Phone Call RP metagaming

[Swein]

What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Removing names or adding into rules that you can't use the name shown on the phone for RP purposes, or adding the rule in game so people don't have to use the forum, i promise most people aren't checking forums. maybe i missed it but the name removal is still relevant.

Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
I'm sure it has been suggested, it should be taken into consideration

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
1. Assist in better roleplay experience
2. So people aren't getting in trouble for Metagaming when there's no rule for it

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
i guess not knowing who you're talking to but doesn't matter if you get in trouble for metagaming

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
To better the RP experience and so players aren't getting talked to for breaking rules that aren't written rules.

Side note: how many people need to repeat the same message about format... give someone time to see their notification and edit the message.

 

[Zen]

I am going to -support for the following reasons:
1. Already against the rules to use
2. From comments I have seen ( Looking at you Emillia) going to address why I disagree with the supposed fix of SteamID as well - this works fine for the chat command, as then I can get a copy & pasteable steamID instantly, it does NOT however work well with the Caller portion at the bottom - meaning I would need to still write down the steamID manually

What I would propose instead:
1. Remove the Rank & Job - keep Character name for Moderation purposes
- This ASSISTS with metagame prevention to an extent, while the name is still visible, whether they are a D-Class or Security is now hidden (They can obviously still metagame with the Tab List, but that becomes a GUARENTEED easy to catch report for Metagame)

For voice, either you're already recording, and so have their SteamID on the recording, or you're not, and so you can't realistically make a report (e.g. of saying slurs) because you have no evidence.

 

[ripjaw567]

For voice, either you're already recording, and so have their SteamID on the recording, or you're not, and so you can't realistically make a report (e.g. of saying slurs) because you have no evidence.

Point 2 is from the Moderation side of things "it does NOT however work well with the Caller portion at the bottom - meaning I would need to still write down the steamID manually" - if you come to me with a clip, and I have to type that SteamID out - its a PITA because I need the full SteamID. I cannot use a partial steamID but I can use a partial name.

 

[Emilia Foddg]

From comments I have seen ( Looking at you Emillia) going to address why I disagree with the supposed fix of SteamID as well - this works fine for the chat command, as then I can get a copy & pasteable steamID instantly, it does NOT however work well with the Caller portion at the bottom - meaning I would need to still write down the steamID manually
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Remove the Rank & Job - keep Character name for Moderation purposes
- This ASSISTS with metagame prevention to an extent, while the name is still visible, whether they are a D-Class or Security is now hidden (They can obviously still metagame with the Tab List, but that becomes a GUARENTEED easy to catch report for Metagame)

Point 2 is from the Moderation side of things "it does NOT however work well with the Caller portion at the bottom - meaning I would need to still write down the steamID manually" - if you come to me with a clip, and I have to type that SteamID out - its a PITA because I need the full SteamID. I cannot use a partial steamID but I can use a partial name.

Fair enough, didn't think of that. My intuition was that it'd come with a copy button, but it didn't occur to me that that wouldn't solve it. I'm kinda just throwing things out here, but how do you feel about mirrored name for the caller portion, then? Just make it more difficult to metagame at a glance and a tad more obvious when it happens, sbrawkcad it daer tsuj nac uoy. Or at worst, if that's not something you can visualise or easily figure it out (or have confusion between similar names), you would end up needing to do some kind of horizontal flip shenanigans. Still annoying I imagine, but not as bad as manual ID transcription.

Would the benefits of that change be worth the added effort to handle the sit, or is this not a good idea?