To Blues.. regarding forum behavior

#0 - Oct. 30, 2008, 8:37 p.m.
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I'm interested to hear this from a blue as to why the forums are full with so much hatred for one another? Why do blues sit back and watch players go at it back and forth cutting each other down and acting like lunatics? You would think that the blues would do something about aggressive behavior of players in forums. Here's a good example of what happened and what might happen.

I have a guild, I raid and someone out of knowhere decides "hey I don't like Neci, let me blast him on the forums". This person get's on the forums says things about me and follows me in every thread I post. I spam recruits in trade and I get blasted. I post up recruitment on my server forums and I get blasted.

Here's a trick question for you blues. What if you you don't do anything about this behavior on the forums and say.... for some crazy reason I decide I want to hunt someone down because they personally attacked me by saying stuff and posting pictures of my wife and kids on the forums and put a baseball bat to his head. Do you think it was your fault because you did nothing to prevent this from happening or is it my fault for defending myself and trying to enjoy the game I love most for the last 3 years paying for 4 accounts? I don't know, I'm a little confused. I don't understand how blizzard handles these type of behavior in game or in forums. The people that have continuously attacked me and the hundreds of players that play this game are not punished and continue to do this every single day on these forums.

Any blue here have a comment or answers about this before it get's ugly during a midnight Lich King release?
#28 - Oct. 30, 2008, 9:08 p.m.
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Our forum moderators spend many hours every day of the week cleaning up the forums. There's a lot of cleaning up that has to be done, sure. If you'd like to discuss forum moderation it's best to email WoWReportedPost@blizzard.com. Bringing it to the forums along with a veiled threat to commit retaliatory violence is not the best way to go.