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Creating a new post which goes into details about Delenda Est's current technology tree and its icons/portraits.

I would like to be moderator.

Actually not bad!

Just for your consideration, one of my early suggestions was to remove this redundancy:

Not specific to DE, but some other possible updates:

Please can I remind the lobby players to stay calm and take a moment to reflect on the current environment. Recently, we have observed some severe instances of toxicity and personal attacks in the lobby, especially in high level games. This is destructive to everyone. Despite being absent from the game lobby, I was able to detect the spillover aftermath. It’s becoming pretty clear that the sexual insults, heavy swearing, and targeting is putting new players off. When that kind of stuff happens, it signals that we aren't a welcoming or safe space - the already small player base shrinks further. Plus, we’re seeing a lot of unfounded claims about DDOS, exploits and market manipulation. Throwing these accusations around without proof just result in more disputes instead of solving anything. A few months ago, I introduced two of my real life colleague-friends to the game. To begin with, they really enjoyed the economy building part and cooperative strategies. However, as they started participating in high level games, the experience took a bad turn. Both of them encountered unwelcoming players, excessive swearing and long waiting times. One of them even reported being banned from a TG just because the host wanted an easy win. The other complained to me about severe sexual harassment as a part of trash talking while playing. I have also encountered all of these situations myself; it is very discomforting and discouraging to see offensive comments and accusations being thrown around as casual exchanges. Such behaviour not only damaged the image of the 0AD community but also made the real life relationship awkward between us. Some recent arguments even leaked out of the 0AD domain into my personal discord server. Let’s ensure that our discussions are respectful and contained within the appropriate space, even when we disagree. I have not posted any specific evidence here, as the goal is not to target any individual offender but to ensure that on a global level, for both new and OP players, they are able to enjoy their time, not feeling excluded or targeted. A safe space is also where privacy is protected - recording people's voice without consent and asking for their exact home address or other personal information are not appropriate. This brings us to the mindset of some OP players. We understand the drive for winning and balance. However, prioritising exclusivity over respect creates a hostile feedback loop that only reduces the talent pool and weakens the community over time. High-ranking members should lead by example, not by fostering a culture where toxicity is the default. This behavior signals that the community is unwelcoming and unsustainable. We also need to stop allowing sexual insults to define the lobby, and letting the desire for victory override basic decency. Thank you to all of you who are holding the line on respect, because your good behaviour is exactly what keeps 0AD an enjoyable game.

In my opinion, a benign and relaxed mindset from all (or majority) of players would be more helpful. We need to find some way to calm people down from the heat. Somehow demotivate them from toxicity and bullying. Usually, in an environment where the competition is less intense and the fault tolerances are higher, levels of aggression are also lower. So the fix might be in adjusting the game mechanics to allow people time to react and recover from slightly disadvantageous positions. At the moment, a single bad fight or allowing the enemy to gather 30 of certain units can spell the end of a game. This needs to be changed. As for moderation, that might can help against the sexual harassment. However, we must also be very careful with the misuse of power. We also want people to be able to enjoy themselves, not feel under surveillance in a police state. Over-moderation can also lead to drastic results, if you remember what happened 3 years ago.

Ok my dear friends in English here is a version in Spanish of how starting modding in 0 A.D I will ask question by newcomers and some fans in our languages with help of @Alexandermb. hola y sean bienvenidos a este topic donde contestaremos lo básico de modding e incluso como llegar a calidad muy alta de modificaciones para 0 A.D.

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To add to that: If you encounter toxicity or anything else which violates the Terms of Use of the multiplayer lobby, please notify one of the lobby moderators about it, so they can take action. That's best done by sending them a private message including details about the incident (screenshot, replays, ...) here in the forums. We can only act, if we are aware of such incidents.

All right, enough is enough. After I had to remove a few responses, I'm locking this thread now.

Since so many TGs end without all 4 players resigning I made a classifier for my version of the local ratings mod. This could be made to be used as a victory condition. I am getting also annoyed by mates that resign too early. But some games are already decided long ago and if there is a huge dis-balance in the score and population one could already call it a gg: So for a clear victory condition one could set the score factor to 1.2 and population to 1.8 or so. Just as a suggestion for the game or a mod. I don't have time and the desire to code atm.