Currently, our trade servers could use a bit of improvement. Most of the time when the server is full, you can safely say that not even 1/2 of the server occupants are interested in trading, and instead treat the map like a deathmatch arena. People on mic talk about things that are not even remotely about trading, and the atmosphere is very chaotic, to say the least. After some discussion, here are a few new rules I think should be implemented in order to improve the current state of our trade servers.
1.) Auto-kick both F2Ps and people who have scammer tags. While these people are kicked once the server starts nearing maximum capacity, there's basically no reason to let either of them in at all on our trade servers. F2Ps can't trade, and scammers should not take the place of traders who have not violated trading rules.
2.) No mic spam should be allowed whatsoever. While this can be mitigated with a client mute, I have seen that people who micspam on trade alternate between playing music and actually using the mic to trade, so client muting is less effective if you're trying to make a trade. We should have a zero tolerance policy regarding any form of micspam on trade, with standard silences being issued for rulebreakers.
3.) On the topic of mics, voice communication should have trading as a priority. People go on tangents all the time, and while we shouldn't have a zero tolerance policy on this specific issue because we'd probably look like fascists, if someone is just using the mic to talk about his/her personal life and interrupting others that are actually trying to advertise, that should not be accepted. If no trade communication is occurring over voice, then people should have free reign over the mic.
4.) A chat cooldown of about 5 seconds should be applied. If you've ever frequented a trade server, you most likely have seen someone consistently advertising their own trades without letting anyone else get a word in edgewise. Unusual trading communities I used to frequent (all of which filled up pretty well during peak periods) had chat cool downs of around ten seconds, but I feel like this is too much. 5 seconds is a good amount of time to pass between consecutive messages from the same player.
While these may not be perfect solutions to some of the problems on trade, they're pretty fair and allow for a better quality of life on the servers for people who actually want to trade.
1.) Auto-kick both F2Ps and people who have scammer tags. While these people are kicked once the server starts nearing maximum capacity, there's basically no reason to let either of them in at all on our trade servers. F2Ps can't trade, and scammers should not take the place of traders who have not violated trading rules.
2.) No mic spam should be allowed whatsoever. While this can be mitigated with a client mute, I have seen that people who micspam on trade alternate between playing music and actually using the mic to trade, so client muting is less effective if you're trying to make a trade. We should have a zero tolerance policy regarding any form of micspam on trade, with standard silences being issued for rulebreakers.
3.) On the topic of mics, voice communication should have trading as a priority. People go on tangents all the time, and while we shouldn't have a zero tolerance policy on this specific issue because we'd probably look like fascists, if someone is just using the mic to talk about his/her personal life and interrupting others that are actually trying to advertise, that should not be accepted. If no trade communication is occurring over voice, then people should have free reign over the mic.
4.) A chat cooldown of about 5 seconds should be applied. If you've ever frequented a trade server, you most likely have seen someone consistently advertising their own trades without letting anyone else get a word in edgewise. Unusual trading communities I used to frequent (all of which filled up pretty well during peak periods) had chat cool downs of around ten seconds, but I feel like this is too much. 5 seconds is a good amount of time to pass between consecutive messages from the same player.
While these may not be perfect solutions to some of the problems on trade, they're pretty fair and allow for a better quality of life on the servers for people who actually want to trade.
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