To admins: Requesting an update

[worldstrider]

I have seen a good effect in actually seeing lawful Liberty forces disperse more realistically and efficiently to adjacent systems where they were previously all but absent but I have also seen a slew of independent traders, smugglers and pirates joke openly about how its a free ride now and no one can do anything about it.

I spent the entire day yesterday mostly private messaging players about how "//ooc" was not for public display except in the most extraordinary circumstances and then watched over and over as the people I addressed openly "//" discussed how stupid that was and sarcastically have continuing"//" conversations publicly about how they needed to stop having "//" public conversations.

After four hours of this I finally announced, "//this is exactly what the admin asked everyone to stop doing and as of now I am simply taking screens of all the conversations for the admins to see"

That was the only statement that had any effect, causing a few of the more talkative ones to quiet a little after of course "//discussing it" openly for a few more moments.

It is primarily the same immature players who keep the ball rolling on this. Mostly ones who resent the admins instructions, resent a specific player or faction and want to vent it or who want to make a point that "no one is going to make them do what they don't want to do".

While it has thinned the system of traffic, the same 'repeat offenders" keep coming back routinely waiting for things to revert. In the meantime, they still have ooc conversations and still sit in less than useful rp quite often.

One of the worst offending groups are those who think the "rebuke" is for everyone else but them and will have a public "//" conversation to explain that at the drop of a hat.

It's simple immaturity. In some cases ignorant and in others defiant.

There does need to be a system message saying in the SIMPLEST terms, "public system messages may only be stated as if the actual character you are playing were talking--//ooc chat in public is not allowed except by admins."

The upshot for us is our fledgling faction's primary new member area is in an artificial state of play and it's much more difficult to act "realistically" with it as it is.

In my opinion (for whatever it may or may not be worth) it's simply a need for admins to come in randomly--give a warning and then start stripping guns and cash off of offending characters if they continue to "//ooc"

That is the ONLY thing this bad minority of immature players will get. They already know better--they just don't care becasue they think no one is going to really do anything to them about it and they could care less how it affects other players.

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