Dec 10th 2021, 21:07:41
Express players, I think it is time we address the issue of the griefing and suiciding that has been occurring in Express for the last few months. I know that it has driven away at least 2-4 of the big names of the server and potentially many of the smaller players. It is time we addressed this and look to provide some sort of framework of "spirit of the game". I know @g0nzo has somewhat touched on this topic (without going into detail) in previous posts, but I think that now it is worthy of discussion in a dedicated thread. The hope would be that the game admins take notice and eventually take action, as the game moderators are hamstrung in that they cannot take direct action.
The griefing and suiciding that has been happening recently in Express is technically within the rules of the game, but absolutely violates the spirit of the game, and ruining anywhere from 2-9 different player's sets is incredibly detrimental to the ongoing future of this game when griefers are allowed to continue doing what they do. I know for a fact it has happened in other servers as well, and it is becoming exhausting when a number of players have to either dedicate an entire set to building war countries to kill off these 1-2 (or more) griefer countries just for others to be allowed to play the game normally or the victims have to convert to war countries mid set just to deal with the issue. This has become a game of whack-a-mole and has developed to be a history of repeat offenses that I believe would be worthy of administrative action. I know Slagpit had mentioned the idea of Sanctions for this sort of play before he took a leave of absence, but this would be a very clear scenario where this sort of administrative action would be warranted.
Does this need to come to a community vote? Can this be something that the admins can delegate to moderators for additional influence?
The most prolific offender of these griefing actions is a player who names their country "Hungry". Please feel free to reply or vent here if you have been affected by similar griefing actions by this player or by others. It is time that this sort of action gets the awareness, and reaction, that it deserves, before it permanently drives legitimate players from this game.
The griefing and suiciding that has been happening recently in Express is technically within the rules of the game, but absolutely violates the spirit of the game, and ruining anywhere from 2-9 different player's sets is incredibly detrimental to the ongoing future of this game when griefers are allowed to continue doing what they do. I know for a fact it has happened in other servers as well, and it is becoming exhausting when a number of players have to either dedicate an entire set to building war countries to kill off these 1-2 (or more) griefer countries just for others to be allowed to play the game normally or the victims have to convert to war countries mid set just to deal with the issue. This has become a game of whack-a-mole and has developed to be a history of repeat offenses that I believe would be worthy of administrative action. I know Slagpit had mentioned the idea of Sanctions for this sort of play before he took a leave of absence, but this would be a very clear scenario where this sort of administrative action would be warranted.
Does this need to come to a community vote? Can this be something that the admins can delegate to moderators for additional influence?
The most prolific offender of these griefing actions is a player who names their country "Hungry". Please feel free to reply or vent here if you have been affected by similar griefing actions by this player or by others. It is time that this sort of action gets the awareness, and reaction, that it deserves, before it permanently drives legitimate players from this game.
Edited By: TwoPodRay on Dec 10th 2021, 21:10:20
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