Hey scapegallows,
glad to see u care and even look for information. That's the kind of players that form a nice community
Imho what u can do (as stated before):
- take screenshots of abusive language and send to mods on this forum (you may use a file hoster if multiple pics), include game id, a short description of the issue and probably also the name of the rude player (time of incident may help too I assume)
- if u do not want another game with the rude player, u can add him to your foe list (right click on his name in the main lobby and add to the list). However, this will NOT prevent him from joining games u host. Anyway, in the lobby games with your foes in them will be displayed in red if I am not mistaken - as a host you then can remove them (tho some are such a pain in the butt that they will ruin your game/lobby by constantly rejoining) or leave the game as a player
- For in-game behavior I suggest u never ever TML/nuke them or be as rude as they are. It should result in u being warned/banned as well for such a behavior is not tolerated.
- try to reason with him in chat if he gets too annoying. If he refuses to stop I usually tell them if they don't stop mods will be informed. Unfortunately, most of those players think they are untouchable and will give some smart ass comments and go on.
I have hosted a lot of games and, despite many saying this community is among the more civilized, I sometimes am very frustrated with the amount of smarty pants around here. Especially higher ranked players (can talk about 1400-1600 only) in my experience often are darn full of themselves, looking down on others. Sadly, some of them seem to get away with a lot of wacky actions. Maybe due to them being friends with mods or simply cuz noone reports them.
Anyway, dont let any player bring you down. Be nice and others will be nice to you