Banning PM Chat

[FML|WorpeX]

A long time discussion between FFA players is the Private Messaging system in wc3. Should it be allowed or disallowed? Many players argue that it is part of FFA but others say that it encourages teaming and cheating. So far, FML has been part of the Pro-PM club but in light of recent games, this could change.

This thread is made primarily for discussion purposes. It in no way will directly affect league rulings, however, it can influence them.

Discuss and vote! Should FML keep PM legal or ban it?

[Q-veta]

Three-ways encourage teaming too. As for cheating there's only been one suspected game and that's only because Eshan probably forgot to take his nerd rage meds.

I vote to keep it of course. Everyone can use, it's not like only a subset of players are allowed to benefit from it.

[Ugrilainen]

I didnt mind before but now i say "ban it"

[FML|Renaud]

I didnt mind before but now i say "ban it"
or at least lets see what banning it does

[FML|Renaud]

T_T a part of me died when i did that post

[Walking.TrL]

Lone wins again.

[Pinballmap]

voted for banning

[Wrecktify]

Ban it. 

It does add an extra dimension to FFA, but not a beneficial one.  All chat manipping forces a player to weight two (or three) players going back and forth making their cases.  PM chat at its best allows one player to circumvent another player's manip abilities and just turn it into a game of foolishness (honestly anyone who falls for or uses PM is generally a lower skilled player anyway.  Thers a reason everyone who has won this league doesnt rely on the compliance of others to win.) 

Thats the best case scenario.  Worst case scenario is the atrocious games that have been generated by PMing this season.  It will eliminate bad drama (good drama is the fuel of FFA, this crap just makes babies cry.) It will limit preteaming/all game teaming.  And it will focus play back on skill, strategy, diplomacy and less on ridiculous unseen agreements.  Its Market Square, not Yalta.  Deciding the order of finish in PMs is !#@%ed up on every level.

[Kruppe]

Kruppe's position is very clear.

Ban it.

[Beljone]

im out of the league but i voted ban as well

public chat gives the player whos going to get teamed a chance to prepare himself and defend himself verbally and on the battlefield~

ps. admins im still available if you need subs -_-

[Magadansky]

Btw I hope you can see who voted for what since some people "pro-pm" have multiple accounts in the site. I voted for banning it

[DarKNeSSCaLLs]

Btw I hope you can see who voted for what since some people "pro-pm" have multiple accounts in the site. I voted for banning it

Not certain, but I'm sure Worpex has some super power that will enable him to do so.

[FML|red7z7]

i love democracy

[FML|WorpeX]

Btw I hope you can see who voted for what since some people "pro-pm" have multiple accounts in the site. I voted for banning it

Not certain, but I'm sure Worpex has some super power that will enable him to do so.

I totally feel like a super hero now! I have no idea if I can or not though... i'll have to look into that. haha

[Slythe]

With Pming banned there will be less trouble, so i vote for banning pm aswell, because it got abused way too much lateley.

I hope we wonīt have too much suicides in games. With the growth of 'hate' this season between some players, it wonīt get easier to get games which ainīt fueled with insulting heated chat, resulting in players caring less about winning than just making others lose. so i just can hope people will calm down a bit throughout the holidays.

Also with this clan fury/lone thing, old rivalries or unfinished business issues i am not happy. I ask for everyone resisting against such things and not going to fuel those vicous circles again and again.