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Game rules vs etiquette 11 years 10 months ago #146198

[NLR] McFate Topic Author Offline Platinum Member Don't believe everything you think. Posts: 2743 Thank you received: 5398	There are not really many rules to the game but there are many who have such strong feelings about etiquette that they want to have players banned or kicked from games for offenses that really are not the "law" of the land. What are bannable/kickable offenses and what are not? Mods?
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Game rules vs etiquette 11 years 10 months ago #146219

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Good question. There really is not anything that will get you banned without warning, and any game ruining action can lead to a ban if warnings are not heeded.

Things that I feel are game ruining, and can lead to a ban:
Repeatedly spawn killing (camping) in any game with the exception of protect the zep, and then only in the last few minutes.
Any spawn killing done with a tank.
Team killing, the auto ban deals with this, but if I see someone team killing who has multiple complaints by multiple people posted on blacklist, then I may ban.

Things that I feel are game ruining, and can lead to a mute:
Excessive profanity. It is not such a big deal for the occasional "oops". But when it gets out of hand, and a warning does not work....
Personal attacks in chat-box on an individual.
I will not ban for any action that a mute can stop. I leave the forum for the other mods and zup. Most of my muting is done in the world chat.

I am very reluctant to ban. I will " kick" rather than ban all but the worst repeat offenders. I will not hunt players down to ban them. I review the black list two or three times a week and take action on those who have a lot of complaints made by a lot of different players.

As for bomb droppers: I think that most of the time it's poor sportsmanship, but not always. Those on the short end of a 2:6 game have good reason to drop. I do not take action against droppers, if it is bothering me, I just leave.

I know that there are mixed feelings on moderation. Some feel mods take to much action, others feel that not enough action is taken. Some want longer bans/mutes. As a player, forum member, and global moderator, If I could do one thing to improve moderation it would be to get more global moderators. 15 or 20 more responsible moderators who only take action in game would go a long way toward reducing the occurrences of game ruining behaviors.