Fame Reduction. be warned

Yesterday when my friends and I won the "Hall of Heroes," I emoted and told them that they were all " NOOBS." But when i logged on today, i got moved from rank 9 to rank 8, wtf??!!?!?!!!? can anyone tell me why? by the way, the word noob is not offensive. It is another term for newcomer or new player.

Yes i'm sure Anet have been targetting your fame... any proof?

N00bs=/=Newbies

No, Newbie is another word for a new player, Noob is a derogatory term.

You would likely have been warned or told that you were going to have your fame reduced, it's likely that either there has been a glitch somewhere or you were mistaken about being rank 9.

Maybe its me but i do find it offensive,in a way. If you call a player(who played GW longer),n00b. Your telling him/her that there playing like a beginner, there probabely gonna find that offensive. Plus the fact it shows disrespect.

Now i dont know whats normal in these battles(never played 1 ,yet), but ive played other games in competitive ladders, and GG or something. Shows a little more respect.

Although its seems a bit hars to punish for this

Mzzls $neekie

ZoMG!@@!11 I said I hated Cantha and thy took my Grandmaster Cartographer Title!@@@@!!!

NO proof...

If your Rank was reduced on purpose, GJ A-net.
That will teach you a bit of humility and grace.

The same problem actually happened to a guildy of mine. It's rare because no one talks of it, much. But losing fame can happen for some reason or another. I guess someday they'll find the problem and fix it. Just send a support ticket in and try and give em as much detail as you can. They prolly won't be able to help you, but tell them you just want them to be informed to prevent future problems. Don't ask them for your fame back because 1. they can't do that and 2. if you do they might disregard your entire support ticket as just a typical begging email.

No, I don't think it was a bug. I've heard from a friend that it has happened to him under the same circumstances - ranking and calling someone a noob. I guess if it's reported and Anet thinks that it's disrespectful, fame reduction is the punishment. It hasn't happened to me personally and Anet never says what they actually do so there's really no proof...

To anyone over the age of eleven, who has spent over five minutes outside their house at some stage or another, the term 'noob' is offensive in its stupidity and nerdish-ness if nothing else. You deserved it, I'm afraid.

Simple fact is the only reason those emotes exist is so you can emote people to show off your rank....

GG

i'm glad that happen maybe now less idiots will emote bodies and say crap make HoH a little more mature. The funiest part of the OP comments was he admits to ridiculing someone calling them a noob then thinks he did nothing offensive. If you honestly believe that then seriously think about what you did while you grind back to Rank 9.

but yeah i have heard of this from other players but for the players out there like me that are older then 12 in mental age we have nothing to worry about

yeah, lose rank everytime you call some1 noob just because he is not ranked

/clap at anet

i like that

Sounds like someone has a guilty conscience if something like that happens and they jump to thinking that they did something wrong. And you obviously think it's wrong or you wouldn't come on here immediately trying to defend yourself by saying it isn't wrong.

It is derogatory, much like the use of "gay." "Kids" on the internet today don't seem to be able to extend their vocabularies beyond "n00b","gay', and "fag" I fear for their future and ours.

Well I hope this shows you not to emote and call someone a noob, especially for no reason

Wow haha, when in HOH iway phoenix emoted and people said rank flesh or something like that and they got reported and never got back on for a while.

Well...a lot of the offensive players that call others nOObs are the pvpers ^^.
( not too suprising though )

If you can't say it to someone's face then it's offensive. Enjoy the grind from 8 to 9 again...n00b

I can soooo imagine politics in a couple of years.

"Todays topic will be..."
"BOOM HEADSHOT lol!"
"...uhm, yes Mister President. Our financial situation is a true disaster..."
"ROFL! Who be Ministry for Farm lol!"
"Uhm, that would be Minister <Random Name>"
"LOLOLOLOLOL WHAT NOOOB!!!! He not know use Church for Farm? Ban he!"
"As you wish, mister president."