jorb wrote:HindMAN wrote:an official stance on community enforcement
I'm admittedly not entirely sure as to what it is you mean by that. The community/ties can enforce whatever rules it/they desire inside the game world using the mechanics of the game. If by "community enforcement" you mean some way of voting people off the island in a popularity contest, then, no, there is no such feature, nor will there be.
The game client itself does not presently have any way to instantly reference customer support, although one could perhaps argue that it should. It is far from obvious what that feature would look like, however, as non-intervention in the game world itself is a core value of mine. Human meddling in the game world ultimately debases the game rules, and in an environment like this, which aims to allow for long-term action and planning, I consider the fundamental integrity of the rules to be of the utmost importance.
I hate to have to spell this out, but I am simply saying that if a player witnesses another player doing something that can be considered illegal (yes, even in a sandbox game there are limits, trust me) then how and where does this player go to to report such a feature? On the forums for all to see, or is there an anonymous way to do so?
I am not referring to game mechanics. I am so so familiar with sandbox game mechanics that none of what happened to me surprised me. I have been a noob in every game in existence for many years!
My point is: get a CM. lol If not, I just need to know where and how people would report, say, someone in game referring to children, posting real-life information, linking to a child's address, linking to images that can be illegal, etc. Again, it's not a complicated issue. If you would like to give me an official stance on the topic, feel free to email me. I just want to cover every aspect of the game -- or at least the parts I experienced -- because I think it's a cool game.
Beau
