Peer moderation

[SekoETC]

Sometimes there are characters who aren't really roleplayed and they are just used to troll or to express the opinions of the player (for example saying things like "this game sux"). Such characters make the game unpleasant for others and they can start sabotage projects, and it might take hours before someone from PD gets online and locks their account.

I think it would be better if all long-term players, who haven't done something that would prove them untrustworthy, were be given the ability to freeze characters who behave in a disruptive OOC manner. Frozen characters couldn't do anything but they also couldn't be attacked or dragged, so people couldn't take advantage of their situation.

All cases would be investigated by PD and if it turned out that someone was frozen without a proper reason, the person or people who did it would lose their moderation priviledges and maybe have their accounts locked for at least as long as the other character spent frozen. It could also be made so that freezing a person would require a vote from more than one person, as long as the requirements weren't set too high.

Sometimes newspawns might seem suicidal even though they might be played by a newbie who hurts others without realizing it. Currently the trend is to hit first and ask questions later because stopping people has been made so hard. Freezing might save newbies from getting their characters slaughtered and being disappointed by such brutality. Sometimes they just need a bit of talking to.

Now this could also be handled IC if something like nets, knockouts or bondage were implemented, but somehow I have the feeling it's not going to happen. Freezing would rely partially on existing mechanics (account locking) so it would probably be simpler to implement even though it's an OOC method.

[*Wiro]

How often does it happen that something REALLY bad happens, really? "omgg game sucks ur all fags" doesn't really harm much, people ignore those kind of pests and wait for it to be taken care of by PD.

The only actual damage they could do is spam notes which could be cleaned up afterwards (and up to a certain extent it is IC... but not when the char exists just for trolling) and sabotage projects. We really need to be able to take away resources from projects if it has been several days since the project was started and the one who started it isn't there anymore. But we all know that suggestions just don't get added anymore...

[Dudel]

I'd rather see IG ways to solve this with nets etc but I don't see them being implimented before my characters 100th b-day. FYI: He's only 30.

Not 100% with the character freezing. Maybe I'm confused, JUST the character NOT the account gets frozen?

[joo]

From what I've seen on the forums and IRC, I don't trust all "long-term players" to make rational decisions about what behaviour would warrant the character being locked.

[Dudel]

Awww... joo's sad he's been banned.

No I wouldn't trust people either joo, don't feel bad.

[joo]

Awww... joo's sad he's been banned.

Heh, actually I wasn't referring to that... but yes, now that I come to think of it...

[Piscator]

I don't like this idea either. Let's rather use existing structures and swear in a couple of new PD aspirants.

[cantrlady]

I don't like this idea either. Let's rather use existing structures and swear in a couple of new PD aspirants.

That would be my vote.

[Doug R.]

Ditto.

[Gran]

It is not quite certain if we eould actually get the desired results... but I had some fun imagining what would happen to the frozen char. Maybe he would drool and/or vomit then fall into a coma?

It could be called newspawn disease.

[Cantryjczyk]

I don't like this "idea" either.

[frenchfisher]

Perhaps if it were toned town a bit; give the ability for older players to "flag" a character. If they're flagged enough times (perhaps three, to avoid people getting pissed off and flagging at random) they might get a message or two on their login screen which is like, "Hey, cut that out, Cantr is for real RP, yo." If they get a couple more flags then they could be automatically brought before the Players' Department.

[*Wiro]

Frenchfisher, that only works with people that know how common sense works. It's like "OMG EYE REPOTT U 2 DA PEEDEE IF U DUN LISSEN TA MEEEE" and all that.

[SekoETC]

If misusing one's privileges led to losing them, I don't think it would be the end of the world if people got reported without a proper reason, especially if characters couldn't be harmed while they're frozen, or if they were just flagged and it didn't prevent playing. And besides, people can already report others to PD and sometimes they do it over no good reasons.

[frenchfisher]

Frenchfisher, that only works with people that know how common sense works. It's like "OMG EYE REPOTT U 2 DA PEEDEE IF U DUN LISSEN TA MEEEE" and all that.

I know; hence requiring multiple users to flag people, and even more to report them to the PD.