[deleted]
Too many people have peed in the pool
551–555 of 555 posts
Re: Too many people have peed in the pool
#552Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been playing Clash Royale on iPad (it's a multiplayer battle game set in the Clash of Clans universe that essentially drops the base building element and concentrates on the strategic combat). Generally, competitive multiplayer games can be pretty harsh (devolving into toxic) communities. Clash Royale addresses this problem in an interesting way. You're allowed to communicate with your opponent, but only from a…
Shazbot! This just gave me a flash back to back when I used to play Starseige Tribes. The chat system included quick key commands for a ton of useful voice callouts. The quick keys and audio sampling made them a lot more fun to use and harder to miss than manually typed messages. As a result, it was much less common to see typed messages popup during regular gameplay. Looks like they still use the chat system in the…
The company who now owns Tribes is Hi-Rez, and they've also implemented this system in SMITE, A MOBA. (MOBAs are legendarily hostile environment.)
Of course, they didn't disable normal text chat, so the game's still full of jerks. I think it does help though.
Re: Too many people have peed in the pool
#553Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 100% agree. And note that HN is already running this experiment; we have downvotes as well as upvotes. I'd say that even though upvotes and downvotes are somewhat helpful it is the mentality that differentiates HN from other communities most significantly. We can't outsmart human stupidity with technology. Sure, we have loads of people who want to game HN to push their own agendas but at its core HN users actually…
> but at its core HN users actually welcome new points of view. No. Try posting anything here that opposes the groupthink. You'll get the downvote hammer used against you very quickly.
This is one of the few tech sites where you can post something positive about Microsoft and not get moderated into oblivion.
I agree that there's some "groupthink" going on here, but it's not nearly as bad as any other sites I've used.
Re: Too many people have peed in the pool
#554It is never acceptable to attack and use violence against other individuals. The fact that you perceive them as making money from their marginalization does not make it acceptable for you and others to attack them to send death threats, and to engage in other horrific and violent behavior. It is reprehensible and disgusting that you think your hatred and bigotry is acceptable... because somebody might've made money.…
"It is never acceptable to attack and use violence against other individuals." We're talking about electronic communications here, not meatspace.
... and note the absence of the word "threaten".
Re: Too many people have peed in the pool
#555Earlier quoted context omitted.
hearthstone also allows "Thanks", and it is also used when you make a mistake (although there is also a "mistake" text). The interesting thing is that you could actually say "thanks" (or "well played" or "hello") in a neutral way, but if you are on the losing side you are very likely to interpret them as mocking any way, which personally increases my annoyance at losing wildly. I desperately crave for a "f* you" emot…
Mute sounds great. It also aligns interests: if you want to be heard, you won't want to act like too big a jerk. Be interesting to see how the mutes are manifested: is it quiet -- you know you've muted me but I don't -- or more-widely communicated? Be great if the mute action was broadcast to appropriate players. "riffraff has muted smcnally." Then others would have less tolerance for my nonsense if they had affinity…
AFAIK there is no indication that you have been muted, which I think is in fact not ideal, as I agree with what you say: you should know when people find you annoying (thought that might encourage the behaviour for trolls, not sure)