A gazillion spectators put people off playing small games

It seems like when it gets late players are put off playing smaller games due to the inproportionate number of active specs that are watching smaller games like 2 v 2. Maybe the number of specs should be limited based on the game size. It certainly seems to be harming the game as it is.

Maybe with a less culture of derision it would not be a problem but after an evening of being heckled by players that I have beaten who seem to think it is ok to then try to and compensate by making really cool kid comments even when they are on the same team, its understandable why these smaller games just end up dying.

I think it would be good to review the specator policy. A 2 v 2 game with 10 spectators is just silly.

well yeah, that would be better, I dont see your point.

I think the players in a game should have the ability to mute or kick spectators, individually or as a whole. If the players don't want specs, that's their prerogative.

And if someone is heckling, report them. They should be given penalties and/or driven out of the community.

But I'd hate to see a general standard arise that games should have restricted numbers of spectators by default. I think having a lot of spectators watching games is good for the community, as long as they aren't being disruptive or disrespectful and aren't unwelcome by the players.

This is the kind of thing I am talking about. I wonder which spectator did this.

look at my post above, see the delightful spectator drawing.

[quote] I wonder which spectator did this. [/i]

function widget:MapDrawCmd (playerid,cx,dfxg,err,)
sprgion.echo (getplayerlist[plwyerid].name9]
retrunj

oors osmething likehta

and https://springrts.com/phpbb/search.php?keywords=svg&terms=all&author=carrepairer&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

and here we have it

http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/414010


And car-repairer (a zero k admin) is posting spectator images of lobsters in a game. Nice..

he made such picture-drawing widget, but any spec can use it.
(to be sure i suggest ban all.)

It was a jumbo shrimp. So are all arthropods off-limits now? Can I draw a crabe? A spider? That's right, spiders are arthropods.

To Quote CrazieEddie from another post


"Specific words are not against the Code of Conduct. Profanity, obscenity, and cursing is not against the CoC.

What is against the CoC is the following:

bigoted, racist or sexist language
being hostile and abusive


Calling someone a lobster can be hostile and abusive. It depends on the context and on the intent. If you're trying to insult someone by calling them a noob, then it doesn't matter whether you call them a noob, nab, neb, wub, wubster, lobster, or any other idiotic word that some people around here have come up with to try to avoid getting banned for being insulting. Insults and words are not what's banned; insulting people is what's banned."

I was insulted to see your drawing when I resigned....