In what could truly be considered a statistical improbability for Xbox Live, Joystiq made it through more than Joystiqs fair share of rounds in Catan without any player-related issues.
Everyone Joystiq met who makes it through a full game gets a good approval rating and nobody (and Joystiq actually mean nobody) has deserved a complaint or negative review.
No pre-pubescent screams, no racist/sexist/homophobic statements ... sure, there's expletive dropping -- but it's all in proper context.
Is civility actually possible on Xbox Live?
Pre-orders are now live for Dovetail Games' Catan – Console Edition for Nintendo Switch. The weeklong pre-order comes with a 10% discount.
Neil writes: "Over the course of a couple of decades, Catan has made a bit of a name for itself in the tabletop community. Now though it's set to hit the virtual world as Dovetail Games and Asmodee Entertainment announce CATAN for Xbox and PlayStation."
I just hope people actually play. I loved Catan on 360. It will love and die by voice chat. I said it back then and I’ll say it now. Party chat is the best worst thing invented. Everyone will just sit in a party instead of work as a team and interact with players of the game they are in. Catan is a board game. There’s a reason there aren’t really single player board games. The social aspect is the lifeblood.
Actually solo play and automata rules in board games is a huge market, now more than ever. Most big crowd funded games need to have 1 player rules included.
I get what you're saying Catan definitely needs the social interaction to shine but you definitely missed the mark saying there aren't many 1 player games
Oh I agree. It kinda takes away what I love about the hobby but it's the only way some people get to enjoy it
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It is fully possible to be civil, within reason. I always mute those who are excessively racist/sexist/homophobic/etc and report them also. If every responsible person did so then they would be silenced until the time they could be reprimanded or banned outright.
I generally play Halo 2 in the evenings and lately have had very little trash talk, in fact generally I get a lot of "good game" or the like. You will always have 14 year olds and griefers, but I rarely encounter negative experiences.
i have downloaded it but havnt played it yet.
After all the hundred games that i played in the demo, i didn't encounter anyone aggressive(insulting, mistreating, etc.). As a matter of fact, i made a lot of friends on Xbox live playing C&C3 in the past 2 weeks.
Everyone who doesn't know, \/READ!!!\/
As said above, the best way to deal with griefers is:
1) Mute them. Don't leave the game, don't stop playing, just mute them. If they're actually affecting gameplay, just do your best until the game ends. You still get Achievements / Points / etc.
2) Report them. After the game, either in the lobby or from your list of recent players you've encountered, leave bad feedback and/or report them. Enough bad feedback, and they're banned.
It's that simple.
And as has been said, yeah, it's working.