Boards›Player Behavior

Hi, I'm the original "absolutely unnacceptable and completely livid" guy.

Kumungu Queen·5/6/2019, 5:45:13 PM·5 votes·4,386 views

So here's an update on my support ticket.

The thing that triggered the IFS was that I said a Zero Tolerance Word. Apparently I exhibited racist behaviour. Which slur did I use?

Spaniard...

Spaniard.

As in "A Spaniard is a person from Spain".

So I was reported for hate speech, by these 4 premades who had spent the game harassing me. And apparently, my calling them "Spaniards" "creates an extremely unpleasant experience to our players, even when not directed at someone personally."

Of course, there's no mention of anything they might have said to me. No mention of that at all. My unpleasant experience is completely irrelevant. All that matters is that by calling them "Spaniards"...…...……...………………. I "created an unpleasant experience for them".

What b%%%%%%t, bizarro, backwards %%% world is this when that is the reason I am given for the chat restrict?

I suspect I was given some sort of canned response. No actual human being can read the word Spaniard and correlate it with racism.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spaniard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards https://www.thoughtco.com/the-names-of-nationalities-4088817 https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/b59i25/is_the_term_spaniard_politically_correct/

And so this tomfoolery continues...

85 Comments

Hotarµ5/6/2019, 6:07:52 PM7 votes

So I was reported for hate speech, by these 4 premades who had spent the game harassing me.

It only takes one report to trigger a game for automatic review; multiple reports do not increase the likelihood of a punishment being administered. Even if that was the case, I can guarantee you it wouldn't extend to premades because they would single-handedly run the game.

Of course, there's no mention of anything they might have said to me. No mention of that at all. My unpleasant experience is completely irrelevant.

Because their behavior isn't on trial here, their wrongdoings don't justify your own. You've already been told in your previous thread why you received a punishment for this game, so I'm going to re-quote Silly Neeko here as they summed it up very nicely.

[{quoted}](name=Silly Neeko,realm=NA,application-id=ZGEFLEUQ,discussion-id=lW4GAom3,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2019-05-05T01:25:28.951+0000)

Few things here that all combined do lead to a valid chat restriction.

You started the game calling for reports. This is not needed and has been so widely stated that continuous calling for reports is punishable as well. Did it make you feel better or play better calling for the report? No. Did it antagonize even more? Yes. Were you meaning it to? Kinda.

there was quite a bit of name calling.

the system probably caught the "bitch" part and that is likely another additional part.... although it was not directed towards them. The system does not really distinguish that so much but it is a small additional part.

You kept talking to them. Mute them. If you mute them you can not see their chat and you can focus on playing the game. You can do this by pressing and holding tab, then at the top right of their little info rectangle there is places for muting pings and chat. Utilize it. Trust me, you feel much better when you simply leave it at "im muting and reporting you. Good bye."

Edit: And regardless of my personal feelings on the matter, there was literally 0 reason for you to use the word "Spaniard" in any context. While it may not be as heinous as some other terms, it's just pointless to bring up someone's ethnicity/background while they're being toxic. You might have been reported for hate speech, but if you were actually punished for it you would have received a 14-day gameplay ban, not a chat restriction, which is why I re-quoted Neeko's comment.

MrEnds5/6/2019, 6:03:07 PM2 votes

I dont see anything wrong with Spaniard because its not derogatory in any way unless you were prefacing the word with a derogatory term such as "stupid, worthless, or other insulting adjectives but that doesn't mean I trust that you ONLY said that. (so if you want people to trust you then it would be smart to post your chat logs)