How do people get on your ignore list?

[Nyxessio]

you genuinely have to vex me to end up on my ignore list, then again I am lazy to add anyone to it because its not like I will ever really see them again.

[Zuben]

I play WoW so passively that I rarely meet people who would prompt me to add them to ignore list. The stuff I do in that game is simple enough that nobody should take issue in my less than Ahead The Curve level effort. I don't really see straight up gameplay sabotage in my dungeon runs either.

Not so in Overwatch 2. I have a very low bar for blocking people there. Whine a bunch or say one passive-aggressive line and I don't need to hear anything else you would produce from your figurative mouth. It's not a matter of thickness of my skin, but rather being utterly disinterested in suffering toxic twats in Unranked. You can request I switch to another hero if my Widow-gameplay is less than stellar that match, but do it politely or I won't hear you.

Block is just for sweet silence, though. For trolls there is the report feature as well as the avoid list, which I think just got enhanced for S11.

[Dispirit84]

Impossible to get on my ignore list. I've been ignored a lot though...even had one account banned. <3 #forevertoxic

[Clone]

Spam. I usually take them off a day or two later.

[Mad_Murdock]

I don't ignore people.

I think it's pathetic to do so.

So you're in a group and a guy has some stupid Macro that he is spamming that says "I have the power!!!" You just let them fill up your chat window with that? even when you ask them to stop spaming it?

We have a guy on our servergroup who likes to take movies, tweak them and basically type them in Trade chat the whole night. Unlike some people I don't report him for spam, I just ignore him as he now uses multiple characters to play the characters. So all you have is chat full of junk for 3+ hours.

Outside of that, I don't ignore people. I think there is maybe 6-7 people on my ignore list. Most all being the story tellers alts.

[FelPlague]

I only really put people on ignore if they are massive dickheads, or people who put up a ton of work orders with no tip, and no items.
No tip is fine if you supply stuff
no stuff is fine if the tip covers it
but these people spamming it full of stuff with no tip and no resources? fuck off.

[jeezusisacasual]

I have only ignored 2 people both for anti-arab phrases. I will excuse the random 4chan style of behavior until it hits close to home then i just ignore them and move on and have even completed the dungeon with them still on ignore.

[luciano]

You can also have a mental filter?

Actively putting people on a list is a consequence of not being able to deal with the situation.

Ah yes.

It's ok to use a block list, so long as it's in your head and therefore not very effective?

Genius.

[gd8]

I never really care enough to do it because I never really run into the same person twice

[Rocksteady 87]

None really. People can't cope with language based disabilities - in real life or in game.

Definitely! <Agatha wink>

It couldn't be something like your actual personality, the content of what you type, or just generally being a colossal douchelord in chat or anything like that. No no no, it's clearly this alleged language-based disability you have, which is... what exactly? Because it's sure as fuck not evident here. You know, the place where you type just like in chat, which is where people put you on ignore in-game.

[ThatsOurEric]

Playing poorly or being lesser skilled doesn't put you on my list. That's an elitist's mindset, and I am better than that.

The typical online toxic behavior (racism, elitism, misogyny, homophobia, etc.) gets you there instantaneously and you never ever get taken off, period.

I will say that out of all of Blizzard's games, I have ignore the least amount of players in WoW. I've encountered far more nice people than I have douchebags, and for the most part, I mainly do simple content like dungeons and the like, and in those cases, most people don't say anything beyond a simple "hi" at the start of a dungeon.

Now...Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm? Fuck me, I've maxed out the ignore list on Heroes multiple times. And every single time I play Overwatch, I'm probably ignoring and or reporting multiple players at a time. Those games are far bigger cesspools of toxicity than WoW.

[AcidicSyn]

Anyone going absolutely out of their way to be a pretentious twat, and I do mean out of their way, not just the odd comment here and there. To date, looks like 3 people have hit that limit.

[FossilFree]

Spreading T cultist propaganda on a video game I use to escape real life earns an ignore faster than anything else.

[schwarzkopf]

It couldn't be something like your actual personality,

No, it is verified by doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists - I have Alexithymia and ASD, that combination means people can't cope with my language.

[luciano]

No, it is verified by doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists - I have Alexithymia and ASD, that combination means people can't cope with my language.

No, that combination means YOU can't control your language. Doctors don't diagnose other people through your symptoms.

It sounds like you are saying that you say bad things in chat, but it's not your fault because you have autism. Well, that's BS.

Lots of us, including me, have autism and we manage to navigate public chat channels without incident.

The answer is for you to improve your communication skills, so that you stop breaking the rules and stop getting blocked & reported for saying things you ought not be saying.

[Rocksteady 87]

No, it is verified by doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists - I have Alexithymia and ASD, that combination means people can't cope with my language.

Yeah, no, sorry. Especially since only one of those things is a disorder--and not a "language-based disorder" to begin with. The other is a descriptor used with other conditions. It's like saying "I have Covid AND the sniffles AND a headache, I have so many diseases you guys!" Nevermind that neither is obvious in your chat or typing style.

As originally assumed, you're put on people's ignore list for what you say. Trying to blame it on disorders is just delusional. Being an asshole and trying to blame it on autism is pathetic.

[schwarzkopf]

Especially since only one of those things is a disorder--and not a "language-based disorder" to begin with.

You've cured me - after 30 years of daily suffering diagnosed by many professional - a random person on the internet has finally cured my ills.

WOW - if only I knew it was so easy.

PS: BOTH are disorders (one is subclinical), BOTH have language issues. YOU are objectively incorrect.

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Lots of us, including me, have autism and we manage to navigate public chat channels without incident.

Congratulations, I can't ... just the nature of the combo beast.


This isn't just online, my entire life is completely f'ed.

[FelPlague]

You've cured me - after 30 years of daily suffering diagnosed by many professional - a random person on the internet has finally cured my ills.

WOW - if only I knew it was so easy.

PS: BOTH are disorders (one is subclinical), BOTH have language issues. YOU are objectively incorrect.

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Congratulations, I can't ... just the nature of the combo beast.

Where have those issues been in your typing on these forums?

[schwarzkopf]

Where have those issues been in your typing on these forums?

Why would I have issues typing ? I don't recall saying I had any issues typing.

[DingDongKing]

The ignore feature is there for reasons. It gives us the option to avoid players we don't want to game with anymore. Used to be, the #1 way someone got on my ignore list was being rude in chat. I don't care if they're being rude to me or to someone else, and I'm not talking about constructive feedback. I'm talking about comments intended to make the other person feel bad about themselves. Not "You should take into account group comp when deciding how many casters to pull", but rather "You suk and should quit wow." Players making those kinds of comments to anyone go on my ignore list.

More recently though, I am ignoring people every week for placing troll orders through the crafting system. Not talking about Darkspear or Zandalari orders - Those are ok. Talking about orders with no mats and no tip. Or orders omitting the 3,000g mat and with only a 5g tip. The crafting table gives you the option to ignore those players, so you won't waste your time opening their orders ever again, and I add more of them to my list every week. I think there may be more on my list for this now than for rudeness in groups!

How about you? What's the #1 reason people get on your ignore list?

Anyone who is a keyboard warrior or conspiracy theorist or fandom menace/MAGA/far right type.