I'm disapointed-what's your view

I've been playing poker for about 6 weeks and really enjoying it. I have ever played online games before. Therefore, this is a bit of a shock. I have experienced a level of fowl language I thought not exceptable in a public arena. Last friday on the freeroll the "f" word came up several times when someone thought they should have won a hand. Not just a cc freeroll but at several lower dollar levels. UB and AP are the worst. I was raised with the axiom "if you dont have anything good to say keep quiet".

Am i making to much of this? Is this a thing young people do?

I just going to egnore it and keep on playing.

no ur right, language from these ppl online has really deteriorated
you have all right to be upset
but the sad thing is that u really cant do anything about it unless there is no chat feature at the table

options, as i see them:
1) report offenders. most sites have punishments for that sort of talk.
2) hide your chat
3) ignore it. i think most of us do that.

:-/

Well, you can do something. Take minute out and report the person to the site via e-mail. Believe it or not, the sites do act on these tips because they cannot police every chatbox of everytable 24x7. Just give them the details like tourney ID, table #, etc. Whatever you have to give them and they'll review it. And depending on the actual abuse that took place, punishments range from warnings up to permanent chat suspensions. If the abuse was actually threatening enough in nature (as in like physical bodily harm) or actually disclosing someone's personal info (like phone #, address) it would likely lead to acct suspension and/or closure (and forfeiture of any acct funds).

Will they always get the punishment you think they deserve? Probably not. But something will be done.

well yea it could be stopped for an individual player, but if i were to have to email support for everyone that was abusive in the chat window well id have no time to play poker
an idividual can be stopped but the chat abusers as a group cant, way too many of them

Sorry, but this is the "my one vote doesn't matter" mentality. I don't buy it. I don't report someone because he said "shit" in the chatbox. I report obvious chat abusers. People that would get the snot beaten out of them if they ever had the stupidity to say some of those things in a live game. If everyone did a bit, things would clean up some. It will never be totally stopped, but some improvement is still worth it.

I`m with JD on this. I have reported particularly bad cases in the past, and the sites do take it seriously.

At one site, I made a report to live support and a manager popped up in the chat box at the table within 5 minutes. He told the two guys who were cursing each other that their accounts would be closed if they didn`t cool it.

Along with the reporting of the bad chat, most sites give you the option of shutting off chat altogether, or specifically a single player. Sometimes this option is found by clicking on a players avatar. Sometimes it is more difficult to find, perhaps via the 'options'.

Thats the Internet:

"Multigaming" & "MultiLaming" l
Like good & evil or ying & yang
Don't let them under your skin ...
its easyer to swear and "try" to get under other player skins .. then analyze themselves
i agree sometimes the words are very bad
( i get many verbal attacks mostly cause i life in germany)

but its still "Online" ..
"only" "Writen Words" ..
and if someone gets a Matusow Blow Up u defintly floped the Mental [
(sorry for my gramatical errors im still in Learn Modus)


greets

I concur with the advice given so far. I have also phoned support a couple of times and had them watch the chat when a particulary nasty person is trying to reak havoc. The one person that realy stands out was at the finaly table of a 5000 player game and some railbird (no in the game)was some gay guy soliciting rather bluntly. Bodog took steps right then and the offender's account was closed and his funds forfieted acording to a follow up letter I recieved from Bodog. I should note this is the only time they have sent a follow up letter to me but they did take care of the matter each time I've called.

If someone is bothering you there is a quick solution, go to options and block chat from that person or whole room so it doesn't affect your play. If it is someone playing at your table you can usually click on their avatar and select block chat to shut them up.

These idiots are usualy trying to put you on tilt to get you to make bad plays. Don't let 'em bother you and pretty soon they'll dig their own hole deep enough that you or another player at the table will dispatch them.

Watching chat is also a good way to pick up on "tells" too....

Pokerstars, in particulr, takes all such complaints very seriously. And, hey will act on them quickly and effeciently. Nobody has to put up with offensive and abusive behavior from other players.

6 months ago i was in our bodog freeroll and 2 players were swearing in english and chatting in another language, i called there 800 number at the top of there page and told support,their chat was imediately shut off by bodogs support,, if you see it happen call the sites 800 number and report them, or email them with the info,,, it works,,,,,, buck

I play with my chat feature off if i'm not playing online with people I know-

A player was bashing annette_15 several weeks ago on Pokerstars-I reported him and now his chat feature is suspened indefinately.
Bashing a WSOPE Champion was really rude and childish

I have a bad mouth towards players who just make the dumbest plays and suck out.. but its because I just have anger issues. People who make good plays and beat me however I am cool about. I will admit I have been foul mouthed. I also like to tilt the donks who start running their mouth and I really get them going.

Some kids are just whiny little prixases and dont deserve chat privilages.

Try to mute them, or turn of chat or something.

Yes, you will see this "f*** this f***ing shit f***ing donkey!" evvveerrrryywhere.

OH yeah and like the others said, you can report the really bad mouthed players. /BANHAMMER

most times i just ignore and think it funny, lol at them 2 myself u know or even sometimes out loud at them (why bet so hi without so much as even a pair, i'll never know), but last week when a guy called me a b**** a c*** and a w**** i reported him and oops he was chat banned, havent seen him onsite since, i see it all the time but this guy was out of line, you would never ever see this in live play i'm sure

if its real bad report it, but if you report racism/i think there is collusion going on then pokerstars get there super snappy and sort it out.

I think there is another dimension to this. If a player is releasing steam due to tilt, I think it is useful to know that. Poker-related information is always useful.

I can understand the sentiment of the OP. However, while the maxim of only saying good things about people is noble and would make the earth a better place, it is unachievable even in real life, let alone on the Internet.

I have never turned off an individual chat because I feel that additional information is useful. An exception would be if they are chatting about something completely unrelated to the game. I have had only one extreme case where a person kept saying the most vulgar sex-related things. I warned him that if he continues, I will contact support and his chat will be suspended. He continued, I emailed support, and his chat was suspended.

I sometimes flame people for idiotic plays. Strictly speaking, I shouldn't be doing it because it is a waste of my time. I usually do it at freerolls if I am not multi-tabling. I generally use words that one can hear even on PAD. Interestingly enough, this results in many players assuming that I am on tilt and this benefits me since I usually play tight against such opponents and getting called more is a net benefit for me. I just want to point out that I am not flaming for that reason, as say Tony G does.

In summary, I think it should be recognized that this is the Internet and that the standards of communication are lower. While this deosn't mean that anything goes, we cannot expect to have the same standards as live communication. In addition, at poker rooms, people meet each other for the first time and often for the last time. This encourages even looser language.

But from the point of view of poker, any information about a player is helpful to me. This is why I never turn chat off.