As the title suggests, why don't we have a block function? Including in game and on forums.

Currently we have /ignore, which is great to stop seeing nasty stuff being said about or to you in game and squat on the forums, however that doesn't stop the other party from continuing what they did to get the ignore.

What if we also added a further/block username function, where if used Will stop you from seeing the player you block, but also stops that player from seeing you in chat or being able to visit your island.

The idea is that when ignoring, the other player still sees what were talking in chat, and can still use that to bully with(resulting in the ignore to start with)

But with the block, neither player sees each other in chat unless both have agreed to unblock, which can then lead to a much calmer environment to play with.

For now, What's stopping the other players fm simply unignore you if they "claim" to have you ignored? But of one player blocks the other, then both are ignoring each other without chance to unignore and cause drama again.

Blocking people works better than one sided ignores. Imo anyway, so that's today's suggestion from me.

 

As in stop their player model rendering?

 

No as in blocking would auto ignore both players. So neither sees the other in chat any more

 

I'm gonna go with No Support on this one. I think it would be easy to abuse. For example, a user who wants to break rules in chat could block some of the more experienced users who might file a report - and there'd be no way for those folks to know any rule breaking was happening.

 

Hiding your messages from certain players, especially if they are unaware, can pave way for you to make underhanded comments about the player you've blocked without them noticing. I think that this way of using a block function would be far more common than any legitimate use, so I do not support the suggestion.

 

Oh in chat, thank you for clarifying!

 

is this not Exactly what happens when soneome /ignores another player? that other player still makes "underhanded comments" because they still see the person ignoring them, but the person who ignores them cant do anything about that. hence blocking to auto ignore both paties would be a better option than just simply /ignore.

ive had it several times before where ifve ignored a player,. but they still see me talking in chat, and they then further harrase me because they see me talking. if they were ignoring me too, as theyve been told by staff before, then they wouldnt know if im in chat and vice versa lkeading to a calmer enviromnet for both people.

 

This idea would be great feature to the server due to player arguments and not nice opinions to others. the /block (username) would mean that it would be like if I blocked you on social media ect mean u both are forced to block each other so there are no arguments in chat anymore cus if I did the command /ignore the other player will still be able to see my messages and they could reply without me knowing and chatting stuff that may not be nice and the other user could /unignore that player without them knowing.

CraftWithAbbie

so I up vote this

 

yeahhh, imagine that. imagine a player bad mouthing someone whos unable to defend themselves due to having you ignored, or being temp muted.. maybe thats something you need to learn to be better from..

for one, a calmer chat environment, its easy for a player to say they have someone ignored, but then not actually ignore that person, more often than not this causes conflict in chat. being block so neither player has a chance to see each other in chat, could lead to a calmer environment due to not having the option to retaliate or provoke the other.

yeah thats klind of like, the IDEA>?



i can ignore you, but youd still see me talking in chat and would then target me, as a random example..
but if i had you /blocked, and i was talking to my friends in chat, you wouldnt know im talking, so would be less likely to provoke a reaction by badmouthing me. as a random example..

blocking on the forum would work the same way. instead of ignoring a player, and that platyer still sees you writing posts, they could further provoke that member by leaving negative reactions and spreading dislike/hate across their posts. /blocking a member on the forum would instead: auto ignore both people to each other so neither can see the others posts, and not give the option to unhide hidden posts from ignored people as that also leads to bad reactions.

blocking people is meant to be a final last resort. i dont ever want to push a player away due to ignoring or blocking them, but sometimes it is crucial for a calm player environment, and to keep players safe fom the harm of others.
the server and forum in general have very poor privacy and safetey standards, with few options to actually protect one person from another party.

im saddened to see that this is the way you think. id like to hope theres more positivity across our server. staff clearly need to do more to keep us safe from harm from others. its interesting to see the no supports coming from those id personally consider would be first on my /block list

 

Passive aggressive much? Don’t worry, you’d be on mine too! I promise

Well, like it or not this would very well happen. Unfortunately the world doesn’t revolve around the sun with a smile on its face at all times and scenarios like this must be considered, rather than us be ‘saddened’ and disregard it.

 

thats awesome, youd have to support it first though this way neither of us would bother the other lol jk, ily

 

Skyblock is a live chat feed.
I'm referring to "you" as a random individual, or the person reading.

If this /block feature was to be added, and the other person strikes a conversation in chat about you, leading to your name being talked about in chat by random people, wouldn't you like to know what is being said about yourself? That is if you'd like to defend yourself or are just curious.
And let's say you would like to defend yourself, you then explain your POV on the situation in chat without seeing the other party's responses/views because they are blocked. You're then causing a weird and unnecessary 3rd party back and fourth conversation in chat.

On the other hand you could just... simply not respond or care and let it die out. Be a better person and allow yourself to not be provoked by something said online.. And if that's the case, then /ignore kind of does the job if you really need to use it.
If you are bugged about people slandering your name after seeing you type in chat, /block and /ignore may not be enough. You'd probably want the person to be muted/banned or something.

I don't think there's anything really game changing about a /block feature being added, but I also don't think its much of a different solution than /ignore.
Realistically its up to you as a person to simply not strike up conversation with them, even if you can see what they say.
If you were walking down the street, and someone bothers you, you cant just /block them, you just ignore them and move along your day.
If it's something serious on the other hand, like a crime, then you would report that to the police. Kind of the same concept with Skyblock, if someone said/did something seriously wrong, your best bet is talking to the mods.

If someone said something about me I would personally try to take it to DM's or Voice Call and see what's the problem and/or talk smack there if smack talk was needed. Or I just don't respond because it probably is something so insignificant it wouldn't even be worth the time to argue about. But if it was something major, then yeah id see what's up. cause i'm cool like that

Wouldn't mind a /block feature to be added, don't really have a use for it as I never use /ignore nor do I have anyone on it.
I don't see it harming gameplay much? Or /ignore gets updated a bit?