Anybody else think the report section gets abused?

[Maverick]

(2014-10-21 08:30)Mufflord Wrote:  I know you guys sometimes ask for it, but there is many people who just wont even bother contacting an admin about it on the server, i think i stated that talking solving it yourself is the best way in the end.

In the end all im saying (mean) is that report system is often abused and that it is in many cases better to either solve it yourself or contact an admin online at the time

I've been online on this server for four years. There is a huge difference between the conflicts back four years ago and today's ones. Imho today a lot of players are lacking respect towards each other, be it because of egomaniac trips or the classical cyberbullying scenario of "all on one" (probably they think they're cool or whatever). A normal conversation is pretty much impossible as people either don't listen or just ignore and continue doing crappy things. Well I guess, that's a natural evolution then that people tend to gather third-party feedback when the environment (i.e. discussion with concerned player) is not delivering any results.

It is a valid method to escalate conflicts, that's why it is established and working quite well. Just the fact that not every report results in a ban or similar, doesn't mean, somebody is abusing the report system (I didn't find any "useless" report neither). Furthermore the amount of reports on the forums is really little compared to two or three years ago. I think, that's a quite positive development.

Oh and one more thing: the servers are staying up because some people are willing to donate money. One report more or less is pretty much unimportant in comparison to that, in my eyes at least. I rather think, people would stop donating if they are being messed up by childish and abusive behaviour on the server without any possibility to report it to the admins.

Kind regards
Maverick

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P.S.: I do not remember anyone leaving the servers because of an invalid report or whatever. However I do remember people leaving because they had enough of annoying behaviour from different players (who got banned and punished later on).