Global OOC: Official Poll

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Originally Posted by Not_Kazowi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I seriously can't begin to fathom why people are so afraid of YT and global OOC. This will only help the server out, which is dying, everyone afraid of this is probably a scrub who will get called out or embarrassed by being on the right side of YT. Just make a limit on how many OOC emotes you can make in a given time, that solves EVERYTHING. If people don't like reading funny green text then they have the option to turn it off, which some people did on VZTZ.

People have provided very good arguments against YT. Global ooc I'm sort of meh about, I don't like it personally but there are good arguments both for and against it, and out of fairness blue99 did have it for a while. I also feel it could be moderated effectively since Amelinda doesn't need to be monitoring it 24/7, people can just screenshot violations of the rules if they happen, so if there are clear rules for how to communicate in ooc people will be deterred from violating them. There, that's my non-trolling opinion on it.

As for YT, it promotes a certain style of pvp and stifles diversity. It gives even more power to shit-talkers, griefers, and random-PKers, while anyone playing by a different set of self-imposed rules is considered inferior or less skilled. Even as an anti-pk I likely have more kills than the average player on this box, it's not about being afraid of being on the receiving end of YT. It's just that some of us are playing a different game and our objective isn't always to rack up as many kills as possible and be publicly recognized for it. In short, YT encourages people to kill for no reason other than to be featured in YT, which just makes everyone paranoid that the people in their zone are going to attack them for no reason, which promotes more of a "shoot first" mentality. Like I said before, it's fine if you want to play that way, just you shouldn't be forced into playing that way.