todd
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yes the blacklist feature has the power of permitting regular users, some of which are drug users, hackers, abusers, and asshats to be gaming moderators by blacklisting users from parties without cause.
during the MAE event, I noticed some asshats had blacklisted me without known cause, only like one or two people, and it made no sense, but it barred me from joining a couple of games. the thing is some of my friends were in these games and I was blocked solely because some asshat misused the blacklist feature.
the MAE event basically was people making MAE games, and anyone joining to run the course. by allowing users to block people from games just because they want gives them the power to make the game not function for people.
so I recommend the blacklist feature be disabled. instead code into the game the option to IGNORE text from users on a per session basis (because I have never seen a situation where you need to block text from someone indefinitely, and if it comes up, a game moderator can ban or investigate the user), and to vote to kick a user from a game with at least 50% of the vote for two person games, and 66% of the vote for three player or more games. for example if you were party leader and only one person was in your game, you could kick them, however if two people were in your game you needed to convince at least one other player to vote with you. if three people were in your game, you had to convince at least two people to vote with you. if no one wanted to vote with you, the person could stay, or you could leave possibly being the problem yourself, and make a new game, easy as pie, or stay and suck it up.
the voting would function much like Quake III Arena's where you type "/kick red/blue/yellow/green" which causes text to come up "type /yes" or "/no" to kick Sodaboy.
if a user truly demands a private game, they can password protect their game, or use the above kick option, rather than trying to sabotage the game for others with the blacklist feature.
it turns out the game is not supposed to be there's to command, especially with events like MAE, when making public games where they expect others to join them.
yes allowing users to blacklist people for fun is the same as allowing discrimination on the server. that's where the whites would ban blacks from their stores, or men would ban women from schools, being customers, etc.. or people would ban disabled, or certain religious people, or gays from their stores. this is usually banned by law in most of the world.
in the case of todays blacklist feature, it gets used for all sorts of gaytard reasons, ie user does not like a guys force character, a user finds a weapon or rare the other really wanted and refused to trade, someone has a distaste for Japaness or Mexican players, and stupid shit like that, but that does not mean all the other players are against that person.
any blacklist feature that remains might be reserved only to block text from the user, or simple mail.
if a ban from games is truly warranted, let a game moderator step in to check out if the complaint is valid or not.
also it is possible we don't need a room block or kick feature at all, because moderators can be on duty to handle real issues. in the days of schthack, one would record cheaters and game abusers, and post it on a forum if it were a real issue.
during the MAE event, I noticed some asshats had blacklisted me without known cause, only like one or two people, and it made no sense, but it barred me from joining a couple of games. the thing is some of my friends were in these games and I was blocked solely because some asshat misused the blacklist feature.
the MAE event basically was people making MAE games, and anyone joining to run the course. by allowing users to block people from games just because they want gives them the power to make the game not function for people.
so I recommend the blacklist feature be disabled. instead code into the game the option to IGNORE text from users on a per session basis (because I have never seen a situation where you need to block text from someone indefinitely, and if it comes up, a game moderator can ban or investigate the user), and to vote to kick a user from a game with at least 50% of the vote for two person games, and 66% of the vote for three player or more games. for example if you were party leader and only one person was in your game, you could kick them, however if two people were in your game you needed to convince at least one other player to vote with you. if three people were in your game, you had to convince at least two people to vote with you. if no one wanted to vote with you, the person could stay, or you could leave possibly being the problem yourself, and make a new game, easy as pie, or stay and suck it up.
the voting would function much like Quake III Arena's where you type "/kick red/blue/yellow/green" which causes text to come up "type /yes" or "/no" to kick Sodaboy.
if a user truly demands a private game, they can password protect their game, or use the above kick option, rather than trying to sabotage the game for others with the blacklist feature.
it turns out the game is not supposed to be there's to command, especially with events like MAE, when making public games where they expect others to join them.
yes allowing users to blacklist people for fun is the same as allowing discrimination on the server. that's where the whites would ban blacks from their stores, or men would ban women from schools, being customers, etc.. or people would ban disabled, or certain religious people, or gays from their stores. this is usually banned by law in most of the world.
in the case of todays blacklist feature, it gets used for all sorts of gaytard reasons, ie user does not like a guys force character, a user finds a weapon or rare the other really wanted and refused to trade, someone has a distaste for Japaness or Mexican players, and stupid shit like that, but that does not mean all the other players are against that person.
any blacklist feature that remains might be reserved only to block text from the user, or simple mail.
if a ban from games is truly warranted, let a game moderator step in to check out if the complaint is valid or not.
also it is possible we don't need a room block or kick feature at all, because moderators can be on duty to handle real issues. in the days of schthack, one would record cheaters and game abusers, and post it on a forum if it were a real issue.
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