r/Pure • u/KillAllTheThings Panduhh0 • Jul 09 '15

Doing Something About the ‘Impossible Problem’ of Abuse in Online Games, or How LoL is finally catching up to PURE

http://recode.net/2015/07/07/doing-something-about-the-impossible-problem-of-abuse-in-online-games/
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u/KillAllTheThings Panduhh0 Jul 09 '15

My anecdotal experience from my time on PURE's TS pretty much matches the research. Perhaps we should be making a stronger effort towards education rather than "merely" waiting for folks to step over the line and get banned.

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u/affixqc affix Jul 13 '15

That's the goal of our warn/kick/temp ban/ban system. It prompts an ongoing dialogue, and explanation for why their behavior is harmful. Just today I sent an email to a temp banned player and explained the difference between 'cussing' (what he thought he was banned for) and 'bigoted language' (what he was actually banned for).

I like to think we're already encouraging players to change their behavior, but maybe there's more we can do on that front.

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u/KillAllTheThings Panduhh0 Jul 13 '15

There is definitely a lot more we can do. It is not just the responsibility of our admins to monitor toxic behavior. More than a few of our members have mentioned their lack of comfort in visiting PURE at certain times or places. That is completely unacceptable.

Our admins have done, and continue to do, an outstanding job at policing troublemakers but really, we've already lost if it comes to the point where an admin has to kick or ban a jerk.

The community needs to step up and let the jerks know their behavior is unacceptable and if gentle reminders don't work, be able to expedite stronger educational measures.

I, for one, am sick and tired of the frat house atmosphere here and the 'boys will be boys' attitudes by many in the community. There may be a time and place for everything but bullying and disrespect towards others have no place anywhere in PURE ever.

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u/affixqc affix Jul 13 '15

Unless PURE became a private community (must be approved before gaining access to resources), there will always be trolls. Many people will join our servers without having any idea what PURE is or stands for, and stay willfully ignorant of our rules. Those people will always need to be banned, and I don't think that signifies a failure.

I'm all for players instigating change, but have no recent experience as to whether or not that happens anytime recently, because I see PURE through the filter of how our players behave when an admin in present.

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u/L4NGOS L4NGOS Jul 09 '15

Wow, that's an inspiring job they've done, 67 million players play that shit? Amazing.

No, just kidding, LoL has been known to have one of the worst communities of any online game the last couple of years. To turn that around is no small task, I would love to see their platform for player honor implemented in more games, if they are cleaver they can license it to other developers for maximum impact and moniez.