Bellaz89 Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Since the thread I opened on toxicity raised a lot of discussions (maybe even too much) I feel that one problem is that there isn't much information about the language register that is used in a particular game displayed in the lobby. I would propose adding a 'safe language' tag to the 0ad games. This tag will be shown next to the game name or similar. The hosts can decide whether to put such a tag or not on their games to make the players aware, what is the tone of the conversation to expect. So, e.g., a player like me that doesn't like in-game toxicity can skip non-safe-language games, while other people that don't care or want to be free to express themselves more aggressively can choose these games. So when a player hosts a match, a popup will ask which language register to use (e.g., see attached image). Two additional points are to be added to this idea. I thought about this feature as non-binding. Meaning that this relies on the good faith of the hosts and players. This is to avoid using it to raise too much controversy about the subjectiveness of the definition of "safe-language." Also this doesn't mean either that an host of a non-safe-language-game cannot kick someone if they think that such a player went too far. This is not a free-for-all card. Even without the 'safe language' tag, Wildfire Games team can (obviously) act when dangerous situations may arise in extreme cases. Edited December 12, 2022 by Bellaz89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 Maybe such a room could be able to designate one of the observers to be a chat monitor and moderate the observer chat. If it's a 'safe-language' room maybe it could be required to appoint a chat monitor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellaz89 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, user1 said: Maybe such a room could be able to designate one of the observers to be a chat monitor and moderate the observer chat. If it's a 'safe-language' room maybe it could be required to appoint a chat monitor. I like the chat monitor idea. However might this be a separated idea/feature that can be enabled even in a non-safe language room? At the end of the day even in non-safe language people might want a chat monitor/moderator. Probably from the programming point of view the two features are orthogonal. Edited December 13, 2022 by Bellaz89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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