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Ban automated death taunts

Oct 15, 2003 CeaddaCompy link
Every time that I play vendetta, one of several players comes one who happens to have an automated... and basically, 'retarted' death taunt. You all know who I'm talking about. And what I'm talking about is the..

"You've been 'playernamed'!"

Either the people who use these need to get them set to go ONLY to the person they kill, or the messages/players need to be banned from the game entirely. Its a complete and utter waste of an already overloaded chatting system.
Oct 15, 2003 Forum Moderator link
Changes to the chat system are already in the works. As you've noted, it is pretty rudimentary right now. In the meantime I suggest you

/ignore "player"

the offender. No players will be banned for this behavior. If it becomes a spamming situation (actually filling the chat box repeatedly with text) the offender could be muted.

I appreciate that you avoided a flamewar by not using the player's name.

"retarded"
Oct 15, 2003 Kastin Thunderclaw link
Its not automated... ;-)

Hugs and kisses,
Kastin Thunderclaw


PS: You've been Thunderclaw'd
Oct 15, 2003 CeaddaCompy link
More than one person use them. Your not the only one Kastin. And typing to ignore each and every player that decides to use such a thing in the future will eventually become tedious as more and more people decide to play the game.
Oct 15, 2003 Forum Moderator link
If /ignore is not an acceptable solution, then we are left with live 24/7 chat policing or the removal of the ability to keybind anything to the chat channel. 24/7 chat police is probably not going to happen anytime soon if at all, and people who insist on crowing about pk's will simply type their message the old fashioned way. I suspect that changes to the chat system will cut down on this in the future.

In the meantime, keep in mind that this is not a boxed game and online service that you have paid for. It is a testbed for a game engine and is inherently flawed and rough. In joining as a playtester, you accept and revel in these flaws as you go about your task of 1) discovering bugs 2) reporting bugs 3) having fun with what IS implemented.
Oct 15, 2003 Magus link
Yes. In the mean time just feel free to mock them for being insecure enough to validate themselves over getting a pointless kill by binding an asinine phrase.
Oct 15, 2003 cembandit link
Death taunts are cool.
Oct 15, 2003 Arolte link
No.
Oct 15, 2003 Forum Moderator link
Okay, I think we're done with this thread.

To summarize:

Some people dislike the "kill" binds and/or think they are lame. They are invited to /mute the offender

Some people like the "kill" binds. They will not be muted or banned unless it becomes a spamming issue or otherwise violates the chat rules.

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