Increase limit of people who can be Ignored

faraaz

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

India

Hey Mallyx [icU]

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I had a big long reply typed out for Mira Blackhand and Reverend Dr, with reasons for why people get aggravated and tend to harass individuals online, requiring a long term /ignore.

But then I figured, seeing their attitude, they're probably classic examples of individuals I'd /ignore in GW permanently anyway, so with that said, meh.

ON TOPIC: I don't see how increasing ignore limit negatively impacts ANYONE, so what's the harm?

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Illfated Fat View Post
I forget how absurd an idea it is in these modern times to have more than substandard expectations of people.

I keep local + trade off, usually because I'm engaging in PMs, and if I'm in a busy town, they scroll off the screen too quickly, or I may miss them because of the clutter. I don't think people who keep those off are necessarily anti-social scrooges. It simply is just mindless chatter that is 100% irrelevant to most people in the district.

As for the 10 slots, I have a person who own multiple accounts on one list, and that person takes up as many as 4 slots. Then there are other people who I simply do not wish to talk to, but if I ever take them off, they start spamming me again. Maybe I should increase my tolerance for 10-14 year olds? I dunno!
This exactly.
I'm not anti-social in the least. I have my friends list poeple I talk to I have my guild and ally chat alway on.
Local chat half the time in towns all I see is lame chuck norris jokes being spammed or someone calling someone else a noob for asking a question.
Or just random insults towards people.
To me people who actually WANT to watch this non-sense are the ones with the problem not me.

faraaz

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2008

India

Hey Mallyx [icU]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hailey Anne View Post
This exactly.
I'm not anti-social in the least. I have my friends list poeple I talk to I have my guild and ally chat alway on.
Local chat half the time in towns all I see is lame chuck norris jokes being spammed or someone calling someone else a noob for asking a question.
Or just random insults towards people.
To me people who actually WANT to watch this non-sense are the ones with the problem not me.
I <3 this guy.

Me +1

Seffapotamus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Washington, DC

Mo/

If you need that much space for ignoring people, ur doin it rong!

to each, his own: /signed

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seffapotamus View Post
If you need that much space for ignoring people, ur doin it rong!

to each, his own: /signed
As i've said before I have 1 person on perma ignore that has FIVE accounts.
thats half my ignore list on ONE person. People have no lives and I for one don't have that much time to deal with them when I come on a game to have FUN. Not deal with idiotic people.

nkuvu

nkuvu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by faraaz View Post
ON TOPIC: I don't see how increasing ignore limit negatively impacts ANYONE, so what's the harm?
That's my feeling on it.

I've never had a full ignore list, every single person that I've ignored I've been able to remove from the ignore list after a bit of time had passed. But I also can't think of a reason to limit the ignore list as much as it is now.

Same could be said for the Friends list, but that's a different topic, I suppose.

Evil Neato

Evil Neato

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2008

nO, MS, YAY, vOR, EnS

W/A

Increase friends and ignore.

I always run out of room, I have to take people off my friends that I don't want to, just cause they haven't logged on for awhile and I need to add someone else.

And ignore, ah well... Take these forums for a prime example of there being a lot of retards that would be nice to not have to read.

t00115577

t00115577

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Mo/

/Signed on inreasing friends list

/dontcare about ignore list, in almost 3 years playing ive never put anybody on it.
Not sure what ye must be doing to want more than 10 spaces hehe

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Illfated Fat View Post
I keep local + trade off, usually because I'm engaging in PMs, and if I'm in a busy town, they scroll off the screen too quickly, or I may miss them because of the clutter. I don't think people who keep those off are necessarily anti-social scrooges. It simply is just mindless chatter that is 100% irrelevant to most people in the district.
Sometimes that isn't even enough.

Funny story:

The other day, I was sitting in LA on my male ele with chat turned off, looking through party search trying to find buyers for some stuff I had. I was drinking my halloween ale at the same time. A few miniutes later, I, minding my own business, get a PM going "WTF, are you gay?" The guy then reported me.
Why?
Because my character, while drunk, had the speech bubble "I love you man" pop up over his head while this guy was next to me.


So be warned, even if you are doing nothing wrong and just sitting in town, minding your own buisness, you can still be harassed. That is why GW needs to allow bigger ignore lists, because so many people in this game are just that stupid and need to be put on ignore.

Reverend Dr

Reverend Dr

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Super Fans Of Gaile [ban]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reverend Dr
It is your own fault if you get trolled.
Do not repond to the troll.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hailey Anne
:responds:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reverend Dr
I reiterate it is your fault if you get trolled.
I am a troll.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hailey Anne
:responds:
This is the problem. There are too many people like you. Made an enemy, refuse to see any responsibility, now wish for someone else to clean up the mess.

Is this a problem on an individual level, no. But when it reaches a much larger level, such as that of a whole gaming population, it does become a bigger issue. I have GM'ed back in the day and let me tell you it is an interesting prospect to have self-righteous unaware people hurl worse insults at you than were hurled at them for the report in the first place. By far almost every report filed was given the solution "Just let it go." The usual response to that is "But I want to have fun!" And the response I've given to that, "The only one stopping you right now, is you."

Perhaps you are just an unfortunate victim that needs 50 ignore slots. Or perhaps myself and all of the other people with 0 on ignore lists know something you do not.

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms View Post
Sometimes that isn't even enough.

Funny story:

The other day, I was sitting in LA on my male ele with chat turned off, looking through party search trying to find buyers for some stuff I had. I was drinking my halloween ale at the same time. A few miniutes later, I, minding my own business, get a PM going "WTF, are you gay?" The guy then reported me.
Why?
Because my character, while drunk, had the speech bubble "I love you man" pop up over his head while this guy was next to me.


So be warned, even if you are doing nothing wrong and just sitting in town, minding your own buisness, you can still be harassed. That is why GW needs to allow bigger ignore lists, because so many people in this game are just that stupid and need to be put on ignore.
You're right thats pretty funny. lol
Better though that the report will go against him not you.
these people are the exact reason why we need a better ignore system.
More spaces and they really shouldnt be told they are on ignore.
The 1 person I have on mine that has 5 accounts would get on his other accounts telling me I can shove the ignore up my ass until I finally got them all on ignore.
Personally I wish Guru had an ignore system where you wouldnt see there posts. So hard to not read the posts and reply because they are being SO stupid but must resist, would make it easier
But ya you can mind your own buisness and still get harrassed and sometimes by kids with nothing better to do than spam you.

squiros

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

some people incessantly message over several months. it's possible to manually ignore, but it makes communicating with other people difficult. the incessant messages infringes on the ability to play the game. it's possible to take them off after a while, but as soon as they're taken off, the messages make it once again hard to play. just because some people give up, doesn't mean all of them give up. it's like saying 'i dont have cancer, cancer research should be stopped'.

guildwars is an mmo. but that's not All it is. to say that it exists only as a multiplayer game is in fact wrong. the ability to be isolated should be available. furthermore, even if it were a pure mmo and assuming that some people's skills are epically failing, that's their perogative. if someone wants to be an ass, they can be. if people get upset, that's their problem. for those of you who live in america, you should be familiar with the term 'restraining order'. it's a system that punishes those who are incessant, not those who are asses. not everyone wants to brown nose. for those of you who are good at it and as a result has nobody on ignore, good for you, some people aren't and don't want to be.

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

Im probably the most hated person in GW, but my friends list is full with a wall of gray text and my ignore list is empty. There is an easier way to deal with idiots in the game. Change your status to offline for a few minutes, or better yet, grow a thicker skin if you want to play MMOGs.

Oh, and I love having gay pride parties on the boat in RA. And I've never been banned for talking about homosexuality or religion in all chat ever, and I do it lots. The people who stand around complaining and getting aggressive over it are the ones with a problem.

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
Im probably the most hated person in GW,
It's your characters hair and outfit, right?

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
Im probably the most hated person in GW, but my friends list is full with a wall of gray text and my ignore list is empty. There is an easier way to deal with idiots in the game. Change your status to offline for a few minutes, or better yet, grow a thicker skin if you want to play MMOGs.

Oh, and I love having gay pride parties on the boat in RA. And I've never been banned for talking about homosexuality or religion in all chat ever, and I do it lots. The people who stand around complaining and getting aggressive over it are the ones with a problem.
Again you people just don't get it.
It's not about needing "thicker skin"
This is a GAME we come on to have fun and get AWAY from people that are annoying which is why we also have the option to ignore these people online.
Thats why we have a friends list so we can pick and choose who we want to talk to.
Its not like were adding people on ignore just because they said 1 thing we dont like(atleast im not).
Im adding people to ignore because they are relentless and just not responding to them just doesnt work, Going to DnD just doesnt work and ignoring them and taking them off the next day just doesnt work.
Again I have ONE person that takes up FIVE spaces in my ignore list because he has 5 accounts and if I remove his name he starts his whispers again which get annoying because they are spams which make it difficult to see any other chat. Its getting close to a year now and Ive tried taking him off every couple months and there he is. So dont tell me to get thicker skin or set to DnD it doesnt always work.
And just because you dont have anyone on your ignore list doesnt mean shit.
You say youre one of the most hated ever heard the saying misery loves company well there ya go. It takes sick or annoying people to continue to deal with sick or annoying people.

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

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I pretty much just use ignore these days for guild spammers/account sellers/gold farmers, but it's gotten to the point where my ignore list is full in minutes, especially during festivals.

/signed, I wouldn't mind having a few extra slots.

Mordiego

Mordiego

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2007

Pozna??, UTC+1

We Are From Poland [Pol]

N/A

/signed
God, fianally someone suggested that.

Chocobo1

Chocobo1

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

New Zealand

CoA

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Oh god Reverend Dr, the great troll of GWGuru. I laughed for a little bit at this. You may think you know how to troll but honestly you don't. The fact that you now post advice on a gaming forum is evidence enough that you don't know anything about trolling. Stop talking like you know anything.

Most of the GWGuru community seems to like playing alone, therefore doesn't come in contact with much people excluding there guild etc. So this suggestion obviously gets a fair bit of negative feedback because people can't understand why it would be needed. This game is only entertaining to me for the PvP and if you are the same as me you know how many people can't take losing. A bigger ignore list would be great and It's not going to hurt anyone in the process.

/signed unless you can tell me how it will have a negative impact on anything.

Wolf2581

Wolf2581

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Joliet, IL, USA

Hardcore Militants United [HMU]

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After reading this thread, I found that many here who are against a bigger ignore list seem to be the same kinds of people who make others want a bigger ignore list in the first place. Those who need it would benefit from it, and those who do not even use it would continue to not use it. If the primary argument against it is something as silly and demeaning as "people need thicker skin", then this is an easy one.

Whenitrainsitpours

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2008

Baltimore

W/

Agreed.

/signed

Scf Blacknight

Scf Blacknight

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Causing rage in your Tombz

Bears With Benefits [Dong]

W/R

Honestly, if people saying things to you on a game make you sad/angry/raged/upset/irritated/whatever, I'd suggest playing Single Player games. This is the intarwebz and people say mean things.

Best way to make a 'troll' go away, is to troll him right back, 99% of the time I end up on their ignore list, not the other way around.

Quote:
Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
Im probably the most hated person in GW
Never heard of you.

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Scf Blacknight View Post
Honestly, if people saying things to you on a game make you sad/angry/raged/upset/irritated/whatever, I'd suggest playing Single Player games. This is the intarwebz and people say mean things.

Best way to make a 'troll' go away, is to troll him right back, 99% of the time I end up on their ignore list, not the other way around.

Again its always about what people say, its about how many times they say it. Spamming can get very annoying very quick, and I mean to the point to where I cant even see guild/ally chat anymore.

viper11025

viper11025

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

02/18/05 (Pm me with the place, its a riddle)

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I lol.
I would like this in some way, but dang I've added and removed so man,y it ant funny. Now its clear and crystal.

Travaail

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2008

scotland

LOD

Mo/

yeh definately need to up capacity on ignore list, i have 9 on perma ignore cuz they never leave me alone, and only leaves on transitory space

newbie_of_doom

newbie_of_doom

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

WTFPRIVACYDUDE

Endangered Feces [DoDo]

W/Mo

flist+ignore list = 50 or less
deal with it

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by newbie_of_doom View Post
flist+ignore list = 50 or less
deal with it
Who are you to tell us what we should deal with?
Nobody thats who.
If theres 50 slots or so then atleast we should be able to choose how those slots are used.
Meaning if I want 10 on friends list and 40 on ignore then I should be able to.
I am pretty selective when it comes to people I put on friends list because too many people are like those here on gwg...assholes which makes me want more ignores than friend slots.

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gift3d View Post
Not freaking signed.
You guys need to stop being so incredibly sensitive, it's a video game for christ's sake. Put someone on your ignore and take them off in a week, done deal. Damn.

And if people care so much to wait for you to appear online every day of their lives, try dropping the pompous carebear attitude to make players even more sensitive than you hate you with such a burning obsessive passion. Although i seriously doubt that.
So youd be mad if anet added this? cuz obviously you seem really against the idea

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

status: offline or dnd

problem solved



if u need more then 10ppl on ur ignore list...
its prolly not them...its u

tuna-fish_sushi

tuna-fish_sushi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

California

E/A

/unsigned, If you are ignoring more then ten people then your probably not playing the game right. If you want to ignore people then just go into offline mode. /signed increase friends list by the way.

EDIT: damn snaek beat me to it ><.

ac1inferno

ac1inferno

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Boston

We D Shot Your Stances [GODS]

A/W

Don't make so much enemies at once lol. You don't need to have someone on ignore for so long. If a person was on ignore for a week, I don't think (s)he would even bother to try to contact you anymore. If you need to ignore someone, remove the oldest one from the list to make space for the newest one.

Apok Omen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Commence Aggro [BaMf]

Mo/E

Actually, what I really want changed about ignore list is the stupid ability to PM the person you are ignoring for the sole purpose of annoying them when they try to PM you back. It's quite annoying trying to have type a comeback to someone who insulted you, just to find out they put you on ignore and are still PMing you.


Same goes for Offline and Do Not Disturb.

The Only Warrior

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Guild Hall

[dth]/[sT]

W/

/signed over 9000. If you don't use ignore list, why are you commenting on an ignore list thread? There's more people than you in this game, and we want a larger ignore list.

Missing HB

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2010

Anna

A/

/not signed because it makes no sense..

Upon 7 years of playing, i only ignored 3 persons, 2 being account sellers spammers. I don't believe this is really needed, since players aren't that annoying so that you have to ignore 100 players..
Personnaly, if you have to ignore so many players, then you probably have some part of responsibility too...

Besides, ignoring is a joke.. If you whisper the person , you can find out if he's playing or not. If i'm playing on Missing Hb character, the guy i'm ignoring will have " Missing Hb is ignoring you " , whereas if i'm not playing, or on an other character , it will say " Missing Hb is offline " .. You might say i'm crazy, but at least one guy did that to find me when i was PvP'ing with one character...

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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I don't care about having a bigger ignore list.

What I want is a temporary ignore list.

The current list is enough for the amount of people one could find annoying because they chase you around bothering you. No one should have more than 3 of those anyways.

But then you have traders that do not use the proper channels, and annoying guild spammers, and the guy that keeps asking the same 3 questions about a festival everyone has already clearly answered the first 17 times they asked.

For those, a temporary ignore that won't be saved when you log out would do, and won't require any extra space saved in servers, since the client would keep it like the 'recently in party' and 'recently traded with' automatic lists.