What is Flame

The act of making a hostile post or comment on a blog, usually personal in nature.

Flaming is a social act usually involving insults or sarcasm by which one or more members of the community attempt to admonish, belittle, or humiliate another player. Because MMOGs are inherently social, flaming is one mechanism to keep social behavior in check. Behavior such as spamming (repeated sequences of text) or questions the community perceives as basic usually results in a “flame.”