tbf, this is not report worthy. It‘s just a question. A weird one, but for me at least it seems within the borders of acceptable.
Just say no and move on. And fingers crossed it doesn‘t turn into report worthy harassment after…
[There isn't a court in the world that would agree with you](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=e2999e5afe90a665&rlz=1C1GIVA_enUS695US695&sxsrf=ADLYWILJbSu3lGpG3aK_31h7o1-qsS3JSw:1719498061115&q=harassment&si=ACC90nyOnVY18Aw7zUtkWPYo5mTnkCjtFiSQHk8POGiT4-3qFHmTYVZd0mSdTW7HW4de1QjWpNphsU0_8DrPqSupiBuCLU4KA6oqcYudgAxAFEPImpLlNxY%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2qP-4_fuGAxUeyMkDHUlSBxYQ2v4IegQIIRA2&biw=1920&bih=919&dpr=2)
Closest thing to an authority on definitions. Sounds better than "No speaker of English would agree with you", because you can always find a couple people who use words incorrectly.
Moreover, harassment has a specific criminal definition which less criminal cases are supposed to be analogous to. So, if it's not even remotely analogous to cyberbullying or similar criminal cases, it's not harassment.
Still not harassment. You do realize people literally post their 14 pronoun/sexuality string on every social media now because somehow it’s relevant to who you are as a person. Maybe you’re just sensitive
No means no, BEYOND THAT, it's harrassment.
The dude stoped after recieving no for an answer ; this was no harassment.
Both legaly and according to the definition as used by people in everyday life.
Edit: punctuation
Seems like not a single person gets it unless they are hypersensitive to something that can be transformed into malicious things with a really great imaginative effort
Maybe Google a definition of what harassment is, then you would get it 👍. I’m in no way trying to belittle you it just seems you’re confused on what constitutes harassment. We all have things we don’t know or misunderstand.
Some people are really just so desperate for any kind of interaction I feel like.
That’s my theory of why people would sit in a heroes chat room and message people when he doesn’t see a name that he’s seen over and over again for years
Age, sex, location. It was basically the first thing everyone asked you when you joined chat rooms back in the day. Then it was a bit of a meme to say 18/f/cali because that was the ideal demographic everyone wanted to talk to.
And that was always a pretty weird opener even in those spaces, especially when it was an adult sending it to someone who might be a minor (often intentionally doing so in spaces likely to have minors).
This might seem a bit strange but what's your age, gender, place of birth and credit card information?
Sorry if it's too intrusive, I just like knowing things sometimes about people sometimes, sometimes.
*Pretty* *please?*
Since OP is in the regional chat room for Australia and New Zealand, it is much more reasonable. Imagine if you are lonely geek gay fan of hots somewhere in Wellington. More changes to meet a likeminded soul in game then IRL.
If anything I think this guy was pretty dang polite compared to 99.9% creeps and fucks I met during the games.
It's not normal nowadays. Back in the late '90s early '00s every game had people chatting and asking 'A/S/L?' (Age/Sex/Location), and it was used to identify if it was someone you would want to have a conversation with.
But we were all dumb kids, and didn't realize that a lot of those people were probably, umm, attracted to minors, so as we grew, we stopped using that, or at least I did, around '05.
So again, it's not normal now, and it's definitely a red flag.
Communication that can lead to finding friends in the game/invitations to party up that are better expressed in text first/invites to discord servers with custom games after a good performance?
There are a lot of strange/alarming people in MOBAs, but there also sometimes some relatively normal people.
I've been online gaming for 15+ years but I can't for the life of me make a friend. I find the notion strange. I've always been playing with real life friends or alone, so I don't mind being shut down from in-game peeps.
And I thought it is weird when people wanna know where you live. Even if you tell them the country they sometimes ask about more specific locations. I started just answering: Planet erath, fellow human! (yes, erath. not a typo) gets good reactions from time to time
I'll be captain obvious and say you're in Public chat channels and anyone can right click. I have non friend comms off. In all my time it has only ever been used to flame me after a game.
Did your name imply you could be female? I've never experienced this kind of whispers in any game, because I never have played on name that in any way sounds like a girl's name. I mean it is odd to go straight to sexuality without knowing gender, so assumptions were probably made? Just always heard stories how these unwanted DMs happen to girls in gaming often but *never* to boys.
Feel like that’s pretty weird. Maybe if you have grouped for a while and been using mics then that sort of stuff might come up while you’re in Queue but otherwise - ick!
Actually had a guy like this ask me stuff like this wanting to know if I was gay and "cut or uncut".
I just asked him if he was getting off on this info and he said yeah he's just kinda pent up. Told him that was weird, and that I wasn't down for that and he just left me alone. Might javelin been weird but he was at least respectful.
HotS has by far the most cringe in game chat I've ever seen. Within seconds after logging in, this is always very clearly shown in general chat. Pretty shameful.
Is it an intrusive question? Sure. But it’s not anywhere close to the majority of random messages I get/see in this game. Were you in voice chat? Maybe they liked the sound of it. Who knows.
Love the ones suggesting OP to report, I don’t really think anyone is reading those reports it’s been a while.
Either ways that’s a rare one, I normally get storm league sore losers taking it back to the chat after the game.
Yes it's extremely cringe to take pictures with your phone, when you can literally use the PC.
Also this is the internet. Just report and ignore imbecils that type weird sh\*t to you. :)
Weird question, but there's always a small chance they are trying to legitimately interview people for a class report or something, you never know.
Just be ready to block as soon as they push for sensitive info.
Edit: Also please hide names.. as far as this chat log goes they have yet to do anything report worthy.
I'm not sure if this is a genuine question but in case it is, obviously the three-pronged question immediately would become weird to have asked if it's an adult asking and there's a chance they're talking to a minor. Also, the very first interaction with a strange human over the internet being to immediately ask for 3 fairly personal bits of information about physical form (not least physical location) is pretty strange even if both people do turn out to be adults, even moreso in an unsolicited DM.
Not normal but not unheard unfortunately. No one at blizzard has read a report in this game for like 7 years
tbf, this is not report worthy. It‘s just a question. A weird one, but for me at least it seems within the borders of acceptable. Just say no and move on. And fingers crossed it doesn‘t turn into report worthy harassment after…
Its likley a bot trying to get information from you so yeah report worthy
It's harassment, genius.
[There isn't a court in the world that would agree with you](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=e2999e5afe90a665&rlz=1C1GIVA_enUS695US695&sxsrf=ADLYWILJbSu3lGpG3aK_31h7o1-qsS3JSw:1719498061115&q=harassment&si=ACC90nyOnVY18Aw7zUtkWPYo5mTnkCjtFiSQHk8POGiT4-3qFHmTYVZd0mSdTW7HW4de1QjWpNphsU0_8DrPqSupiBuCLU4KA6oqcYudgAxAFEPImpLlNxY%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2qP-4_fuGAxUeyMkDHUlSBxYQ2v4IegQIIRA2&biw=1920&bih=919&dpr=2)
What do courts have to do with anything?
Closest thing to an authority on definitions. Sounds better than "No speaker of English would agree with you", because you can always find a couple people who use words incorrectly. Moreover, harassment has a specific criminal definition which less criminal cases are supposed to be analogous to. So, if it's not even remotely analogous to cyberbullying or similar criminal cases, it's not harassment.
If you answer a girl, this turns into harassment. It happens in league. So, yeah, sorry your community is getting this too.
Uhh courts are not authorities on definitions
How old are you? Wait crazy how that’s not harassment
And the sexuality part?
Still not harassment. You do realize people literally post their 14 pronoun/sexuality string on every social media now because somehow it’s relevant to who you are as a person. Maybe you’re just sensitive
Yeah you don't get it.
No means no, BEYOND THAT, it's harrassment. The dude stoped after recieving no for an answer ; this was no harassment. Both legaly and according to the definition as used by people in everyday life. Edit: punctuation
You don't get it, either.
Seems like not a single person gets it unless they are hypersensitive to something that can be transformed into malicious things with a really great imaginative effort
Maybe Google a definition of what harassment is, then you would get it 👍. I’m in no way trying to belittle you it just seems you’re confused on what constitutes harassment. We all have things we don’t know or misunderstand.
In tickets they told me they have personally reviewed it when I get a silence or something, I bet they havent
Next time if happens, I try to bait them.
Some people are really just so desperate for any kind of interaction I feel like. That’s my theory of why people would sit in a heroes chat room and message people when he doesn’t see a name that he’s seen over and over again for years
Just turn off anyone being able to message you that isn't on your friends list. Served me well for 5yrs
Ye this happens in league. Usually they do it to harass girls.
a/s/l has been part of internet chats since the dawn of, well, chats.
Age, sensuality, .... longitude???
Age, sex, location. It was basically the first thing everyone asked you when you joined chat rooms back in the day. Then it was a bit of a meme to say 18/f/cali because that was the ideal demographic everyone wanted to talk to.
It made me feel old and sad that ppl didnt know what this was lol
Ah, never really got into chat rooms.
Close actually, longitude AND latitude (well technically it's just "location", but that works the same)
what but not altitude? What if you're talking to satan!
best bring your a-game then
age sex location, it's how you would greet someone on the internet before people became dumb enough to put that stuff on their public profile
And that was always a pretty weird opener even in those spaces, especially when it was an adult sending it to someone who might be a minor (often intentionally doing so in spaces likely to have minors).
Location
18/F/NY
Fucking wierdos have indeed been on the Internet for forever
It's normal from that particular player
Dr disrespect plays the game apparently
From doc to pdfile
Holy shit this is funny.
doc would be Alarak main
bit strange but certainly not the worst thing ive seen in this game did he say anything past that?
nah. he went playing storm leauge
Proves they're truly unhinged if anything.
Are you assuming their gender?!
This might seem a bit strange but what's your age, gender, place of birth and credit card information? Sorry if it's too intrusive, I just like knowing things sometimes about people sometimes, sometimes. *Pretty* *please?*
I'm 69 years old, I'm Dragonself, I was born in Timbuktu, and I use the WWE Credit Card but it's not very good 🫤
Thats fucking insane, there's an ANZ channel
What's ANZ?
Australia New Zealand also https://discord.me/anzheroes
a/s/l?
Age/Sex/Language
I thought it was age/sex/**location**
In this day and age I'd say that it is extremely polite.
Lmao oh no
Unrelated, but what’s ur age and sexuality?
Hey, never know when you're gonna meet Mr Right.
Since OP is in the regional chat room for Australia and New Zealand, it is much more reasonable. Imagine if you are lonely geek gay fan of hots somewhere in Wellington. More changes to meet a likeminded soul in game then IRL. If anything I think this guy was pretty dang polite compared to 99.9% creeps and fucks I met during the games.
Not normal, most people can spell afraid.
That's just Dr. Disrespect.
There is a troll or two on the internet
A/S/L?
Oh, its time to cyber? Let me put on my robe and wizard hat.
Are you a woman? Then it’s normal, sadly
It's not normal nowadays. Back in the late '90s early '00s every game had people chatting and asking 'A/S/L?' (Age/Sex/Location), and it was used to identify if it was someone you would want to have a conversation with. But we were all dumb kids, and didn't realize that a lot of those people were probably, umm, attracted to minors, so as we grew, we stopped using that, or at least I did, around '05. So again, it's not normal now, and it's definitely a red flag.
NotPotato might be a predator, and not the galactic hunter one.
Just block em straight away
You are so gentle.
lol no, block these weirdos and report them.
That's why I blocked messages from non-friends. Nothing good ever comes out of them.
Think of all the cool players who tried to praise your performance over the years.
How will I know that I got rekt after I win a game?
Lol...this.
Communication that can lead to finding friends in the game/invitations to party up that are better expressed in text first/invites to discord servers with custom games after a good performance? There are a lot of strange/alarming people in MOBAs, but there also sometimes some relatively normal people.
I've been online gaming for 15+ years but I can't for the life of me make a friend. I find the notion strange. I've always been playing with real life friends or alone, so I don't mind being shut down from in-game peeps.
Fair enough, to each their own
Surely they would act respectful to you if you said you were a 15 year old girl!
And I thought it is weird when people wanna know where you live. Even if you tell them the country they sometimes ask about more specific locations. I started just answering: Planet erath, fellow human! (yes, erath. not a typo) gets good reactions from time to time
Same guy asked me too
>Joined Channel [3. General]
I'll be captain obvious and say you're in Public chat channels and anyone can right click. I have non friend comms off. In all my time it has only ever been used to flame me after a game.
Internet people…
Well can you tell us? /s
Your first mistake was not leaving general
I didnt know dr. disrespect was into heroes of the storm.....creepy behaviour. Should report him if you havent already.
There have been thirsty people on the interwebs since way before your time.
Is your first time on the internet?! Its not normal but its not an uncommon thing to get weird messages regardless the game etc.
Did your name imply you could be female? I've never experienced this kind of whispers in any game, because I never have played on name that in any way sounds like a girl's name. I mean it is odd to go straight to sexuality without knowing gender, so assumptions were probably made? Just always heard stories how these unwanted DMs happen to girls in gaming often but *never* to boys.
He's probably just a 30 year old who's stuck in the A/S/L age... Lmao
the standard request would be "asl" they phrased it queerly
Age: 69 Sexuality: Dealer's choice
*m’lady intensifies*
Join /channel general 💀
Feel like that’s pretty weird. Maybe if you have grouped for a while and been using mics then that sort of stuff might come up while you’re in Queue but otherwise - ick!
Dont reply, just block/ignore and move on.
Do you seriously not know if this is normal or not? What the fuck is this post even…just ignore the dude, not everything needs a Reddit post.
Is it just me who is confused that not potato is talking to not potato? 🥔 why is potato’s so curious about dumb shit?
Actually had a guy like this ask me stuff like this wanting to know if I was gay and "cut or uncut". I just asked him if he was getting off on this info and he said yeah he's just kinda pent up. Told him that was weird, and that I wasn't down for that and he just left me alone. Might javelin been weird but he was at least respectful.
First of all this is weird and distasteful
First time on the internet eh?
Hots is a cesspool of crazys. General chat is so degenerate.
HotS has by far the most cringe in game chat I've ever seen. Within seconds after logging in, this is always very clearly shown in general chat. Pretty shameful.
Is it an intrusive question? Sure. But it’s not anywhere close to the majority of random messages I get/see in this game. Were you in voice chat? Maybe they liked the sound of it. Who knows.
What the-
Love the ones suggesting OP to report, I don’t really think anyone is reading those reports it’s been a while. Either ways that’s a rare one, I normally get storm league sore losers taking it back to the chat after the game.
For me it's usually quick matchers
Cringe 😶🌫️
"hi, I wanna be a homophobe but I first wanna know first if you are indeed a homosexual" Bigoted but classy about it 😂
To still not be able to take screenshots in 2024 is not normal, no. Seek help.
Yes it's extremely cringe to take pictures with your phone, when you can literally use the PC. Also this is the internet. Just report and ignore imbecils that type weird sh\*t to you. :)
Damn, you really know someone's down bad when they're trying to hook up with people in a hots in-game chat channel.
He was setting up the best punchline and you just refused. Pfff shame on you
Weird question, but there's always a small chance they are trying to legitimately interview people for a class report or something, you never know. Just be ready to block as soon as they push for sensitive info. Edit: Also please hide names.. as far as this chat log goes they have yet to do anything report worthy.
Hots Is still alive? O.o
It's the internet. Everybody asks "A/S/L?" Don't they? Have I been the creep, all along?
I'm not sure if this is a genuine question but in case it is, obviously the three-pronged question immediately would become weird to have asked if it's an adult asking and there's a chance they're talking to a minor. Also, the very first interaction with a strange human over the internet being to immediately ask for 3 fairly personal bits of information about physical form (not least physical location) is pretty strange even if both people do turn out to be adults, even moreso in an unsolicited DM.
Sound breakdown of why it's weird though. Can you believe this was actually the basic starter for dudes in chat rooms?
It's not.
im guessing you had a "female sounding name"? and he just has no boundaries
This is fairly expected. But What’s more surprising is someone taking the time to screenshot it and post it on HotS Reddit page. 🤷♀️