Originally Posted by
Raptress
Whenever I'm in a situation where, outwardly, it looks like the other player is ignoring me, I always first assume that the other player is AFK, busy, wasn't looking at their chat tab, or somehow otherwise did not see the message. It is very rare that people are purposefully ignored here, on Istaria. There is almost always some explanation other than "the player is just really rude."
I generally take this "rule" with me whatever game I go to. Games are distractions by their very nature, and text is easily missed. It isn't like real life.