Stricter Punishments for DDoS, Death Threats (Etc.)

First off, let me make this clear: I don't care what you say or do outside of the game as long as it's not seriously hurting others physically, emotionally, or otherwise. If you're raging in a Skype call with your friends because, for example, you're having a bad time in WarZ and are blowing off some steam then good for you. That's none of my business and I have zero interest in making that my business. We all rage, I get it. Sometimes that's just how the cookie crumbles and it's 100% natural.

But I care a great deal when you or anyone else is deliberately threatening or actively attacking someone in game or just being toxic overall. You've taken your problem and spread it all over the chat and now it's everyone's problem including mine. This is particularly the case with DDoS (which is illegal) and death threats, both of which I think are some of the more serious chat rule violations out there, as well as linking or spamming 18+ content. Sidenote: I get that sometimes people say 'kys' or make a crude sex joke for the funneh's and I do it to. I'm not suggesting a harsher punishment for any of that other than joking about DDoS or posting 18+ content for the LOLs. There's a whole world of humor out there that doesn't pertain to DDoS or posting/linking pornographic content.

That said, people who do post death and/or DDoS threats and 18+ content because they're desperate for attention or are genuinely that messed up are getting (in my view) somewhat lenient bans. In a few hours or a week they're back at it with their behavior and I have zero sympathy for it. People who post this kind of crap in chat add some completely unnecessary drama and sometimes genuinely hurt feelings to gamemodes where the chat tends to be pretty benign (like CTF) and multiplies the toxicity in gamemodes such as WarZ.

DDoS threats, posting 18+ content, and death threats are not only stupid, completely unnecessary, illegal (DDoS), but are also morally and ethically wrong. There is no reason why any Minecraft chat should have death/DDoS threats or any seriously inappropriate links or comments at any time. You want to be toxic in your Skype or Discord chats with your friends? Fine, not my deal so you do you. If you get arrested for spreading child porn or threatening DDoS that's your deal. Learn from it. Sure I or anyone else could do /ignore when someone starts spamming sexually explicit content or death threats but that's not dealing with the problem is it? It's ignoring the problem, that's the whole point of the command. People who are so immature that they think it'd be worthwhile to threaten people or post porn in a Minecraft chat (of all places) at any time for any reason (i.e. anger, attention) deserve a much harsher punishment than is currently being given. Oh you can't handle the toxicity? they might say, Too bad. Deal with it this is the internet.

That's the most bullsh*t excuse I've ever heard. So because plenty of other people are immature that somehow makes what you're doing OK? Listen to yourself.

There are actual kids who play on Brawl and, I know, some things come off as much more serious at a younger age than they do later on. Hell when I was playing McPVP at 14 (I'm 19) I cried over some nasty message another McPVP'er sent me for whatever reason. We don't know what threats can mean to people we encounter on the internet, because 9/10 times we have no idea who they are. And believe it or not there is such a thing as learned behavior where toxic environments will tend to make the players in them more toxic. Basic psychology. This isn't just about death/DDoS threats and 18+ content but also about general nastiness, especially from players who seem to think it's funny, just another little game.

I'm sure higher level staff are aware of that situation and so this is what I propose:

Empower J-MODs (not Trial MODs) to...

• issue 3 hour mutes for excessive rudeness/swearing/flame/racism etc instead of 1 hour. More than 3 mutes for this behavior within a period of 1 day leads to an immediate 72 hour mute.
• issue 24 hour mutes for 18+ content, and 12 hours for death threats (because 'kys' tends to be used as a joke). More than three mutes for any of the above within a period of 1 day leads to an immediate 7 day ban.
• issue 24 hour ban for anyone making DDoS threats and referral to higher staff. Repeated DDoS threats = perma-ban.
• ban users for any of the above for 3 hours instead of 1 on TeamSpeak.

Extend the ban for death threats from 1 week to 2.
Extend the ban for DDoS threats from 1 week to 1 month.
Improve appeals system (better define what "sufficient evidence" is).

#MakeBrawlSafeAgain

-President-elect Donald J. Trump.

@Lord_Roke
@LordCh4os

 

Disagree. You can get arrested for DDoS and death threats (as well as spreading porn with underage actors). People who perpetrate that kind of stuff got taken more seriously instead of getting a slap on the wrist (as one player did when they got a 1 hour mute for 18+ content. One hour) and continuing their behavior. I'm suggesting these changes for the exact same reason(s) that @Lord_Roke and Brawl imposed the Continuous Rule Violations measures. Why should people who contribute nothing to the community but hate, threats, and even criminal activities be given as much leeway as they are now? JMODs should be able to do more to deal with this.

Because a lot of those ragers and DDoS'ers get a lot of attention for doing what they do. At least two CTF'ers who (more or less) fit that description come to mind. One of them is now permabanned after 84 mutes (at least two for death threats and one for 18+), 44 bans, and 13 kicks. Another faked his own death to get attention, threatened others, and flamed on a regular basis. They could continue their behavior because they weren't getting seriously punished for it. A 1 hour mute for 18+? A 7 day ban for death threats? Are you kidding me?

I don't know if you read the thread but I take DDoS, death threats, and 18+ very seriously. We just disagree on what to do about it.

 

Thanks for the info. Really appreciate the clarification + perspective.

I wouldn't mind a zero tolerance policy on DDoS.

I don't think it is. You can get a harsher punishment for less in LoL.

That too ^^