SushiGummy 395 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 Hey everybody, the Mods and I have been discussing the recent influx of threads about players who scam others over trading. With help from some of the folks up at The Behemoth, we've decided on our course of action for these kinds of posts. Due to the potential issues that are tied to it, blacklists with the intention to alienate other players will no longer be allowed. This applies to all forums, not just BattleBlock Theater. Any list of gamertags or usernames meant to shame the people in it will be removed. This is in part because of the problematic behavior that may result from name and shame, which some of you may have already seen taking place. It's also because we don't want to risk blacklisting an innocent player over word of mouth. We would rather assume that everybody is innocent instead of starting a witch hunt for anybody who is called out. We obviously don't encourage scamming, and any thread that helps players to avoid being scammed will continue to be encouraged, as long as it doesn't hand out names to avoid. In addition, we will also remove any stories users post about scamming other players as well as any posts encouraging/teaching other players to scam. It's okay to discuss how scams are played out as long as it is purely to warn other players to avoid it. Any sort of bragging about scamming other players is heavily discouraged. So, just to recap: NOT ALLOWED: Posting any gamertags or usernames of players to shame or avoid, especially in a list. Posting stories about scamming other players. Teaching other players to scam, or encouraging them to. ALLOWED: Teaching other players how to avoid being scammed. Sharing stories about being scammed (without naming names). Posting lists of gamertags and usernames, as long as they're done with permission from the users. Keep in mind that we won't be deleting just any username lists. We realize there are threads listing peoples' usernames for the sake of finding players online or listing their birthdays, and these will continue to be openly accepted. We mostly just want to avoid any future naming and shaming on the forums. If you see anybody doing so, just report them and we'll handle the rest. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpustote 96 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 This is good. I've met a few people that thought I was on the blacklist... But made a mistake because they saw my name from a post I had made. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IndustrialKnight 889 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 Sushi has come to save the day! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trickster2599 60 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 This topic is for the best. We all know what happened last time, so it's better this way... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dropped Your Pocket 1,472 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 So people aren't going avoid me anymore? Shame, that. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bloob 585 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 As someone who has entirely forgotten about Battleblock Theater and its respective subforum, I suppose this is good news. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmk 27 Report post Posted August 7, 2013 This is the right thing to do. I don't know who's worse, those that scam, or those that make threads posting their tags as if we'll ever remember them. But keeping the later out of here sounds good! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trickster2599 60 Report post Posted August 8, 2013 This is the right thing to do. I don't know who's worse, those that scam, or those that make threads posting their tags as if we'll ever remember them. But keeping the later out of here sounds good! Guilty as charged. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shazooka 1 Report post Posted August 8, 2013 On lighter news, instead of someone to avoid, here's to a good hearted player who cares about the community, no matter who has done him wrong. His gamer tag is EX Party Boy 96 and he is giving every single star head for 100 gems or as much yarn as a person has. Then, he uses that gems and yarn to give to the new players, just so that they get a good kick start on the game. This man is giving back to the community, and he deserves recognition. Thank you for reading. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angelofdeath01 102 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 This is good because it will stop alienation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DemonSteak 11 Report post Posted August 9, 2013 Cool, now no more Inocent blood will be shed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bloob 585 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 This is good because it will stop alienation Entfremdung (estrangement) is a theory of alienation to explain the separation of belonging along with the nature of Karl Marx; placement of antagonism between what is appropriate in harmony with. In theory, as a result of living in the hierarchy of society in social class, from the point of view of human nature they ("the essence of the species" Gattungswesen,), Entfremdung description social exclusion of people about (alienation) philosophy manuscript of 1844 (1927) to, and had expressed the theory entfremdung the economy of Marx before. Philosophically, by Ludwig Feuerbach who claims to have alienated the natural characteristics of the human, supernatural idea of "God" Entfremdung theory is, is dependent nature of Christian (1841). In addition, ego, its own (1845), idea, the Feuerbach analysis by claiming to be the alienation concept for women to consider intellectual and human individual even "human" is Max Schmeling Till Whitener You can expand, in response to philosophical proposition of these ideology of Germany Marx and Engels, was (1845). Alienation (Entfremdung), to be a part of the mechanism of social class is a systemic result of living in the hierarchy of society socially because it is in the vicinity of people from humanity of her with him. In order to determine, the basis of the theory of capitalist mode of production within alienation, always, workers and the life of his or her when it was deprived of the right as a director of his actions of his own to think (imagine) In order to define the relationship between other people character is that lose the ability to determine the fate said action, to own things, the value of goods and services produced in his labor, uses. In order to self-realization of human, as economic entities autonomous, to be extracted from the workers she is directed to a target or his workers, is diverted to activities that are determined by the bourgeois, who owns the means of production are but the maximum amount of surplus value in the course of business competition between the businessman. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samcow15 32 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 This is good because it will stop alienation Entfremdung (estrangement) is a theory of alienation to explain the separation of belonging along with the nature of Karl Marx; placement of antagonism between what is appropriate in harmony with. In theory, as a result of living in the hierarchy of society in social class, from the point of view of human nature they ("the essence of the species" Gattungswesen,), Entfremdung description social exclusion of people about (alienation) philosophy manuscript of 1844 (1927) to, and had expressed the theory entfremdung the economy of Marx before. Philosophically, by Ludwig Feuerbach who claims to have alienated the natural characteristics of the human, supernatural idea of "God" Entfremdung theory is, is dependent nature of Christian (1841). In addition, ego, its own (1845), idea, the Feuerbach analysis by claiming to be the alienation concept for women to consider intellectual and human individual even "human" is Max Schmeling Till Whitener You can expand, in response to philosophical proposition of these ideology of Germany Marx and Engels, was (1845). Alienation (Entfremdung), to be a part of the mechanism of social class is a systemic result of living in the hierarchy of society socially because it is in the vicinity of people from humanity of her with him. In order to determine, the basis of the theory of capitalist mode of production within alienation, always, workers and the life of his or her when it was deprived of the right as a director of his actions of his own to think (imagine) In order to define the relationship between other people character is that lose the ability to determine the fate said action, to own things, the value of goods and services produced in his labor, uses. In order to self-realization of human, as economic entities autonomous, to be extracted from the workers she is directed to a target or his workers, is diverted to activities that are determined by the bourgeois, who owns the means of production are but the maximum amount of surplus value in the course of business competition between the businessman. too long, didnt read Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bloob 585 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) too long, didnt read The illiterate, not having the ability to derive meaning from the symbol used in the writing system. Edited August 10, 2013 by Bloob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thunder Knight 40 Report post Posted August 19, 2013 too long, didnt read The illiterate, not having the ability to derive meaning from the symbol used in the writing system. LOL dude, if being illiterate implies that my eyes get tired of reading this weird font you chose, then I'd rather be illiterate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain MasonM 13 Report post Posted September 11, 2013 One guy tried to pull a scam on me with the chicken head for 0 gems but I managed to click at just right time and get the chicken head. The troller got trolled, in other words . Right after the trade he started swearing and left the game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cpt Deluxable 44 Report post Posted September 14, 2013 It sucks you cant name them, if someone scammed me id like to atleast say their gamertag in the story. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenGhost 2,058 Report post Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) (Hey maybe if we use subliminal messages to put the hackers' gamertags in, we could warn our fellow gamers about liars and cheaters so that other hardcore-gamers playing BBT don't get their stuff stolen by the hackers. We have to be sneaky though so that it doesn't look like we're breaking rules.) ...Seriously though follow the rules. Edited September 14, 2013 by GoldenGhost 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragonborn2106 1 Report post Posted September 14, 2013 i have all star heads that are yet out so nobody will scam me and i have a bunch of gems but they don't have anything to trade me with also i have all regular heads Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anubis316 1 Report post Posted September 23, 2013 so how do I report the person who just tried to scam me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Memor 270 Report post Posted September 23, 2013 so how do I report the person who just tried to scam me? Not much you can do. They tried to scam you. You got away. Nicely done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koen 466 Report post Posted September 23, 2013 so how do I report the person who just tried to scam me? Well, you probably want to report their profile to microsoft. For more information on microsoft reporting policies, how to's and faq's, I suggest visiting their site/forum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FOXFRAGON 120 Report post Posted September 24, 2013 File a complaint, review the player and avoid him/her, then send harsh, threatening hate messages that say that you reported them and they will be banned soon. Doesn't work all the time, but that is my way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SushiGummy 395 Report post Posted September 27, 2013 Yup, what they said. ^ As unfortunate as it is to be scammed, these forums aren't meant to be a medium of justice for the game itself. That biz is more on Microsoft and Behemoth's side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain MasonM 13 Report post Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) I recently saw a player attempt to trade another player the king head. I immediately canceled the game (I was running it) and was fortunate enough to get the gamertag of the player. How can I get it to you? Edited October 7, 2013 by Captain MasonM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites