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I've developed a reputation system for the site with the help of bluebird005vis and the staff. It's not perfect yet but it's good enough for release. We've needed this for a long time since the staff cannot possibly monitor enough of the games. We are moving toward a more democratic system where the players themselves judge behavior rather than just a handful of staff deciding what is acceptable.
Scores are based on the number of player reports against you. Next to the players tab on the game page there is now a Report Player Tab. There you are able to report players for a number of rule violations. Currently player reports are primarily used in this automated scoring system and not reviewed by the staff. If a gross and obvious violation of the rules occurs you may still want to message a moderator to bring the staff's attention to a problem player. Please also send a report using the Report Player Tab otherwise your message will likely not be taken seriously.
You can view your scores on your profile. There are 3 categories. Fair Play, Chat and Attendance. Your score starts at 100 with points taken off for every reported game. Only the last 100 games count toward your score.
Your attendance score is automatically handled by the system. It is essentially the percentage of games you've completely without missing a turn. This score is only updated when the game ends. The system has been calculating this score for about a week now and we already have players with scores in the 70's. I highly recommend avoiding these players. The entire purpose of this reputation system is to give you the information you need to avoid players who ruin games. You are encouraged to check every player's profile before joining the game.
If you have played at least 100 games your Fair Play score is 100 minus the number of Fair Play related reports you've had in the last 100 games. If you have played fewer than 100 games then it's calculated like this: round((TotalGames - TotalFairPlayReports)/TotalGames*100) which is essentially the percentage of games you've played report free except for the case when you've been reported for two different Fair Play related rule violations in the same game. Your Chat score is calculated the same way.
Reports must be duplicated
To prevent abuse of the system each report has to be duplicated by another player in the game or by a moderator. Unless there are two reports from two different accounts for the same rule violation the report won't affect the players reputation score. Scores are updated at the time the second report is submitted even if the game is still in progress. Players only have 3 days after the game finishes to send reports. Moderators, however, can send reports at any time.
One nice aspect of this system is that each duplicated report will make at least a 1% difference on the reported players score. With other systems you might rate a player 1 star when they already have 1000 5 star ratings and your rating is almost useless. This system remains current by only looking at the last 100 games which means that new players who don't understand the rules will not be forever marked by a few early reports.
Another nice aspect is that if everyone played by the rules then nothing needs to be done. There's no need for positive reports to counteract the negative ones. Any game without a report improves your score.
New Players
The above scoring formula doesn't work very well for new players, however. For example if a player is reported in their first two games because they didn't understand the rules then they would have a score of 0. This might discourage or frustrate them because it would take them a long time to improve their score even if they played perfectly after the first two games. So instead we use a different calculation to approximate the score for players who have played less than 20 games: Score = 100 - NumberOfReports*5. This method is very forgiving at first but becomes more accurate as they play more games to the point that at 20 games they get the same score with either formula.
Automatic Chat Ban
If your Chat score drops below 85 then you will be banned from using chat until you finish a game report free. You will also be automatically chat banned if you have 3 chat related reports in the last 8 games. You will remained chat banned until you have played enough games that you no longer have 3 reports in the last 8 games. These numbers are subject to change based on how effective or ineffective this is.
Even if you personally don't mind crude language or harassment, you are still encouraged to report it because it will free up the staff''s time to work on other things such as new features and maps. There are enough players who care about this that it cannot be ignored by the staff.
The site's rules go into depth about what is and is not acceptable in the chat. Please re-read the rules before using the report system. Keep in mind that a majority of people use curse words a lot which makes it hard for them to understand what the problem is. It doesn't sound rude to them and they often don't intend it to be rude. So please do give them a fair warning before reporting them or be lenient and make a good judgment about whether or not they intended to be rude. There's a difference between being rude and being crass. Rude people are jerks and we don't want to play with them anyway. Crass people just need to learn some manners in order to fit in properly. Rude people are intentionally disrespectful and disrespect is not tolerated on this site. Crass people are ignorantly disrespectful because they don't know their audience so please inform them before reporting them.
Murder-suicide
Murder-suicide: Intentionally killing or weakening another player so that you both end up dead except for the case where you had a good chance to turn in their cards but got bad dice.
We have a big problem with this on the site. There are certain players who think it's OK to threaten a murder-suicide every time someone does something they don't like. This is not OK. This ruins the game for everyone else playing. This makes the site less fun and drives quality, skilled players away. We have had much difficulty in convincing certain players to end this behavior. Some of these players are even close with that staff which makes the staff less effective in dealing with the problem. Or they are otherwise very helpful (with maps for example) which makes it hard to want to ban them without first trying to change their play style. Please report these players so that their Fair Play score will get low enough to the point where players start avoiding them. These players are in denial and I think an embarrassingly low Fair Play score will help convince them to change their ways. Please goad them about their pitiful score once in every game but not to the point of harassment. They need to see that we don't like the way they play and that we don't want to play with them unless they choose a different style.
This system is brand new and there will probably be some issues that arise. Please voice your concerns here and don't create your own thread about it.
Scores are based on the number of player reports against you. Next to the players tab on the game page there is now a Report Player Tab. There you are able to report players for a number of rule violations. Currently player reports are primarily used in this automated scoring system and not reviewed by the staff. If a gross and obvious violation of the rules occurs you may still want to message a moderator to bring the staff's attention to a problem player. Please also send a report using the Report Player Tab otherwise your message will likely not be taken seriously.
You can view your scores on your profile. There are 3 categories. Fair Play, Chat and Attendance. Your score starts at 100 with points taken off for every reported game. Only the last 100 games count toward your score.
Your attendance score is automatically handled by the system. It is essentially the percentage of games you've completely without missing a turn. This score is only updated when the game ends. The system has been calculating this score for about a week now and we already have players with scores in the 70's. I highly recommend avoiding these players. The entire purpose of this reputation system is to give you the information you need to avoid players who ruin games. You are encouraged to check every player's profile before joining the game.
If you have played at least 100 games your Fair Play score is 100 minus the number of Fair Play related reports you've had in the last 100 games. If you have played fewer than 100 games then it's calculated like this: round((TotalGames - TotalFairPlayReports)/TotalGames*100) which is essentially the percentage of games you've played report free except for the case when you've been reported for two different Fair Play related rule violations in the same game. Your Chat score is calculated the same way.
Reports must be duplicated
To prevent abuse of the system each report has to be duplicated by another player in the game or by a moderator. Unless there are two reports from two different accounts for the same rule violation the report won't affect the players reputation score. Scores are updated at the time the second report is submitted even if the game is still in progress. Players only have 3 days after the game finishes to send reports. Moderators, however, can send reports at any time.
One nice aspect of this system is that each duplicated report will make at least a 1% difference on the reported players score. With other systems you might rate a player 1 star when they already have 1000 5 star ratings and your rating is almost useless. This system remains current by only looking at the last 100 games which means that new players who don't understand the rules will not be forever marked by a few early reports.
Another nice aspect is that if everyone played by the rules then nothing needs to be done. There's no need for positive reports to counteract the negative ones. Any game without a report improves your score.
New Players
The above scoring formula doesn't work very well for new players, however. For example if a player is reported in their first two games because they didn't understand the rules then they would have a score of 0. This might discourage or frustrate them because it would take them a long time to improve their score even if they played perfectly after the first two games. So instead we use a different calculation to approximate the score for players who have played less than 20 games: Score = 100 - NumberOfReports*5. This method is very forgiving at first but becomes more accurate as they play more games to the point that at 20 games they get the same score with either formula.
Automatic Chat Ban
If your Chat score drops below 85 then you will be banned from using chat until you finish a game report free. You will also be automatically chat banned if you have 3 chat related reports in the last 8 games. You will remained chat banned until you have played enough games that you no longer have 3 reports in the last 8 games. These numbers are subject to change based on how effective or ineffective this is.
Even if you personally don't mind crude language or harassment, you are still encouraged to report it because it will free up the staff''s time to work on other things such as new features and maps. There are enough players who care about this that it cannot be ignored by the staff.
The site's rules go into depth about what is and is not acceptable in the chat. Please re-read the rules before using the report system. Keep in mind that a majority of people use curse words a lot which makes it hard for them to understand what the problem is. It doesn't sound rude to them and they often don't intend it to be rude. So please do give them a fair warning before reporting them or be lenient and make a good judgment about whether or not they intended to be rude. There's a difference between being rude and being crass. Rude people are jerks and we don't want to play with them anyway. Crass people just need to learn some manners in order to fit in properly. Rude people are intentionally disrespectful and disrespect is not tolerated on this site. Crass people are ignorantly disrespectful because they don't know their audience so please inform them before reporting them.
Murder-suicide
Murder-suicide: Intentionally killing or weakening another player so that you both end up dead except for the case where you had a good chance to turn in their cards but got bad dice.
We have a big problem with this on the site. There are certain players who think it's OK to threaten a murder-suicide every time someone does something they don't like. This is not OK. This ruins the game for everyone else playing. This makes the site less fun and drives quality, skilled players away. We have had much difficulty in convincing certain players to end this behavior. Some of these players are even close with that staff which makes the staff less effective in dealing with the problem. Or they are otherwise very helpful (with maps for example) which makes it hard to want to ban them without first trying to change their play style. Please report these players so that their Fair Play score will get low enough to the point where players start avoiding them. These players are in denial and I think an embarrassingly low Fair Play score will help convince them to change their ways. Please goad them about their pitiful score once in every game but not to the point of harassment. They need to see that we don't like the way they play and that we don't want to play with them unless they choose a different style.
This system is brand new and there will probably be some issues that arise. Please voice your concerns here and don't create your own thread about it.
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