Curse

cyberjanet · Mar 04, 2007, 09:52 AM // 09:52

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Originally Posted by Ensign

GMs are one of the things a monthly fee pays for.

Peace,
-CxE

They have chat moderators in Kingdom of Loathing, and that game is entirely free to play. You don't even have to buy it.

[edit]In another thread (about having an auction house to stop spamming) I made the suggestion that it would be nice to have an antispam command that ordinary people can use to stop spammers. Once the system registers x number of commands from different people, say 10 (to stop abuse by kids with stupid senses of humour) thenthe spammer gets sent off to watch a 1 minute no-skip movie on how to use the trade channel.

Maybe we simply need a ban command that people can use to protect themselves from unwanted chat, and that includes the hormonal prepubescent chat (strange how we protect kids from adults but not vice versa). When the system receives 10 ban commands for a player, then the system disables that account's local chat for one minute along with a message saying "10 players want you banned". 20 commands - 2 minutes. 30 commands - 3 minutes. Oh, and it would be good if it were cumulative over the lifetime of an account.

LONGA · Mar 04, 2007, 10:22 AM // 10:22

Yeah really bug me as well.Especailly I dont know the reason behind those low-life RPGs actions.
I got people having a free ride in missons a couple tries lately.Today i make a joke based on that incident."Dont trust monks with muscle and tattoos".Becuase almost every time I saw male monk with tattoos I usually saw monk with 55HP build which is really useless for team play.

Tempy · Mar 04, 2007, 10:38 AM // 10:38

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Originally Posted by tomcruisejr

The police force doesn't coerce people to smile at each other, to say hello to each other and give cookies to each other though, last time i check.

This "humorous" Obituary so fits here, especially who he is proceeded in death by and survived by.

I am mourning the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense.

His obituary reads as follows:

Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was, his birth records were long ago entangled in miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape.
Known affectionately to close friends as Horse Sense and Sound Thinking, he selflessly devoted himself to a life of service in homes, schools, hospitals and offices, helping folks get jobs done without a lot of fanfare, whooping and hollering. Rules and regulations and petty, frivolous lawsuits held no power over C.S.

A most reliable sage, he was credited with cultivating the ability to know when to come in out of the rain, the discovery that the early bird gets the worm and how to take the bitter with the sweet. C.S. also developed sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adult is in charge, not the kid) and prudent dietary plans (offset eggs and bacon with a little fiber and orange juice).

A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, the Technological Revolution and the Smoking Crusades, C.S. survived sundry cultural and educational trends including disco, the men's movement, body piercing, whole language and new math.

C.S.'s health began declining in the late 1960s when he became infected with the If-It-Feels-Good, Do-It virus. In the following decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal and state rules and regulations and an oppressive tax code. C.S. was sapped of strength and the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, criminals received better treatment than victims and judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional baseball and golf. His deterioration accelerated as schools implemented zero-tolerance policies. Reports of 6-year-old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing classmates, a teen suspended for taking a swig of Scope mouthwash after lunch, girls suspended for possessing Midol and an honor student expelled for having a table knife in her school lunch were more than his heart could endure.

As the end neared, doctors say C.S. drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments regarding regulations on low-flow toilets and mandatory air bags. Finally, upon hearing about a government plan to ban inhalers from 14 million asthmatics due to a trace of a pollutant that may be harmful to the environment, C.S. breathed his last. Services will be at Whispering Pines Cemetery. C.S. was preceded in death by his wife, Discretion; one daughter, Responsibility; and one son, Reason. He is survived by two step-brothers, My Rights and Ima Whiner.

Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Institute for Rational Thought.

Farewell, Common Sense. May you rest in peace. ~Author Unknown~

Kuldebar Valiturus · Mar 04, 2007, 06:20 PM // 18:20

It's not a question of more "enforcement", adding babysitters would just be a further push in the downward spiral. The solution would be to tweak the game in order to make cooperating with others attractive again.

Dealing with other people can often be tedious, trying and sometimes challenging; if there is a way to circumvent such efforts people will usually choose to do so.

I will repeat what I stated earlier:

People have a "I don't care" attitude because they don't have to care.

When cooperation is necessary to more readily accomplish things, you will find that people have a willingness to work together because it is in their own self interests to do so.

The general trend in Guild Wars (in my view, an unfortunate trend) has been the decline in the need and value of cooperation with other people.

The decline in the value and practicality of cooperation has a negative impact on player interaction. Cooperative behavior begets cooperative behavior and is a self sustaining principle in a civil society.

When the element of cooperation is diminished or eliminated, the individual may benefit in some ways but will now be exposed to a degraded social environment. And difficulties will be made manifest in the few remaining areas of the game world where interpersonal relations are necessary or desired.

It comes down to the difference between dealing with strangers or dealing with acquaintances.

Being socially adept requires practice.

gone · Mar 04, 2007, 08:12 PM // 20:12

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