by Optimus Prime on Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:46 pm
Except.... that negative feedback for gameplay decisions have already been set as a precedent by the site as not a legitimate reason for negative feedback... or were you not paying attention to the hundreds of times this very same thing has happened?
What I don't understand is the reason so many players seem to think it is necessary to leave a negative feedback for this kind of thing. I'll bet that if you had left a neutral and been a little more civil in your choice of words it never would have even been considered for deletion.
Feedback is clearly here to comment upon behavior, and not strategy or gameplay ability. Why is that so hard for so many to understand? Just this week I had a couple of games turn from being in almost my favor or slightly in my favor to a rough loss because another player decided to pay a little more attention to me than the other guy left. Any one of the 3 of us could have won, but only 1 person did because someone else made a couple of not-so-great moves to break my bonus in one place, while leaving the other guy alone for 2 rounds. I was in position to beat that guy down a bit to keep it even if I had been left with my bonus for just one more round. But... it didn't happen, did I leave a negative feedback? No, I didn't. It wouldn't have been "helpful" to anyone else down the line. Yes, one player did essentially give the game over to another because of some poor play and not-so-great strategy, or maybe it was just because he wasn't paying as much attention to the details of the game as I was. So what? Not a reason to leave a negative feedback. What I did do was make a civil comment in the game chat saying "Hey, next time make sure to keep an eye on how many armies the other guy has, could have given you a better shot to win." It got my point across without the need for drama and such.
Now yes, this situation is clearly not exactly the same, as hulmey has made it abundantly clear his very honor or some such was insulted by the poor play of another player who "should" have known better because of his rank. But the principle is still the same.
hulmey, you already stated that both you and White Moose were on your back leg the entire game and likely would have lost anyways, and that you didn't mind the loss of the game. Why then was it so necessary to go and give the feedback? I just don't understand that. Likely if you two had teamed up on the third player to take him out and then battle it for yourselves the nature of the pessimistic player here on CC would have prevailed and he would have left you a negative feedback with some accusation of "unholy alliance!" or "he's a lousy cheat!" For some reason knowing your temperament and attitude I think you would have been just as offended by either of those as you were at your negative comments being removed.
If you don't like the way someone played put them on your Foe List, that is what it is there for. If they deadbeat, cheat, or do something else, leave some feedback (or soon, a low rating). Honestly, this thread never really needed to be created to moan about some perceived injustice done to you by the moderators of CC.
Yes, you can leave negative feedback if it is within the guidelines. However, negative feedback for making a move you don't agree with has never been, and likely never will be a legitimate reason for it and we've seen evidence for a long time that they will be removed if the person receiving the feedback fills out the e-ticket.