rules discussion

[Turban]

rule #6 is very stupid for most of the part. i can't count how many times players have been banned or warned for sending 3 help calls within 10-15 minutes. only staffers see the help calls anyways, so you can just take the first call and "ignore" the rest. and if the bans are about "getting false statistics of how many calls go unanswered" then just code the bot to ignore the second/third help call from the player if it has been sent within 10 minutes.

also, even though a player ran committee sounds great - they wouldn't have the access to server logs to find out whether or not the staffer has really abused their powers. current smods (and higher ranked staffers) can see if other staffers are abusing, but it's another story whether or not they'll do anything if a staffer happens to abuse their powers.

if ya get what i mean!

[Vys]

I agree actually. A player ran committee consisting of older players or squad captains should have the power to remove someone detrimental to the zone from staff. Right now staff handles reports of abuse and nothing gets done because staff protects staff. It would make more sense for some responsible older players to judge them on cases of abuse for the same reason why staff already can't take reports of abuse about themselves in ?help, and can't take help or cheater calls when it is their squad involved in the call.

Also I think its time to remove the "spec-hunting" rule, honestly I doubt anyone takes pub this seriously, its basically impossible to prove, and if anything if someone does do it its sorta like preparing them for twdd where every fucking squad and person spec hunts people.

^ what he said

[kthx]

I agree actually. A player ran committee consisting of older players or squad captains should have the power to remove someone detrimental to the zone from staff. Right now staff handles reports of abuse and nothing gets done because staff protects staff. It would make more sense for some responsible older players to judge them on cases of abuse for the same reason why staff already can't take reports of abuse about themselves in ?help, and can't take help or cheater calls when it is their squad involved in the call.

Also I think its time to remove the "spec-hunting" rule, honestly I doubt anyone takes pub this seriously, its basically impossible to prove, and if anything if someone does do it its sorta like preparing them for twdd where every fucking squad and person spec hunts people.

[Vys]

Sorry for the double post, but I think you should add some rules which staff have, like if they abuse their power and then receive a ban and immediate dismissal

[Vys]

Good work Sarah, just one issue I have with rule 6. Quite a few times I've used ?help and I'd gotten no response, done it again and got no response, so you kind of guess that the 3rd help call wasn't as nice as the first and second and I've been warned a few times for abusing help.
I think you should also have the rule that if someone does a help call and there are staff active and they fail to respond and then they face a day suspension.

[Demonic]

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