Page 1 of 1

Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: December 19th, 2011, 8:33 pm
by Hellenion
This might have been suggested and rejected before, but I was not able to find it with the search button.

I have been asked several times to suggest a command that'll inform the staff of dangerous players, but I thought to recall something similar had been requested. Since, I have been provided with good arguments for having such a feature.

The proposed command, which I will call /watch, marks a player and appends a colored star to its classyname. This will draw the moderators' focus towards the marked player. The star is preserved between play sessions, akin freeze and ban. There will also be a command to remove the star. Not necessary, but useful, would be to store a message in the the players /info, to make clear why the player needs focus.

This command may be used to make sure dangerous players are noticed by staff that joins later on, and the other staff has just left. fCraft freebuild might have certain policies on this, but on a lot of servers the staff likes to give warnings first, this is a way of making such a warning more persistent and more clear. The servers staff may also choose to use this command for other things, having a general way of marking players that meet certain specifications is a versatile addition to the software. It will improve communication between staff members and also provides a solution for the so often-requested ability to add a custom message to a players info.

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: December 20th, 2011, 8:04 am
by Planitia
hmm, Don't know if like. It could become more of a badge of honour.

Perhaps if only players that could read staff chat could see the star. Otherwise other players would be curious and want the cool looking star.

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: December 20th, 2011, 1:45 pm
by zytin619
i think that would be good.because theres been times when i log on and "so and so" have been give warnings already and noone knows that if they have logged on after hes been given the warning

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: January 13th, 2012, 11:39 pm
by BobKare
Good idea, but only people with a specified permission should be able to mark a player, and view a player's mark.

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: January 14th, 2012, 12:42 am
by ruggedbear
You like resurrection? You get resurrection!

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: January 17th, 2012, 7:56 am
by Intertoothh

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: January 17th, 2012, 3:34 pm
by BobKare
Maybe it's some reason for so many to suggest it...

Re: Command that marks players to keep an eye on.

Posted: January 17th, 2012, 3:55 pm
by Intertoothh
I agree, it would be usefull for other ops/mods to see what players are 'warned' allready.

But... its still fragmer who build the prio lists, and does the actual work.

So we just have to wait till he has time to build this, if he even thinks this should be in his software.