is ther any way we can bann guests also by using thier ip adress because the only thing we can do to a guest is boot them but then they are right back on to do more abuse. and guest are the main reason for these problems. i applied to be a mod i think i'll make a great mod

Snoman, if you think you'd make a great mod...

...APPLY!!!

the forum is not the place to be hinting about being a moderator. It typically nullifies your chances of becoming one. You may be the perfect mod, i dont know but if you do want to apply to be a mod then use the "contact us" link and use the form available there, that is


Some people eh

ye i know i shouldnt have posted that maybe i should think about what im posting before i post it

There's many suitable candidates, i know who my money is on anyway.

Edited at 13:31 Sat 7/10/06 (BST)

i think i would b a great 1 2 but everyone would b mean 2 me

Well, some love ya some hate ya mate, that's the way it is.

well said plus no one can please everyone.

Guests cant enter the members bar or chat room so theres no problem there. As for them mouthing off in games, by the time you report them and its seen to they have usually left and what if someone else joins and may have the same allocated guest number thus you'd have two IP's and not know which to ban..thats assuming you log all the IP's entering the site.

~Domi~

It's a problem that you can't do much about. There will always be bullying and it's the Mod and Admins job to stop it. I do believe in sticking up for yourself and if you get caught saying something, it's unlucky. What I have seen on my time on Pool, is that as soon as someone swears, racail abuse ect, they are just banned, which is fair enough in my eyes, but sometimes mods come in half way through arguements and the person on the receiving end gets banned too. What I think you should do, is simply ignore and report it. You will have the last laugh when the user gets banned from admin. What I tend to do when a mod isn't in chat is prevent others getting involved. Others getting involved is just provoking the abusing user more. So if I see users getting involved I either say " Don't scoop to thier level" and that tends to work...with the responsible users. The hardwork users will carry on and will cause more hassle, so sit tight and wait for a mod I say

Josh

Or simply change to a happy room YAY!!!

It is the IP that's blocked in the case of guests, so no problem there.



If the person on the receiving end starts swearing too, he is also breaking the rules. Getting annoyed by a belligerant user can't be seen as an excuse to also swear...in a chatroom, in front of kids, on a family-orientated website.

So what you do Josh is spot-on. Use send complaint, and put them on ignore. Also an assertive request to stop, without swearing back, as I know you already do, is good.

I think guests should be banned from talking and shouldnt be able to watch!

Im with you martin. There is a person (they know who they are) who keeps bullying me, but when I send a complaint, nothing happens, im told nothing by Funkypool and he keeps abusing me!!

I have faith in the send complaint but i am sort of losing it because nothing happens after 4 seprate complaints, each complaint after an unprovoked attack!!

You have to give things time aflumpire. I can assure you all complaints do get looked at and are taken very seriously.

Just put the user on ignore and they cant annoy you in the meantime.

Has anyone ever thought of wanting to become a undercover mod! so when you go on funkypool as a mod you dont see the star by the mod! instead nothing is there so anyone whos causing trouble will get booted! anyone agree with me?

But once ONE person is booted, everyone would know that there is a mod in the room and they will all be quiet and before you know it, they will crack who the mod is.

And mods need to be contacted and if there are only undercover mods on-line, then there is no way to sort out things.

It may work but I would doubt it

i just thought i'd add a quick note to this..okay maybe not quick here goes:

we experience this a lot on snooker and its extremely agitating. i think bullying on these online sites, like magicblack said, is extremely sad. you have to remember that the people you're saying this all too are real people, and there's no need to be so negative to another person. if you think you're so high and mighty that you can make fun of another.... just remember you're inside, on your computer, on an online game site...


and for those who are being bullied... my technique is to be in the same room as the mod drunk_lad on snooker. he's about 9 feet tall and basically a human version of hulk.. he's great for protection

My god, that was a long tmie ago!

I still feel the same.

If you are being bullied, just thing of the spotty little geek on the other end who thinks he might actually make it online..

sad eh?

Guys take it easy, calm down. People need to remember to separate all this online stuff from their real lives.
We've all got caught up in it from time to time, and it can be addicitve but really, it should never affect our lives outside it negatively, such as bullying. So take a step back folks, relax, and don't get caught up in it!

There are already undercover "ghost" mods in operation.

~Domi~