THE RECAP
HoeMarx
Since I'm leaving eRep after only a few short days since my reincarnation, I'd just like to provide you all with a summery of why. This will be a short article, since the deciding events only span over a days time. To gain perspective, read the previous article.
Illiterate, anal retentive*, sociopaths**
The eSerbs announced that they gang up and report as many eDanish articles and comments, as they can. Not because they are offensive, but because these eSerbs are unable to put quill to paper. Although I understand that it may be difficult for them, with all their failed attempts:
"Now listen him as listening yourself"
"lol when did you learned Serbian?"
"You have excellent chance for becoming eSwed"
"loland cannot into mexico"
I must admit that I too would be scared of my keyboard, if I sucked this hard.
But perhaps the most interesting screen shot to focus on here, is the following by the eSerb Toxic Hunter, who was in the chat that I was invited onto (as explained in the previous article).
Let's look at it itemized.
1. It confirms that eSerbs use death threats.
2. The comment explains that the eSerbs report articles and comments to the admins, not because they are offended, but because they want "revenge".
3. It shows that the eSerbs are covering for each other, by having "report lists", meaning that any eDane on this laughably tragic list, gets reported no matter what he/she writes.
To the admins
In my previous article, I explained this phenomena, leading to several interesting comments, as the one by Toxic Hunter. I wrote an appeal to the admins regarding the game-destructive use of reporting content. I did not write this appeal in order to revoke FP's nor reinstate my articles. I wrote the appeal in an attempt to make the admins aware of this issue. Of course it's far fetched to think that this will have any implication here and now, but maybe things will change in v2.
The message that the admins send here is perhaps the most disturbing: "We will ban any content if enough people report, but death threats are ok." I'm leaving eRep because of this, since it invalidates the spirit of an enjoyable Online Social Game. I wonder how the admins would react, if they were issued similar threats by the eSerbs.
eSerbs in eDK use death threats, cry to the admins, suck at english, are cowards and are amoral, since death threats are hardly moral.
These people should really be ashamed of themselves.
So it's up to the admins what type of people they want populating the game. People who make PG-13 jokes, or people who issue death threats. And not just idle threats, concrete and without regret upon reflection.
And as before, I would have liked to include examples in this article, but then it would just get pulled, and no one would get to enjoy/hate the content.
Description of Asterix (that's the *-thingy).
I need to include these, or else certain people with less than adequate english skills, will draw their own derivations of the wordage.
*term is used conversationally to describe a person with such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, and can be carried out to the detriment of the anal-retentive person.
**a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.
Best regards,
HoeMarx, signing off.
Comments
Totally agree.
We need a flood filter on the report button.
Always good to go out with a bang, even though it didn't take long for your water to boil.
@ crillep
Well yes, but if a write an article to uphold the "always leave them laughing" suggestion, it would just get pulled. 😃
I support this article a 100%. Sad to see you leave though, but I understand. I have had the same thought a couple of times as well.
hahah just pretend naiz that you didnt do nothing, you and your team firstly reported me and I got temp ban and 3 FP coz of your reports and now you cry coz I report back? hahah you make me laugh 😃
So verry sad...
If the serbs dont get you banned for this article, will you at least stay for the election?
oh where are my manners, thx for adding me into article 🙂
@ Toxic Hunter
You're absolutely right, in the 6 months I was inactive I constantly [reported] stuff. But since I couldn't do that, since I was "dead", I used my magic wand.
And since I'm leaving anyway, here's a list of the tickets that I have written.
22 Apr 2010 2:25 PM - Appeal for punishment (Request an appeal)
09 Nov 2009 11:03 AM - The use of web proxies (Feedback)
25 Oct 2009 11:45 AM - defective voting system (Report a bug)
29 Sep 2009 3:31 AM - Citizenship Module Bug (Report a bug)
18 Jun 2009 6:37 AM - world wide spam (Report abusive content)
22 May 2009 5:27 PM - Ooops! The transaction wasn't successful. (Report a bug)
Furthermore, If I were a [reporting] coward, it wouldn't make much sense to have published this article
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/eserbs-in-the-media-1313069/1/all" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/eser[..]/all
That article was completely fair to both sides of the issue. And at that time I had just reincarnated.
@HoeMarx: well I cant read minds who reported me so if that person want to admit I wont report anymore and if not then this boring reports will probably continue
btw why my comment disappeared (the one you took screenshot)? I pressume some1 reported me again, why? idk...
Toxic, why would you put comments out, with evidence as proof of your reporting? Whether or not its a joke, your framing yourself into your own demise because your just plain dumb..
-,-
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@Toxic Hunter
OR you could just buy a ticket and move home.
You know what? I'm not even going to report this. I will just wait out, and let the entire community see how much you actually generalize people, and at the same time act as if you were the nicest person in the world. Good luck. Oh yeah! It's JUST a game. The sooner you face the fact that someone on the other side of the monitor is playing it BY THE RULES when he reports you for slandering him, the better for you. I consider TO a sportsmatch that we have every 10 days. You consider it a most degrading act of insult?! As for the swears on chat - well that's why it exists. To say things you don's say in the game and get punished. I never insulted you, and if any Serb did, you probably deserved it. As for death threats - I mean, come on. Like anyone is really going to come to Denmark and find a certain guy that had an annoying virtual newspaper. 😃 I'm sorry to see a player leave, any player. But if it's your final call, so be it.
@Vuk iz Sumice there is no need to report any part of this article. This is just frustrated kid who will get 50 votes top for his 2 golds spend on some useless try to be... dunno wiseman,troll,flamer..
in eSerbia media space.
-death threats "Like anyone is really going to come to Denmark and find a certain guy that had an annoying virtual newspaper"
@Jeremy McGillian: send me some golds and I will buy tickets for sure 😛
@Jarod McCarty: I will give you proof if I get warning from admins, maybe its just a glitch, and why would I delete it if I know he took screenshot? lol
@ Vuk iz Sumice
as BalkanFrenzy wrote: "@Vuk iz Sumice there is no need to report any part of this article. ".
And of course these people aren't going to attempt to carry it out, that's not the point, as I wrote: "Of course a death threat over the internet is not serious".
The point is that it's LAME to do so, that's all.
And as you yourself so correctly write: "It's JUST a game". Indeed, so why get so worked up that you feel the need to react in this way? It IS just a game, so people should chill out, and not gang-report everything, or behave as I have stated in the articles.
I could care less for proof, and I didn't say you deleted it..
Hey Hoe,
Why you dont put a link to "the ryde of the valkyries" next to the death threat part...it´d make it way more real 😉
in sovjet russia proof deletes you.
Sad to see you go hoe.
You most likely don't know me, but I think its good custom to say that its a loss for the game whenever a active player like you quit.
Enjoy whatever you find to do outside this retardly controlled game.