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I need to mention a name here as I've been blocked on a route!

please unblock me or remove yourself from the herb route.  I do the herb route daily - it's actually no problem for me to bypass your street but I always replant/weed and water.  Which ain't easy now that another player has 140 plots on their yard!

If you're going to be on a route which is open to all, then you need to not block anyone or remove yourself from the route : )

thank you for reading!

Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • in support of my replanting and tending I actually chased a player yesterday who was harvesting and running through the route to give them a super hoe so they'd get the hint to tend after they'd harvested! ;)
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As this is plays to the internal working of the Routes, this would probably be best posted in the route group. In fact, it would probably also be more affective posted there.
    Posted 6 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think this is best as those who are friended with her can get the message to her.  It's more a personal request and as I obviously can't IM her or send her an Inbox this will have to suffice.  At present I'm just starting the route now at the player after her.  They've all got lovely new gardens full of herbs (most of which I had to weed again...because they'd been left)
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are you friends with her Lord? Maybe you could inbox her on my behalf.
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Potentially contact the curator of the route as it is their job to monitor such things. (I have no idea of the routes policy on blocking.)
    Posted 6 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think the belief behind the routes was that they were open to all - or maybe it was just open to those we like? Time will tell lol  I don't know who the curator of the route is - I just use it as do countless others.

    Edit! Thanks for the link will inbox Grelca : )
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to what Lord Bacon said, and,
    while I understand the dilemma you're faced with, I don't think presenting this in the form of an ultimatum is the best way to go forward here, nor is naming the other player...
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Scilly~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Again, I am not a member of the Route Group so I have no idea how they monitor the issue of blocking, etc.. It would be up to the organizer, I imagine. In fact, there is no reason why there could not be competing routes.
    Posted 6 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wrong forum.  The Route group is the place to resolve internal kefuffles about the routes and access.  It's a group issue, and it's up to the group admin to decide how to handle this.  If the admin wants it to be a group vote on what the rules are, or if the admin wants to allow members to vote on what the group rules are, they can do it there. 

    In fact, I'd suggest editing out the name of the player, since calling out other players for behavior you don't appreciate really isn't allowed in the forums. 
    Posted 6 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm a member of the routes who has blocked someone. Just one person, with good reason. (Not you, for the record. :) )

    So far as I'm aware, the official route policy is that you're allowed to block people if you feel it's necessary, but they'd prefer that you avoid it if possible. I believe that the reasoning behind this is that all the routes have member listings in the HRR group, so if you can't reach one street, it's easy enough to skip that and move to the next one. Hope that helps!
    Posted 6 months ago by Meghan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had to name her as obviously it's a personal thing and I was unable to contact her to find out how I'd upset or offended her.  As far as I'm aware we've never actually spoken so it's a weird one for me. 

    @Windborn.  I disagree, it's a player issue not a group issue.

    @Meghan - if that's the policy then I'll just start at the player after her without bugging Grelca!  Thanks for the help - it is appreciated : )
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 Meghan

    I agree that it is easy enough to skip over someone who is blocking you. That's what I have to do on one of the routes.

    The larger issue is that we cannot see or manage our list of blocked players. I know I blocked a few people a long time ago and now I would like to give them another chance but I cannot remember who they are. 

    It would also be nice to see the list of people who are blocking us.
    Posted 6 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Of course it's a group issue. There's nothing inherently wrong with blocking other players, it's only a problem in this case as it relates to the group. There's no need for you to post it in this forum.
    Posted 6 months ago by Helvete Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It would be best to approach the route curator about this than do a post in the forums that may or may not be read by the person named but will be read by many others. As mentioned, you can use the route list to navigate around the block. While the HRR are indeed open to anyone, there will inevitably be cases in which someone encounters a block. We couldn't or wouldn't require participants to simply not block anyone at all, because they may have a valid reason for a block, but we try to resolve the issue by at least trying to help the blockee navigate the route if the block issue can't be resolved.
    Posted 6 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @MissBobbit this isn' t a new block though.  This is where I'm confused.  It's happened since last night as I've been happily tending/planting in the garden up until then.
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do take on everyone's point.  I would like to point out that I've not been throwing daggers at the player.  Just trying to get a message to her.
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You've taken a private dispute between you and another player into the most public forum on Glitch.  Whatever your motives, this still isn't the right place to air your differences.
    Posted 6 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There is no dispute/argument with the player from my end.  I don't know her, don't chat with her.  The last word is 'word'.
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Blocking gives someone tools so the other player cannot send them messages, chat with them  or otherwise interact with them.  No one has to explain their reasons to that person, or even to TS.  Blocking someone is a completly private action, that no one else on Glitch even knows about.  

    Whether or not you understand or agree that TS is correct in giving someone else those tools, those are the tools she has used.   Trying to circumvent them in the most public forum on Glitch, by calling out the player by name and saying that they have blocked you,  whether or not you think her actions are justified by your behavior, is still not a very good strategy.

    You've turned a private dispute (between the other player and you) into a very public spat.
    Posted 6 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes Windborn you've stated your point several times.  We can agree to disagree.  Not everyone is always right in their opinions.
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Isn't each resource route a circle, where the last person's signpost points back to the curator's? If so, then a reasonable workaround would be to add the person after the one who blocked you to your signpost and use that street as your starting point (rather than the curator's street). Then you'd still be able to do the entire route without having to go back and forth to the group page to figure out where to skip to. This would only work if you had not been blocked by anyone else on the route, though.
    Posted 6 months ago by Sirentist Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah Sirentist that's what I did in the end.  I kinda posted when in a state of flummox :?
    Posted 6 months ago by ~Arabesque~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is really not appropriate for the forum. If someone has you blocked, the forums are not for using as a conduit for getting messages back and forth.

    With that in mind, I am closing this topic out.

    As for your own block lists (a list you can see who you have blocked) you will have one; I just can't say exactly when it's happening, but it will be implemented.
    Posted 6 months ago by kevbob Subscriber! | Permalink