server rating tool

[daisho 74]

Inspired by the the post of LaughingJack in this thread http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/178274-problem-with-getting-kicked/ I was thinking about the possibility to implement some kind of server rating tool for the server browser.

 

The server rules say:

 

 

You may not perform the following actions on your server :

• Restart server to farm loot 
• Restart server to protect your character integrity after dying 
• Kick players without just cause 
• Lock / Password the server

 

I don't even know if there are any intentions to actually enforce these rules yet the ressources to control this kind of stuff.

 

Beside the option to "report" servers I really would appreciate some kind of server rating tool, just simple + or - option that pops up when you disconnect from the server, so you can rate the server you just played on (you also can change your vote as often as you like)

 

This would be an awesome (more or less) realtime indicator for the community to check servers before joining to

a ) reduce the risk of joining servers with abusive badmins

b ) reduce the risk of joining servers you get kicked from immediately and hence reduces the risk of getting the cool-down

 

Votes should be limited to 1 possible vote per player per server so people don't abuse the system and vote for "their" server 10 times per day.

 

There could be some indicator in an additional column in the server browser that shows the overall server rating

 

> 75% positive votes: golden star

> 50% positive votes: silver star

50% postive/ negative votes: white star

> 50% negative votes: orange star
> 75% negative votes: red star

 

 

Stars should show once a server has collected more than X votes (until then it shows that rating is about to get generated), to try to minimize the risk of abuse. I'm not qute sure what a good value would be, maybe 100 votes? 250? 500?

 

People could decide better what server to join when browsing the server list as well as whoever is meant to enforce server rules could have a closer look on servers that keep getting negative votes, check their logs and take actions if there is any indication that badmin is abusing his admin status in any way like restart-looting, kicking people to kill them and so on.

 

The advantage definitely would be that the community/ players can decide what servers they play on without having to wait for someone to take care of abusive server-admins/ servers (if ever).

A golden star most liekly indicates that this server has active admins (= less hackers), responsible admins and is actually fun to play on while a red star indicates that this server most likely has either abusive or inactive admins (higher risk of facing a hacker) or is a server you get kicked from immediately for no obvious reason.

 

Server owners/ admins would (hopefully) try to get a golden star to attract more players and hence would be active and act responsible, if they don't I wouldn't care anyways as I personally would never join a server with a bad rating.

 

 

 

Opinions?

Edited March 4, 2014 by daisho

[daisho 74]

*bump*

 

really no one see's any use for this (or any other way to rate/ report servers)?

[pilgrim* 3514]

I agree. A voting system would be open to abuse, but then so is any open voting system on the net.

 

To do this you would also have to have the server history listed in chronological order, so that you could see easily what server you had just been on.

 

At the moment you log in a low ping server, play for an hour, and when you leave you don't remember .. "was that 1-235 or was that 2-531 ??".

 

Not being able to see what server just auto-kicked you (for instance) or manally kicked you after 2 mins, or because you shot the admin, or because they just dont want the public, makes it difficult to report abuse. Many admins don't think it is abuse, and the whole argument is a pain, and goes nowhere.

 

So: Maybe this would be a good compromise between reporting (because how can you prove you were abuse-kicked unless a server supplier is going to take the time to check it out themselves?) and just letting it ride. If you knew what server you were last on you could give it a rating. More players would be prepared to do this rather than go through the hassle of reporting, which causes dissent in the community, long arguments and flames, and doesn't usually have any result, and doesn't inform other players.

 

xx

Edited March 6, 2014 by pilgrim

[KarmaCoin 72]

Not a bad idea. I'd simplify it to just a simple 5 star rating mechanic that everyone is used to. Each player can only rate a server once then display the overall rating and number of ratings.

Edited March 6, 2014 by KarmaCoin

[daisho 74]

@ pilgrim: as said, you would get the rating-window once you disconnect from a server, so it would pop up automatically.

 

 

@ Karma-Coin: changing votes should be possible, so when you maybe played on a server, enjoyed it and gave positive rating (maybe no admin was on) and then (when admin is on) keep getting kicked you should be able to change your vote, same goes other way 'round of course when maybe one of the admins was abusing his powers but the actual server owner is a GGG and got rid of that admin and everything is fine then.

 

I personally would find a simple + or - rating better, 5 star system would it make too complicated. Either I enjoyed playing on a server or I did not, so (I guess) most people would either give 0 or 5 stars anyways.

Edited March 6, 2014 by daisho