/ignore

[Wodo]

I have found this wonderful command to be a godsend.  Especially on /test.  I have suggested using /ignore as an option to others before, and some may or may not have used it.  Many people seem to think using /ignore is a way to punish the offending/annoying/disruptive player.  I see /ignore as a way to proctect myself.  I cannot control, and don't want to, another player.  I can only control myself and my characters.  /ignore allows me to play uninterupted by unwanted chat and/or comments.  I do not see a reason to announce to anyone I am /ignore(ing) them.  To me it is like changing the channel on the radio instead of listening to a station I do not want to hear... and on occasion I have left channels completely.  Occasionally this has been awkward missing out on one part of a "conversation", but usually it makes for a more entertaining game for me.We cannot control who listens or speaks in /test, /ooc, /shout, etc...or what they say, but I can choose not to listen to unwanted, inane, annoying, offensive, etc... comments/speech/people.<div></div>

[Bhagpuss]

Couldn't agree more. I use /ignore every day in every game I play that has it. I put people on ignore on the first comment they make that annoys me. I don't wait to get wound up or drawn into an argument. I treat chat channels exactly the way I treat the radio that I listen to while I play - I change channels or switch off within seconds of a topic I don't want to listen to being raised. I rarely remove any names from my ignore list either. I wish it was global across all characters on an account though.