[MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics)

[Richard Woolcock]

Ola Fosheim Gr=F8stad wrote:
> [snip]
> I find logging everything without warning to be rather immoral.  In my
> country it would most likely be a crime.  Respecting players privacy
> is for me an unbreakable rule.  In a commercial system this should be
> paramount.
>=20
> (A nasty sideeffect is that rumours about admins snooping on players
> is likely to wreck player loyalty)

Sometimes logging is essential, particularly if you believe someone is, o=
r
might be, cheating (but don't want to jump to conclusions) or are trying =
to
work out what exactly is causing a crash.  I have the following message c=
ome=20
up the first time a player connects:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---
Transmissions may be monitored for quality and regularity compliance and =
use
of this service constitutes consent to this monitoring.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---

Everyone probably ignores it, but it's there anyway.  I borrowed the word=
ing
from work, so I can assure you its not a crime (as long as you give a war=
ning
to the users first).

KaVir.