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naubol · 12-12-2005, 06:34 PM

Whether its against the rules or not, and whether they are going to treat mudders differently or not, it IS quite base to think that Medievia is threatening its players.

If you log onto Aardwolf you will NOT know to vote or that Aard wants you to vote until *players* push the idea. You won't know about the ivoted mechanism till someone tells you, and unlike Medievia its not put into your prompt automatically. You don't have to type anything, it won't remind you ever until you *opt-in*.

When someone spams you, you don't opt-out by deleting the message. Opting-out means not getting any more messages at all. You can't do this on medievia.

The immortals of medievia have also owned up to the threatening. It doesn't matter that it might or might not be inforced, players see the threat and they will feel compelled to go vote.

I read the spirit of the rules to be, players should vote because they want to vote. They should NOT vote because of coersion or a belief that they will be punished in some way. This is exactly whats happening with some voters on Medieva and why its vote count is inflating rapidly.

It is, bottom line, incredibly scummy to threaten one's playerbase. Put up with it or not, if you love the mud so much, but within this forum and this website, it should be something we lambast.

Aardwolf isn't breaking the rules because its a mechanism that is used *voluntarily* by the player and is not presented whether you voted or not, its presented whether you chose to be reminded to vote or not. Thats an incredible difference from presented automatically without your consent and packaged with a threat (however empty). A threat doesn't have to be enforced to be effective, it merely has to be believed.

I feel that Medieva should either change their system to be like aard's where you opt-in to be reminded and by removing the threat and apologizing to its player base, OR being removed from the vote list for non-compliance with the rules.

Medieva is obviously breaking the rules by coercing its playerbase through threats and automatic reminding.

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12-12-2005, 06:34 PM	#37
naubol New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	Whether its against the rules or not, and whether they are going to treat mudders differently or not, it IS quite base to think that Medievia is threatening its players. If you log onto Aardwolf you will NOT know to vote or that Aard wants you to vote until players push the idea. You won't know about the ivoted mechanism till someone tells you, and unlike Medievia its not put into your prompt automatically. You don't have to type anything, it won't remind you ever until you opt-in. When someone spams you, you don't opt-out by deleting the message. Opting-out means not getting any more messages at all. You can't do this on medievia. The immortals of medievia have also owned up to the threatening. It doesn't matter that it might or might not be inforced, players see the threat and they will feel compelled to go vote. I read the spirit of the rules to be, players should vote because they want to vote. They should NOT vote because of coersion or a belief that they will be punished in some way. This is exactly whats happening with some voters on Medieva and why its vote count is inflating rapidly. It is, bottom line, incredibly scummy to threaten one's playerbase. Put up with it or not, if you love the mud so much, but within this forum and this website, it should be something we lambast. Aardwolf isn't breaking the rules because its a mechanism that is used voluntarily by the player and is not presented whether you voted or not, its presented whether you chose to be reminded to vote or not. Thats an incredible difference from presented automatically without your consent and packaged with a threat (however empty). A threat doesn't have to be enforced to be effective, it merely has to be believed. I feel that Medieva should either change their system to be like aard's where you opt-in to be reminded and by removing the threat and apologizing to its player base, OR being removed from the vote list for non-compliance with the rules. Medieva is obviously breaking the rules by coercing its playerbase through threats and automatic reminding. N