WolfQuest

WolvesOfTheSeas wrote:Okay what u mean Spam on game box?

Spamming the game chat may include using excessive Smileys, or words to the point where it is pointless. The user may be trying to advertise a product, or fill the chat box with plain SPAM. You can find the definition of SPAM here:
http://www.wolfquest.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20100
SPAM on the forums is slightly different than SPAM in a game chat, seeing that punctuation and capitals were originally removed from the lexicon. Also for the fact that MP does not evolve around "posting". But generally, it's along the same lines. :)

Ok, thanks Kali! Just an FYI, I'll try to host a WQ Anniversary game later so you're welcome to join!

Hey, i was just wondering if when you go into a mate chat and you describe and rp with the people but dont say anything about mates, can someone still report you? please answer back cause that kinda confuses me because my friends are there sometimes but i leave cause i dont want to get in trouble.

starlightmoon12345 wrote:Hey, i was just wondering if when you go into a mate chat and you describe and rp with the people but dont say anything about mates, can someone still report you? please answer back cause that kinda confuses me because my friends are there sometimes but i leave cause i dont want to get in trouble.

As long as you are acting appropriately there should be nothing for you to worry about, you can't be reported for being in an inappropriate server when you are acting appropriately unlike other people there. Keep in mind it's strongly advised you report these chats and any players that may be encouraging or participating in this kind of behavior, especially if you are playing with them. (:

Croix wrote:

starlightmoon12345 wrote:Hey, i was just wondering if when you go into a mate chat and you describe and rp with the people but dont say anything about mates, can someone still report you? please answer back cause that kinda confuses me because my friends are there sometimes but i leave cause i dont want to get in trouble.

As long as you are acting appropriately there should be nothing for you to worry about, you can't be reported for being in an inappropriate server when you are acting appropriately unlike other people there. Keep in mind it's strongly advised you report these chats and any players that may be encouraging or participating in this kind of behavior, especially if you are playing with them. (:

And to add on, here is proof that Croix is correct:

WQ Coordinator wrote: Please do not report people who:
*Are present in a mate-related game but are not participating in the mating roleplay (if someone explains that they do/don’t have a mate or are asking about mates, they are participating and should be reported)

~First Post

Well, with that whole mate/gender-related MP problem, now I try to report almost anyone that breaks the WQ rules, especially in MP. I think that with this problem getting so large, widespread, and hard to control/remove from WQ, reporting these abusive users/wolves might be one of the only surefire ways to make them realize the consequences and the severity of their actions. It's a lot like, in a real wolf pack, wolves that behave like that are either removed from the pack or punished, sometimes by being demoted to the lowest rank.

For example, I make sure this is crystal-clear in my pack, but we've never had a problem. A reason for this is that, in my pack, a member/wolf that breaks one or more rules is removed from the 'Pack Members' list and placed on the 'Low Rank/Omega' list. Even though that term is no longer valid, the pack uses it just because it is shorter to say than 'Low Ranking Wolf'.

And, to be honest, I don't go on MP very much, either, unless it is a (private) pack game or a phrased/disabled chat. Although I still use the 'Lexicon Chat' sometimes.

_Denali_ wrote:Well, with that whole mate/gender-related MP problem, now I try to report almost anyone that breaks the WQ rules, especially in MP. I think that with this problem getting so large, widespread, and hard to control/remove from WQ, reporting these abusive users/wolves might be one of the only surefire ways to make them realize the consequences and the severity of their actions. It's a lot like, in a real wolf pack, wolves that behave like that are either removed from the pack or punished, sometimes by being demoted to the lowest rank.

For example, I make sure this is crystal-clear in my pack, but we've never had a problem. A reason for this is that, in my pack, a member/wolf that breaks one or more rules is removed from the 'Pack Members' list and placed on the 'Low Rank/Omega' list. Even though that term is no longer valid, the pack uses it just because it is shorter to say than 'Low Ranking Wolf'.

And, to be honest, I don't go on MP very much, either, unless it is a (private) pack game or a phrased/disabled chat. Although I still use the 'Lexicon Chat' sometimes.

(Wolves actually do not have ranks in real life, as they do not apply accurately to wild wolf packs because they do not have a strict social hierarchy... please see this link for more information : http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/mamm ... /intro.htm)

When it comes to reporting people, remember that you also must prioritize. Which is a bigger problem -- reporting someone who's saving spots or hosting a chat for a specific player, or someone who is hosting a mate-related chat? I'd personally much rather you focus on reporting mates, especially if you're in a situation where you see many chats which may violate the rules of both types, and there is/are a growing number of people in the mate chat(s) as opposed to the other ones. If you do find yourself in that situation though, you can also quickly printscreen your screen, paste it somewhere, and join a game but have that printscreen for record of the users actually hosting the game or in case you found the game again but cannot connect. Divide and conquer, I suppose.

Ok, and I as far as 'rulebreakers', I almost always use that to refer mostly to users participating in mate-related behavior. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In fact, and this is somewhat embarassing I guess, when I was a newbie and hadn't yet visited or explored the forums yet, there was an open MP chat/game that was listed in caps as this:

MEAT

And I was completely confused by the name, having no idea what it meant at the time. I can't beleive I didn't report that lol, especially since the host's username was listed in plain view, and the amount of users total in the game (4/5, which is pretty sad!). But, now I know what it means, how to report it, and that I can't do anything about it now.

_Denali_ wrote:Ok, and I as far as 'rulebreakers', I almost always use that to refer mostly to users participating in mate-related behavior. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In fact, and this is somewhat embarassing I guess, when I was a newbie and hadn't yet visited or explored the forums yet, there was an open MP chat/game that was listed in caps as this:

MEAT

And I was completely confused by the name, having no idea what it meant at the time. I can't beleive I didn't report that lol, especially since the host's username was listed in plain view, and the amount of users total in the game (4/5, which is pretty sad!). But, now I know what it means, how to report it, and that I can't do anything about it now.

Ah, thank you for clarifying.
That's quite alright - in a game you're new to, chances are you aren't going to know everything. In addition to that statement, I remember that when creating the rules and actually adding them to multiplayer, we all hoped that would clarify any confusion with mates.We also knew, however, that people typically don't want to take the time to read the rules. So when you take that into consideration as well, at the end of the day, they should read the rules, and regardless if they do or don't, the rules are relatively easy to find, and if someone wishes to continue participating in mate-related behavior,t hey suffer the consequences.

I agree; behavior like that is unacceptable in WQ, and that participants will face the consequences.