Administrators Popular Post Amethyst Posted January 29, 2018 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2018 So, older users may be familiar with our warning and punishment system. For a refresher, here's what that looked like previously: Quote 1 WP: The user is no longer eligible for Voice (an Ace Member-applicable server status). 2 WPs: The user loses Voice status, if they currently have it. 3 WPs: The user loses Ace status and is no longer eligible to buy it. 5 WPs: The user is put on a 30-day post preview. 7 WPs: The user is locked on the server until they fall below 7 points. 10 WPs: The user is banned from the server and forum. Perhaps you see the inherent problem already-- most of these are still geared towards Showdown and Ace Membership, which have respectively fallen out of use and fallen out of existence. Therefore, effective as of the post, we have decided to update the warning point thresholds and consequences. The new list is as follows: Quote 1WP: The user may no longer request clubs 3WP: The user receives a week long moderator approval on forums, and a week long mute on discord 5WP: The user is unverified on discord and loses ownership of any clubs they have 7WP: The user is muted and on moderator approval until their point threshold reaches 0 10WP: The user is banned from the community These may seem quite a bit stricter, but it is worth noting that very few users ever get to even 3 warning points at a time even on the old system, so it is not likely to affect many people. In addition, we haven't been satisfied with some of the persistent negativity that has lingered in the community lately, and it is our hope that these changes will enable us to address those problems much more quickly and efficiently. In addition to this, we are also cutting the Advertising warning penalty from 4 points to 1. Previously that warning was intended to handle not only spambots, but users who would advertise other showdown servers on our own. Since showdown is no longer such a concern and that doesn't tend to happen on Discord, we no longer need such a steep toll on this warning, and will just handle spambots separately. This warning then becomes reserved for any users who links to a site with intent to require the user to pay, register or subscribe to their services, such as other forums, twitch streams, etc. In order to post these links users should check in with and get approval from a staff member first. That approval should be given to any user who shows a genuine intention or effort to contribute positively to the community, which in most cases means it will be allowed without much question. Checking in still important though. okay that's it for icky business and discipline stuff. please all have a nice day~ 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Drakyle Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Amethyst said: okay that's it for icky business and discipline stuff. please all have a nice day~ but...the icky business is the best bit Ame! : P What if we don't want to have a nice day? i'm just playing Ame, hopefully the negative stuff will die down but opposites attract unfortunately so there will always be negative to balance the positive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairFamily Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Will these penalties be applied retroactively? Because I don't see any changes in my restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Amethyst Posted January 29, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted January 29, 2018 They'll only apply as new warnings come in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRS swag Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Amethyst said: So, older users may be familiar with our warning and punishment system. For a refresher, here's what that looked like previously: Perhaps you see the inherent problem already-- most of these are still geared towards Showdown and Ace Membership, which have respectively fallen out of use and fallen out of existence. Therefore, effective as of the post, we have decided to update the warning point thresholds and consequences. The new list is as follows: These may seem quite a bit stricter, but it is worth noting that very few users ever get to even 3 warning points at a time even on the old system, so it is not likely to affect many people. In addition, we haven't been satisfied with some of the persistent negativity that has lingered in the community lately, and it is our hope that these changes will enable us to address those problems much more quickly and efficiently. In addition to this, we are also cutting the Advertising warning penalty from 4 points to 1. Previously that warning was intended to handle not only spambots, but users who would advertise other showdown servers on our own. Since showdown is no longer such a concern and that doesn't tend to happen on Discord, we no longer need such a steep toll on this warning, and will just handle spambots separately. This warning then becomes reserved for any users who links to a site with intent to require the user to pay, register or subscribe to their services, such as other forums, twitch streams, etc. In order to post these links users should check in with and get approval from a staff member first. That approval should be given to any user who shows a genuine intention or effort to contribute positively to the community, which in most cases means it will be allowed without much question. Checking in still important though. okay that's it for icky business and discipline stuff. please all have a nice day~ Glad you brought this up Ame coz there were so many advertisements swarming in and out 2 weeks ago or so. But, since the warning point reduces, they might abuse this feature or I hope not. I guess all us members will continue to report unwanted links, if found. It's the best we can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mde2001 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 hours ago, BRS swag said: Glad you brought this up Ame coz there were so many advertisements swarming in and out 2 weeks ago or so. But, since the warning point reduces, they might abuse this feature or I hope not. I guess all us members will continue to report unwanted links, if found. It's the best we can do. The warning point change will make no difference to how we deal with spammers. We flag them as a spammer and it deletes everything they've posted so this change will only affect actual members who happen to violate the rule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRS swag Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 @mde2001Oh okay, that's lesser ads, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickCrash Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenEric Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 noice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhi Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I like the handy ergonomic grip that the new modern warning system has. This is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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