i get the impression ... that without a real sanction system that works, there will not be a solution. There will always be impolite people with bad manners, toxic behaviour and threats. I like your initiative @Seleucids to call on the responsibility and morale of the players but you directly got an example in here, that this call is unfortunately maybe not working ... and i fear it won't work the game. Why? Because there is no sanction on beeing mean in the game. The maximum you get for being very offensive and unacceptable so far, is maybe a discussion on a discord server or the forums, in which the offender can make himself be seen as the victim again and so forth .. it is basically just tiring. We have 4 different chat levels in the game (main lobby, game lobby, game chat and spec chat), and the moderators only observe the main lobby. So when something bad is happening there, sometimes they react, if certain language is used, they will be removed automatically by the modbot. That is just not enough, dear community I would really like to discuss about this topic, because recently many really bad examples took place, that again lead to someone quit playing the game after beeing insulted/threatened verbally. With all the blablablamegame fllow up. I want to start to throw some thoughts in .... What about if two handfull of trusted people (elected by the moderators or so)  who are often around and actively playing are given admin rights and the privileges to kick or ban people based on the rules of the game from any of the aforementioned levels. So sanctions are immediate and directly implemented. No time lag, no discussions, no blame game .... just kick/ban, end of the story.  I am quite sure, that offenses and toxicity would drop significantly. And this would help the game on the long run. Please add some ideas ... and @Seleucids, if you think this discussion should not be takin part here, then i can also open a new thread. I don't want to say that it is useless, to call for responsibility and raise awareness... i just doubt that this is enough!  

imagine mods aren't online rn or else

@feneur @Stan`pls ban the bot accounts

This is not eric @Seleucids . i just talked with him in game. 

the real eric is only slightly less toxic and more homophobic