So how would the group of players be selected exactly?

I am not 18, but I am fine with seeing 18+ stuff

lololololololololol

+1 for the initiative

+1 for asking the community


This being said I highly encourage the opt-in version. Everyone can play this online or via app and I also have to rebut every player who claims that this is only a forum problem or a name problem!

IMHO everyone who adopts an offensive name should be automatically labeled "M".

I also would like like to raise awareness for this suggestion:

https://warlight.uservoice.com/forums/77051-warlight-features/suggestions/7080652-blacklist-people-from-the-forums

This would solve a part of the forum problems.

Good discussion. In general, I like that this is being brought up and handled in some manner. I would prefer TBest's option of handling 'M' players via the prerequisites during the creation of a game. Perhaps it will also show in the description automatically with a message such as 'This game has been opened to members of all ratings and by joining you agree to be subjected to dirtier minds than your own' or something similar. :)

https://warlight.uservoice.com/forums/77051-warlight-features/suggestions/7080652-blacklist-people-from-the-forums

I love how my uservoice got 20 votes :p

Edited 3/13/2015 00:14:24

More of the same garbage in open games. I don't appreciate not being able to browse open games with my children in the room, and putting restrictions on games I create will not resolve this concern:
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=8235708

+1

Open games tab should be way more customizable. Hide/show money games, lottery games, games by blacklisted players, games with or without certain prerequisites.

Unless there is a pressing law issue, I sincerely believe that these kind of things re generally dealt by the community itself via exclusion of some players from events etc. IMHO working to make a complicated system that'd regulate things like that is a waste of resources and time considering how many other things demand attention.

+1

Like others have said, this is a great initiative, but has some problems.

1) I don't see games as much of an issue. On top of that, blacklisting works well enough and accomplishes the same thing.

2) Dividing the community:

being rated M will be viewed as a punishment, since it excludes you from all tournaments, ladders, public forums, and talking to E players. We would basically be splitting the community into two.

I see it as more of a soft ban. Who's going to make any M games? How many M players would there even be? I'll be honest, if I get rated M, I'd just make a new account.

However, I could see this system working on the forums (if you want to police them at all) and I'd volunteer to be on the council.

+3 Odin and Sze

From all that I am reading.... ALL PLAYERS who play Coin Games must be "M" players because legally only 18+ (mature) players are allowed to play them.


I think WarLight needs to start verifying emails for account creation now and set an age limit for players joining the game. While this doesnt get rid of garbage, it does lower the ammount of troll accounts and young players.

Like this idea, especially on the forums (agree with sze and odin).
Also, someone make a uservoice for more uservoice votes :P

Edit: page 3, forever alone :'(

Edited 3/13/2015 03:49:46

So if you get an M rating your can't join tournaments, ladders or post on the forums? That's basically a soft ban.

few concerns and few ideas:-

1.if a friend of mine gets the M tag but i don't think of him as an offender,how will he be able to join my E games?(i don't want other M players to join,and i don't want to ask my frind if he's online and invite him each time)
sloution-along with having the option of allowing all M players to join my game,i'd like to customize that list for my personal account(which won't change their global M status ofc)

2.is the M tag permanent?
i suggest 1-2 week ban for 1st time offender and 1-2 month ban for 2nd time offender and it goes on increasing

3.will some clans or community misuse this system and provoke someone and then report them for wrong behavior?(consider poonsquad for instance)
can't find any solution for this,unless some other un-biased committee is made from some volunteers/selected players each day to check on what really happened

I like the idea. It's not perfect yet, but nothing is perfect from the very beginning, even Warlight itself isn't. But it's a nice step in the right direction. I would love to see how it will exacly work out when it is introduced and how it developes from there on.

What about posting on forums as an 'm'?

I think WarLight needs to start verifying emails for account creation now and set an age limit for players joining the game. While this doesnt get rid of garbage, it does lower the ammount of troll accounts and young players.

How does verifying email address have any bearing on the issue? Sure, it would slow the trolls and alt-accounts a bit but only a little bit. There is still no age verifications aspect to it so that is completely moot.

And you also misunderstand the purpose of the M label. It has nothing to do with player ages but is instead focused on what they are willing to see/deal with. Just because you have to be 18+ (in the US) to take money from the coin games (you can still play them as a minor) doesn't mean you want to deal with the obscenities

or people could just be aware of obscene images and language

using blacklist is a good way to manage these kinds of things already+ people already know who has bad reputation for trolling... the things we only need are heavy filters for the forum and more filters for the games

P.S. maybe Fizzer or Mercer will read every forum posts before allowing them to be shown on the public?

Edited 3/13/2015 14:41:03

@HankyPinky

1) I don't see games as much of an issue. On top of that, blacklisting works well enough and accomplishes the same thing.

Please don't take offense, I mean this as a respectful rebuttal: I do see open games as a huge issue, take a look at the link to the game I posted. No, blacklisting doesn't work to prevent those games/players/clans from appearing on my open games list, doesn't accomplish the same thing at all. If it did, I would be satisfied with that as a solution.

The reason I feel this is an important issue is that, according to the Warlight Terms of Service, I think the intention is for this game to be "family friendly" -- and if it weren't for an increasing number of potty-mouth players (who seem perfectly happy to ignore the Terms of Service), it still would be very family-friendly, more so than many online games. If the Warlight admins want to be lenient about banning such folks over their violations, I understand and appreciate that too. I don't intend to be hard-nosed about them, and I think we can all still get along -- but I really appreciate the admins for considering solutions that would allow me to shield myself and my children from this rising tide of smut. Okay, stepping down from my soapbox now.

@Alcarmacil, I think it would solve the problem if games created by blacklisted members didn't show up in your open games, though. I think blacklisting can solve the problem, but it needs to remove the players more fully from your experience.

If your blacklisted members' open games didn't appear in the Open Games list, their forum threads didn't appear for you, and their forum posts were hidden in a similar manner to how they are currently hidden in in-game chat, that would go a long way to solving the problem.