Game owner's only?

[Unknown Samurai]

How long do you think it will be until Jimsid and his alternate personalities waddle on over to this Discussion Board and demand that the title of this post get implemented?

I personally don't think Discussions should ever be locked to game owner's only as it completely tanks engagement. Just look at Unknown 9's Ghost town of a page. Freedom of speech is really important, both positive and negative. If you are personally offended by someone's topic, then just block that person and move on.

Speaking of "Game owner's", I'm shocked that I haven't seen any mouse icons on this board. I know that if you preorder the game, you'll have ownership and a mouse icon, but I guess no one's willing to drop the $120 AUD on this game yet. To be fair, I hear it's also coming to game pass (thank god) so I assume most people would just play it through that. Which also means that 'hypothetically' if the board was locked to game owner's, then game pass players wouldn't be able to comment.

[Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon]

If you ask me I think that all forums would unilaterally benefit from blocking level 0 users. It should really just be a default Steam policy.

[PocketYoda]

A bit like the reddit then.

[Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon]

Originally posted by PocketYoda:

A bit like the reddit then.

Oh no, I'm not saying Steam should be like Reddit, I'm just saying that it should have this one feature which is shared by Reddit.

Just because Reddit has become ...lets say not so great, doesn't mean they didn't implement some good policies.

Can't be picky when problem solving.

[Ferranis]

Unhinged steam threads to not seem to affect successful games (see Space Marine 2), seems only to be a problem for certain games, isn't is crazy?

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Ferranis:

Unhinged steam threads to not seem to affect successful games (see Space Marine 2), seems only to be a problem for certain games, isn't is crazy?

Space Marine 2 was the left attacking the right, when the game was fine.. This is the opposite but the jury is still out on this game.

[Unknown Samurai]

Originally posted by Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon:

If you ask me I think that all forums would unilaterally benefit from blocking level 0 users. It should really just be a default Steam policy.

That probably won't be a bad idea. But most level 0 users are just privated profiles, as steam also hides user level too.

[Caz]

As aggressive as Obsidian is being with their banning (even banning people who like the game if they ask the “wrong questions”), it’s only a matter of time before the company rips moderation away from Steam so Obsidian can go full IngSoc on these forums

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon:

If you ask me I think that all forums would unilaterally benefit from blocking level 0 users. It should really just be a default Steam policy.

Nothing against you, you're trying to think of ways to make a forum better and I respect that. I'm just automatically against sectioning anybody off, though.

One of the weights that we must bear as people that value free speech, is that we have to also allow speech that we disagree with personally, to exist. We have to allow other points of view to be spoken, and we have to take the risk to say something that might rock the boat, sometimes. That's true free speech.

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Considering Obsidian hasn't been active on here AT ALL I'm guessing this won't happen.

They are completely ignoring this board. It's not being treated as anything official.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by Jeffer'son Airship:

Considering Obsidian hasn't been active on here AT ALL I'm guessing this won't happen.

They are completely ignoring this board. It's not being treated as anything official.

That is interesting. It was the complete opposite on the Dragon Age Veilguard forums, they had a community manager from the devs getting in that mess, too.

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Bioware hasn't really ran their own forums for a while and Obsidian still has theirs. That's probably why.

[Unknown Samurai]

Originally posted by Sloth enjoyer:

This being said... Who tf is "Jimsid" lol? Never heard that name...

My sweet summer child. There will come a day when those will fear his name.
I'm kidding, he's just an insufferable [redacted] who loves 'cleaning up' forums from anti woke chuds or some non sense. You'll know him when you see him. Already made his mark on Veilguard, Unknown 9, Dustborn. For context, this sums up everything you need to know: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1477940/discussions/2/4638239688793017882/

[Butcher]

Originally posted by Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon:

If you ask me I think that all forums would unilaterally benefit from blocking level 0 users. It should really just be a default Steam policy.

I think all forums should block users with levels below 100. Because 100 is a good number.

[Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon]

Originally posted by Butcher:

Originally posted by Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon:

If you ask me I think that all forums would unilaterally benefit from blocking level 0 users. It should really just be a default Steam policy.

I think all forums should block users with levels below 100. Because 100 is a good number.

The steam forum rules are exceedingly fair and very leniently enforced with a great deal of grace. There are some VERY problematic people who seem to go on insane , emotionally fueled reporting sprees and there are some who get caught int that madness but it doesn't happen often and on the whole all that is needed to avoid it is simply to speak respectfully toward others.

people, including yourself Butcher, who feel the need to use a sock-puppet account fall into one of several categories:

Paranoid folks (they get a pass in my book because I can't honestly say that it isn't justified.)

Trolls who think it is funny to cause social drama even though there is clearly already too much of that (it used to be funny and it just isn't anymore but they didn't notice)

Bad actors, who are out to cause actual harm to open discussions, silence discourse on any subject they don't like and avoid the just consequences.

The VERY THEORETICAL government agents who may be playing a role to ferret out the also HIGHLY hypothetical terrorists they NEED to believe are hiding among a lot of gamers so that they can continue to get the sweet sweet funding they crave even in their sleep (if they even exist).

and worthy of mention the legitimate level 0 accounts who I musty say, it is very unlikely care about the forums, unless the only reason they made a steam account was to comment on some subject that they don't really deserve a voice in since they don;t plan on playing any games in the first place. neither of these last two need to be posting anything.

[Butcher]

Originally posted by Turbo-Laser Ninjadragon:

Originally posted by Butcher:

I think all forums should block users with levels below 100. Because 100 is a good number.

The steam forum rules are exceedingly fair and very leniently enforced with a great deal of grace. There are some VERY problematic people who seem to go on insane , emotionally fueled reporting sprees and there are some who get caught int that madness but it doesn't happen often and on the whole all that is needed to avoid it is simply to speak respectfully toward others.

people, including yourself Butcher, who feel the need to use a sock-puppet account fall into one of several categories:

Paranoid folks (they get a pass in my book because I can't honestly say that it isn't justified.)

Trolls who think it is funny to cause social drama even though there is clearly already too much of that (it used to be funny and it just isn't anymore but they didn't notice)

Bad actors, who are out to cause actual harm to open discussions, silence discourse on any subject they don't like and avoid the just consequences.

The VERY THEORETICAL government agents who may be playing a role to ferret out the also HIGHLY hypothetical terrorists they NEED to believe are hiding among a lot of gamers so that they can continue to get the sweet sweet funding they crave even in their sleep (if they even exist).

and worthy of mention the legitimate level 0 accounts who I musty say, it is very unlikely care about the forums, unless the only reason they made a steam account was to comment on some subject that they don't really deserve a voice in since they don;t plan on playing any games in the first place. neither of these last two need to be posting anything.

Ironic, because you are paranoid about me being sock-puppet. Guess what, I do include myself in that level 100 since in reality that private account is level 103. This way we can have pleasant conversations with Jeffer'son Airship, while plebians watch in awe.