I've been a moderator for a few months, and during that time (and
before), I got a lot of input on the rules of the game servers:
- !rules
- http://www.dswp.de/old/wiki/doku.php/dswp:rules
- Instructions and opinions from other moderators or admins (in game,
on mumble, or on forums)
As each source gave me different input on the rules, I need
to finally sort out what's Right(tm) or Wrong(tm), because this
latent cognitive dissonance is killing me. :-)
Anyway, I would like to hear your opinion on my (current or planned)
behavior on a few scenarios described below. If you agree or
disagree, I would like to hear from you.
{ Hint: "guy" means also "girl", of course }
General
Generally, my escalation strategy on someone's "misdemeanor" is as
follows:
1) I call the guy's attention to it (via chat).
2) If he still doesn't stop, I "!w" and/or "!slap" him.
3) If he still doesn't stop, I either repeat step 2 up to 3 times or
so to have B3 kick/ban him, or I "!k" him myself.
4) If he still doesn't stop, I "!tb" him for some time (10m to 1d,
depending on situation/mood).
Depending on the respective situation and/or my mood, I sometimes
shortcut this escalation procedure here and there, and the time for
temporary bans varies.
Individual Scenarios
- Cheaters
I take demo(s), "!lt", "!id", and "!tb 1d" the guy, and post
everything via <http://dswp.de/postdemo>.
When I'm on other servers where I have no rights, I do two
things:
a) I ask the guy why he's cheating and/or I politely (yes, I include
the word "please") ask him to turn it off.
b) I try to join his team and constantly block him, so that his
aimbot/autoshoot will kill me and he will get kicked
automatically due to TK. - Team Attacking / Team Killing / Blocking
I always use "!fa" right after a TK or every other minute, just in
case someone hit me. TA/TK/Blocking happens, I would not
excommunicate anyone for that. :-)
The only exception is when someone out of extreme noobishness or even
purposefully does excessive TA / TK / blocking.
In case of noobishness, my reaction is the aforementioned
default.
In case of purpose, my reaction is:
1) I "!tb" him for some time (1h to 1d, depending on situation/mood) - !cyclemap
I currently act inconsistently. In future, I would like to let
!cyclemap always pass. After all, a vote is democratic. - !nextmap with non-sensical maps
If 45 players are on, and someone calls a vote for firing range ...
well, why not. If people see they have made a mistake with that
choice, they can still do a !cyclemap.
If a map choice would pose a threat for the server's stability or
would make it impossible for anyone to play, I would !veto it, of
course. Is there a list of problematic maps or a list of other
things that can do harm to the server and/or the gameplay? - Spam / Advertizing / Annoying chat
If someone spams, i. e. either writes excessive amounts of the same
information over and over (incl. vote spam), or tries to annoy
people (like that one guy who always asked everyone if we would have
anal sex with him and the likes), I show the aforementioned default
reaction.
- Cursing / Insults
Cursing is part of life, period. Fuck the FCC! ;-)
Humorous insults (as far as I can tell that) are also no problem.
On insults meant seriously, I react as follows:
1) I say "HINT: Please kill each other politely, thanks. :-)".
2) If he doesn't stop, I tell the guy to behave (via chat).
After that comes the default reaction strategy, with a "!tb" time of
10m to 1d, depending on situation/mood.
- Camping
This item is tough. There have been a million discussions about that
before, so I don't want to start it all over again. But if you
strongly disagree on my thoughts, please write a line or two.
I can understand both positions:
a) Camping kills the dynamics and speed of the game, as it turns the
playfield into a virtual mine field.
b) Camping is part of a Real Life(tm) battle, too. (But isn't the
motto of UrT "Fun over realism?".) And it's a nice challenge (for
good players).
Because playing (non-campingly) when there are many campers is probably
an insurpassable obstacle for not so experienced players, and because
we want people to have fun on our server (at least I guess so :-), I
tend to reject at least excessive camping (whatever definition might
suit that). - Nazism / Racism / Chauvinism etc.
1) I ask the guy why he thinks/says that and/or why he has such
a nick name.
2) I ask the guy to stop that and/or to change his nickname.
After that comes the aforementioned default reaction strategy, with
a !tb time of 10m to 1d, depending on situation/mood.
I've seen people in game, on mumble, and on forums insulting those
Nazis / racists / chauvinists in a way I would never insult
anybody, except maybe in the heat of the moment, if he
currently actually (i. e. in Real Life(tm)) threatens my or someone
else's health or life or has just actually done that in front of my
eyes.
Most of the people in the world don't like Nazism, racism,
chauvinism, cheating etc. But many people seem to forget that these
people are not acting voluntarily like that; instead they're victims
themselves, due to some sort of violence and pain that was inflicted
on them before, maybe even during their whole life. This also
includes non-physical violence and pain, like e. g. hatred,
buddying, ignorance, and having no future.
I would like to ask everybody to reject Nazism, racism, chauvinism,
cheating etc. themselves, but not the people behind it. They are
human beings just like you, and yes, even you could end up
acting just like them, it's only a matter of the experiences you
make in your life.
Insulting and ignoring your fellow human beings will not help,
even if they act anti-socially. This will most likely make them behave
even more anti-socially -- and if they can't do that in the game (due
to being banned), they will wreak their anger on other people in
Real Life(tm).
Is this what you want?
I can fully understand the emotions you have, if you're directly and
actually affected by Nazism, racism, chauvinism etc., but if you can
find some way to turn your anger into something else and try to see
yourself in these people, I would ask you to do that. It would
probably make this world a better place.
Thanks for reading.
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