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Re: UNPOPULAR DWRP OPINIONS

[(Anonymous)]

it should be okay for mods to boot people who never engage with the core of a game (ex: only play slice of life in horror games, never play smut or smut-leading threads in a smut game), especially if there's a character cap.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Re: UNPOPULAR DWRP OPINIONS

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely. I haven't been in a smut game for years but I swear they all used to have smut AC, don't know if they no longer do. But I've always felt a similar logic should have been used for all games.

Or at least have a Christmas Hangliding Incident response to slice of life in horror games.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

this would be an absolute dream

Re: UNPOPULAR DWRP OPINIONS

[(Anonymous)]

is this unpopular with anybody except the problem players it addresses

Re: UNPOPULAR DWRP OPINIONS

[(Anonymous)]

shockingly. i don't want to get wanky but you'd think this was common sense and yet.

Re: UNPOPULAR DWRP OPINIONS

[(Anonymous)]

da

i would say as a former mod this would be a pain in the ass to enforce. you'd have to define what makes a thread slice of life (for example) and then i assume you would have to provide proof to the player you're kicking out which would mean reading all of their threads every month to prove they're not interacting with the setting.

imho it would be easier to just have a rule that says all players must tag in the event post every month and engage with at least one event prompt or be kicked out.

Re: UNPOPULAR DWRP OPINIONS

[(Anonymous)]

yeah this is the problem. there's no way to enforce it that wouldn't be hell for mods, especially in a medium sized or large game. reading and keeping track of all of your players threads would be a full-time job all on its own.

making events mandatory is the better option, but i feel like this would turn into a nightmare in a horror game. if your event has someone's trigger in it and they can't opt out you'd be throwing your rep as a mod straight into the garbage.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

There's also the inevitable pushback when people are legitimately unable to tag into the event (busy but not enough to hiatus, can't find an IC way to engage, just not feelin' it, overloaded last month and only now just crawling out of tag hell) or they tag in and no one engages. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Never mind that just tagging the event post isn't a gauge of engagement if, again, no one tags you (because they already know you're not here for the plot and are just putting up your required toplevel and will abandon it). I don't know how a mod would quantify engagement in a rule but I can see why that idea ain't it.

opinion op

[(Anonymous)]

idk if the opinion is rare, but its certainly enforcement is. mods are so afraid of the inevitable public litigation in the game or anon forum if they kick out anyone who didn't very obviously, in the acknowledging sight of all, violate a quantifiable rule that they never move on something so 'subjective.' they should feel empowered to take that step.