Before you downvote or lock this, let me explain.


Currently on Lioden, you are unable to block moderators. If you were to attempt to block a moderator, this is the message you would recieve:



The issue with this is: Moderators play this game as well as moderate it.
Moderators can message people, buyout and offer on trades, etc, just like any other person on site.

What does blocking do?

-Makes it so a player cannot private message you
-Makes it so a player cannot buyout your trades
-Makes it so if you see a player's thread or comment in the forums, it is hidden with a "show from blocked player button"

What blocking does not do:

-Make it so the blocked parties cannot look at your den
-Make it so the blocked parties don't see your chat messages
-Make it so the blocked parties cannot see anywhere you may or may not be breaking rules

But Lex, what if a Moderator needs to contact you for mod business? You'd have them blocked, how will they message you?

That's what this is for



If moderators need to contact you, they can easily bypass a inbox block through the moderator messages, which is strictly where moderator messages due to site infractions or concerns should go.

With this system, the only way to have it so a mod doesn't contact you or buyout your trades is to pm them and say "Hey, i don't like you, don't do these things." which can be overlooked anyways.

What i propose:

-Ability to block Moderators like regular players
-Moderators can override blocks to preform Mod duties, but ONLY Mod Duties.

In my opinion, if a moderator is allowed to play the game like a regular player, they should be able to be blocked like a player. It doesn't infract on a Mod's ability to do their job if they can't PM a user about a lion they have for sale or offer on a trade when if they didn't have the green paw they wouldn't be able to do so otherwise.

TLDR; You should be allowed to block a mod like any other player since they can contact you and act like any other player

And before someone says "Well, if you have an issue with a moderator, you can PM an admin about it!" I'm aware of this. I highly doubt the admins will want to listen to me whine and complain about if a moderator that i don't like for outside reasons PM'd me about a trade or if they offered and removed on my trades too many times.

Thank you for reading, and please feel free to share opinions below.