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The New /complain
-- You'll Get a "Kick" Out of It |
(Note: This was taken from a snapshot of a Team Acro page, so the formatting is definitely not original, but the content most likely is.)
When Acro 1.2 was released earlier this year, we included a
new feature called "/complain" which allows you to log complaints about
problem players. This, coupled with /log, did a very good job of acting as a
court system for the Acrophobia community. The one thing that was missing,
however, was an on-site "police force" tasked with instantly removing
troublemakers. Now we have that "police force," only it's not one of us,
it's all of you! As of right now we have a new feature in Acrophobia called
"Kick." (It requires no client upgrade, which means no additional download
is necessary.) Kick is what happens to you if the people in your game think
your presence is detrimental to their gameplay experience.
For example, let's say there is someone in the room that is causing a lot of
trouble. We'll call him "Fred." (Names have been changed to protect the
innocent.) Now let's say Fred begins typing garbage into the channel. I'd
say use /ignore. But Fred instead starts typing garbage into his Acro, like
"aa bb cc dd-Anthony-is-a-blankety-blank." Well, now you can do something
about it.
Here is how Kick works: You cannot Kick somebody who is in first or second
place, or someone who is tied for the lead. These provisions are to ensure
that players do not use this feature as a means of cheating.
It takes a majority to Kick players from the game. If there are only 1 or 2
players, it's impossible to Kick anybody. If there are 3 to 4 players, it
takes 2 to Kick. If there are 5 to 6 players, it takes 3 to Kick. Got it?
When a Kick occurs, that person is banned from the game and cannot return to
that particular room for up to 4 hours.
Now with this awesome power comes responsibility. You cannot /complain just
because you do not like someone, nor can you /complain because you Kicked
them before. They must violate the Common Sense Rules/Terms of Service to
warrant a /complaint.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is a CSR violation to stay in a Zone Room if you are
disrupting a Clan Match. This also includes being in a Zone Room at all if
you are not wanted. In other words, if you are in a zone room when you don't
belong there, the people scheduled to be in that room are within their
rights to Kick you out.
However, in the case of all other rooms, you can't issue a complaint against
someone just because they are in a room. If you are in an "established" room
you cannot Kick someone who is not part of the regular playing group. Nor
can you Kick someone who is not playing by your room's special rules, nor
can you Kick someone who is not the age listed in the age-specific rooms. If
these people actually do something while in the room, then by all means
complain! But just being there is not enough. (Again, the clan-only Zone
Rooms are different. Don't go there unless there's a match scheduled, and
you're in it!)
If you've been Kicked, you'll get dumped back to the Choose a Room screen.
Be aware that we don't indicate what rooms you've been Kicked from. That
would have required a client update. If you try to return to a room before
your four hours are up, you'll be denied access. The error message isn't too
specific, but once again, that would have required a client upgrade.
If you use this feature, let me know how it went for you. Was it too hard to
get a consensus? Did it work just fine? Will Acrophobia be much better for
you from now on? Drop me a line.
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