Dialogue Box "Jokes"
Posted by
ZJ (#1511) on Apr 11, 2013
Hello All,
There have been several incidents the past week of players posting links to sites in which you are forced to stay on that page until you click 100+ dialogue boxes.
Many of these boxes contain insulting messages calling the user things like stupid for clicking. Often the poster posts it without warning or with a warning such as "Don't Click This".
This is not okay to post on Alacrity. It is not okay to play these kinds of mean tricks on your fellow unsuspecting players. Players are not laughing; these are not as funny as you think they are. It has caused several of our members to think they have a virus, some have even had to shut down their computer because they have never known about these things and didn't know that it would end.
It's upsetting, it's not nice, and we don't wish to see it on Alacrity any longer. We have always prided ourselves on being a site that welcomes new players and who we are all on friendly terms with. This sort of thing is not friendly, we consider it trolling and we will write up players for General Rule 3 who post these kinds of things.
If you see someone with this, please report it to the mod hub and do not click it yourself.
If you have been posting this, or if you have this on you profile or anywhere else on Alacrity: remove it now please.
In the future, if you have something you wish to share but you are not certain if it is a joke that goes too far, ask our Moderators if it's allowable on Alacrity. They would be glad to tell you if something is okay or why it wouldn't be okay.
:ZanderJames
There have been several incidents the past week of players posting links to sites in which you are forced to stay on that page until you click 100+ dialogue boxes.
Many of these boxes contain insulting messages calling the user things like stupid for clicking. Often the poster posts it without warning or with a warning such as "Don't Click This".
This is not okay to post on Alacrity. It is not okay to play these kinds of mean tricks on your fellow unsuspecting players. Players are not laughing; these are not as funny as you think they are. It has caused several of our members to think they have a virus, some have even had to shut down their computer because they have never known about these things and didn't know that it would end.
It's upsetting, it's not nice, and we don't wish to see it on Alacrity any longer. We have always prided ourselves on being a site that welcomes new players and who we are all on friendly terms with. This sort of thing is not friendly, we consider it trolling and we will write up players for General Rule 3 who post these kinds of things.
If you see someone with this, please report it to the mod hub and do not click it yourself.
If you have been posting this, or if you have this on you profile or anywhere else on Alacrity: remove it now please.
In the future, if you have something you wish to share but you are not certain if it is a joke that goes too far, ask our Moderators if it's allowable on Alacrity. They would be glad to tell you if something is okay or why it wouldn't be okay.
:ZanderJames
I agree. I got one of those a week ago. I have to shut down my computer, and I gave it a virus. Ugh. >-< Luckily BullGuard was able to remove it.
Posted on 04-14-2013 at 3:17 AM
I had this happen to me a couple of years ago before I knew these things existed... I was beyooooooooooond mad. I thought my computer had a virus, so I shut it down AND freaked my parents out thinking it was a virus, when it was really just some jerk who posted that on their page to confuse me. Now I don't mind them, but I wouldn't want to confuse someone who doesn't know what they're clicking.
Posted on 04-12-2013 at 4:02 PM
Posted on 04-12-2013 at 12:36 PM