A way to report spam.

[Driana 1]

It's very simple:

.report <playername>

 

That's it, in a nutshell. I think a simple change like this would do wonders to combat spam and abuse. 

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How should it work?

When a player is reported enough times, his account will be automatically silenced (muted) and a GM ticket will be opened. When a GM checks the ticket, he'll review what happened and ban the player, or remove the mute.

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I got this idea from the mangos commands. Once I learned that mangos tiers their commands via a "gm level", then I realized players can also use certain commands. For example, if you type

.commands

On Elysium, you will see this (LINK), if you are a normal player like me.

Since the structure for these commands already exists, and is already being used, it will be very simple to add another one of these "dot commands" to the list. 

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Now, how can we build upon this?

Create an addon, which adds a "report spam" menu, just like Blizzard eventually did. Like this: (LINK).

It's a very simple addon. And it's not mandatory, because anyone can just type ".report" and shift+click a player's name. But by having this addon, means that people who care enough will use it, and it'll make the realm better for everyone. 

This addon will be very simple, acting as a front-end for the command ".report playername"

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Another variation:

.report <playername> <reason>
  
  <reason> is Optional, but can be:
  Spaming
  Language
  Name
  Cheating