Hi,
Here is my suggestion regarding the Ambrosia forum:
So as a normal ambrosia player it is not just very easy to report cheaters on this forum. you have to read all these rules and then copy and paste a written text that acts like a form (while in most cases the players will already have the steam ID of the cheater in the their copy/paste button). Then they have to search on google for an online solution to upload their demos.
http://www.ambrosia-servers.eu/community/index.php?topic=47.0Playername:
Steam-ID (If Possible):
Server:
Date & Time:
Complaint:
Other Evidence (screenshots, demos...):
Ofcource some of the die hard reporters (like myself) will actually take the efford to upload the demo somewhere and post it on this forum using your rules and your form. But most people will just think: Wow all I was trying to do is report a cheater to help Ambrosia but what Ambrosia is asking me to do is just too much work for me.
And to be honest. I dont blame them. The system should be designed so that even a new and total noob player (for example ur grandma) can report a cheater with a few simple clicks without having having some room for making errors. Looking at the current system: there is simply too much room for making mistakes. And all mistakes made while reporting a cheater should not be the fault of the player, but is the fault of ambrosia. Ambrosia should make the "report a cheater" option as user friendly as possible.
Suggestion 1:So why not use an actual form (u know, like an registration form or a feedback form)? This way people can never make any mistakes. And the ambrosia admins will always receive the cheat reports in the same format (saves u a lot of time). I noticed that Ambrosia uses simplemachines. I googled it, looked at it and saw there is an option to make a customised form.
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/And even if this dont work, there are many ways to make forms for websites.
Suggestion 2:Ambrosia should encourage people to report cheaters. So I suggest rewarding players who report cheaters with a point system. In some other communities they solved this by giving a player x poins for reporting a cheater (and is actually banned). So if the player reports like 10 cheaters he will gets x points. The points can be swapped for a x slots private server for x hours.
Suggestion 3:When a player wants to upload a demo he has to google for an online solution (probably even have to registrate himself somewhere). This will result in the fact that most players will think : "ok way too much work for me, i'll let this one slide and not report the cheater". I assume this is not what ambrosia wants. SO I suggest ambrosia make a SELECT FILE AND UPLOAD button on the new form (as suggested at suggestion 1). This will make uploading demos much much much easier.
Topic: 3 good improvements for the "report a cheater" form (Read 175 times)