[2020] Stop new forum members instantly opening new topics.

21 hours ago, pearomaniac said:

For the love of God, please stop new forum members creating new topics without them fulfilling some requirements first (reply on 10 topics, be a member for a day, get good karma on comments etc.).

 

The forum is getting overfilled with topics from our respected new members and they are ALL same topics with few variables and it is becoming painful to watch it and to even scroll past it because its, like, there.

I am talking about topics like "i bought the game but cannot play it", "i haven't got verification email", "fix your game", "i got banned and i haven't cheated a day in my life" etc. etc. etc. dozens and dozens of posts like this and most of those post should not even be on the forum as they(players) can inquire about most of those problems to the supports service, please admins, make it stop, at least slow it down.

 

Thank you. 

There are already restrictions in place and mostly no restrictions under the beta forums as paying customer. We actively lock threads and even give out warnings for these things for those who repeatedly do it. It is also within our forum rules. Regardless, what you see is only a fraction of what was not cleaned up. You do not see all the ones that are already handled. 

That said, we are actively looking for new moderators so, you are welcome to apply to help with this or even reporting threads for moderators to review them. All this is really due to the influx of new players and growth of EFT. 

Just now, pearomaniac said:

I am totally aware of the reasons for this and i am also aware that most of us see only fractions of those post, hence for some longer lasting restrictions may make mods life easier.

Not really. It just means that they will bump old threads we just have to go and lock for other reasons (bumping old threads and not using search function). And more resections only restricts the legit posters who we value their opinion, feedback and their need for help. If that makes sense. And what you are saying is valid and makes sense but not the proper solution from what we know from the inside. 

P.S: Not dismissing you. I will keep what you said in mind for sure. We are also working on expanding our moderation team and restructuring things for better management of the forums. Our Discord is currently top notch. We just have to clean up a little more over here too.   

5 minutes ago, pearomaniac said:

Btw you said i could report threads to be reviewed? I am not sure how to do that because i dont see an option to report a topic/thread. Only thing i used is "report post" option inside of the topic, is that the same thing or there is an option to report the topic/thread itself?

Hover over a post and the button "report post" shows up just like my screenshot above.