Posts by characterslimits

Quote from ginlang

object. jsut make a skyblock island on freedom-01 or something

Quote from Alco_Rs11

I Object. Simply build a skyblock island on F01.

Quote from root

yeah, object -- a void world on F-01 should work just fine without the need to setup an entire new server.

While you can build a skyblock island on F-01, you won't get the passive grief protection provided by the Skyblock plugin.

Although tools like CoreProtect exist, the downside is that you have to notice the grief. This may not be possible there's no admins to watch the person in question. Whereas with the Skyblock plugin, admins wouldn't have to deal with other players griefing their islands all the time.

Additionally, because that "sky"block islands are in the sky, this makes it easier to cover up the griefing when there's no admins online because when a build is on grass, it leaves dirt behind when the blocks are destroyed, making it obvious that something was there.

Quote from videogamesm12

If it weren't for the fact we're not using permission nodes and the task to switch from free-op to permission nodes requires development effort that we literally don't have, we could have easily resolved the issue weeks ago by removing the permission node that component uses for its permissions.

Quote from videogamesm12

Again, if we weren't free-op we could have resolved this super easily with a permission node removal, but once again we had no choice given the lack of resources to get the fuck off free-op.

This whole "lack of resources" and "lack of development effort" is false in these contexts. You already had implemented permission nodes on July 2nd, 2021. You already did it before (by yourself), so what's different now?

I'm noticing that there is an overall lack of trust in operators in the community. Granted there are the people that come here just to troll, but not every single operator is some sort of troll that is actively trying to destroy the server in some shape or form.

The problem

Sometimes when someone with malicious intent joins the server, the feature that they used to do the malicious actions gets blocked just because of that person that decided it was funny to come here and troll.

Why this is bad

Because when something gets blocked it gets blocked for all operators. It assumes that every single operator is some sort of troll in reality that is not the case. Useful features like //brush are blocked and we're going steps backwards thanks to these kinds of people.

The solution

Put more trust in operators, don't assume that every operator is some sort of troll. Try patching a feature, or find some sort of solution instead of completely blocking a certain feature unless there's absolutely no other option.

Examples

//brush

/near

The blocking of unicode nicknames

The blanket filtering of certain phrases with /tag set

The privatization of indefinite ban requests

Quote from videogamesm12

In cases of denials, I would usually just summarize the viewpoints Seniors would make. If I made the identities of those who voted for or against a particular applicant public, that would still lead to hounding by friends of the applicant.

I vouch for this idea.

It should be mandatory for the Admin Officer to post a summary of the senior voting discussion and results in the announcements section of the forum, with of course the names being anonymous.

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Quote from characterslimits

blocked phrases must be an EXACT match in order for it to be blocked?

That sounds even more bypassable than the current system we have.

Pick your poison:

• Strict filter: Difficult to bypass, high risk of false positives.
• Lenient filter: Low risk of false positives, easy to bypass.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of technology (as of right now), you cannot have the best of both.

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Quote from characterslimits

May I propose an alternative suggestion where we keep the filter, but change it so the blocked phrases must be an EXACT match in order for it to be blocked?

For example, only check for exact occurances of "sa" not if "sa" is included in any words.

it's been a hot minute since ive been a non-admin, so i could be misremembering here, but isn't that what it currently does?

Nope, set your tag to "Catcaller" and notice it's blocked because it contains "tca"

May I propose an alternative suggestion where we keep the filter, but change it so the blocked phrases must be an EXACT match in order for it to be blocked?

For example, only check for exact occurances of "sa" not if "sa" is included in any words.

May I propose an alternative suggestion where the senior voting round will be publicized only AFTER the voting has concluded, elimating the "pressure politics" problem?

People learn from other people, and the ability to see the thought processes behind each vote will aid in that. It allows the people to know what seniors find in people therefore enhancing the learning from other people.

Retracted

Quote from Allink

Yeah... Because all characters are UTF-8 more often than not nowadays, your point?

The point is, we already can use unicode characters on Discord (both tags and usernames) so why not Minecraft as well? If we wanna be consistent on how we moderate this server, then we would have to ban all users on Discord that have a tag/nickname that contains at least one character that isn't A-Z, 0-9, and an underscore.

Quote from Luke

it just makes life easier. its also harder to communicate to new players that words such as ‘SrA’ or such is banned, whereas tfm does it auto

I feel like there's a better solution to this rather than a blanket banning of certain words and phrases (I haven't came up with one yet. For anyone, not just to Luke, feel free to suggest a solution by replying to this thread).

Also that message That tag contains a forbidden word. is not newbie friendly at all. Because newbies may question "Which word exactly?"

Quote from gamingto12

What exactly are you trying to get out of this?

I want the Scunthorpe problem to be no more, words like "stable" are blocked because it contains the phrase "sta"

List of words containing "sra": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/s/3/wordswithsra.htm

List of words containing "tca": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/t/3/wordswithtca.htm

List of words containing "sta": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/s/3/wordswithsta.htm

List of words containing "sa": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/s/2/wordswithsa.htm

Thanks to tag filter, all of the words above are blocked, even if they don't communicate any position that a player might not have on the server.

Quote from root

but filtering tags actually has benefits here.

Disagree, please see my reply to gamingto12.

Reasons why we should remove the /tag set filter:

1. The community is against it

It's clear that the community is against filters (see Add the ChatManager plugin and Enforce Better Chat Restrictions). However, /tag set has a filter and I believe we should apply our principles consistently.

2. The Scunthorpe problem

You cannot enter words containing "sra", "tca", "sta", and "sa" due to the filter. Because of this words like: "Stable" are blocked.

List of words containing "sra": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/s/3/wordswithsra.htm

List of words containing "tca": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/t/3/wordswithtca.htm

List of words containing "sta": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/s/3/wordswithsta.htm

List of words containing "sa": https://www.bestwordlist.com/m/s/2/wordswithsa.htm

Thanks to tag filter, all of the words above are blocked, even if they don't communicate any position that a player might not have on the server.

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Quote from characterslimits

And this is why /nickclean exists.

So that the nickname is back to alphanumeric characters. This suggestion is pointless.

And I'll clear unreadable nicknames on sight.

Actually, forget about /nickclean. Discord on #freedom-01-server-chat lists the real name of a player anyway.

Quote from Allink

The issue is here people would be abusing the allowunsafe permission node to use the obfuscation decoration with chinese characters which can really lag a game. I know you can use color codes and such in your Discord names but that's never been supported; it's actually an issue with stripColor that up until now nobody has bothered to fix. It was fixed a few months ago but with the release cycle being what it is I'd wager it'll be a while until the fix version gets deployed.

Still doesn't change the fact unicode characters are allowed on Discord

Quote from Allink

tags aren't as integral as a display name.

Disagree, tags are what represents people. For example, admins have an [Admin] tag that represents they're an admin. Also, users set tags that represents they're a member of a group or guild (since TF-Guilds has been archived and removed from the server). You're saying those isn't as integral?

Quote from Allink

This is just extra effort for the admins which they wouldn't have to put in if the node was disabled.

Don't care, and I'm up for it if it means granting players on the server extra freedom.

Quote from Tizz

Nope. In my opinion, names must be always readable. We aren't Elon Musk's children.

And this is why /nickclean exists.

Actually, forget about /nickclean. Discord on #freedom-01-server-chat lists the real name of a player anyway.

Quote from videogamesm12

Your forum account notes that you used to be known as Chungalingus. What happened to that Minecraft account, out of curiosity?

I lost that account due to some glitch when migrating that account from Mojang to Microsoft Account. As of right now I'm unable to log in to that account (neither Mojang nor Microsoft login works).

I contacted both Mojang and Microsoft support and I haven't gotten a response (and I still don't to this very day). So I decided just create another account.

characterslimits, will be the primary account that I will use to log in and administrate on TotalFreedom.

Quote from fleshly

just checking in again to see how this server's doing

The server still averages around 4-5 players per day and I still exist.

I have nothing else to say.

Withdrawn

Quote from Luke

Quote from characterslimits

I don't know how else to interperate his question. Therefore, I am unable to answer it.

her* and how will this work like free op what’s restricted what’ll be allowed etc

Now that's a question that I can answer:

WorldEdit and gamemode switching will be allowed. You will be allowed to go into creative and build as if you were in creative.

Commands will be allowed. You will pretty much have the same access level as Freedom. Of course, the commands that used for trolling or could crash the server are blocked.

You will be able to visit other player's islands, but you cannot break or place any blocks in other player's island. The owner of the island must add you if you want building perms.

Quote from Luke

that didnt answer the question bro

I don't know how else to interperate her question. Therefore, I am unable to answer it.

Upon using /report to report someone, it just throws an error and doesn't actually report the player.

The error message is just a generic An internal error occurred while attempting to perform this command message.