[SUGGESTION] See who makes a poll

[Kaeli]

Hi,

It would be nice if you could see who started a poll. That way you can do something about the annoying person constantly asking for bans of random players.
I think it would also make people use polls more responsible.

Just my 2 cents

 

[Rujasu]

In the newest version you can make a poll only once. Problem solved.

 

[UzeroK]

Leave the server, change your character, join a server and start another poll.

I don't know if poll restriction is based on CD-Key, because it should.

 

[Rujasu]

Leave the server, change your character, join a server and start another poll.

And how does showing the poll starter's name prevent that?

 

[UzeroK]

Leave the server, change your character, join a server and start another poll.

And how does showing the poll starter's name prevent that?

It doesn't. Leaving a server and rejoining (maybe change the name) would override both mechanism.

 

[Plazek]

Personally I prefer the OP suggestion, though it has of course been put forward many times in the past.

Anyways I dislike players being limited to just 1 poll. There are legitimate reasons why you may want to make more than just one poll and showing the name of the poll maker is better, it does not directly stop poll spammers but by naming them other polls can be enacted to solve the problem.

 

[Skot the Sanguine]

Maybe they should only show your name if you make 3 or more polls.  There are legitimate and good reasons for it being anonymous but it can be abused.  That is to say, for kicking and banning people anyway...changing maps it wouldn't matter if they showed the initiator every time.

 

[Khalid ibn Walid]

Personally I prefer the OP suggestion, though it has of course been put forward many times in the past.

Anyways I dislike players being limited to just 1 poll. There are legitimate reasons why you may want to make more than just one poll and showing the name of the poll maker is better, it does not directly stop poll spammers but by naming them other polls can be enacted to solve the problem.

Agreed. 

I'd much prefer to allow multiple polls, but not leave them anonymous.

There are legitimate and good reasons for it being anonymous

Which are?

 

[LuckyDuckly]

Leave the server, change your character, join a server and start another poll.

And how does showing the poll starter's name prevent that?

The main reason they should implement this is that people start polls to ban or kick someone all the time. If their name was attached to it they might not make such a dumb move unless they had a valid reason for the ban/kick (getting pwned =/= valid reason, but I think the main reason for the votes). I haven't been kicked or banned, but I've seen it happen enough times for no apparent reason.

 

[crazycracka]

I agree, it should show who started a poll. There are constant polls trying to vote the same people, for no apparent reason. Also if you actually do have a decent reason for trying to kick someone, not stating why before hand is pretty much a surefire way for it to be rejected.

 

[Khalid ibn Walid]

If I can pile in another suggestion (in case the first two don't pass muster), is it all possible to limit the timing of polls to the first minute & last couple of minutes, but not in between?  It is always irritating and distracting to see polls asking for random bans, maps or miscellaneous bots right in the heat of battle, when people are trying to concentrate?  I presume it is bored dead guys doing this, but it is extremely annoying.  I've died more than a few times trying to clear those stupid things from my screen.  And it's only gotten worse with more poll options.

But that's only second-best solution.

I believe removing anonymity would fix pretty much all the poll problems.  I don't understand why there is resistance to implementing that.  Explanation?