1. There's the built in profanity filter/mute function. It has no judgement, it merely does what it is programmed to do. There are undoubtedly clever ways trick it. It has no emotion, no judgement, no "common sense" though.
At any time, that may be all the "moderation" that is working/available in the Main.
2. There are an unknown number of human "moderators". HTC apparently picks them and there's no list that I know about. I'd guess HTC gives them a list or an idea of what they want "moderated".
As soon as you introduce a human into the equation, you get "judgement calls". I suspect that everyone is different. Probably what might bother one moderator can slide by unnoticed by another.
Did HTC tell these guys to "moderate" the trash talking in the Main? The machismo? Or did they just tell them to try to clean up the language, which is what most of the BBS threads that complain about Ch 1 deal with?
Basically, no of us have a clue how the human moderator function works. We don't know who or how many or what their marching orders are.
So we can have two situations: the built in filter/moderator alone in the MA or the built in + an unknown number of human moderators with their own ideas of what to do. Therein lies the inconsistency, IMO.
Perhaps this thread should focus on what we would want them to do and HTC can adjust the "standing orders" accordingly.
Do we just want to clean up the text language? Or do we want to stomp out the "Quien es muy macho" stuff too?
Of course, taunting USED to be an artform. In other days, in other games, it was fun to read and listen to. Unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of skilled taunters lately. There were those that could do it without being the least bit vulgar; to the contrary, they were polite in their takedowns. Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
As far as 13 TAS getting mute privs... I'm all for it! Where do I sign up? Most of the verbal sparring doesn't bother me, but I'd be pretty tough on the vulgarities....... including the use of uppercase numbers in strategic places.
Where do I apply?
BTW, if you ever see a 13th pilot getting vulgar on text or on vox, please bring it to the attention of either Rude or myself. That's perhaps the biggest "no-no" we have. If you can't express yourself without vulgarity, you obviously lack the intelligence, originality and imagination required to operate in harmony with the rest of the 13th.
