2008-07-09, 11:16:36
I usually either host games myself (if I can, my university's vpn client denies me the possibility of hosting) when playing or a mate of mine hosts, so my own bl guarantees that people I have banned do not participate in the games I play. My experience is that those hosts who use banlists themselves are usually willing to trust me when I paste a ban that looks like this:
"player x is a LEAVER -- banned in the game "BATTLETANKS ", on Northrend (at 5v5* / 01:03:01) on 20/03/2008 (banned by SturmDrang)". Those hosts who do not use a banlist rather tend not to care. So basically, my interest would be to get as many reliable banlists as possible to minimize the potential of having leavers or players banned for other valid reasons in my games.
A first step to enact your proposal could simply be to revive this thread:
http://forum.btanks.net/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=606
If all current bl users interested in sharing did so, we'd all have a much larger pool of banned players.
A second step might be to standardize banning, but that's a delicate matter, as I for my part also ban people if I believe they should learn some more, a 0-10 k/d-ratio doesn't benefit anyone in the game. I give them a second chance if they join a game of mine again, but it is hopeless if somebody hasn't learned anything in a couple of months. I also ban people who misbehave, kicking an exploder from your own team because you hate exploders is really low. The same applies to excessive flamers and similar offenses. Some people might believe a bad performance should never lead to a ban, but that's discussable ;-)
"player x is a LEAVER -- banned in the game "BATTLETANKS ", on Northrend (at 5v5* / 01:03:01) on 20/03/2008 (banned by SturmDrang)". Those hosts who do not use a banlist rather tend not to care. So basically, my interest would be to get as many reliable banlists as possible to minimize the potential of having leavers or players banned for other valid reasons in my games.
A first step to enact your proposal could simply be to revive this thread:
http://forum.btanks.net/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=606
If all current bl users interested in sharing did so, we'd all have a much larger pool of banned players.
A second step might be to standardize banning, but that's a delicate matter, as I for my part also ban people if I believe they should learn some more, a 0-10 k/d-ratio doesn't benefit anyone in the game. I give them a second chance if they join a game of mine again, but it is hopeless if somebody hasn't learned anything in a couple of months. I also ban people who misbehave, kicking an exploder from your own team because you hate exploders is really low. The same applies to excessive flamers and similar offenses. Some people might believe a bad performance should never lead to a ban, but that's discussable ;-)
