scchan the Magnificent wrote:
About /check
1) Using filters are fine, but sometimes people do not use it (regardless of nationality of the player). You cannot say, "You have a filter. You should use, so I can examine you."
Yes, people do not use it because, as an extension of the psychosis that makes them so horribly offended by /check, they also wish to have the messages displayed so that they will have an excuse to get pissed off.
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2) It does not hurt to ask before /check. Common courtsey. It does no harm.
It does, because it makes you look like a fool to the thousands of normal players out there who aren't looking to pick fights by getting all huffy about being /checked and refusing to activate the tool SE gave us to deal with their problem. It's NOT common courtesy, it's bowing down to unreasonable demands.
And you forget the most important part -- there is NO way of telling if someone dislikes being checked. NONE.
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3) Being /check has sexual reference among Japanese player. You may not think so, but there is a different point of view from Japanese players. It is nice to respect that difference.
Actually, this ties in with my last point. Exactly how do you tell if someone is Japanese? They look exactly like North American players. There is a big assumption around here that people run around towns with big visible "don't check me" signs or "I am Japanese, therefore my dislike with being checked is implied". It's really not that obvious.