Have you ever reported someone in game?

[Captain Jorden]

I never report someone but the thing is, I hate to report someone. Last time I did, which i was fighting Foul and this group of people come crashing other people that were going to jail. I reported them and they said "I was kidding, please don't, I will report you if you do." But I never saw him again. Then I was sailing one day and this one level 12 came and said can I please steer your ship captain. I said no, and he spammed my chat box for not letting me steer. And I said, "Look, if I said no it means no! It does not mean 'Spam my chat box' and I ignored him. But I don't hate the people that crashes you. I hate the people that spams everything and that asks if they can steer.

[Jennny]

Once I was on a public ship with a new pirate I just made, and one Level 20ish guy kept whispering to me in caps, that what am I doing on a public ship with a Level 1 pirate, that I should first level my pirate up before coming on a public ship. I didn't whisper anything back, and he said "Answer me, or I'll run you through with my rare sword of Triton." Jeez... I reported him immediately.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Originally Posted by leo

I find the chat filter a big failure. It filters some stuff that has no connection to being negative. And the worst of it is that it doesn't tell you that it was filtered.

I recently found out that, God knows why, that Phoenix is filtered, or at least the Pho in it. I discovered that the name of one of my ships, Shadow Phoenix, was filtered. For a while I just thought that the name was filtered (Believe me, I sent an angry email alright). Later the name of my friend's ship was filtered when he tried to say it to me. When I told him to break the word of it being filtered into separate parts I got "e" and "nix". The "Pho" was missing.

Why would they filter that? I have no idea at all. While a few of their filters are legitimate, I'd say only about 10-15% of filters are actually helpful, and the rest are unnecessary and extremely irritating. While I can bear with the bugs, crashes, and glitches in POTCO, I cannot bear with things relating to socialization. That is one of the main reasons I play the game, and the fact that it is being harmed by random and useless filters that don't even filter all swear words (I've seen people take out a single letter of a curse word and it goes through just fine) infuriates me. I have sent numerous emails regarding these filters and they have been met with those generic responses. I really don't even understand how they put some of these random words in the filter list. If its because "It can be used inappropriately" then they may as well remove chat as a whole because pretty much anything can be used in some inappropriate way.

I support POTCO on a lot of things, but this chat filter is not one of them. In my opinion, they should remove all filters except for swear words and ones that can DIRECTLY be used inappropriately, and then just improve their reporting system so that people who find other ways around it can get banned.

More or less back on the topic of the original post, I have had to report various people. Unfortunately, as of late, few of them as far as I know have gotten banned. I have met truly horrible people, reported them with some good chat evidence, and yet I see them around the next day. I have even spoken to live chat about people and that doesn't always work. I don't always really bother reporting anymore and I'll instead just ignore or leave because I know it never works. I have started only reporting if it's serious.

[Admiral Johnny Seasteel]

I have a story to share. As you can probably tell, being unlimited access means noobs try to ask you to buy them a game card. WHY do people do this??? I got fed up with a particular friend of mine (lvl 50 he was) and defriended him. Well, the other day, I ran into him by coincidence, and in the process while chatting to a friend of mine about him, he told me, in quote, "You're now reported so enjoy for saying bad things about me." I never DID a single thing wrong to him, yet he thinks he can report me? I hope HE gets reported for false reporting AND reported for mean behavior. I personally will not do it bc I don't believe in grudges. And if I saw him again, I could easily tell him, "Grow up.", like I had already said to him.

[Bubbazeke707]

I've reported people before, not many, but I can't remember. I didn't report these guys for this, but I was in jail, there were some AFK people, and I and two other goons were awake, one goon screamed EVERYONE GET OUT OF THIS PRISON OR I'LL REPORT YOU! But he would only not report the other goon. He was like, level 27 or something or your average ' Annoying noob ' not ' New noob ' or ' New annoying noob ' That wasn't fair to the AFK people. It really wasn't. But I thought he would have the reporting go straight back to him. So I was



I like doing this in Kings Arm with some buds but some people came in, screamed they owned the place, and told everyone to get out. I'm fine with immaturity like your playing tag when your 20 years old, or you like using the Fart Potions. But not when you think you own the world when it's obvious you don't.

I think Guild Wars are fun, but not when people go about Abassa Tortuga bragginng about their rank, like the EITC ordering their lv 20 voluntary slaves to point guns at every pirate they see and ' Arrest them ' When the pirates can just walk away. Had a lot of problems with weirdos that don't understand that this is A DISNEY GAME! Not a TAKE OVER THE WORLD GAME! This is what your supposed to do. Not yell at everyone.

[Ben Cabingrin]

I don't recall ever reporting anyone. I usually exasperate the annoying people by saying things like " Yeah, and what's yer point?" to their insults (works all the time). I personally am immune to cursing due to the fact that I've run into people with the most profane tongues in the world, but I also realize that there are others who shouldn't be getting the profanities. I also don't care about the EITC guilds and the other role-players. It seems stupid to me, but if others don't, that's their business, not mine.

[Platinum Pirate]

Of course I have. It doesn't need to happen if players simply 'behaved' like their mamas taught them and 'respect' what POTCO has put together 'as is' so far.

When they don't, I'll go through with it. In one instance, I tp to a friend's war galleon to help them out. As soon as I was there, I noticed right away while repairing what the malcontent was doing to another. Both were unlimiteds btw. I read carefully so as not to jump to some conclusion because there could be some misunderstanding, but no, he was clearly threatening to Report the other guy for interfering with his glitch. He wasn't. And the guy kept threatening him. At which point, idk what bothered me most: him for threatening to Report; or the rest in crew who said nothing. I knew them all but those two.

So then, I spoke up [the malcontent was just kicked from crew] and informed the crew that I was going to report that guy. They started to chime in agreeing that the guy was being a bully. For whatever reason they were hesitant, at my lead, they got on his case and reported him. Naturally, the malcontent threatened to report us all. We laughed. It pays to have a clean record, folks. It really does.

Next thing we noticed, he suddenly disappeared. We weren't sure if he simply disconnected, tp out, or... got the boot. We were happy that he was off the ship, but just in case, the Mod did take swift action, I rallied them to cheer with me. So we thanked the Mod three times as we sailed to port and claimed our hard earned loot. Huzzah!

[Captain Gas]

I have. So, I was at an invasion before I was mastered. I was taking down brigades, minding my own business, when a level 20 says to everyone when Jolly Roger comes, "IF ANYONE ATTACKS JOLLY ILL REPORT". Naturally, I didn't really care, and neither did anyone else so we all just attacked. Then, the pirate, frustrated, said, "OK ILL BE GENEROUS I WONT REPORT BUT IF ANYONE BUT ME GETS THE LAST HIT EVERYONE IS BEING REPORTED". Again, nobody really cared and he didn't end up getting the last hit. At the end, he got really angry and said, "IVE GOT LOTS OF REPORTING TO DO". Well, while he was supposedly "reporting" us, I was reporting HIM. Honestly, invasions are supposed to make teamwork, not a solo defense.

[Kriss_Man1]

Ahoy!

Great topic Guys and Gals, when it comes to Reporting ; There's no doubt I done my fair share... Top of my list for using the Report Button always has and always will remain those PvP Glitching pirates who tend to amass at various times on Tortuga Beach on Abassa. (short pause for the collective groan from those who take any pride in the PvP Glitch)

Now, I don't report those who are obviously having a little fun with their friends and Guild Mates, killing and reviving each other, no... It's the pirates who single out and Target the Low Level pirates landing there to work on those early quests, they see them, they kill them, then they go right ahead and do another Glitch, a Tonic Glitch which sees the poor low level pirate Crash!

So in a nutshell, it's those (mostly Master pirates) who Bully and Torment the newer pirates (not necessarily newer players) and cause them the grief of then having to restart the game! Really makes my blood boil and ALWAYS results in an instant report.

As for other Glitches, I myself partake in quite a few, including the dreaded Muertos Moon God Glitch (awaits collective gasp)... Before passing judgement on that, allow me to explain ; I don't partake in the Muertos Moon, I just see no point personally in it, usually I try to continue with my Looting or Questing, to which I really don't enjoy the inconvenience of other players who take the event FAR too serious and cannot leave a pirate to mind their own business.

My first year, I spent spent every Muertos Moon kicking down the Jail Cell door and trudging back to where I needed to be for the quest I was working on, which can be a considerable chore when the quest could be all but over and every time you exit the jail some Master Pirate camped right outside (still undead) decides to send you right back in!

So now I just put myself in God Glitch and continue to go about my questing or looting until the Moon is over.

Other Glitches I use from time to time are the every popular Swift Foot Glitch, saves SO MUCH time getting from place to place, a shortcut to General Darkheart which again is to save time, a little sliding along the Edge (usually when I'm too tired to really be Sailing and all my friends online are begging for a Material Run (which when I'm NOT too tired I can do the honest way).

Anyway, personally, I know many here will disagree, but if a pirate isn't hurting anyone else, I don't mind them Glitching.

Feel free to vent on me if you see fit, it really doesn't bother me, I've had TONS of people report me for doing any of the glitches metioned above, I think in some ways Disney aren't too fussed with the Glitches which don't hurt other pirates, but still frown upon there use. (at least from the Report feedback I've received)


Regards,
Kriss.

[Pirate Warrior Cat]

On POTCO, never.