Guys, perhaps consider there are other underlying things going on that you haven't seen or can't see that are contributing to the current response.

This discussion doesn't matter since nobody is going to undo the ban except a game admin, therefore the ongoing thread was pointless. These things are not up for popular vote. Also, restarting closed threads is super annoying. Let it go.

My comment was aimed at everyone reading and posting on the thread. I only ended up deleting one post and it wasn't one of yours. Also, you agreeing to the request is not a requisite.



Keep it at least somewhat game related and away from personal lives.

Let's curb the personal attacks a bit, please.

Hurricane Helene screwed up my access to the game for a week so llaar was gifted that number 2 spot :-). Next time...



This ^

Premium players can change their country name before leaving protection

It's not uncommon when something similar to that is attempted, some people attempt to press the envelope to see how far they can push things without going too far just to he a pest.



A tiny part of that is true. There are both rules and guidelines that moderators are expected to follow and a general set of do's, don'ts, FYIs, how-tos, etc to help along the way. Those things will often not be shared outside of the team. Moderators are individual people and will all have certain nuances and tendencies to some degree. General consistency is a goal but will still be subject to slight variation.

I feel like there are a few threads about this here already over the years. I'm pretty sure developers have sad no a few times.



Never in EE. It was very early in Earth:2025 and only briefly.

(sweep sweep)

Some kind mod with additional free time would need to volunteer. We have this ability but remember we are volunteers and not actual game staff. Our role is focused on rule/gameplay enforcement. This would be more appropriate for an outreach volunteer or one of the game admins/devs. Personally, I do not have the "bandwidth" to do it.

He's going to stop or be returned to the Land of Barney

^ This




That would require a turn as well. More if you're not tyranny

Closing as duplicate

https://earthempires.com/...ce-bug-52482?t=1713919407

Yes. Food market is inflated. Around $15-$20 higher.

Update: Dark Demon will be moderating the Express game server in addition to the current assigned moderators

Dark Demon has been added to the Express server moderator team

Have you tried not being an offensive pest?

Game moderators can see all messages from both sides and yes, I do review the exchange when I'm the one reviewing.

Correct on the latter and I agree. The former is not an accurate interpretation of what I meant. My apologies for the confusion.




There are different scenarios where a moderator may restore a country. One of the most important being that a player may be found to have broken a rule but during the appeal, and possibly through direct messaging and assurance the issue wont happen in the future, the moderator may decide to deescalate to warning only and restore the country.



If it has, I've overlooked the recent trend.



It sounds like we mostly agree here on policy. And given the fact that usual practice was applied here in this case, which did not result in a deletion, the expanded discussion on what-ifs is a bit odd. My apologies for any recent negative experiences you may have had. As always, PM me here or through discord if I need to take a look at something in the future.

Since that is what happened here, I assumed you were commenting in support rather than objecting to something. Perhaps she thought your comment was phrased as if it was a complaint.

Someone is clearing/reordering all standing orders so theirs is next in line so they can pick up the $26 chunk being transferred

The issue was an ingame report because the player thought there could be coordination since he had done no actions against #6 and received harmful ops and ABs during times where he was exchanging hits with another country. Had the two players being reported been unknown to a moderator doing the review, at face value it would look like possible coordination. Given it seems unlikely to anyone that reads the boards that Cath and BH were coordinating together, a further look showed that #6 was doing this to other players. Had it been two players that the moderator did not recognize, there could have been a deletion and we would be discussing this through the appeal process. Hitting players with harmful ops and ABs for generally no reason kind-of makes you a fluff, but its not against the rules. The point is joining in on another player's hostilities against a country that has no interaction with you previously places you on shaky ground if a player submits a report thinking there could be coordination.

Personally, I fully support a player attacking another just over general beef. Using harmful ops and ABs against an unknown player for no reason with seemingly no tactical advantage being gained, especially on a game server that tends to attract new players over the others is pretty uncool.

I'm very disappointed I didn't cross 4b NW. I messed up a few things in the last couple weeks

Guys, there's a really good chance that JW and Cath are just continuously trolling you. I personally don't think that they are so oblivious to game culture that they are honestly defending their recent decisions. They are either posting a narrative that suits them in an attempt to re-write actual facts or they are just 100% messing with you. But it seems unlikely to me that they are somehow confused or feel truly victimized for how things have gone down on this game server.

Clarification on some comments above: new accounts are still being created and we are seeing growth of countries in some game servers. I don't often see that new players are being picked on, at least not moreso than they have been in prior years of existence. Typically new players join because they know someone already playing and join up in clan-based servers. Given that neither of you are new (nor is Gerdler, who was randomly mentioned in an earlier comment), I don't understand the comparison. That said, new players generally don't join and declare forever suiciding war on established alliances and veteran players.

Multi-ing is bad mmkay

Forum mods are not game mods

Defense in turrets sort is the only one that stands out to me. While still not having the exact break, it's still information that somewhat circumvents a spy-op.

I answered this via PM just now

This country was restored last night. PM me if you need further details

1a) I agree with the issue but we are challenged by the method of communication.

1b) Not all players have their game profiles linked to their forum handle and the linked accounts are not displayed in a way to make it easy for moderators to easily make a connection for direct contact. Further, not everyone has information in their game account that might identify who they are. Some players do not use their known game/forum handle in their username, email, country name, etc.

I have previously requested that the general reason for the deletion be available for the moderator to select to be viewed by the player and I still think that is a good change for the admins to make. Something general for a moderator to select and be displayed for the player like coordination on solo non-clan game server, multiple accounts, game bug abuse, etc. The current system gives a player that feels they were incorrectly deleted to submit an appeal but often the appeal notes are simply them asking why they were deleted. There is no way for a moderator to reply to their appeal other than approve/deny and players often do not give contact details for correspondence. Even if we were to use the email listed on the account, players rarely check this in my experience (assuming the email is still even in use). A reason given upon deletion would eliminate the extra step and give the player the opportunity to respond to that reason initially. Admins could even force the appeal to include a preferred method of contact.

2a) There is a link to appeal when there is any deletion and a section for the player to provide feedback. The appeal will be viewed the next time a moderator is available. Contacting them outside of this method is not necessary for the appeal to be processed and reviewed.

2b)The person they could contact is typically not just 1 person, but there isn't anyone that a player "should" contact directly. A player can contact any person listed as a moderator for that game server if they choose but immediate reply is not guaranteed or expected from the moderator team. Game mods have access to different areas and I believe these are listed on each forum section. Players can also escalate things to me or Martian as needed if they aren't happy with an appeal decision - Martian and I have access to all game servers as Mod Boss. Admins should generally not be contacted for these matters and will usually defer to the moderator team (should you be lucky enough to get a timely reply from an admin.)

3a) This is relative and the definition can vary from person to person. A moderator replying to an appeal in 8-12 hours might seem to take "forever" to some players, but I might say that is a reasonable amount of time for a reply in most cases. However, this has more impact on game servers like Express so the expectation would likely change. On the flip side, the consequence of the some lost turns in non-Express game servers is not as critical for me personally since players, contrary to claims, are often not deleted for absolutely no reason. An appeal may determine that a deletion should be overturned in some circumstances, but generally something was done by the player to put themselves at risk.

This thread has derailed and is now done. Have a swirvey day

I can only say it happens on FFA but I've noticed it only happens after a turn event is still on the screen. Can't declare peace after an attack but if you leave war room and return without that news, it works fine.

I removed your recruitment threads in non-clan game boards. Also, you may want to include the server you're recruiting for in any future efforts.

This would also add an additional risk of inappropriate country names being created since I'm not sure how multilingual the current moderator team might be. There is already the challenge present of attempting to translate some reported ingame messages

Not as many as you might think. And for the small handful that might be, it's only been one round so far.

It started with the clangdi changeset. It still tags you but gives the error each time.

Linking Premium/Credits announcement for your convenience:

Just for clarification, mods don't really do what I think you're implying. There is no community outreach or marketing staff that I'm aware of. But perhaps I misunderstood your post.