Some Moderation required

biggerme · 07-30-2024, 12:08 PM

Lately, there's been a noticeable increase in offensive and toxic behavior in forums, with some folks unfairly blaming the developers of OOTP for various issues. It's become more than just a minor annoyance. You can't safely ask anything in a new thread without the risk of it turning into unrelated rants. This is especially true in the Perfect Team sub-forum, where competitive online gaming sometimes brings out the worst reactions and unfiltered opinions.

We need to pay more attention to these outbursts because they affect everyone who wants to enjoy the game and contribute to this community. Let's remember that a large portion of the content we have in the OOTP base game today was created by the community, not by some unknown corporate entity or mystic developers.

In contrast, the community on Discord is much more positive. On Discord, you see active participation, with people responding and reacting to questions in a dialogue and managing to restrain any need to vent.

All I ask is for a more active role from OOTPD to monitor and moderate toxic language use. Here's a simple principle from the Discord server rules that should be easy to follow:
"Have fun and be kind!"

Brad K · 07-31-2024, 10:21 AM

Read Talk Sports for a while to see where the real problem is.

07-30-2024, 12:08 PM	#1
biggerme Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Estonia Posts: 251	Some Moderation required Lately, there's been a noticeable increase in offensive and toxic behavior in forums, with some folks unfairly blaming the developers of OOTP for various issues. It's become more than just a minor annoyance. You can't safely ask anything in a new thread without the risk of it turning into unrelated rants. This is especially true in the Perfect Team sub-forum, where competitive online gaming sometimes brings out the worst reactions and unfiltered opinions. We need to pay more attention to these outbursts because they affect everyone who wants to enjoy the game and contribute to this community. Let's remember that a large portion of the content we have in the OOTP base game today was created by the community, not by some unknown corporate entity or mystic developers. In contrast, the community on Discord is much more positive. On Discord, you see active participation, with people responding and reacting to questions in a dialogue and managing to restrain any need to vent. All I ask is for a more active role from OOTPD to monitor and moderate toxic language use. Here's a simple principle from the Discord server rules that should be easy to follow: "Have fun and be kind!" __________________ OOTP WIKI

07-31-2024, 10:21 AM	#2
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,658 Infractions: 0/2 (3)	Read Talk Sports for a while to see where the real problem is. __________________ . Pirates Play Moneyball 1951-2008 Ratings and League Totals Modifiers A new pre-calc file! (Applause!) Settings and Auto-calc Popular Opinions and Undisputable Facts The cover up is usually more damaging than the original act.