Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
Very nice at just repeating the words back to me instead of trying to actually define them. The fact that players cannot figure out an adequate definition is exactly the problem here. It's not from a lack of understanding of the terms in a definition sense-- it's from us having no idea where SE is even coming from with these "rules". They could very well mean we aren't allowed to reject opinions period; the parameters are not clearly defined. And, really, why does a rule like this even matter? Because people "feel bad" if someone else doesn't agree with their opinion? It's one thing to berate someone for having it; it's another to just say, "You can't say anything to make me see things your way, sorry".

There's still literally no reason for a rule like this. No other MMO policy that I looked at has anything like it (as well as the playstyle rule), so it's far from a standard thing. Probably because anyone could claim they "felt unilaterally rejected in their opinion" or "forced to play a certain way" and there would be no way to prove otherwise since it would be based off of "feelings". And since we've established it doesn't matter whether the intention was there or not...


EDIT: Judging from a document I found discussing unilateral changes in the workplace, it's referring to making said changes without any sort of bargaining on behalf of the decision, and basically a higher-up deciding "this is so because I deem it to be so". Why does this need to be applied to opinions of all things, though? Opinions can vary between individuals; are they attempting to try and force acceptance of opinions that differ from one's own? Because you can't force every person to just accept differing opinions. Some people simply don't want to, and while that can be frustrating, I don't think it requires a rule saying "you aren't allowed to do this".

Wish I could know if that was where SE was coming from or not.

To be frank, I assumed after I made that post that if you didn't understand what "unilaterally rejecting someone's opinion" means, then you would look it up so I didn't need to explain. It seems you did later, which is exactly what people in this thread should be doing rather than knee-jerk raging about things they don't even understand.

Kudos on looking it up, I mean that.

And yes, it means making a decision/order without any consultation or consideration. Or in other words, being a dictator. No one likes a dictator, which is likely why they included it in the "what you shouldn't do" policies.

As for your concern, no, punishment will not completely hinge on someone's "feelings". They can report and claim they felt wronged in some way, but GMs will look at the logs and judge if their claim is reasonable. If it's not, then either no action will be taken, or if the reporter has a history of false claims, likely they will be punished instead.


And yes, they worded their policy changes poorly, as I said. A lot of this could be cleared up if they had a better translator/editor.