Hey there, I have played alot of among us games already and got annoyed by some people trolling or getting themselves voted out before.
Basically i suggest having a "elo" system. This generally gives you a ranking (not visible to players) that can cause in lower imposter ratings for example. (My first thought was maybe a warning or smt, but people will always find a way to abuse a system..)
Generally the most common issues i see are afk, people getting themself kicked out because they didnt get imposter and teaming/ghosting (hard to automize).
These things are generally without a moderator/admin looking at them hard to get traced and the report system is yet not really efficient in my opinion over forums.
The system i mainly suggest is goin to try to consider those 3 main aspects combined with a elo system. (punishment is up to the staff on what they see as correct)
(--> Afk: Really easy to detect. The main problem here is for example that when a body is found or a meeting is called the players get teleported and therefore move.)
I put this in brackets cuz it doesnt have a big connection to the "elo" system.
--> Getting yourself kicked out: generally it is easily detectable of a bot. Mainly they call meetings as soon as possible +-10-20 seconds. And the info combined to the votes they give (voting for yourself) or getting quickly voted out the next round for example. I am not going to go too much into detail here. Of course this is something what can happen to anyone who doesnt have the intend to troll/getting himself kicked out. That is how the "elo" system then gets introduced. Generally it gives each player their own personal ranking and if this situation happens. You get for example 1 minus point. The more times this happens, the worse your elo / imposter chance gets. By playing a from the "bot" as normal considered game your elo goes back up again also. This is just a quick easy sketch up of a complex idea and not even close to a finished item.
--> Teaming / ghosting: There are different ways of teaming and ghosting. I have seen alot of people already do this and this will always be an issue. There are multiple ways of teaming / ghosting, over party chat for example or for example discord or a call. Since party chat is the only thing that can be analyzed by a bot for example, its the only option that im gonna get into here. The rest can only be reported over forums. Technically, if a person teams / ghosts 1 time with a friend, they do it again. Having a addition to the /report command for teaming (with a info of this) would help for example. How this would generally work is if multiple reports of teaming come in then a bot will check the party messages for words mainly used in among slimes. (this can be for example "imposter" "colors" etc.. if it detects enough this gets forwarded to a mod to get reviewed. The main problem i see here is that if a mod reviews the party chats of people it can be invading private messages that are not supposed to be seen by a 3rd person.
These are not all problems among slimes has currently, but the main ones i could think of right now. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to let me know on this forum post. Thanks for reading!
Basically i suggest having a "elo" system. This generally gives you a ranking (not visible to players) that can cause in lower imposter ratings for example. (My first thought was maybe a warning or smt, but people will always find a way to abuse a system..)
Generally the most common issues i see are afk, people getting themself kicked out because they didnt get imposter and teaming/ghosting (hard to automize).
These things are generally without a moderator/admin looking at them hard to get traced and the report system is yet not really efficient in my opinion over forums.
The system i mainly suggest is goin to try to consider those 3 main aspects combined with a elo system. (punishment is up to the staff on what they see as correct)
(--> Afk: Really easy to detect. The main problem here is for example that when a body is found or a meeting is called the players get teleported and therefore move.)
I put this in brackets cuz it doesnt have a big connection to the "elo" system.
--> Getting yourself kicked out: generally it is easily detectable of a bot. Mainly they call meetings as soon as possible +-10-20 seconds. And the info combined to the votes they give (voting for yourself) or getting quickly voted out the next round for example. I am not going to go too much into detail here. Of course this is something what can happen to anyone who doesnt have the intend to troll/getting himself kicked out. That is how the "elo" system then gets introduced. Generally it gives each player their own personal ranking and if this situation happens. You get for example 1 minus point. The more times this happens, the worse your elo / imposter chance gets. By playing a from the "bot" as normal considered game your elo goes back up again also. This is just a quick easy sketch up of a complex idea and not even close to a finished item.
--> Teaming / ghosting: There are different ways of teaming and ghosting. I have seen alot of people already do this and this will always be an issue. There are multiple ways of teaming / ghosting, over party chat for example or for example discord or a call. Since party chat is the only thing that can be analyzed by a bot for example, its the only option that im gonna get into here. The rest can only be reported over forums. Technically, if a person teams / ghosts 1 time with a friend, they do it again. Having a addition to the /report command for teaming (with a info of this) would help for example. How this would generally work is if multiple reports of teaming come in then a bot will check the party messages for words mainly used in among slimes. (this can be for example "imposter" "colors" etc.. if it detects enough this gets forwarded to a mod to get reviewed. The main problem i see here is that if a mod reviews the party chats of people it can be invading private messages that are not supposed to be seen by a 3rd person.
These are not all problems among slimes has currently, but the main ones i could think of right now. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to let me know on this forum post. Thanks for reading!
