New Crossfire Warning System
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14 Jul 2008, 15:00
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News
Since this morning when the new Warning System was introduced, there has been a flood of queries into what it actually is and what it does.
The basic idea for the system is that in the past, the admins at Crossfire weren't able to easily track repetitive rule breakers very efficiently. It all had to be co-ordinated through word of mouth to one another. By introducing a purpose built warning system we are able to log who the trouble makers are and effectively administer bans when in the past they may have gotten away.
This is not all doom and gloom for users though as from now on you should not get banned for small instances of rule breaking, instead you will get an official automatic warning instead of a custom written PM from an admin or an immediate ban.
Social Punishment
As some people seem to think they want warnings, if you get more than 20 points your profile will no longer display your buddies, achievements, last visitors or your profile text.
How it works
Every user by default has 0 points. This is the ideal amount you should all aim for. 0 points mean you are the ideal user that doesn't break any rules.
For every rule you break, you will be given a certain amount of points depending on how severe the abuse was. Anywhere from 5 points to 50 points is the normal range.
You can view your current warning point total in your profile, the higher it gets, the darker the number will appear.
If you reach 100 points, you will be given an automatic ban for a number of days that is worked out by how many warnings you have been given.
An example of this;
You've been given 5 warnings and have reached 100 points and there for been banned, your ban will last for 10 days.
You've been given 10 warnings and have reached the 100 points needed for a ban, your ban will last for 5 days.
This means that if you receive multiple small infractions over things like spam, you will not be banned for as long as someone who has been causing big problems with posts concerning racism etc.
The method of determining lengths of bans may change in the future, but if it does there will be a news post to inform everyone.
In the case that you think you have been treated unfairly or the warning given to you is too severe, then admins have the possibility to remove the warning. This is only likely to happen in very rare circumstances and pestering admins over a 5 point infraction is unlikely to cause anything but annoyance.
If you receive 100 points and you are banned, after the ban has ran out your total points will be reset to 0. And you will start the cycle over again.
The basic idea for the system is that in the past, the admins at Crossfire weren't able to easily track repetitive rule breakers very efficiently. It all had to be co-ordinated through word of mouth to one another. By introducing a purpose built warning system we are able to log who the trouble makers are and effectively administer bans when in the past they may have gotten away.
This is not all doom and gloom for users though as from now on you should not get banned for small instances of rule breaking, instead you will get an official automatic warning instead of a custom written PM from an admin or an immediate ban.
Social Punishment
As some people seem to think they want warnings, if you get more than 20 points your profile will no longer display your buddies, achievements, last visitors or your profile text.
How it works
Every user by default has 0 points. This is the ideal amount you should all aim for. 0 points mean you are the ideal user that doesn't break any rules.
For every rule you break, you will be given a certain amount of points depending on how severe the abuse was. Anywhere from 5 points to 50 points is the normal range.
You can view your current warning point total in your profile, the higher it gets, the darker the number will appear.
If you reach 100 points, you will be given an automatic ban for a number of days that is worked out by how many warnings you have been given.
An example of this;
You've been given 5 warnings and have reached 100 points and there for been banned, your ban will last for 10 days.
You've been given 10 warnings and have reached the 100 points needed for a ban, your ban will last for 5 days.
This means that if you receive multiple small infractions over things like spam, you will not be banned for as long as someone who has been causing big problems with posts concerning racism etc.
The method of determining lengths of bans may change in the future, but if it does there will be a news post to inform everyone.
In the case that you think you have been treated unfairly or the warning given to you is too severe, then admins have the possibility to remove the warning. This is only likely to happen in very rare circumstances and pestering admins over a 5 point infraction is unlikely to cause anything but annoyance.
If you receive 100 points and you are banned, after the ban has ran out your total points will be reset to 0. And you will start the cycle over again.
First one to 100 wins...
"All you crossfire admins are fucking retards!"
neater crossfire with less retards :)
I like the idea of over time the warnings reduce.
I'm thinking that for every 2 weeks you don't receive a warning, your smallest point warning gets removed.
This was a clear language violation!
at least my post makes sense!
what about cheaters? will they just get 100 points straight away? or a usual ban and bb?
Make sure SNB don't hear about this.
NOT FOR ADMINSbecause niggers have no rights
over moderation i tell ya!
Jävla hellgoat :(
you still paly? :>
DMD will do a comeback though, if mori does aswell !
Nice idea anyway
Can't see anything that i disrespected.
Also this system IMHO will lead to random useless and biased warnings from incompetent pseudo-admins (just like sol is).
Which means, if you realy want to say that sol is a bad admin, you will see that everyone might become a bad admin ^^ Also for users, it's easier to find out who gave u a warnig and which admin did what (for your own ofc)
they are pretty much polar opposites when looked at their original meanings
Then explain me difference in killing by classes and killing by race, please. ;X
And that's just one example where admins will definately show their incompetence in only ONE fucking thing. And there will follow a lot of other ones IMHO.
you don't need to kill in a proletarian revolution, you are simply taking the power away.
what the eastern bloc countries had can hardly be described as what i posted above. same with maoism
What the original idea behind communism was is not important in tis case.
for example if sol is angry today, he can gives double more points as if hes not
nice
fusen, code an ignore function please ;f considering you already have the buddylist code, making a clone of it with inverse functionality doesn't require too much time :D
retarded
so make another solution like : every month -5/-10 or something otherwise this system will give the opposite result you would like to have
or manually banned for a much longer period.
Too bad though that this wont correct what annoys me the most. Which is not the occasional over-the-line comment some people make, but basically every single line they write.