/battlegroup silence [playername] [guildname]

In a public battlegroup, there are sometimes disruptive players. One option is to make the battlegroup private, but this makes it difficult when the primary purpose is to be public to start with for everyone to join. So, we currently rely upon the /battlegroup remove [playername] command.

However, some players are intent on disruption will simply rejoin the battlegroup, or join under a different character name and create the same hostile environment (or even a whole guild might participate to disrupt the battlegroup). One might even argue that it could be an attempt to create a response that entails a ban for chat violations. It would be nice if battlegroup leaders had a second option that persisted, such as /battlegroup silence [playername] [guildname]. The player(s) affected by such a command wouldn't be able to speak using /bc, but could remain in the battlegroup. The command would persist through the BG existence OR until another BG leader was appointed/promoted.

This eliminates the need to make a BG private (a real hassle in RvR) and fixes the problem of disruptive players rejoining a BG (including different names). And, unlike /ignore (which is a bit permanent as it is out of sight, out of mind) it resets the next time there is a battlegroup, giving offending players a chance to contribute in a positive manner the next time.

If this isn't possible (???), then is there a way to have /battlegroup remove [playername] a bit more effective/permanent for players who are intent on disruption? Anyway, the goal is to have a productive environment for a public battlegroup. Thank you for reading my proposal.

Wed 17 Feb 2021 4:25 AM by Kwall0311

Its a great idea, have seen people causing trouble in both pve/rvr. Honestly surprised they dont have a feature like this in.

Wed 17 Feb 2021 10:38 AM by lurker

Honestly its a fine idea. That said, Polemo has nobody to blame for his ban but himself. We are all adults here and if he cant manage to keep his temper in check then its his own fault regardless of which realm X Y or Z may main. I witnessed the berating he gave somebody for saying 'lfg' and quite honestly he deserves a ban for it. Not only what his reaction totally out of proportion it was offensive and obscene. A reasonable person would not behave the way he did.

If this gets used genuinely to silence disruptive people - fine.
If this gets used by BG leaders to ostracise people for no good reason because they cant keep their tempers in check - its no good.

Wed 17 Feb 2021 12:23 PM by gotwqqd

They are far too lenient with multiple infractions of this nature.

Wed 17 Feb 2021 3:08 PM by Tsol

What does the proposition have to do with Polemo? If u don't like him, simply don't join or leave and don't go back. You typing on forums and finding a notion to express something about another person and acting like a judge what is deserved or not deserved is irrelevant on first hand about the subject, and a form of a small Polemo from your part.
If your problem is how any bg leader he/she uses bg commands, then as you mentioned earlier, your an adult and with your common sense you press /bg leave and end of story

Anyway good proposition, something has to be done, it has been addressed in the past about people harassing the bg chat and only response was to ignore. Only thing one can do is stop the Bg and start sending screenies. If that person is carefull and not use any curse words, he can go on forever. It gets worse when their whole guild gets involved. What happenes then? Why it takes 30-40-50+ people to accomplish something and only 1 needed to ruin it?

A proposition of /bg ban name (account included) has been proposed, but no response for over 4 months.

Wed 17 Feb 2021 3:10 PM by Sepplord

Tsol wrote: What does the proposition have to do with Polemo? If u don't like him, simply don't join or leave and don't go back. You typing on forums and finding a notion to express something about another person and acting like a judge what is deserved or not deserved is irrelevant on first hand about the subject, and a form of a small Polemo from your part.
If your problem is how any bg leader he/she uses bg commands, then as you mentioned earlier, your an adult and with your common sense you press /bg leave and end of story

Anyway good proposition, something has to be done, it has been addressed in the past about people harassing the bg chat and only response was to ignore. Only thing one can do is stop the Bg and start sending screenies. If that person is carefull and not use any curse words, he can go on forever. It gets worse when their whole guild gets involved. What happenes then? Why it takes 30-40-50+ people to accomplish something and only 1 needed to ruin it?

A proposition of /bg ban name (account included) has been proposed, but no response for over 4 months.

Doesn't seem hypocritical at all

Wed 17 Feb 2021 3:23 PM by lurker

Tsol wrote: ↑
Wed 17 Feb 2021 3:08 PM
What does the proposition have to do with Polemo?

You are polemo. I assume by the name. This is what it had to do witty your ban:

Original Post:
One might even argue that it could be an attempt to create a response that entails a ban for chat violations.

Its been a common thread in the BGs last few days...
"Some Mids/Hibs came and tricked him into getting banned" Or...
"Some people just need to learn how to take an insult" Or...
"How does he get banned for talking back to a s**t talker?!?"

Well its not hibs/mids fault if people cant keep their temper in check.
Its not the person whom got insulted fault.
The person you insulted wasn't a "s**t talker" they just said 'lfg'.

So it is relevant as it seems to me this request has been spurred on from this incident.

Wed 17 Feb 2021 5:52 PM by kmaschek

I would welcome the option to permanently mute or ban a player who is annoying / disruptive in the bg chat for the duration of the ongoing Bg.
This bans should only be executable by the bg leader.

Give the community tools to handle troublemakers on their own.
These solutions shouldnt be permanent for future bgs because most people can't handle criticism very well and would always take the hardest punishment possible immediately.

At the end of the day. We are a small community and not everything is as dramatic as it looks at first.