They Should Add An Official Damage Meter With One Condition

[Sebazy]

I'll never quite understand the train of thought that by adding in a parser, SE would somehow automatically be removing their exceptionally hard stance towards abusive behaviour of any sort in chat.

SE could readily add an ingame feature with a very specific warning not to abuse it and use it as means to attack other players with a clear line in the sand given by GMs as to what is and isn't acceptable. Sure, you might see the occasional person being toxic with it at first but then if they promptly eat a ban for it, aren't we all winning in the long term? If swinging around numbers is treated in the same manner as it is right now, it's certainly not going to get worse.

[Klytania]

I'll never quite understand the train of thought that by adding in a parser, SE would somehow automatically be removing their exceptionally hard stance towards abusive behaviour of any sort in chat.

SE could readily add an ingame feature with a very specific warning not to abuse it and use it as means to attack other players with a clear line in the sand given by GMs as to what is and isn't acceptable. Sure, you might see the occasional person being toxic with it at first but then if they promptly eat a ban for it, aren't we all winning in the long term? If swinging around numbers is treated in the same manner as it is right now, it's certainly not going to get worse.

Exactly. It's like what they did with the Adventure plates. They already had language in the TOS that covered people making extra-lewd plates. A damage parser would literally be no different.

[Semirhage]

I'll never quite understand the train of thought that by adding in a parser, SE would somehow automatically be removing their exceptionally hard stance towards abusive behaviour of any sort in chat.

SE could readily add an ingame feature with a very specific warning not to abuse it and use it as means to attack other players with a clear line in the sand given by GMs as to what is and isn't acceptable. Sure, you might see the occasional person being toxic with it at first but then if they promptly eat a ban for it, aren't we all winning in the long term? If swinging around numbers is treated in the same manner as it is right now, it's certainly not going to get worse.

But Sebazy it's haaaaaaaaaaaard. If we don't keep the BadEvil stat trackers out then people might feeeeeeeeeeeeel more "pressured" to improve. And no harassment is worse or less punishable than harassment you make up from an invisible voice in your own head.

*psst* *whisper whisper* that voice of shame and judgement in your own head is often a good thing and you should probably follow its advice more often, dear reader *whisper whisper*

[LisSquid]

*psst* *whisper whisper* that voice of shame and judgement in your own head is often a good thing and you should probably follow its advice more often, dear reader *whisper whisper*

That voice keeps me from eating my coconut vanilla soap every morning.