Ignore function: If you can't hear them, then they can't hear you.

[zanzibar]

Figure out ;P I'm not forcing you to anything ;P

Although, honestly, there are more people who do not harass and who you can teach

I'm just saying to not be so harch.

You've completely lost me.  Why would you add someone to your ignore list if they aren't doing something wrong and severe such as committing harassment?

[Nikodemus]

you lost my point. /ignore poeple if you wish
eh.

[zanzibar]

you lost my point. /ignore poeple if you wish
eh.

Right on both counts.

[bilbous]

You might do it if you were in a bad mood, someone else annoyed you further and you took something the wrong way.

[zanzibar]

You might do it if you were in a bad mood, someone else annoyed you further and you took something the wrong way.

Or you might use the ignore function on someone who's being a pest.  Just a thought.

[bilbous]

I was just suggesting a possible answer to this:

Why would you add someone to your ignore list if they aren't doing something wrong and severe such as committing harassment?

It wasn't in reference to anything else in particular. I suppose that question was rhetorical and you didn't really want an answer.

Please excuse me for giving the obvious answer. I am trying my best to be polite but somehow it doesn't look that way. I shoulda stood in bed.


Actually to get back on track, I was thinking that if your idea was to be implemented the ignoring player should have to get the ignored players permission to clear them off their ignore list. After all putting someone on your ignore list would have a significant effect and such a power ought to come with some responsibility. Also no-one ought to be considered for being involved with an official role-play (as GM helper) while having people on their ignore list. GM events should be open to all and so no-one should be ignored for the duration. If someone is  being overly disruptive during the event it is for the GM to deal with it.

[zanzibar]

Ah, I see.  Yes, the question was rhetorical.  The answer you gave isn't exactly obvious though.

I was thinking that if your idea was to be implemented the ignoring player should have to get the ignored players permission to clear them off their ignore list.

If you're the kind of person who ends up on ignore lists, you shouldn't be given this power.

Also no-one ought to be considered for being involved with an official role-play (as GM helper) while having people on their ignore list. GM events should be open to all and so no-one should be ignored for the duration. If someone is  being overly disruptive during the event it is for the GM to deal with it.

Uh, what?  We have regular players acting as GMs now?  And they're using their main characters to do so?  I've been away too long.

[bilbous]

Perhaps I did not think it out too thoroughly, I composed it after I woke up too soon, but I do think that some players have helped with GMRPs, perhaps only with one-shot characters. I could be wrong.

As far as I know I have ended up on only one ignore list and am uncertain if I am still there. I do believe that some people are too quick to ignore as it is very easy. What Nikodemus was saying makes sense to me that annoying players ought to be tolerated as much as possible rather than just written off. People definitely have different moods and role players tend to have an artistic bent, i.e. be variable and more unpredictable than others. Too much seriousness can often be followed by madcap Keystone Kop behaviour.

It seems to me that if you are someone with a long permanent ignore list my suggestion would not bother you much because you wouldn't be removing players from it in the first place. However since the list is actually locally kept and not on the server it would likely be too much trouble to change to support my addition to your idea.

[zanzibar]

I still don't understand where you're coming from on this.  People get /ignored for OOC actions, not IC ones.

[bilbous]

People also /ignore for OOC reasons and not IC ones. Some will ignore you for no good rreason than just because they can. My suggestion would make people think twice before writing someone off. I would go further and suggest that putting someone on ignore affects all the characters on that account because after all you are ignoring the player if the behavior that prompts the ignore is OOC.

All the same I generally do not use the feature so I do not really care what the developers decide to do with it. If people bother me I'll go somewhere else, login with an unknown character or find something else to do. PS is not essential to life. I was merely stating my thoughts on the topic you raised. As people may have noticed I actually spend a lot more time on the forums than in-game these days.

[zanzibar]

I still don't understand where you're coming from on this.  People get /ignored for OOC actions, not IC ones.

People also /ignore for OOC reasons and not IC ones.

Uh.... isn't that implied/assumed/included in what I said?

Some will ignore you for no good rreason than just because they can.

... So?  Why do those people matter?

My suggestion would make people think twice before writing someone off.

You're beggining to go very off topic here.  The ignore function exists to protect people, and I think it should stay that way.

I would go further and suggest that putting someone on ignore affects all the characters on that account because after all you are ignoring the player if the behavior that prompts the ignore is OOC.

I think that's on the to-do list.

All the same I generally do not use the feature so I do not really care what the developers decide to do with it. If people bother me I'll go somewhere else, login with an unknown character or find something else to do. PS is not essential to life. I was merely stating my thoughts on the topic you raised. As people may have noticed I actually spend a lot more time on the forums than in-game these days.

Again, you're going off-topic.

[bilbous]

Sorry if I gave you more answer than you wanted. I'm done, now, unless you have more questions.

[Rongar Elani]

I would go further and suggest that putting someone on ignore affects all the characters on that account because after all you are ignoring the player if the behavior that prompts the ignore is OOC.

This would actually displease those people, who are sharing accounts, me including. If you want to ignore someone, put him on the list manually, after you figured out it's the same person.

[zanzibar]

I would go further and suggest that putting someone on ignore affects all the characters on that account because after all you are ignoring the player if the behavior that prompts the ignore is OOC.

This would actually displease those people, who are sharing accounts, me including. If you want to ignore someone, put him on the list manually, after you figured out it's the same person.

Crap, I just reread that and realized what it actually said.  I thought he was saying that the name should be added to the ignore list on all the characters on your account.  I didn't realize he was saying that all the characters on their account would be ignored.

This is a really dangerous idea.  It could be exploited to find someone's alts.  In fact, that's all it's good for since to avoid it you could put each of your characters on a seperate account.

[bilbous]

I thought shared accounts were against the TOS, perhaps it just isn't enforced or I am mistaken.