[ANNOUNCEMENT] - TRIAL - Discrimination/Racism/Spam Silences to become Zone Bans

[Jessup]

Thumbs up!! I apologize for not responding to this earlier but think this is a good move by staff!

[Rab]

If we're going to crack down on MMR leaving, there's a couple of things we have to do first:
- Prevent aliasing, same 1-2 ppl making new names every few days. Bot can't balance if a 2-10 player is 3k rated.
- Fix the drafting algo, every other game there's a team the bot says has 50% win chance that quite obviously has no hope.

[Vys]

Good stuff, can we clarify that everyone is on the same starting line when this is introduced? And any previous offences are reset to run in line with this new enforcement action?

Also, could we have a review of MMR and have a similar table for people leaving games? I still think that is a grey area and subjected to the host and there relationship with the player in question.

I like the direction you guys are going.

[Mossad]

good job on doing this trial.. i do think this can help to minimize the hate. on the same note we might lose those players who dont care and are in game only to abuse other players. in any case its win lose case. meaning our in game base player rate will drop.

[dcr]

I was under the impression that this game had an ignore feature built in. Perhaps these players should learn to use it.

[Rab]

Good change.

I think bans could ramp up more aggressively so that repeat offenders can't so easily just come back, and it'll be less work for you in the long run, and might actually improve the quality of the zone by taking out the trash. Something like this gives players the chance to reform, and cracks down on those who don't.
1st - 1 warn
2nd - 1 week
3rd - 1 month
4th - 1 year
5th - 1 lifetime

[Hookecho]

Hi Everyone,

After feedback we've heard from some players, we're going to trial a change to how we enforce rule violations relating to spamming or racism/discrimination.

Beginning on Friday, March 1st, we will move to issuing Zone Bans instead of Silences. This will allow players to be relieved of the immediate issue and will not require players to play in pub silenced in order to become unsilenced. There will also be a change in the amount of time these bans are for.

Below are the new enforcement guidelines for racism and spamming:

Offense	Enforcement Action
1st Offense	*warn(ing)
2nd Offense	1d BanG
3rd Offense	3d BanG
4th Offense	7d BanG
5th Offense	14d BanG
6th Offense	30d BanG
7th Offense	30d BanG + Report to Ban Operators for Review Additional extension at Ban Operator Discretion

As a reminder, cross-zone spamming (e.g. Idling in Extreme Games and spamming people with private messages in TrenchWars) is also against the rules. If you attempt this after your zone ban, your ban will be copied to the network, which will include all of the SSCU-aligned zones.


The trial period will begin Friday, March 1st, and will go for three months, ending May 31st. At this time we will evaluate how the system is working and adjust if necessary based on feedback received.

Please use this forum post as a place to submit your feedback. If you would like to do so in a private setting, you may PM me here or in game.

Thanks,

Hookecho