Threatening with Reporting

#1

Is it ok in game to threaten to report people if they take certain actions .

I occasionally get a game where someone will continually command everyone to do what they say or they will report everyone for throwing …

Example

Scorney McScorneyson says " if you are b d and don’t vote execute here I am reporting you for game throwing "

or even

Butler McButlerson says " if you are b d and don’t vote execute here I am reporting you for game throwing "

or occasionally

Mastermind McMastermind says " if you are b d and don’t vote execute here I am reporting you for game throwing "

Whenever I see this it leaves a bad taste , it seems like meta gaming almost .

Anyway is this alright or not ?

#2

Nope. False reports or threatening false reports will instead result in consequences for the reporter who falsely reported. False reporting or threatening to do so is I believe a reportable offence in itself.

#3

Im guessing these people don’t actually file the reports they just try to use it as an edge to get people to vote with them for example

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#4

Should they false report, Report them. They will be warned for their behaviour.

#5

Is it a reportable offense to threaten to report someone if they don’t take a certain game action ?

As in the example above , if someone is using the threat of report to get other players to act differently in game .

#6

Yeah pretty much.

#7

ok cheers

#8

It’s not a “reportable offense” to say you’re gonna report someone (just ignore them, if you didn’t do anything wrong you’ll be fine), however if it’s clearly a false report OR if it comes with extra toxicity it will count against them.

#9

My question is

Is it ok to intentionally use the threat of reporting someone as a device to win the game

#10

Tbh, it’s stupid, since reporting is not really part of the game itself. It’s like saying “Vote 14 or I’ll leak your nudes” to your ex :man_shrugging: In some cases it could be punishable. (The example was kinda extreme xD)

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#11

No. Not even remotely.

Doing so should get you reported by everyone in the match.