There's a Literal Army of RMT BOts Doing the MSQ

[Tohe-Spidhire]

Solution is to deputize certain players, so they can police the situation.

If the Deputy gets out of line, then remove their badge, and issue a temporary suspension.

[EnigmaticDodo]

Solution is to deputize certain players, so they can police the situation.

If the Deputy gets out of line, then remove their badge, and issue a temporary suspension.

This could work. They'd just need to audit the players and keep 'em honest. Sort of like the P-Mod thing RS has.

[Apopopo]

Solution is to deputize certain players, so they can police the situation.

If the Deputy gets out of line, then remove their badge, and issue a temporary suspension.

this will literally never happen

players can't even be trusted to not abuse votekick / kick powers in novice network, you really think giving them more power can fix problems?

[Tohe-Spidhire]

this will literally never happen

players can't even be trusted to not abuse votekick / kick powers in novice network, you really think giving them more power can fix problems?

If someone abuses the tools in other parts of the game, then would not qualify as deputies.

For someone that qualifies to be a deputy, when they see a handful of junk-name toons teleporting around, they flag it.

If audit determines that a deputy has abused their authority, then they lose that authority.

[LauraAdalena]

Solution is to deputize certain players, so they can police the situation.

If the Deputy gets out of line, then remove their badge, and issue a temporary suspension.

So mentors with more power and an ability to have their status thing removed?

[Tohe-Spidhire]

Solution is to deputize certain players, so they can police the situation.

If the Deputy gets out of line, then remove their badge, and issue a temporary suspension.

So mentors with more power and an ability to have their status thing removed?

Initially, the system would operate in parallel with what SE are currently doing. If successful over time, then perhaps SE will be able to reduce their expenditure of resources on the matter.

A Deputy is simply playing their game, and if they happen to spot an RMT bot, then they can take action. For a new Deputy, perhaps they are initially given freedom to take action on *ONE* suspected RMT bot. After auditing to confirm that the Deputy was correct, Deputy can again take action on *ONE* bot. Over time, perhaps this limit can be slowly incremented in recognition of good work, or decremented when mistakes made.

With respect to either status or recognition, it should not be like Mentors, who are given a little icon beside their name. A Deputy would have no visible indication of what SE is allowing them to do. They are anonymous volunteers that are doing work for the betterment of the community. If you feel you should be given recognition, then this is not for you.

For example, you would not want a posse of Deputies riding together as a group, seeking to punish an RMT bot. And Deputies should not want a visual indicator for other players because people would actively make requests of those players to put aside what they were currently doing to "take care of a bot." So being anonymous, the Deputy cannot advertise their privilege, lest that privilege be revoked.