Quality Poster Initiative

[KarmaQU_EU]

Saying the wrong things to the wrong person at the wrong time will result in a one-way exit of a player from this game.

 

I have always admired how "warnings" are worded as "friendly reminders", no posts are actually ever hard removed, and despite the general uselessness of forum posts in actually helping the game, players don't outright dismiss rant posts and actually participate in discussions.

 

If the officials on the forums take an even worse stance than players by comparison (who are generally chill, even if skeptical), it will be the equivalence of "putting the jackboot down". There's a specific saying for it in russian too. The reason no real discussion happens on Steam, is because Steam is monitored like an authoritarian state, and it acts like one too. The only hope independent platforms have against things such as Steam, is better community standards.

 

In the end, if a player wants to play the game, they will play regardless, and if they want to leave, they are free to do so. Censorship, both mentally and literally is never the answer. The QPI is a wishful thinking aimed at positive action. Although that sort of thinking is not very suitable to the real world (at least not in the way it was enacted), in the end this is just a game forum where people enjoy a commercial product. It's not that extreme, where death threats are actually death threats. The type of community who plays WoWs do speak more liberally after all, but they already have rules against clear profanity.  

[MrConway]

As there have been no more nominations in a long time, I am closing this down for the time being. Existing quality posters will of course keep their current roles.