Multiplayer Suggestion

[TC_Halogen]

Through my whole time at FFR, I can safely say that I've spent more time in MP than any other parts of the site put together. More often than not, my MP experience has been good and I have no regrets. But there's those other few times, those times where you have that random person who comes in, completely oblivious to the rules because they've never in their life visited [the] forums. Most of the time, these people try to claim ignorance, saying that they don't know or didn't know about the rules of the site (even though they are pretty obvious rules). I know that I'm not the only multiplayer regular who sees this; we all know what it's like to see that person who hits Ctrl+V and Enter as fast as they can, breaking up sometimes meaningful conversations, causing ridiculous amounts of lags, and simply just bringing chaos to a community that is just there to congregate like any other.

What I'm going to suggest here is a simple idea that may help people follow the rules a bit better, if they even care to follow them.


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My solution: A rules button on the connection screen that leads to Shash's MP Guide. It has all of the rules and answers most if not all questions that newer users have when they first enter Multiplayer.

Scottish/Sprite-: Have each user see a prompt upon entering MP for your first time, requiring you to accept an agreement (which includes the rules) to access the area. This way, all calls of ignorance are completely void because they accepted the agreement.
Addition by me: Have everyone who hasn't seen the prompt before have to accept the agreement, this way everyone who was a member prior to the inclusion of the agreement is not exempt if they break a rule.

A basic rules button on the very first screen would be a nice addition to the game. My thoughts on this were simple: newer members of the game usually jump into FFR by watching their friends, or by searching for some sort of a dance game simulator online. When they get to the homepage of FFR, they aren't really looking for anything else but the game, to try it out. Once they've played it, they become satisfied with the game, and hey, you have a new member. However, the forums are very large for someone who is brand new, and while there is a newbie forum, the size of the forum as a whole is quite intimidating. So what happens? A player jumps right into the game, and joins multiplayer. Nothing wrong with that at all. However, questions don't always get answered by other users in the room because they are busy engaging in their own conversation, or they are away from the room. This can cause frustration to the newer user, who may end up typing in all caps lock, spamming, or even cussing out of desperation to get someone else's attention. Moderators should not have to give more than one warning to a person when a rule is broken, and I feel that if this is added, moderators can be less lenient when it comes to first time offense because it shows that rules have not been read.

TL;DR version: Read the bolded text just after the picture.