password for server?

[BULLDOGNK]

i'm against it also Jes, trust me. but i'm also against playing with people who have no idea there's a forum, much less rules.

i often wonder what they think the RP stands for when they see the server in their list..."Random Party"?

but anyway...

it may be that it is a necessary evil to cut down on bad players

i agree with you Kevin, but Not ONE Admin can make this decision its up to the Admin team and Igiss to decide.

We can all talk about this stuff but until its been voted on by all Admin's its an Idea and thats about it.

Cheers

[Epholl]

Passwording won't help with the rules.

The rules themselves need clearifaction and revising.

Its not really about rules... Its more about players.

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[Reverend Del]

Its not really about rules... Its more about players.

Heartily concur, though I still don't think passwording the server will solve anything. I have seen a system on one forum that allows a hidden area to be accesed once you've reached a certain postcount, I hate this idea but it could solve the problem. If it can be done with this board type, then perhaps putting the disco download in a hidden area of the forums only visible to people with a certain postcount. Meaning that you would have to contribute to the forum before you can play the mod. This is by no means a perfect solution, I know. But it would work better than passwording a server ever could. There's no way around it unless the board admins can't edit someones post count, in which case then we'd just get spammed to hell

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Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.

[cmfalconer]

See HERE

or HERE

or...well...you get the holo.

It's just growing pains. I started on Disco when it was easy to get on the server that was set to 40 players. Now it's tough at 128. Success breeds this kind of thing. Ebb and Flow. As said before, people go where people are.

Is it time Disco installed some server-police? Instead of just the Admins, another team of people? Juan, would you want to weigh in on this one? Maybe it's something the Angels can look into, expanding their territory per-se

I agree passwording the server isn't the way to go. When I see the server list and that little lock on the side, I don't even look at what it offers. Disco would wither back to the 20-30 regulars, with no influx of good people (along with the bad). Maybe some of the "old guard" would come back? (I miss that big blue battleship sometimes)

Just my $.02

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[Rogue63]

Answer to the question posed by the thread title is, absolutly NO. Passwording, forcing people to register, playing little games to get password so you can play does not help. This has all been done before on other servers. If anything has the opposite effect by frustating some potential good players. Like the previous poster said, server is in a booming state and you will get some undersireable people it is like anything in life. Before people go overboard with demands and conditions, think about all the empty servers out there and enjoy what we have. It may not always be the best, but think of the alternative, a lifeless empty or near empty server. People need to chill out and deal with it. For every rule breaker I see, there are probably 10+ good players. Dont let the few "bad" players get to you.

[Epholl]

I had the same idea as cmfalconer myself... I think admins arent enough for this...

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[mwerte]

For every rule breaker I see, there are probably 10+ good players. Dont let the few "bad" players get to you.

Yes there are more good players then the sanction thread indicates...but the bad ones REALLY mess up a good flow.

On-Topic: Passwording the server will frusterate everyone...not worth the people we would lose.

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[REB]

My 2 cents wrapped up thus:

Now, everyone, at first this thread was amusing but now it's just becoming sad.

It seems to be human nature that at every juncture, everyone's like "ahhh we're being overrun by n00bs and wh0rez!!!! The end of times is nigh! Flee now." Been there, done that, got the commemorative keychain.

Yes, sure enough there are capship/PvP whores on the server. There always has and there always will. This time is no different than any other, and Disco will not suddenly get sucked into a black hole because the mass of these people has reached some arbitrary point.

Passwording the server is a no-brainer. It has been done to death, and the consensus usually is, we don't want to turn Disco into a private club. Now be honest, how many of you good gamers would have come here if there was a password? Probably not a lot. The doors should be open to all-comers, even the little tossers who you just wanna wrap your hands around their throats........

I might also add, remember the Simpsons episode where Homer could not get rid of the damn trampoline. So Bart's like, "Observe!" And he puts a bike lock on it. Within seconds the trampoline is gone. Think about it.

[Dopamino]

We don't need to encourage people to come to our server. As everyone can plainly see from not being able to log on half the time, we have plenty of people. There is no apparent slow to the influx of players either. The problem is that a lot of these people are detrimental to the overall roleplay health of the server. Having the password hidden within the rules of the server, or maybe a contract, will at least help somewhat with that problem.

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I mostly lurk around Media Center these days.

[Turkish]

There are many options, many points of view. And many problems as well. What I think the majority of us can agree on is that there is a problem in our midst, and we should seek a solution.

Perhaps we should select the top three options and discuss the matter, after that there is always the option to bring the proposal to the admiralty of Discovery.

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I have a fetish for all things Norse.