Newsgroup: it.comp.giochi.sportivi.hattrick
Titolo: Questa è di un ROTFL che non finisce più

08/03/2007  Sgradevole incidente
Ci rincresce informarvi che abbiamo trovato tre Game Masters colpevoli di
aver violato il codice di condotta dei GM, oltre alle regole del gioco.
Normalmente non facciamo annunci quando un utente viene espulso dal gioco,
ma questa volta abbiamo deciso di fare un'eccezione, dal momento che è la
prima volta che chiudiamo diversi membri dello staff nello stesso momento.
I nostri GM hanno accesso ad una serie di strumenti per risolvere i
problemi degli utenti. Per assicurare la correttezza del gioco,
controlliamo l'uso di questi strumenti registrando e verificando
l'attività dei GM.
Durante un recente controllo, abbiamo scoperto che tre GM, tra le diverse
centinaia di GM nello staff, avevano utilizzato i loro strumenti in modo
da favorire i propri interessi nel gioco.
Per questo motivo, sono stati costretti ad abbandonare i loro incarichi e
le loro squadre.
08/03/2007 Sgradevole incidente (2)
I tre GM hanno mantenuto un atteggiamento collaborativo durante le
indagini, ammettendo le proprie colpe ed accettandone le conseguenze.
Desiderano esprimere le più sentite scuse al gruppo dei GM ed alla
comunità di Hattrick per aver deluso la fiducia riposta in loro.
Ironia della sorte, tutti e tre erano particolarmente abili nel proprio
ruolo di GM, e nelle investigazioni anti-cheating; sotto questo aspetto,
hanno svolto un ottimo e corretto lavoro.
Un caso come questo, ovviamente, è molto sgradevole per l'intera comunità
di Hattrick, e ci ricorda che, anche se la stragrande maggioranza dei
membri del nostro staff è degna della fiducia che abbiamo riposto in loro,
non esiste nulla di scontato.
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 prima volta che chiudiamo diversi membri dello staff nello stesso momento.
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una lista dei gm colpevoli già esiste?

>> gioco.[...]
Io trovo questo comunicato, un indice di serietà e correttezza da parte 
dello staff. E' giusto che l'abbiano fatto, è corretto che noi ne siamo 
stati messi a conoscenza.
Capunzo. VIII.1202. 
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una lista dei gm colpevoli già esiste?
Riporto quello che stanno dicendo gli HT in Global, dato che molti sul
ng non la frequentano:
HT-Tjecken 8286686.1  
Who are they?
We have chosen not to mention their names. We understand that people
will be curious about this, it's in the human nature after all. But
please understand that we will not tell their names or answer on any
guessings of who they might be. They have been punished already, we
don't think it's appropriate to "crucify" them in front of almost 1
millon people. They don't deserve such a treatment, even if they've
done wrong.
Which country are they from?
As we chose not to mention their names we will not say which country
they are from as that would pretty much be the same thing.
Why don't you tell us their names?
We never mention any names of locked user (the same goes for staff
members) and we never inform the community when it happens. When all
comes around it is something personal between the locked user and the
GMs (in this case between the GMs and HTs). We try to be as humane as
possible towards the locked user, he has already got his punishment
and don't deserve to be executed in public. That does not benefit the
community nor the game at all.
There is only one exception to this policy, and this is if we for some
reason need to lock a national coach. As the national team, and the
community in that country, shouldn't suffer from that a new coach must
be found. And in order to find a new coach it's inevitable that the
community will know that the current coach is locked.
But why did you choose to inform if you're not going to tell us the
names?
We chose to inform the global community this time just because this
case is highly unique and that we felt that the community deserved to
be informed about it. Even if it's sad incident with a lot of negative
publicity, we wanted to let you know that staff members are watched
and need to follow the rules just like everybody else. It's simply far
more important to run a fair game for us than trying to look good in
the public eye.
But come on, isn't this like Don Quijote's fight with wind mills?
Don't you think the community will eventually find out who they are?
Well, I guess I would be very naive if I thought that the community
wouldn't find out eventually. But that's not really the point, I think
it's a very big difference if we, the HT organization, hang these
people out to dry in front of 1 million users or if some conference
visitors happen to find out who they are. I don't think you should
forget about the fact that these three are still human beings, they're
not paria. They still deserve some humanity in my eyes.
How severe were their wrongdoings?
Using a GM tool for my own interest is very severe. It doesn't really
matter how big or small the effect is, the tool is not intended to be
used for your own interest and if you do it is a severe violation of
the GM code of conduct.
Does this happen often?
Thank god, no. Over the past ten years we've experienced very few
cases where staff members have violated their code of conduct in any
way. I think it's been around five cases up to now, and even if that's
five too much it's still very rare incidents. This case is the first
time more than one staff member is caught more or less at the same
time, hence why we chose to inform you about it.
Why don't you remove GM access to use the tools in their own interest?
A GM can't access his own team, moreover a GM can't access any team in
his own series. There are also other "protections" in place. But
unfortunately we can't make everything bullet-proof. GMs wouldn't be
able to do their job - help you, the users, with your problems -
properly then.
What do you do to minimalize the temptation to use the GM tools for
their own interest then?
Pretty much everything we can do. We constantly ask ourselves if a
certain tool is needed, or if it's outdated. It may also be that a
certain tool is used so very rarely that it's enough if we (HTs) have
access to it. The tools we find not needed, or used very rarely, are
then removed from the GMs' toolbox.
And maybe most importantly, which we mentioned in the My Hattrick
message: We regularly check GM activity to see that the tools aren't
misued in any way.
What is your personal reaction on this?
I guess one can best describe my feelings as disappointment. As all
three were cooperative and all I never became angry with them, but I
still feel sadness and disappointment. As mentioned in the MyHT
message they did a good job for the community as GMs, so I'm sad we
lost three good GMs in that aspect and I'm also very disappointed
about the reason for this loss.
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Bayern Monache (546916) in VI.314 

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