Can you lose fame for doing /rank emote after a win?

The Wild Hippo

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

invite me to an HA guild (PLZ)

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A rumor I heard from several different people saying that if you take a screenshot of something showing their rank emote after a win, you can report it to Anet and they will lose fame for it. I don't understand why they would do htis but apparently it's offensive. I don't believe it but does anyone have any proof one way or another?

Chilly Ress

Chilly Ress

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kinetic Fusion [kF]

Me/

No, but it does not emit the best sportsmanship.

Zui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/

No, ANET will not do anything. It's just what you called it; a rumor.

shadow39365

shadow39365

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

England

Angels Symphonys [AnSy]

i agree, slightly unsporting however if you face a difficult team and they slag you off repeatedly even when they've lost, ranking them is a step towards keeping them quiet, I've seen plenty of nasty people in HA, i remember on the preview weekend of Nightfall running Dervish/Smites in HA and being called lame repeatedly by...none other than IWAY. People often react badly to being steamrolled. Ranking someone for no reason is unsporting yes, but if you rank someone for being a Jack*ss then i can't see anything wrong with it.

Anet most certainly do not do anything to your fame, its not up to them to screw with all your hard work earning fame.

Christine Shadow

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/E

i heard that too

The Wild Hippo

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

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Thanks for the replys, I thought it sounded rediculous too.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

It was put up as a suggestion here and in other forums, but it wasn't implemented.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

There is from time to time a person that CLAIMS it happened to them (never with any screenshots or anything) - but nothing more.

And it isn't offensive in the least...The Ranking System is there for that very reason. If anything is offensive about it, it is the system itself - a System that promotes "farming fame" and discrimination over actual skill.

Knightsaber Sith

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

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people started that rumor cause they didn't like people rubbing it in after they get slaughtered

Nexium

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Who whould belive such thing like this lose fame if you show emote bah..

The Pointless

The Pointless

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Stuck in the UK

Rage International [RAGE]

W/Me

Someone posted on this board claiming he lost fame for using the emote at the end of a battle AND calling his fallen opponents noobs.

(My guess is he lost the fame for the "noob" insult, not the emote. The fool.)

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

While The Pointless does remember the topic correctly, I think he forgot to mention the part where someone else posted a link to the main GW site where it clearly spelled out the possible punishments for anything and everything in the game, and no where did it say "Reduction in Fame/Rank".

On the other hand, I personally wouldn't care if you lost fame or rank for acting like a jerk.

The Pointless

The Pointless

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Stuck in the UK

Rage International [RAGE]

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No, I didn't remember that happening, probably because when I returned the next day, the topic sunk to the dreaded Page 2