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Anti-Griefer tools that apply to avatars, and not just to land owners

Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 7,750
06-28-2006 07:53
Virtually all the Anti-Griefer tools that I have seen proposed by Linden Labs assume that you spend 100% of your time on land that you own or have administrative control over. But if you are on someone else's land, or in a public place like on a Linden-owned road or river, you're a wide-open target.

I would like to see at least some anti-grief tools put in place that apply to INDIVIDUALS, regardless of WHOSE LAND they are on.

* Immunity to Push: You can't BE pushed, and the avatar and all objects owned by them can't USE push on anyone else while this is enabled. Allow some way to consent to a push effect from a specific script or object, so people can still use vehicles and elevators that use push. I DO NOT CONSENT to being shot at and blown up. I don't have any interest in being a victim of some parcel owner who gets their jollies off of blasting away at anyone who happens to walk across their unmarked land borders. I DO NOT CONSENT to being blown out of the sim by some griefer. If I wanted to be playing a first person shooter game, I'd be playing Unreal Tournament, or World of Warcraft.

* Visual identification of damage-enabled areas. Just like we can turn on a view option to see land owners or parcel borders, we should have an option that allows us to realize a parcel that we are approaching is damage-enabled, BEFORE we enter that parcel. When I am exploring, I have no intention of entering someone's live fire zone. I'll go somewhere else, thanks. The little heart indicator that tells you that you're in a damage-enabled area is too little, too late, if they shoot on sight. By the same token, sims that are damage-enabled by default, ilke Jesse, should have a warning indication on the map.

* Personal ban list: Ability to select an individual who is griefing or stalking you and make it impossible for them to interact with you. A "Mute" on a global scale. You don't see them or their objects, and they don't see you or your objects. Regardless of WHOSE land you are on at the time. This is similar to being able to put a net troll in a forum into your 'kill file' so you never see their posts. The griefer gets no fun, because they can't affect you or spy on you. Needs to be a large list, like 250 or more individuals, due to the unlimited registration policies. Needs to be a FIFO queue, so old entries drop off the list when it gets full. Needs to automaticly remove people from the list of they have been permenantly banned or their account is deactivated.

I'm sure there are other possibilities. The bottom line is, we should not have to be prisoners on our own land to be safe from griefers.
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Soyo Kongo
Registered User
Join date: 22 Oct 2005
Posts: 11
06-28-2006 10:20
I gotta agree with this one. Few days ago somebody managed to bounce me 10 million meter into the sky.. Simply ridiculous. (Of course I teleported elsewhere to get out of there but still.. do something about it)
Oodlemi Noodle
Frizzle Fry
Join date: 8 Feb 2006
Posts: 179
06-28-2006 10:21
I wonder why you get griefed so much.
Angel Fluffy
Very Helpful
Join date: 3 Mar 2006
Posts: 810
06-28-2006 10:57
added to my list.
Seronis Zagato
Verified Resident
Join date: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 454
06-28-2006 11:38
From: Ceera Murakami
I DO NOT CONSENT to being shot at and blown up ... in being a victim of some parcel owner ... blasting away at anyone who happens to walk across their unmarked land borders ...

Actually the simple fact of you steping onto the property GIVES consent that you wish to share whatever experience that landowner wishes to give.

Other than that minor issue i agree completely. *points at sig* Even have a whole proposal on a better PUSH system. Nice well written post Ceera.
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Myrilla Vixen
Definitely Bloo
Join date: 11 Jun 2005
Posts: 143
06-28-2006 11:43
From: Ceera Murakami
* Personal ban list: Ability to select an individual who is griefing or stalking you and make it impossible for them to interact with you. A "Mute" on a global scale. You don't see them or their objects, and they don't see you or your objects. Regardless of WHOSE land you are on at the time. This is similar to being able to put a net troll in a forum into your 'kill file' so you never see their posts. The griefer gets no fun, because they can't affect you or spy on you. Needs to be a large list, like 250 or more individuals, due to the unlimited registration policies. Needs to be a FIFO queue, so old entries drop off the list when it gets full. Needs to automaticly remove people from the list of they have been permenantly banned or their account is deactivated.


I've wanted invisibility since I joined SL, fat chance of it happening though. The lindens seem to have a superstition about it, or just a complete misunderstanding of why someone might, for the hell of it, just to not get bugged by people that they would(in less frustrating circumstances) like to have on their friend's list.
FireFox Bancroft
Registered User
Join date: 30 Jul 2004
Posts: 134
06-28-2006 22:41
I'm behind you 100% on this and I even gave whatever votes I had left to Seronis' proposal. :)
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