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I hereby demand that a new rule should be drawn together and added to the rules of this community. I think that "censoring" screen shots posted in here is plain stupid and unnecessary unless you are doing it with the sole purpose of hiding the fact that you bot. If this is going to be a legit community then we must enforce that screen shots that are censored should be considered bot support.

Privacy my ass, if someone wanted to hack you then they could just go in-game and take names.
Privacy my ass, if you are scared of being spammed in-game you can simply block the people that start spamming you due to something that you posted on the forums.
Privacy my ass, if the screen shot is not yours you could care less about what the original owner of the screen shot thinks. They're not your boss.

If the person who is posting here claims that "the screen shot was already censored from the original source" to by-pass this new rule then they should provide a link to the original source.

Discuss.

i agree

blurring things out on a screenshot is bs

If people want privacy than so be it, who are we to invade it?

Some people dont want to relate their in game experiences with their out of game experiences. If thats the case than so be it.

This is general discussions for Silkroad Online. How would this not be in-game experiences. If they want privacy then don't post at all. This is a public forum and by posting they are agreeing to show themselves to thousands of people. This is the internet.

Why post on forums then if they want privacy?

I agree with topic starter ... this should be rule!
+999

Maddness?


THIS

IS

SRF-uh!



I don't think its a big deal with hiding your name, unless someone is suspected a bot or something like that, but hiding other stuff can be annoying.
Pretty much just don't use a black square lol, or make it really small, I usualy just blue stuff, it looks alot less annoying, to me anyway.

I guess thats true though, why post if you wanna hide your name ;d.

People should be able to interact with a community without having to give away in game ID's. Maybe some people want to censor it because they are embarrassed of their low level. Maybe others want to hide it because they murdered a popular forum member and dont want that person to find out it was them. Either way who are we to take away someones privacy?

Well I think only if a screen is questionable in nature ie: someone posted it in EB section, then you would need an unedited one. Other then that, if someone wants to edit their ss let them. Its call freedom, enjoy it.

If you're going to go the lengths to edit the pic with some black bullshit why not just either f12 when taking screen shots or minimizing the chat window and help menu.

I do agree the editing pics is stupid what's their seriously to hide?

I guess people don't want to show there name because they think people will start spamming them or something.

Embarrassed of their low level? Their gear will show what level they are. Murdering people is part of the game, and when you choose the option of murdering someone you should be man enough to face the consequences. Who are we to take others privacy? We are a community put here to talk and discuss Silkroad about its players and community. We are not here to discuss nameless screen shots.



There is a chat block implemented into the game already.

like mentioned by topic starter... we got a block function

and i show my name on pics too... i even have my name in my sig... and i never got spammed

Yeah but we have no right to interfere with them if they don't want to show there ID. If they show a picture without there name and bot shame on them, but if they don't bot but just want to keep there name private shame on us.

Fark yeah!

I agree you with you 100%, you have my full support.

Everyone that is "legit" should be fully transparent.

If they are closet botter, don't post SS, we all know they would die before admitting they bot.

/Signed - CloudStrider

yups, pretty much sums it up.
and if people are afraid of getting hacked, then no need to post screenies :S
this topic needs more attention i think ^_^, maybe not a rule... but i mean they can get warnings or something

Ok, let's say i killed Izutaro (or whatever) but i was so busy killing it, that i forgot to close the chat. And in the chat i am chatting with my BF how i wanna make him a blowjob. Or i'm talking a guild member giving him my cellphone. What, everyone should see this, because there is a rule for not hiding anything? Come on, you are so afrais some botters are hidin around, that you can't even take it and want more rules about it? It's pathetic....really.....
There are some screen, for example when you spam someone with party, you get lagg, he joins your party and you get the "maximum lvl bla bla of the party" in the party window.... if that happends to be in your screen by mistake you will be burned alive here....
You don't even realize how far things have gone here....

+1
if ppl don't want to show themselves in screenshots, then they don't. Easy. It's their choice, don't interrupt it.

I'm ok with anyone blurring the pictures, cuz everyone here that see a +9 would be OMFG>>>>CCF for sure, some1 sees 1billion+ in gold >>>OMFG>>>goldbuyer, you can make a +7 in 1st or 2nd try with luck,,sell it 350-500mil,,,make another +7 with luck,,,what do u know 1bil in gold but in this forum most will start flaming accusing some1 of buying gold just cuz they probably never made a +7 weapon and sell it.

Well maybe blocking the chat is not a big deal but your character's name. The only legitimate reason to do it would be to hide yourself from people knowing that you're that botter at the Niyas that keeps ksing.

and you wrote this post an call this a "madness?

He referred to people censoring parts on their screenshots.

And I fully agree on putting a stop to all that censorship, what do you got to hide?

Lots of things.
90% of the people here like to make false accusations. If its blurred you get comments like: "do you bot, why else hide your name?" and if you show the picture you get comments that Ragnarok mentioned such as: "Gold Buyer!!!!!!, You have 200 mil....legits cant get that much without buying gold" and more. (Exaggerated) The list goes on but its just a lack of a community feeling. Most people spend most of their time trying to ban each other instead of playing the damn game.

Censoring is not a big deal at all. Like you have any business with a screenshot someone posted, other then the intended one.

get over it. If someone doesnt like you seeing something, even with stuff like Rev6, then they're fully in there right to do so.

Forums are a dictatorship, not a democarcy.

People don't have rights, if something is deemed wrong by the forum leaders, then it is.

EG - Banning all people from Australia, sure we have a right to view this page, but if the MODs don't deem it right, then we GTFO.

So if censoring SS's means potential hiding of botting, then it should be looked into.

You've got your senses mixed up. People don't have rights on the forums, but they do have right outside them. Blanking out names in Photoshop, therefor can be done if so wished.

Furthermore, it's not healthy, nor good for the forums, to assume everyone blanking out information is a botter. That's not the right way to go.

I know this might be a bit far, but W/E hear we go -

Well, we have a right to free speech in RL right?

Fark, shit, cant, fack, dick, ****.

But if I said that in a way to putdown I would get banned for excessive flamming/spamming.

"But free speech!"

Would I still get banned? Yes.

Still, enforcing such a thing means assuming everyone whom blanks screenshots, is a botter.

****, i should tell the CEO at my new job, that he's a bloody botter tbh, blanking stuff not wanted visible for clients. How dare he!?

I see you'rer point.

But my reasoning is why hide it?

What could someone do with your character name?

one time... in cabal... MY NAME GOT COPYED
and the person said... I ARE BOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

EDITTTTT: if ppl wanna hide their indenity when showing some item off, just make a new char and show it

Nothing. But that's besides the point. Some people like anonimity, they're not into guilds. Or they just started over and do not want the whole world to find out. Stuff like that. People are fond of privacy.