I had a game recently where I won, and my opponent added me after. He accosted me for having good RNG (he ran his Grommash into my Sylvannas and lost it in a 1-in-3 chance. His move, not mine. Salty much?). Anyway, he then said "I hope you get hate targeted by Trump" or something to that effect. Funny as it may be, that stuff is harmful, and I don't think it should be condoned in our community. The reporting harassment page on Battle.net seems to be open for every Blizzard game except Hearthstone. Is this because I had to add my opponent to my friends list and I can just remove him afterward? I see how that solves the short term issue, but that doesn't make harassment okay.
Blizzard does not offer any community support for Hearthstone. Ie.. no matter what someone does they will not ban a hearthstone account.
You can quite literally open a hearthstone ticket and tell Blizzard you hack and curse them out and they will not penalize your account in any way.
It's a bit odd considering how proactive they are with this on their other games. But Hearthstone is simply not covered by any of their cheating or conduct policies. Period.
One time someone added me after losing and said "you c*nt, you f*cking suck at this game, you can only win by using decks from internet". Do I look like I care? (no, you must not care too)
You added him. This is like jumping in front of a car and complaining to the government for not being able to protect you, lol.
No, I don't think it is like that. I didn't ask him to be a dick. He requested me. I thought it was a good game, and I like having people on my friends list to spectate for quests. If I had added him, maybe your analogy would be less ridiculous, but either way that doesn't make it okay to harass people.
From time to time (very rarely though) I will add someone I just played against if I thought it was a fun match or I quite enjoyed their deck etc. I've made some good friends from that, people I talk to from time to time and had some good discussions with. I've accepted most people who added me, thinking they had the same good intentions as I did, only to have them curse at me being all salty and shit. But I will still accept those who add me in the hope they are decent people who just enjoy the game. In conclusion; there should be some system of reporting people who just spew shit at you and then delete you before you can even give a reply. Maybe they could be prevented from adding new friends for a couple of hours, then a couple of days, and so on.
You added him. This is like jumping in front of a car and complaining to the government for not being able to protect you, lol.
No, I don't think it is like that. I didn't ask him to be a dick. He requested me. I thought it was a good game, and I like having people on my friends list to spectate for quests. If I had added him, maybe your analogy would be less ridiculous, but either way that doesn't make it okay to harass people.
The definition of "harassment" involves persistent unwanted activity, repeat offenses, or creating or contributing to an ongoing atmosphere of hostility against a specific person.
A single incident can never constitute true harassment. It's just an incident.
You already have the tools to keep this from escalating to harassment -- you unfriend him. No intervention required.
One time a guy said he hoped my family died of cancer after I beaten him in a game. Before i was able to reply he deleted me from my friends list . I know it's stupid to take things like this personal but I felt pretty salty after that and I wished there was a report button too.
Yeah, exactly! My family has actually died of cancer, and that shit is not okay
Rule of thumb: if they emote during the game, don't add them.
That doesn't help either. Yesterday I was testing a deck in casual mode, and after considering for a long time on my 3rd turn, I figuered that game was very likely lost, so I just conceded. No emotes were made during the game. The guy added me. Nothing suspicious here, right? He might be curious what I was playing or something. He proceeds to tell me I roped to concede and therefore was a never legend scrub, unfriending me afterwards.
I mean, sure, he must be a very sad person, but hey, this level of toxicness is kinda dumm. I enjoy commenting plays on a game with people I meet, but often friend requests are turned down because of this horrible system we have. The social aspect of this game is bad.
From time to time (very rarely though) I will add someone I just played against if I thought it was a fun match or I quite enjoyed their deck etc. I've made some good friends from that, people I talk to from time to time and had some good discussions with. I've accepted most people who added me, thinking they had the same good intentions as I did, only to have them curse at me being all salty and shit. But I will still accept those who add me in the hope they are decent people who just enjoy the game. In conclusion; there should be some system of reporting people who just spew shit at you and then delete you before you can even give a reply. Maybe they could be prevented from adding new friends for a couple of hours, then a couple of days, and so on.
If you try to talk to some rando on the street, you always run the risk that they'll be mean to you and walk away.
Society is under no obligation to protect your delicate feelings from the harsh words of others. If you can't handle it, don't interact with strangers.
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Rule of thumb: if they emote during the game, don't add them.
That doesn't help either. Yesterday I was testing a deck in casual mode, and after considering for a long time on my 3rd turn, I figuered that game was very likely lost, so I just conceded. No emotes were made during the game. The guy added me. Nothing suspicious here, right? He might be curious what I was playing or something. He proceeds to tell me I roped to concede and therefore was a never legend scrub, unfriending me afterwards.
I mean, sure, he must be a very sad person, but hey, this level of toxicness is kinda dumm. I enjoy commenting plays on a game with people I meet, but often friend requests are turned down because of this horrible system we have. The social aspect of this game is bad.
I think you should ignore cancer wishes as well, stupid people say whatever they want with the protection of Internet anonymity . ....it's just getting old
I do believe you missed my point. I am well aware that some people are going to be assholes and I know the risk involved in accepting requests. I do not care if someone is salty and bitchy, by all means be a lil bitch and let me taste the salt of your tears as you cry "rng, wah wah" and then run off. I can take it, but when people say they hope your family dies of cancer and perhaps you just lost a loved one to cancer that is not okay. If you get enough reports of hit'n'run bitchyness then you should not be able to have the privilige of adding friends for a while. If you're a repeat offender the punishment will be longer for each time. It's a fair punishment I would believe.
Some people do terrible things in real life without being caught, and are you really asking for "justice" because some random dumbass told you something like that through the Battle.net chat? Please dude, grow up.
I admit I sometimes get really pissed off at players, especially palidans and mages. I used to add people to tell them that they are no life fedora wearing cunts.
But now my friendslist is full so deleting a perfectly good friend just to cuss someone out becomes a chore. Just listen to calming music and forget about it, another rule i follow is I don't add people who request me after they lost, I do add people i lose to sometimes to learn new strategies, decks etc.
From time to time (very rarely though) I will add someone I just played against if I thought it was a fun match or I quite enjoyed their deck etc. I've made some good friends from that, people I talk to from time to time and had some good discussions with. I've accepted most people who added me, thinking they had the same good intentions as I did, only to have them curse at me being all salty and shit. But I will still accept those who add me in the hope they are decent people who just enjoy the game. In conclusion; there should be some system of reporting people who just spew shit at you and then delete you before you can even give a reply. Maybe they could be prevented from adding new friends for a couple of hours, then a couple of days, and so on.
You seem decent. What server are you playing?
Since when being immature means being decent? He is crying because some random people told him some stupid shit in a chat, people that he can remove whenever he wants with just some clicks of his mouse.
I had a game recently where I won, and my opponent added me after. He accosted me for having good RNG (he ran his Grommash into my Sylvannas and lost it in a 1-in-3 chance. His move, not mine. Salty much?). Anyway, he then said "I hope you get hate targeted by Trump" or something to that effect. Funny as it may be, that stuff is harmful, and I don't think it should be condoned in our community. The reporting harassment page on Battle.net seems to be open for every Blizzard game except Hearthstone. Is this because I had to add my opponent to my friends list and I can just remove him afterward? I see how that solves the short term issue, but that doesn't make harassment okay.
You added him. This is like jumping in front of a car and complaining to the government for not being able to protect you, lol.
Blizzard does not offer any community support for Hearthstone. Ie.. no matter what someone does they will not ban a hearthstone account.
You can quite literally open a hearthstone ticket and tell Blizzard you hack and curse them out and they will not penalize your account in any way.
It's a bit odd considering how proactive they are with this on their other games. But Hearthstone is simply not covered by any of their cheating or conduct policies. Period.
One time someone added me after losing and said "you c*nt, you f*cking suck at this game, you can only win by using decks from internet". Do I look like I care? (no, you must not care too)
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Rule of thumb: if they emote during the game, don't add them.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
I mean, sure, he must be a very sad person, but hey, this level of toxicness is kinda dumm. I enjoy commenting plays on a game with people I meet, but often friend requests are turned down because of this horrible system we have. The social aspect of this game is bad.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Thicker skin > reporting/whining
Seriusly guys, everyday new thread about crap like this, learn to ignore.
I think you should ignore cancer wishes as well, stupid people say whatever they want with the protection of Internet anonymity . ....it's just getting old
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I don't disagree with you, I just don't think we should do anything acknowledging that they even slightly bother us
This is why you always leave it a little while before accepting requests
I admit I sometimes get really pissed off at players, especially palidans and mages. I used to add people to tell them that they are no life fedora wearing cunts.
But now my friendslist is full so deleting a perfectly good friend just to cuss someone out becomes a chore. Just listen to calming music and forget about it, another rule i follow is I don't add people who request me after they lost, I do add people i lose to sometimes to learn new strategies, decks etc.