A modicum of Maturity

[Nate Grey]

i have noticed lately a decline in the maturity of our members on ventrilo. yes its a given that when you apply for eGO you show maturity and respect for your fellow player. just because you are in ventrilo where your less likely to encounter a pub doesnt mean you dont have to show maturity anymore. i am getting kind of tired of entering a public channel on our forums and hearing members swearing almost every second word. yes i myself swear alot in real life, but i never swear ingame on any game or in a ventrilo. Rated M for Mature should mean more then just the bloody or violent content, it should mean that your a mature person when you enter a server whether it be a game server or a ventrilo server.

i also wanted to add to this that the respect for your fellow players should also encompass being on ventrilo. upon entering a public channel this evening i had a fellow member pestering me to introduce myself while calling me by my ingame name, telling me that i must introduce myself if i am enter this channel, as if it were their private channel! i am sorry but this kind of behavior would cause a bit of trouble if for arguments sake i wasnt a member, if i was a friend of a member or a pub who had been given access to the vent. how would it look for the community if this person had been pestering me like that? would i be impressed with the standards of eGO?

this is just my two cents.
Nate

 

[Morbo]

We have also had issues with the Steam Group chat, requiring an admin to come in and remind people that despite being out of the game, this is still eGO.

 

[OminancE]

http://edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41985&page=3&highlight=vent


^ what i said above

finally someone else sees it!

was going to make a thread like this, but im just simply an e and figured i'd get bashed or wouldn't go far or make enemies.. thanks for stepping up though )

-om

 

[Captain Quirk -I|G-]

well said mate, I've also seen higher up authorities doing htis too, not going to name anybody tho. I would love to see the ventrilo cleaner, its bothered me enough that i dont even idle there anymore.

 

[Insurge]

The Hell Hounds room is always clean and mature .

 

[I-Die-Often]

M is for Mature.... R is for restricted.

If you are involved with anything eGO, you should stick to the general rules... no one would come on the forums and curse up a storm... same should go for all branches of eGO...

 

[^RabbiT^]

The Hell Hounds room is always clean and mature .

yeah, might be so...
altho the SR is ALWAYS mature!!! no swearing, no abuse, no nothing, no... eeeh.... none online...

 

[Existence.]

Aye, I agree with everything in this thread, but I just have something to add:
Although there is a very fine line between joking and disrespect, you have to know where that line is, and stay within it.

That being said, everyone slips up sometime, and you shouldn't judge there entirety by it. Recently, there have been some rather unfortunate events that occurred, but I think that the people involved should have talked to each other, on a person to person basis. No need to create an entire thread about it.

There are two sides to every story, Nate, and you only know the half of it.

 

[Beta]

the fact that people curse on vent doesnt bother me, its when they scream it into their mic and in the wrong context.

 

[Big Bang (Rookie)]

I don't like the cursing either but how do you police it. I have a couple of questions. Can you kick someone from vent? Why don't we get to post our =eGO= on our names? Can you request a ban for someone being vulgar? I don't like being the bad guy but sometimes it seems to get out of hand.

 

[Baron Rojo]

This Thread is AWESOME! lol.

 

[A-Team]

keep in mind guys that almost 90% of stuff that happens in vent is not serious =D

 

[Booster37]

I don't like the cursing either but how do you police it. I have a couple of questions. Can you kick someone from vent? Why don't we get to post our =eGO= on our names? Can you request a ban for someone being vulgar? I don't like being the bad guy but sometimes it seems to get out of hand.

Well, let me answer some of yours and everyone else's concern thus far in one post. Starting with yours.

1. Advisors, House Leaders, Division Leaders and Council all have the power to kick, ban and mute anyone in ventrilo.

2. Putting =(e)=, =(eG)=, or =(eGO)= would seem to be fine, but there are some of us who have Text to Speech on, and hearing "Equals EGO Equals" or whatever your rank would get a tad annoying, and I only have those set for very few options. If anything, Council would decided whether or not eG's or eGO's have abilities in vent and just simply give you all the same password with the same abilities with that eGO tag, but it's clear that decided against that.

3. Absolutely, if you have a problem with someone in vent, do not hesitate to contact anyone of the people stated in the first answer to handle a situation. I'm normally always in vent, although I may be AFK or in game, I'm normally easily reachable.

Swearing in vent has become quite a topic of debate recently, and I have heard a few different rulings on it myself. Here are the two that I know:

1. Do not swear in The Lobby. Everything else is fair game.

2. Do no swear in ANY Public Channel, which includes all the General Rooms, AR, SF, or event/meeting rooms.

Although, one thing is constant. Do not disrespect any of your clanmates or the clan, and unfortunately, I cannot say everyone here abides by that rule, as some people have the audacity to do it in the forums. Grow up.