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↑ killerjester wrote:When gear has been bought it will go to the Ungeared Raider with the highest-roll on a d100 loot system.
↑ elusive wrote:I guess I see what you're saying in that he was asking her not to disrespect him in game but the rules seem to be arbitrarily applied across the board. What constitutes breaking the rules or not? Would it have been okay if he PMed the Mod first to ask? I've done that and let Mods know what I plan to say (well usually its an invite or something positive and not game related).
On the site forum the example is you can say "so and so is playing in three other games."
However, I never go to Mods for help unless I've established some trust relationship with them by them showing they won't abuse their power. When approaching players Mods need to be really calm. Mods aren't in the game, they're outside of it as this kind of neutral or helpful entity and when you go into "Modkill if you do this" or "Threats" then you're not being a good Mod.
I can see ABR getting a warning but a ban or modkill? That's just showing disparity. What about the fact that a player was rude to him, that the Mod agreed on, was that a Modkill worthy action? The site rules also state something about players not intending to insult others.
I was in a newbie game where one player stated she was fine with cursing\being cursed at while another said she couldn't deal with it. The rules seem flexible and kind of open to interpretation to a degree that Mods should err on the side of caution or at least be consistent and not actively antagonize players.
↑ elusive wrote:1) I avoid going to Mods in general, ika. I don't respect authority unless it's earned and that takes time to develop. It might be a personal issue.
2) That's the thing though, a player may think what they're saying is not offensive but a player can find it to be offensive. Such as pet names. What then? Who does the Mod protect - the player who is offended or the player who is playing a game that is not like other games? I mean most competitive games can have some trash talking but mafia is almost engineered towards it.
I guess its very different from Mod to Mod and that's how you figure out who's games to in for and who to avoid. There's plenty of both, games and players.