(10-14-2014, 11:24 AM)Ryoko Wrote: I've literally never blacklisted anyone in any game.Â
Fact is, blacklisting a gil spammer is pointless because those characters get deleted within a few hours. As for players, my responses range between not caring enough to blacklist someone, and not blacklisting them because I can't let them win. And believe me, as someone who's been on the other side of it a time or two, I can assure you that when you blacklist someone who you feel is harassing you, they will always view it as an admission of defeat.Â
I suppose I'm just far too prideful to use it.
I blacklist gil spammers so that I can have the relief of not hearing them right then, haha. Â Don't care if they get deleted, I'll then clean them off my blacklist. Â And I haven't seen a lot of gil spammers on Balmung, but on my other server (Lamia), the spam is so bad I have to clear out my blacklist of characters that aren't even deleted yet just to put more in. Â They are definitely not deleted within hours on the lower-population servers. Â I played there for 9 months without half of my 200+ blacklisted gil spammers being deleted.
I don't think blacklisting is "letting someone win" because the fact that you are moving on with your life and not letting them be relevant to you is what's important. Â It's not about winning, it's about what's best for you to continue playing by your own terms.
I could give two shits if they think they've "won" something by me blacklisting them. Â If they believe that, then there are a lot more personal issues going on in their life than their short-lived harassment of me. Â If anyone sees harassing someone to the point of being blacklisted or blocked on some website/game as "winning", they are at a level of pathetic that I can't comprehend.
