I've heard a lot of people mention how they would change the rules if they had the chance. Therefore the admin team and I will be reviewing the rules and making amends where necessary. However, we want the input of the community, so please post and/or discuss any suggestions in this topic. If, for some reason, you do not want to post your ideas publicly, you can PM me and I will discuss your ideas with the other admins, without disclosing your name.

Remember, everyone's opinion will be considered, so don't be afraid to post yours.

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remove rule 14 it's unnecessary

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For the rule that states domain lords have authority over DSay, I think that it should be written a bit more clearly that admin have the ability to make admin decisions against people over it. It's a very obvious gray area and it has caused **** and might or might not cause **** in the future, but no reason to let it stay like that.

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Not really a rule, but how about a note or something saying what exactly admins can do in game so people don't argue about it. Also, a reminder that if people believe admins are misusing anything the admin's word is held higher so it falls on the community (more directly the person having a problem) to get evidence and prove something's going on (screenshots, logs, something good to use). Just rules that avoid issues since it seems that every single possible thing will be brought up eventually so might as well prepare for it all now.

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I believe private channels should remain un-moderated.

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I do too, but it's obvious that Locke will never approve of that. Since he's made it apparent he's not going to sway his opinion on that it should be made clear for everyone.

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Well, the purpose of this thread is to get community opinion. Like I said, I believe it should not be moderated. No on has ever tried to moderate private channels other than Locke.

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As long as you don't moderate domain or party channels I don't have any issues.

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Forgive this stupid suggestion, but I think that there should be a rule against people taking the game too seriously.

Basically, if people start up massive ****storms (And I'm talking serious ****storms, beyond spam-PKing and burning their domains) over losing some high-tier equipment, or in-game issues spilling over into real life or other games (could be hard to prove but should be written in), should result in people getting a temporary ban for a day or two so they can "Calm the **** down."

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Aries wrote:

Idealistic Banter

Yeah, you try enforcing that.

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Aries wrote:

Forgive this stupid suggestion, but I think that there should be a rule against people taking the game too seriously.

Basically, if people start up massive ****storms (And I'm talking serious ****storms, beyond spam-PKing and burning their domains) over losing some high-tier equipment, or in-game issues spilling over into real life or other games (could be hard to prove but should be written in), should result in people getting a temporary ban for a day or two so they can "Calm the **** down."

Well admins can mute people if they tell them to shaddup and they don't listen. I did it before when people were yelling just to yell. It's not like we can't do that.

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While I generally agree with leaving DSay unmoderated by admins, I think there are circumstances where most everyone would agree moderation is necessary. e.g. An admin overhears people on DSay telling each other about a game exploit and/or bug abuse. If DSay moderation is strictly left up to lords, people banned for bug abuse in this case could claim that the admin had no basis for banning them.

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Then suppose we change it to:

"Domain chat will be moderated by the owner of said domain unless a rule violation is apparent/reported. (EG: Discussing Exploits, Sexual Harassment)"

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I agree with Lumino, and thats basicaly what I told Locke last night.

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There are some good ideas in this topic and I'm not ignoring you guys; I'm just waiting for more discussion and opinions because I know the community is bigger than this.

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Gakumerasara wrote:

While I generally agree with leaving DSay unmoderated by admins, I think there are circumstances where most everyone would agree moderation is necessary. e.g. An admin overhears people on DSay telling each other about a game exploit and/or bug abuse. If DSay moderation is strictly left up to lords, people banned for bug abuse in this case could claim that the admin had no basis for banning them.

This I agree with, however we should still be able to talk about anal raping, donkey punches, making fun of admins and anything else we want.

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Gakumerasara wrote:

While I generally agree with leaving DSay unmoderated by admins, I think there are circumstances where most everyone would agree moderation is necessary. e.g. An admin overhears people on DSay telling each other about a game exploit and/or bug abuse. If DSay moderation is strictly left up to lords, people banned for bug abuse in this case could claim that the admin had no basis for banning them.

I thought at this point a fellow player or the domain lord himself/herself would go and report to an admin about the game exploit, showing a screen shot of the text and the actual log of the text.

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There are times in which those avenues fail though, Oon, and as such that would just be a bottleneck to prevent justice from being dealt.

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Reading some idiots talk about something on Dsay isn't moderating Dsay. Of course it's fine if they admit to something wrong. We just don't want admins randomly deciding they're the authority and change the rules instantly on a Say channel.

You don't have to make a rule because there's no rule that's violated in the first place...

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wow i posted a blank post what the ****


i said no rule 14 and locke and freinds stay out of domain say. we dont need him moderating us for stupid things when we are having a good time.

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