- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: MikeM709
The RP clan on the other hand, I go there when I'm not on our clan server, they jump on you for even one swear. within half a second of someone swearing, everybody in the clan says "No Swearing".
Exactly! That way, nobody can say they weren't aware of the rule. Even non-members have started jumping on it. I don't usually tell people this, but we're secretly training everyone for low reaction times so they can win on game shows that have buzzers. :)
We actually experimented a lot before arriving at our current server policies. In the beginning, we issued at least 2 warnings, followed by one or more kicks and later a ban. Everyone who needed more than one warning abused the policy. Eventually, I started to skip the kicks because I noticed that anyone who was kicked ultimately came back to cause even more trouble. After several months, we shortened the policy to 1 warning followed by a ban. People still continued to abuse the policy, so we changed it to a max of 1 warning followed by a ban. Any player present at the time a warning is issued is assumed to have seen it. Of course, since most warnings are issued by several people in the server, even people with text lag can see the warnings.
Posted by: ConMan577
And yes, I also enjoy being able to play a game without getting into an argument with some big headed player, about the most kills, or the weapon I'm using, ect ... Swearing every now and then, should be ok, as long as its not like an F-Bomb, or something like that.
Oh, we make fun of heavy weapon noobs. Nothin' wrong with that! ;)
Unfortunately, when we used to let things slide, too many people would abuse the rule or try to start debates about what amount of swearing should be considered acceptable, or they'd gripe, "Why was my friend banned when so-and-so wasn't?" Also, it doesn't take much to set off a lot of players, and a single well-timed cuss word is all it takes to start a flamewar.
We want everyone in our server to be treated with respect, and we have found that one way of encouraging that is to disallow the kinds of things that get under people's skin--cussing, corpse raping/teabagging, corpse beating, and plain old harassment, to name a few. By sticking to a few simple rules, it takes most of the subjective burden off of our admins and allows them to spend their time enjoying the game instead of spending all their time babysitting.
Posted by: No Refunds
Banning for swearing usualy comes from some kind of moral belief (Like I don't believe in moral beliefs), which usualy come from religion.
Technically, by saying you don't believe in moral beliefs, you're saying that you don't think that moral beliefs exist, or that nobody else has moral beliefs. By acknowledging the existence of moral beliefs in religion, you're actually contradicting yourself. So I'm going to say that you not only believe in moral beliefs, but you even have some yourself.
Do you think it's wrong to kill people--in real life? :P If so, then it's probably safe to say that you do have some sort of moral belief. If not, when was the last time you approached a completely random person and killed him or her? If you never have killed anyone, what's stopping you? Certainly anyone could watch enough CSI to learn how to get away with random killings.
For RP, it all comes down to respect. Whether you're swearing at other players or wasting the admins' time by arguing about the server rules in-game, you're showing disrespect for someone. If you think the belief that people should be treated with respect is purely a religious one, then I suppose you might be right that our no cussing rule is based on our religious beliefs.
If that explanation of our no-pottymouthage rule isn't good enough, then you can chalk it up to our own selfish motives: we would rather spend 3.2 seconds notifying players about the rule and 1.7 seconds enforcing it than waste all our time arguing about whether someone is crossing the line or arguing about why one person was banned and another one wasn't.
When one player is disrespecting the rules, there's always another one waiting in line to get in.
Raptor