Hello, The problem of cussing and abusive/harmful language in the chat on the server and the nicknames and the faction names is atrocious! This game is rated for everyone, meaning that you have kids ranging from 7-18. We dont want to create a hostile environment where everyone is calling each other bad names and hurting each others feelings. Also whenever someone asks a question it seems either staff answers the question, or if they are not on and I am the person gets made fun of ( I help them to my fullest, I have built bases for people who are new to the server and just got tp killed/ I donate all my kits regularly/ And i spend some of my time trying to help these problems) Cussing and nasty language benefits no one, you can perfectly get your point across with out it. I just witnessed players who had just joined the server ( No staff was on at this time ) and the chat was pretty brutal and one player said " This server needs better chat management" And left. This is a problem that is morally wrong and is effecting the overall vibe of the server and is even turning players away! I suggest we fix this by possibly giving 1 warning from abusive chat, then a 1 hour mute the next time, then a day mute, then a week..etc. Or possibly implementing a chat filter? Also, Tp killing needs to be stopped. So many new players are being tp killed, and it instantly turns them away. Also people saying "Tp for Diamonds" just makes the server look trashy. Only the tp killer is benefited and the tpee is effected in a massively unfair away. I suggest we just make this a bannable act.
I don't think that Tp kill should be bannable for two reasons: 1- Really hard to prove, leading to arguments and accusations in chat. 2- No one forced anyone to accept the tp... If they are gullible enough to trust anyone on a hostile server then they don't have much of a future :\
Fair enough, But it should atleast be punishable. Also my main thing here was me trying to make the chat a cleaner place. When your 9 year old cousin starts repeating the words she sees on the server you know its bad.
I honestly can't tell if this is a troll post or not. I will respond under the assumption, that for some reason, this post was created with 100% seriousness. I don't know any 7 year olds that play factions, I'm sure there are, but few and far in between. Any 13+ year olds (which I believe is the make up of 80% of this community) have heard a swear word from their own life. Staff's job to answer questions of course. That's odd sound to me, that someone would make fun of you for answering questions... If that's what you're saying, not sure with the wording. Helping people in chat, good on you for taking initiative there. Helping people build bases and donating gear is completely your choice, and while it's kind, no one should feel obligated to. Lack of staff, if you wanna see that fixed, apply yourself. Once upon a time, not too long ago (like 3 weeks?) we had a chat filter in place, but how quickly people bypassed it. There is still a filter in place for certain words, but most swear words are no longer filtered. Why you might ask? It's because what is the real difference between typing "fuck" and it being filtered to something more tame, then a second later you type "fcuk" or another creative variation of the intended swear word? About 2 seconds for the average person. Factions server, scamming, lying, etc. to get ahead is not only allowed, but (in my opinion) encouraged to be the best/richest player and/or faction.
1. 7 year olds being a minority is no logical reason to negate them. 2. I meant to say the person asking the question gets made fun of. I.e. People yelling noob and stupid crap like that, Or telling them that /ci is the command for redeeming your credits or something along those lines. 3. I never said anyone should feel obligated to help others. 4. I may just apply for helper. 5. Make bypassing the filter a punishable offense. Easy problem fixed. 6. Actually tp is not a command for the factions plugin, thus making it not directly related.
I don't believe that tp-trapping should be bannable or chat filters should be placed. Chat filters: http://beastfactions.net/community/threads/cursing.2568/ There has already been a discussion about cursing And there are multiple posts about disrespect, but I just can't find the links. The players who are told that /ci is the command for redeeming credits and did it, they did it themselves, they typed the command themselves. Like the thing about tp-trapping, they have the option to not.
BTW about cursing.. words don't have power if you don't give them power. If someone says 'fuck' or any cuss words, it doesn't mean anything if you don't let it mean anything. It's just that people think of it as bad, when it's just a word. People take it as an insult though. Although not everyone might believe in this, just think about what I've said.
Filter needs to come back. But disrespect should be allowed. A simple you suck or your bad will satisfy each other's needs. Cursing just makes it, harsh and turn it a step higher and just makes everything brutal. Lots of kids play this server, never underestimate that fact because you think that 7 year olds can't handle factions. 131 people on today, 15 people were talking. Who's the other 100 behind that monitor, too scared to talk or they just don't want to. Could possibly be kids. I am one my self. If you want to build a strong player base you want people able to talk and give feedback. Express what they believe in. There is also a huge shortage of staff in the NA region. Right after Tom and the eu members go to bed. All hell breaks down. I cannot even remember the number of people who have advertised while you guys are gone. If everyone is saying fuck you in an100 player server chat would be straight up Havoc. Where's the place for socializing and meeting friends. Oh wait, there isn't one
Thank you everyone for your opinions. Continue to express them and vote on this thread as it will be very helpful for future server development. Thank you.
That is true Nick. We are short of Na staff. Me and Exotic_Painz try to get on as soon as possible but we are usually busy until late at night a few hours after the EU staff get off. I agree with the keeping disrespect but I think Cursing should stay too. I think it will be fine if we have staff on at all times to monitor it. So, hopefully we can hire a few people that can fill the times between EU and NA staff when no one is on.