There are some silly moderators

[SOB]

I think you could reasonably assume that Skuzzy is talking about a discussion in private between two consenting players, which would not be disruptive so it would not have to be a moderator's (or Skuzzy's) business.


SOB

[culero]

Originally posted by SOB
I think you could reasonably assume that Skuzzy is talking about a discussion in private between two consenting players, which would not be disruptive so it would not have to be a moderator's (or Skuzzy's) business.

SOB

Oh, I'd agree that these circumstances are OK.

But its been my experience, and it seems that most posts here complaining of verbal abuse confirm, that most cases of "verbal abuse" are perceived as and/or alleged to be one-sided. That's what I was referring to.

culero

[culero]

Originally posted by anton
So If you REALLY feel heartfilled about yer last comment, maybe we should just close channel 1.

Cod, no - Channel One in some ways is the heart of the game. Community within the game is what makes the game as good as it is - otherwise why not just play vs AI?

Thing is, most folks who like to push buttons do so because they like seeing the reaction. The ones who are most often the guilty parties would therefore lose much of their reason to spew abuse if lots of their targets could simply and conveniently not see their spewage, n'est ce pas?

culero

[akak]

Originally posted by Silat
AKAK,

      Did you ever think it was HT himself .....

In HiTech's post he says that is wasn't him, if it was he would have immediately muted him and not give him a warning.


Ack-Ack

[Skuzzy]

I have nothing against a good natured jab at others.  The reason I suggest taking it to private is due to the number of players who may not realize two players know each other and are jabbing each other in fun.
In fact, I get regular complaints about this type of stuff, and, fortunately, I usually already know the players involved and see they are just joking between friends.
People that do not know that perceive it as abuse towards another player.

The system is not perfect and it will never be perfect.  In a perfect situation, we would never need moderators as the radio channels would never show abusive behavior.

Eliminate abusive language, you eliminate the moderators.  Seems simple enough.

[Skuzzy]

Taking it private;  SOB is quite correct.  I should have been clearer.  Mutual agreement is assumed, but someone has to make the first step.

And yes, if aplayer sends in a screen shot of someone just being flat out abusive, I will have to deal with it, whether it is private or not.

Being private usually will cause things to tone down quicker as you will not suffer the inevitable intervention from the rest of the players online, which can serve to feed the problem and not quell it.

[mrsid2]

The reason why people talk on ch1 is obvious; it's easy.

A privmsg requires you to type (sometimes even difficult) callsign to a channel, and by the time you get to answer chances are you're already airborne again and in risk of crashing.

Much easyer to click ch1 open and talk.. I've always wished there were an easyer method of talking in priv, like a clickable list or 'smart' buffer function for names. Even a 'reply' button would be nice if someone privmsgs you..

[Jabo79]

I got muted but screw them.  I should buy hiTeck

[Rude]

What is it with some of you who feel cheated if you can't cause trouble on channel one?

There are some who if they spent the time improving their fighting skills that they do lippin off in the buffer, they would become virtual fighter pilot icons, admired throughout the world.

[Steve]

Hey Rude, I'm an icon!!!  Unfortunately, I'm the kind of icon that ends up in front of other virtual pilot's guns  

[Shane]

Originally posted by Rude
There are some who if they spent the time improving their fighting skills that they do lippin off in the buffer, they would become virtual fighter pilot icons, admired throughout the world.

i have no skills.    i have to eke by with raw talent.

part of *why* i go off in the buffer is to hopefully egg some of them leet "skillz" people to improve their ACM to the point of evolving above being a mere slobberdonkey.

but, hey, what do i know? i'm come to the conclusion that no where does the peter principle rule the roost as it does in the virtual skies of AH - so you won't see much of me on ch1. i'll just continue to dine on slobebrdonkeys, chewing with my mouth closed.  

[Tuck]

I haven't been on hardly at all in the last several months due to a crappy connection (which has finally been resolved...yeah!).  

Now that I've started playing again recently (within the last couple of weeks), I find that we now have moderators?  This concerns me due to the simple fact that, much like what I read in this posting, moderators in another un-named sim I used to play got the "big head", and often mucked up what was often just good natured bantering back and forth.

This posting, if it did indeed happen the way it's presented here, is a perfect example of it what I'm worried about:  The online-gaming  Gestapo.  

Say it isn't so!

The Tuckster

How's My Flying?  Call 1-800-BITEME

[Ecke-109-]

The moderators are biased,

thats a proofed fact.
Often you can read racial statments or unbelievible political redneck-hardliner-trash-talk on chanel 1.
When you read that,do not loose control.And dont answer them
i.e. :'your talking roadkill'. Because then the moderator will awake and send you a profanity message.

When i close my eyes ,i can see a masked guy sitting in front of a monitor dressed in a pretty white cowl and a long pointed white hat.And in the background a burning cross.
And this mighty person is called moderator.


Peace on earth

Ecke