an act, at least) so they can be offended on someone else's behalf.

Does it matter. Unless you broadcast that you reported in chat or whisper the person no one, including the guy reported, will ever know. At that point it’s up to ANet. If it breaks ToS then it will get sanctioned. If it doesn’t then it won’t.

In the context of the quote, it's addressing the double standard. So the people that get offended by letters and names might want to rethink their lives, those intentionally trolling others with inappropriate names and language should rethink their lives and those not actually offended and must play tone police should also likely rethink their lives.

Does it matter? I mean, unless you think advice doesn't matter then yeah, it doesn't.

I find that many times, people report stuff not because they themselves are offended but rather they believe someone else might be offend.

I actually doubt you know this. You can’t have that many people tell you that they’ve reported someone and that’s the reason.

Okay, then refer to the above: If you get offended by letters and names, you might want to rethink your lives.

I'm not telling anyone how to report or what to report. That's not my place nor my job. But if you're looking logically and realistically at these situations, beyond censoring swear words so kids don't think it's okay to fling them around 800% of the time or inciting violence and harassment, how much of the things reported

actually

cause harm, physically or mentally?

Just taking the forums as indication, I could get my posts moderated or deleted for simply hurting someone's feelings...and this is only a minute

fraction

of the GW2 community.

The reason why there are report rules is because the game is a business trying to attract customers and make money. If a game gets a reputation that discourages people from trying it out or if names/chat are bad enough to push new players away then the game loses money, ANet is going to err on the strict side since the game is world wide and has many players with different standards on what is acceptable. It’s better for the game to be too squeaky clean than to be lax and lose customers who are truly offended by offensive chat and names. Just because you or other people aren’t offended and don’t report doesn’t mean that others aren’t offended, for religious reasons or other reasons.

Again, I'm not advising how or what to report. The thing is, people

need

to speak out with this whole politically correct outrage otherwise people think being offended is a protected class.

And again, what difference does it make?

To balance all the talk about being offended. If it makes a difference to be offended, it makes a difference to advocate for rising above offensive language.

Let’s me ask you a question then, Let’s say there is a gameA where unnecessary reports are silently filed and which disappear without trace. And there is a gameB which only has necessary reports filed. How would someone playing know which game it is, A or B? What changes are made to a game that has unnecessary, silent reports versus only necessary reports?

Why are you asking me about reporting? I'm not arguing what should or shouldn't be reported or what happens to said reports. I'm saying, creating and maintaining a sterile environment has consequences. The things that were merely filtered and avoided by the past generation becomes taboos to the next generation as the filters compound.

Everything has consequences. Sterile environments. Filthy environments. Environments in between. You can argue against sterile environments but you can’t argue against human nature. Human nature in this case is some people will find some things worth reporting that you don’t. You’re not going to convince those who are offended that they shouldn’t be offended, especially on the grounds that “it will make the game too sterile” since gw2 being a too sterile game is an impossibility. No game with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of players from all over and with different standards will ever remotely be sterile as long as ToS is applied fairly.

People will be offended by something and that is the end of the story. They rarely reflect on their actions or emotions and assume their perspective is just. I think that's a problem. Even if it's spraying tea in the wind, I don't think it's useless to have expectations of people rather than no expectations at all (or the worse expectations).