Too bad, I wanted to call you a raging queer next time I see you on the grid.compguygene wrote:I understand that the knee-jerk reaction to all this is to eliminate the possibility of players talking to the other team. This is probably a mistake. It would probably be much wiser to allow players to talk to each other, but implement a simple rule against spamming, excessive trash talk, excessive cursing, abuse, racial remarks, comments about sexual orientation, and overly sexual comments. Obviously, this kind of rule needs to be enforced gently by any admins. I think the idea should be that admins will warn people that they are crossing the line, silencing as needed. Basically, if we can just set a basic standard for good behavior, we can enforce it. To help control the power wielded by admins, the community could vote on who will admin, and also choose to vote to remove admins. Obviously, if we are going to continue to have "friendly" Ladle tourneys, we do need to have some mild moderation going on. That way if the player "IHateEverybody" starts to cause trouble, an admin can intervene before the situation explodes into a disaster.
A simple /silence player is more than enough in this case, I have never seen overly bad behaviour that can't be fixed with that, and the only reason we're even discussing this is because of those pussy DS'ers. In the next ladle, things will be fine, mark my w0rdz.