toxic players policy?

Toxicity is not good for games. It destroys games and can drive a game into the ground. Personally if i see anyone on my crew or someonelse's crew making racist or r**e based remarks i will report them to whoever im supposed to report to. I won't tolerate that behavior on or not on my own crew.

I think disruptive players shouldn't be banned, that's a bit harsh. Maybe forcing them to sail solo for a while if they can't play nice with others.

Any report feature is likely to be abused by the intended target, toxic disruptive trolls.

A toxic player isn't just about insults. It's a lot of things: harassment, rage, taunt, mockery... in fact everything that make other players quit because of the bad ambience they feel. Who wants to play a game where the others just act like rude kids? That's the poison.

The only cure we have is to avoid them when you feel like the fun is vanishing. Sail away, or leave to another session, but don't play their game as you'll only end up with anger and bad feeling toward the game.

Hopefully, a 70$ game should discourage some of 'em to act that way... maybe?

Verbally toxic players should be blocked in your XB matchmaking, reported through the MS system and in the most serious of cases video/audio evidence should be submitted to SoT RARE through the support ticket system.

The brig is for disruptive players applying annoying shenanigans. Seriously disruptive players that impact your game enjoyment should be blocked in your XB matchmaking, optionally using the MS reporting feature for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' for consistent heinous infractions.

@racmop Correct, punishment and enforcement are out of our hands. No real need to waste time hashing that out.
However, I think discussing the process and steps that players can take to bring it to the aforementioned entities attention is beneficial. Especially for new players or those ignorant of how these reporting mechanics work. From the examples throughout CB and the Scale tests, opening a topic on the Fo'Rum isn't the best way to handle these complaints nor are the chances of getting satisfaction.

As you wish,
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/Legal/CodeOfConduct?xr=footnav

@cpt-erebos I've been getting teens and some kids coming at me with some very racist remarks like the n-word because I picked the darkest female pirate in the game. And they do it constantly. I even get some adults saying things about it sometimes. No matter if it's a game or not, this behavior is unacceptable. And since I'm playing this on PC, I'm not able to report non-crew players since the Xbox app never shows them in the recent player list.

toxic behavior shouldn't be ignored. trash talk is always in the spirit of competition. but when it gets racist, sexist, and the extreme vulgar language. come on guys get cleaver with your trash talk. good trash talk is funny, gimme your best 😈

This should be taken up with your crew. Not Rare or Microsoft. Some players like to be the bad guy and just, well, be bad. Some like to be good. Some like to do both, depending on how they want to play at the time.

As far as cheating (I've still yet to see any), there has been a report feature for years and years. If you feel someone is modding, you can report them.

Also, there are in-game options. You can brig said bad guy. You can also leave and find another crew.

Work it out in game. That is part of the game. A fun and exciting part, I might add.

@bartimaeu

From the context of your message I am guessing what r**e means. You suggested pirates love that and booty. However, a quick look at the Pirate code article on Wikipedia shows a couple of sample pirate codes:

No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man were to be found seducing any of the latter sex, and carried her to sea, disguised, he was to suffer death;

and...

If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer present Death

@dragonsire2016 said in toxic players policy?:

@dislex-fx said in toxic players policy?:

This should be taken up with your crew. Not Rare or Microsoft. Some players like to be the bad guy and just, well, be bad. Some like to be good. Some like to do both, depending on how they want to play at the time.

As far as cheating (I've still yet to see any), there has been a report feature for years and years. If you feel someone is modding, you can report them.

Also, there are in-game options. You can brig said bad guy. You can also leave and find another crew.

Work it out in game. That is part of the game. A fun and exciting part, I might add.

There is never a valid reason in game to bring up race, sex, orientation etc. Plenty of ways to banter without that c**p

Of course! I didn't mean things like that should be ignored. That goes along with the reporting a player via Microsoft's report option.

This an interesting discussion.

The xbox and pc online gaming communities both have a toxicity problem that transcends individual games and platforms. The reporting mechanisms haven't solved the issue, reporting players doesn't appear to get results.

Personally I like the fact that Rare have tried to bake playing nice with others into SoT, but the problem with online toxicity remains.

We all know that Sony won't allow crossplay because of money, but when you look at how toxic people on both PC and xbox can be it does lend credibility to their argument.

I mean how would Sony punish someone on xbox for racially abusing a PS4 player?

If we really want progress in the gaming industry and to be able to enjoy things like crossplay (I know that's a whole issue itself in SoT) we're all going to have to look at how we behave towards each other online.