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Greetings avid gamers from across the globe...

I'm conducting a bit of research about the online gaming community. I
want to know which games YOU think have potentially been ruined by
players who are, at the moment, grouped under names such as 'Player
Killers' (Ultima Online) or 'Tank Rushers' (Total Annihilation et al.)
and so on.

Most of the time there's two sides to the argument -- or two ways of
playing -- but the fact remains that some gamers feel multiplyer games
played over the Internet can be ruined by players who don't 'play by the
rules' as it were.

What I would like to know is:

* What games do you feel have been affected by this so far?
* What games do you see being affected in future?
And:
* What do you do to decrease the chance of this happening? Are there
certain strategies, game configuration parameters, chat zones or methods
of game hosting you use to minimise the chances of letting 'bad' players
into or affecting your games?

Please feel free to reply here or to my email address.

The purpose of this research is not to find a solution but rather report
on the current state of affairs and the possible work-arounds many
gamers use.

Thankyou for any information you can provide,

Ashton Mills
PCPowerPlay Magazine

ami...@acp.com.au