bid_em_up Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Ok, so I get home from work tonight and a female friend of mine on BBO tells me: her: I played with *insert star's name here*her: do u know who he is?me: yesher: and this pigher: after the team matchher: started to ask me questions about my ass and my tits and if i enjoy anal sex :) Now, I have no way of knowing if it is true or not, but I have no reason to believe she is making this up either. Does she have any recourse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Log the chat. OR Take a screenshot. OR Just note the exact time. Then email abuse@bridgebase.com Seems the sensible way to approach it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I believe Fred has previously said that gold stars are expected to behave themselves, not only to be good bridge players. So while I would have voted "yes" if the question concerned World Class players (or BC winners or whatever) I voted no in this poll. Of course no BBO user should behave like that, but gold stars have an extra obligation to behave themselves AFAIHU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 This might become the first unanimous poll we've been waiting for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I believe Fred has previously said that gold stars are expected to behave themselves, not only to be good bridge players. So while I would have voted "yes" if the question concerned World Class players (or BC winners or whatever) I voted no in this poll. Of course no BBO user should behave like that, but gold stars have an extra obligation to behave themselves AFAIHU. as far as i humbly understand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Oh, i didnt know ##### had a star? Shouldnt the poll read:Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Hear, hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 it's very kind of the star to inquire about the state of your friend's donkey, but what are those other things he's asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finally17 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Log the chat. OR Take a screenshot. OR Just note the exact time. Then email abuse@bridgebase.com Seems the sensible way to approach it. There really should be a tutorial on how to take a screen shot somewhere on BBOs webpages. This kind of behavior shouldn't have the names edited out. It should be screenshot and posted right here on the forums for all the world to see that the player is that kind of @$$hole. Star or not. But seriously, take a screenshot and email abuse. And keep emailing abuse until they do something about it. The standard "your complaint has been noted" response is not at all enough. At the very least they need to tell the perpetrated how they have handled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 This might become the first unanimous poll we've been waiting for? Evidently not...amazingly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Even better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Useful link "How to take a screen shot" http://www.bridgebase.com/help/english/scrnsnap.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Useful link "How to take a screen shot" http://www.bridgebase.com/help/english/scrnsnap.html While that link provides one way to do a screen capture, on some keyboards (such as mine), the PRT SCR key and SYS REQ are on the same key next to F12. These require an ALT then Pressing PRT SCR to actually work. Ideally, there would be a button or function key within BBO itself that one could select that would automatically capture the screen and forward to abuse, but thats not likely to happen. Unfortunately, the person informing me of this problem says she isn't interested in reporting it, which irritates me to no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Darn, I was caught! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finally17 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Considering it further, I think I honestly believe that, without involving the woman, BBO should figure out who did this on their own and take action. A search of the recent chat logs for a couple of the key words would quickly turn up the relevant information (unless there's a heck of a lot more sex talk on BBO than I'm aware). The reason I think it's an important enough situation is that I can think of at least 3 people (2 women and 1 guy people thought was a woman) who have told me that they've been harassed by people because of their (apparent) sex and age. Granted this is all secondhand testimony (now thirdhand to you), but it seems like this is not an isolated instance, and steps should be taken to curb this behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? I included 'on BBO' since consenting adults can take it anywhere they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 OK now, who were the two people for Yes. <_< BTW I heard concrete examples of withheld stars for much less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? I included 'on BBO' since consenting adults can take it anywhere they want. Not to a stranger, out of the blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this question necessary? I think not. Such behavior is a bannable offense by anyone. Ban maybe short or very long, but if short, no gold star when return -- if allowed to return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uday Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Without a complaint to abuse@ or uday@ , there is nothing we can do, since we don't know who is being accused of this thing. We don't log private chat by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? I included 'on BBO' since consenting adults can take it anywhere they want. Not sure if 1. This is one of the best double entendres of all time2. Kathyrn made a freudian slip3. I'm a degenerate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? I included 'on BBO' since consenting adults can take it anywhere they want. Not sure if 1. This is one of the best double entendres of all time2. Kathyrn made a freduain slip3. I'm a degenerate A true LOL, can't believe I didn't notice that myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? Is this behavior appropriate for anyone on BBO? I included 'on BBO' since consenting adults can take it anywhere they want. Not sure if 1. This is one of the best double entendres of all time2. Kathyrn made a freduain slip3. I'm a degenerate A true LOL, can't believe I didn't notice that myself! I should have guessed you'd be the one to pick it up Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 While that link provides one way to do a screen capture, on some keyboards (such as mine), the PRT SCR key and SYS REQ are on the same key next to F12. These require an ALT then Pressing PRT SCR to actually work. My keyboard has the Print Screen/SysRq key, but I just tested it and it did not require ALT in order to screen capture. I was going to post something similar to you, but figured before I said "it's not always that easy" I'd actually try it out and was surprised at what I found. BTW: it worked with or without ALT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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