Hey Players (of the video game type, if you are of the other type… good for you!)
This is a petition to adjust the REPORTING function so that it has more meaning than the current system.
REPORTING matters, it is the sub-policing of the game by its own players. It gives us the option to alert A-net to problems in the game… however when you may have a staff capacity of 500+ and a gaming community of a BAGILLION.. then a couple thousands of reports are hard to sift through and act on.
SUGGESTION: The reporting system, should have an AUTO-ACCOUNT BAN function on it, my current idea is that should an account receive 200 reports within 24hrs, then the account should be automatically suspended. I find that it would be semi-difficult to kitten off 200 people for simply being a kitten in any of the main channels. Maybe 100, 150 tops with your annoying trolling – However if the consent became that MASS REPORTING of spammers, scammer, gold sellers; automatically suspended and removed a BOT/SCAMMER from the game… it would become more active and a part of game culture to report and remove problematic accounts.
on the FLIP-SIDE, if your got auto suspended by the community – it would be less work to re-activate a few accounts, than ban a few thousand accounts. This system may be open to some abuse, it is definitely not iron-clad and the cap could probably be adjust to something like 500 depending on the actual amount of times a problems account gets reported in 24hrs on average. However I genuinely feel the majority of help can outweigh the minority of abuse – possibly because I feel I have never done anything kitten off 200 people on my server (although I think on the activation of this system, i may be the first to feel the sting of abuse… for the sake of irony i guess, although I am prepared for that, and I feel that if I can’t put up with the brunt of my own system, I have no right suggesting it. Let the cards fall as they may.).
PETITION: so, if you agree with this system, or feel that parts of this suggestion may be worthy of A-net looking into. Please drop a /signed or anything representing your agreement. If you disagree with this, and feel that maybe the backlash of abuse of such a system – please do not tab in a post, as the success of this petition will account for the replies.
Discussion: If you disagree with this system, or have an opinion on this system feel free to discuss it in the discussion thread. Discussion: Make REPORTING matter!
Pxs.