Implemented [Policy] OOC Comms for TBC / S2K

[Robert]

This is going through a trial period. Setting to Pending.

Edit: This only applies to OTA. Some misunderstood and thought I meant to allow rebels to use OOC comms. NO, that is not the case. Trial period is to let OTA test out IC comms and see how it effects them.

 

[Robert]

After a long back and forth discussion about the pros and cons, while we do want to force IC communication, there is no way to do so. For a long time as everyone knows throughout hl2rp, everyone... and I mean a fuck ton of people in hl2rp use OOC comms on a daily basis. They have no care for rules when it comes to using them since staff can barely ever find out without spending 10 years searching 100000 pages of logs. An over-exaggeration but not something we are interested in doing.

Thus we have made the decision to allow OOC comms to both sides. Rebels, OTA, Vorts, CPs, etc... can now all freely use OOC comms. Of course, metagame is still banned, but you may now communicate via OOC channels while playing, given that you don't start handing out IC information like free candy in them to bait people into metagaming. Those 2 rules still apply.

This means that a few public "Radio" channels will be created in Discord for players to use to communicate. CP comms will become public so you can see when they are in VC chatting together or not. So both sides will know when they are chatting or not.

This was quite a tough decision on our side, but the reason we don't just ban OOC comms is that even if we do, people will do it in secret anyway and there will be no way for staff to tell if someone is doing such or not. That is all.

TL;DR: So when it comes to TBC/S2K, you are now allowed to have OOC comms.

 

[Robert]

Moved this out of accepted. Due to recent events, the policy for VCs will be discussed once again during a staff meeting. It seems no one can be trusted with such a policy and as such it has popped up once again to lead to a global-wide VC ban for the Willard Community.

I am not a CM anymore so I will not be one deciding any verdicts on this myself. Just letting you know for transparency sake that this is being discussed once again. (In favour of reverting policy and just going with a flat out ban of all OOC comms since no one is trustworthy at all, too many people play to win rather than play the game normally)

 

[Robert]

Giving you an update as a faction leader & dev.

This is now pretty much implemented as follows:

Option 1:
- VCs are generally not allowed, but may be used for sole OOC/Off-topic things
- VCs may be used in events, trainings, faction meetings and simulations.

In short, using VCs for IC means is no longer allowed. IC comms must stay IC, do not try coordinate in a VC for something in-game. The only exceptions to this are basically faction meetings, training, simulations and events. Everything else is a no no.

 

[Robert]

I will leave this unlocked incase any of you want to get in any last posts before this goes up into the Implemented section

 

[Robert]

Edited policy to remove mention of Willard discords. Caused some abrupt confusion and was a bit too restrictive.