The 3-Strikes Policy - Is it really a good thing?

[technole]

Current game has been around 7+ years, it's not going to change. This game is just like social media. You can get cancelled permanently if you drift too far of the edge. YoshiP isn't going to lose sleep over losing your sub if you are just too toxic and end up costing a lot more people wanting to sub.

People's behavior generally changes for the better after a strike, not to do said behavior again. Stop cursing like a sailor, stop being mean to other people.

Plus the GMs for the ERP knew they made a mistake and removed as-applicable.

[TurtlesAWD]

People's behavior generally changes for the better after a strike, not to do said behavior again.

I would say I'm skeptical about this. If you happen to have anything to support it I'd be interested in seeing it.

[TurtlesAWD]

Yeah world of warcraft has no moderation system, like there literally isn't one at all.

Which is not to say that's good, it's actually awful and they can and should do a lot better, but the system over on the better end of the MMO spectrum (this one) has room for improvement.

[Penthea]

I think it's crazy that a game rated for teens doesn't have a strike removal policy. There are very few people who can claim that they never did or said anything stupid when they were a teenager, and then later cringe about those things as they got older. There are players in the game right now who have strikes on their accounts over stupid stuff they did years ago but would never even dream of doing now.

I really really really hate the idea that something dumb you did years ago when you were a different person can still negatively affect you today even after you learned and matured from it.

Strikes should be removed after a period of good behaviour. The more severe the offense, the longer it takes to be removed. Although some stuff should stay on your account such as cheating or severely inappropriate behavior such as stalking because these are particularly strong offenses. Can't be compared with someone dropping a F bomb.

[Kuya420]

I think it's crazy that a game rated for teens doesn't have a strike removal policy. There are very few people who can claim that they never did or said anything stupid when they were a teenager, and then later cringe about those things as they got older. There are players in the game right now who have strikes on their accounts over stupid stuff they did years ago but would never even dream of doing now.

I really really really hate the idea that something dumb you did years ago when you were a different person can still negatively affect you today even after you learned and matured from it.

Strikes should be removed after a period of good behaviour. The more severe the offense, the longer it takes to be removed. Although some stuff should stay on your account such as cheating or severely inappropriate behavior such as stalking because these are particularly strong offenses. Can't be compared with someone dropping a F bomb.

welcome to real life these days, thats how cancel culture has been working as of late, digging back years into ppls posts hoping to find something that will "prove" they deserve to be canceled just because they dislike them personally, its sad really

[Penthea]

welcome to real life these days, thats how cancel culture has been working as of late, digging back years into ppls posts hoping to find something that will "prove" they deserve to be canceled just because they dislike them personally, its sad really

Cancel culture is why I had to unsubscribe from many youtubers and unfollow a lot of twitter accounts. I got tired of the whole "you said this awful thing once and even though for the past ten years you have been nothing but a good influence it means nothing because of that one bad thing". These people aren't trying to make the world a better place, they're trying to make themselves feel good by destroying someone else. It's revolting behaviour.

[AncientWillow]

Thing is no matter how much they scream well tos says it.. Then you go read it and NO IT DOESNT say what was done is against it..

And if you deny this your naive they throw in this bs lines that then can used to honestly ban/warn for no reason..
Lines that are really open ended and have no real way to follow then groups of ppl who are uptight use that bs for no reason on a person who isnt doing a,damn thing wrong.
So for one this loop hole bs needs to be removed from tos

[technole]

Here we go again with someone saying "use the profanity filter" to justify their wrongdoing. Well that was designed so you didn't accidentally comes across it in some passing conversation like a linkshell or shout.

But cursing to someone is prohibited in this game, second most fail to realize the profanity filter is just a client setting, what you wrote is logged on the servers for a GM to see unfiltered. You can have a strike if you'd like, keep it up.

[Theodric]

I think that it's a matter of nuance, really.

There's a huge difference between targeted profanity and profanity that isn't aimed at anybody in particular.

There's also cultural elements at play, different backgrounds and language barriers. Misunderstandings happen.

I've said this before but some of the kindest people I've ever met swore like sailors. In some cases, they pretty much were sailors due to living next to the sea.

Interestingly enough, some of the worst people I've ever met were always very keen to show off how 'virtuous' and 'tolerant' they supposedly were. Yet the things they said in private, when the 'cameras' weren't running and zero accountability existed? Oh, boy...

[Saefinn]

Or at the very least, clarification on what they consider "profanity" in a game that's rated "teen" with "language" listed as one of the items that makes it so. Because it's obvious some is acceptable. And heck, what my grandmother's generation considered profane and what my generation consider profane don't match up.