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Re: Server owners, or servers in general... [message #192889 is a reply to message #192863] Wed, 15 March 2006 00:41 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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It was pretty hard to do but we successfully instored the no swearing and English only rule and guess what: there is no more swearing by anyone that has been in the server before. And you can't imagine what a delight it is to play in such an envirronment. We also have a swearbot which first warns, then qkicks and even goes over to a kick when you swear multiple times. It helps giving the moderators spending less time on moderating. I should also note that we have almost 24/7 mods in-game or in irc. It's important to first warn people so they actually know they cannot swear. It's also in the !rules and even in the MOTD.

There is in no way promoting violence in Renegade. You don't murder people, you make frags. It is so little realistic that you can hardly even compare it to real life violence.

People, and especially teenagers, need to know that the Internet or an online game envirronment is not an anarchic place where you can do about everything that your parents wouldn't allow you to do. That includes swearing, insulting, being a dickhead, ...

I also notice that I avoid playing in servers where swearing is allowed because it annoys me a lot now that i'm used playing without it.

We also notice that we seem to attract a more mature public with often elder players who come to our server because of this rule. These players generally also care more about being friendly and about teamwork so a nice side effect is that we actually get better games.

So I all encourage you guys to NOT instore the no swearing rule. That way, we keep this in our eyes advantage over other servers.

The fact that players still think that they can complain about rules makes me laugh a bit. They have no clue what we pay to get this servers for them to play in. And there are enough servers out there.

As to Crimson's remark: the fact you have kids does indeed influence the decision. The control freak-idea you outed seems stupid: it would mean that you need to be 24/7 in the game.


You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord

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