Time to End the Blacklist Insanity!

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Post Post #43 (isolation #0) » Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:23 am

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If a player dislikes playing with you and you intentionally replace into a game they're already in then that makes you kind of an asshole.

If I'm modding a game and I have the option of replacing in Player 1 and then finding a replacement for Player 2 who will replace out when Player 1 joins, or the option of just replacing in Player 3, then the second option is best for the game as a whole and I'll take it every time.
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Post Post #48 (isolation #1) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:02 am

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In post 46, Nancy Drew 39 wrote: I don’t respect the entire concept. I think it’s total bs.
What is wrong with Player A not wanting to play in a game with Player B?
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Post Post #50 (isolation #2) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:10 am

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Don't get mad at me because you apparently don't understand how the Plural You works.
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Post Post #52 (isolation #3) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:17 am

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Anyway, the main question for this thread is "Should a player be forced to participate in a game with a player they do not want to play with?"

I think the answer is clearly "No".
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Post Post #57 (isolation #4) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:35 am

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Is the community harmed by the existence of player blacklists? It seems to me they are actually beneficial to the community as a whole.
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Post Post #60 (isolation #5) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:39 am

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I'm trying to discuss Mafia in the Mafia Discussion subforum. No idea what you think you're doing.
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Post Post #62 (isolation #6) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:54 am

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In post 61, Gamma Emerald wrote:Also I think if you have a blacklist you should keep it private. Waving it in people's faces is just rude. Same with reporting posts.
I intended to just add my two cents and have this be done btw, but that looks like I was wrong.
Sure, with the caveat that it may be necessary to PM it to a game moderator. I used to have a similar policy against hydrae, and the mod replaced a hydra into a game I was playing. It should have been on me to tell the mod before the replacement was made instead of just replacing out and blindsiding the mod.
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Post Post #69 (isolation #7) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:27 am

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In post 65, Nancy Drew 39 wrote:
In post 61, Gamma Emerald wrote:Also I think if you have a blacklist you should keep it private. Waving it in people's faces is just rude. Same with reporting posts.
I intended to just add my two cents and have this be done btw, but that looks like I was wrong.
I think it’s fine for anyone to choose not to play whatever game because they dislike the playerlist for whatever reasons.
Yes, but what happens when a player is
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playing the game? Why does the player who was there first have to make the choice between leaving a game they were previously enjoying or staying in a game they will no longer enjoy?
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Post Post #76 (isolation #8) » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:37 am

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In post 71, Nancy Drew 39 wrote:I strongly believe player blacklists are a bad thing and an unnecessarily hurtful way of resolving these types of issues. The fact that other people want to be unquestioning sheep about this, doesn’t remotely make me wrong.
Okay, but if they are a bad thing, what is the alternative? It seems to me the effects of not having player blacklists is harmful both on the micro level - individual games suffer - and on the macro level - it encourages antisocial behavior, or at least fails to discourage it.
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