05-03-2020, 02:05 PM
When looking at the situation today, I think that a ban tag is a fun idea. Administrators have the ability to set bans based on IP address, IP range and serial number (GPCI), and remembering them can be hard at times. On IRC this is easy because you can copy-paste, but this is harder in-game.
However, when we look at the actual underlying problem, there's other solutions we can imagine. A "/lastbans" command in-game would presumably show a dialog, as it's the best way to display structured, tabular data. We have the ability to react when a player double clicks or otherwise responds to a row there, which enables a much simpler solution: double clicking on a recent ban will ask the administrator whether to remove it.
No need to remember anything—neither an IP address, serial or tag. Just a mouse click, followed by a confirmation that that's really what the administrator wants.
One thing I do think is important to mention is that any time we spent on improving administrative tools is time not spent on improving the player experience. We need to balance these two, and lately we've been erring a little bit too much on the administrator side. Power to the players!
However, when we look at the actual underlying problem, there's other solutions we can imagine. A "/lastbans" command in-game would presumably show a dialog, as it's the best way to display structured, tabular data. We have the ability to react when a player double clicks or otherwise responds to a row there, which enables a much simpler solution: double clicking on a recent ban will ask the administrator whether to remove it.
No need to remember anything—neither an IP address, serial or tag. Just a mouse click, followed by a confirmation that that's really what the administrator wants.
One thing I do think is important to mention is that any time we spent on improving administrative tools is time not spent on improving the player experience. We need to balance these two, and lately we've been erring a little bit too much on the administrator side. Power to the players!