Goonhub
09-12-2013, 01:17 PM
Here's a (actually not at all stupid or terrible) suggestion, why not offer some pathology tests similarly to what was done with cogmap's test server.
Offer them on a occasional test server round with the address in IRC so that the level of "terrible people" stays fairly low, and get feedback about what people like and don't like.
Then once pathology is deemed "fun and not too horrid" then release it onto the main servers.
Plus while pathology is being tested it won't cause outrage with disease releases every round because people will be able to learn vaccines and whatever ahead of time. Good wiki material could be made early and it will cause less problems overall because all the good players will have abused it themselves and know what to expect. Plus if someone keeps releasing horrid stuff they can just end the test early and adjust, or restart the round.
Offer them on a occasional test server round with the address in IRC so that the level of "terrible people" stays fairly low, and get feedback about what people like and don't like.
Then once pathology is deemed "fun and not too horrid" then release it onto the main servers.
Plus while pathology is being tested it won't cause outrage with disease releases every round because people will be able to learn vaccines and whatever ahead of time. Good wiki material could be made early and it will cause less problems overall because all the good players will have abused it themselves and know what to expect. Plus if someone keeps releasing horrid stuff they can just end the test early and adjust, or restart the round.