Dueling arena chat regulations?

[boomerlu]

What I'm gathering from HiTech/general AH policy...

Bypassing is fair game for reporting, but it's up to your peers in the arena/BBS to decide what passes for abuse and what doesn't and actually DO the reporting. And after that, it's up to HTC to decide whether you deserve a mute.

So if you get muted, not only do you have to piss somebody off in the arena, but you have to be abusive enough for HTC to decide your behavior warrants a mute.

Personally, I think that sounds fair. Under this system, if you get muted, you pretty much deserve it.

[AWwrgwy]

Rule of thumb:

Would you say it to your Mother?

If you tell your Mother or Father or boss "F that" are they ok with that?


wrongway

[bj229r]

What I'm gathering from HiTech/general AH policy...

Bypassing is fair game for reporting, but it's up to your peers in the arena/BBS to decide what passes for abuse and what doesn't and actually DO the reporting. And after that, it's up to HTC to decide whether you deserve a mute.

So if you get muted, not only do you have to piss somebody off in the arena, but you have to be abusive enough for HTC to decide your behavior warrants a mute.

Personally, I think that sounds fair. Under this system, if you get muted, you pretty much deserve it.

I said something in this vein the other night (wasn't a directed insult or anything, but 'masking' nonetheless)....about 30 seconds later, got the little popup window saying buh-bye text for 10 minutes...obviously a human saw it...concluded I needed to be muted for it...was deserved

[stodd]

Na Stodd, I don't think I've ever reported anyone at all. I will normally just detune 200 or squelch ya if it's over the top.

I also won't come here and start a thread whine when I get caught circumventing the filter!  

Ok just curious. Id probably to that as well.

[gpa3]

See Rules #4, #6

[Banshee7]

See Rules #4, #6

ALL chat suspensions are for 8 days, to the hour.  









I think someone wasn't loved as a child

[gpa3]

ALL chat suspensions are for 8 days, to the hour. 

Thanks for the info!

I would highly recommend that be placed in the message from the program. If it's 8 days or 8 months, at least you would know where you stand.

[lyric1]

See Rules #4, #6

Time for the IN.

[crazyivan]

I think a warning and a 10min- timeout is fair also, but a warning first. Secondly, talking trash in the dueling arena isn't smart. Do you really have to talk trash flying into furball lake? Did you think it was going to be a fair fight? It's nice too all these backseat administrators giving the noob a hard time.

Kinda wish that report system would be dissolved. And emplement a better squelch system, hense perma squelch!

Guess that's for the wishlist, yet Santa won't bring it this Christmas.

[CAP1]

So when you said "F!$% that", what four letter F word were you going for?

BTW, you are the one giving them the excuse to mute you, not the system. Don't F anything...see how that works for ya!  

frak
fart
fort
four
fore
frig
 

[CAP1]

I'd say BBS rules somewhat apply to arenas..


http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,229014.0.html
6- Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated. This includes attempts to bypass the profanity filter.


Take note of the enlarged type.

could ya make that a little bigger pleaes? i only had to back 1/2 way across my room to read it.

thanks!!

 

[CAP1]

As far as bashing, that's the tone I read into everybody else's posts. It's fine if I'm wrong on that.

On the other hand... him not being right does not make it FAIR. And that's my point. If this happened to me, I wouldn't be angry at being censored but with all the other versions slipping by, especially in AH where these variations are COMMON and almost accepted as substitutes. Maybe I am taking my personal lens to what the OP was asking about, but that's how I see it.

And with the cop, it's a completely different situation. There's ONE cop and therefore he can only catch one person at a time. The profanity filter could easily catch at LEAST the common variations that I've mentioned in addition to the less obvious F!(%*^ variation.

Edit: the proper police analogy in this case would be IGNORING the guy driving at 150 mph while catching the guy driving at 70 mph but trying to slow down to the limit when he sees the cop.

i don't see anyone bashing the dude. i see them giving him honest answers.

[CAP1]

Thanks for the response hi-tech, can you PM me what I said that got me muted so I can avoid it in the future. But is saying thing such as F that or Fug or Frik bypassing? BTW I'm not appreciating everyone jumping and insulting me in here.

actully, the best way to not get muted..........talk as if you were talking to a priest, a nun, or a kid.

[Shuffler]

See Rule #4

[gpa3]

See Rule #4