11 Jan '05 10:55>1 edit
I have several serious questions/concerns about the ongoing game moderator ‘elections’:
The ‘game moderator’ voting function does not appear to be very public…i.e. it’s difficult to find and does not seem to be well announced. 99.99% of RHP is either unaware that such a vote is taking place, or have chosen not to take part. Isn't it concerning that out of 75,000 members, only 300 (% 0.004) have voted so far?
What qualifications and/or experience do the ‘nominated’ game moderators have?
Will standard criteria be used to determine if a player is a “cheater”?
If so, what are the criteria? Will they prove to be accurate in these determinations?
How will the game moderators remain unbiased?
(I suggest that being a member of one or more clans creates a huge conflict of interest?)
How will it be decided which player(s) or which games to ‘monitor’?
How accurate can this process really be? Clearly it’s impossible to monitor/analyze every player or game played at RHP.
Thus, real scary part: how many actual ‘cheaters” will be caught, and how many innocent will be falsely accused and kicked off?
Is there an (appeal) process in place than can be used to protect these falsely accused players?
The best solution here: leave it to RHP….it’s their responsibility, their job. Obviously, due to the many, many man hours involved, for cost reasons alone, it makes sense for them to place it in the hands of a volunteers. But I find this somewhat irresponsible…really, shouldn’t they be doing their own dirty work?
This whole idea runs the risk of resembling (or turning into) a ‘lynch mob’.
I have a better idea…let’s just throw the accused into water to see if they float.
Sincerely,
Norm
The ‘game moderator’ voting function does not appear to be very public…i.e. it’s difficult to find and does not seem to be well announced. 99.99% of RHP is either unaware that such a vote is taking place, or have chosen not to take part. Isn't it concerning that out of 75,000 members, only 300 (% 0.004) have voted so far?
What qualifications and/or experience do the ‘nominated’ game moderators have?
Will standard criteria be used to determine if a player is a “cheater”?
If so, what are the criteria? Will they prove to be accurate in these determinations?
How will the game moderators remain unbiased?
(I suggest that being a member of one or more clans creates a huge conflict of interest?)
How will it be decided which player(s) or which games to ‘monitor’?
How accurate can this process really be? Clearly it’s impossible to monitor/analyze every player or game played at RHP.
Thus, real scary part: how many actual ‘cheaters” will be caught, and how many innocent will be falsely accused and kicked off?
Is there an (appeal) process in place than can be used to protect these falsely accused players?
The best solution here: leave it to RHP….it’s their responsibility, their job. Obviously, due to the many, many man hours involved, for cost reasons alone, it makes sense for them to place it in the hands of a volunteers. But I find this somewhat irresponsible…really, shouldn’t they be doing their own dirty work?
This whole idea runs the risk of resembling (or turning into) a ‘lynch mob’.
I have a better idea…let’s just throw the accused into water to see if they float.
Sincerely,
Norm