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Akroma

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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2009, 09:14:21 am »

yes, but after a ban, it takes less than 3 minutes to rejoin


but when the admin adds some big red letters to your avatar, and tells you he will only remove them when you have shown you deserve it, it works better



no, seriously
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2009, 09:17:42 am »

 Or they could relish in the fact that they are the dunce of the forums. After the five threads of porn, bannings would be needed.

 I think I still have the one warning Toady gave me in my pm inbox.

 Ah yes, I remember it. Message title: Duke 2.0 needs an upgrade.

 Rickroll from like a week ago was reported by somebody.  Please try to keep it to a minimum.

 I really wanted to reply to it and say how sorry I was, and comment on the coolness of Toady having a warning message customized to my screen name. Whatever, I got the message and my posts have been rickroll free.
 Relatively.  :-X
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2009, 12:55:16 pm »

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for upsetting the great Today.
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2009, 01:00:59 pm »

I have one warning because Inaluct and I were...maybe being a little bit of a jerk on  the Titus Andronicus(Spelling?) thread. Inaluct more than me.  :P
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2009, 01:01:04 pm »

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for upsetting the great Today.

What about the uber-powerful Tomorrow?
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2009, 01:28:30 pm »

I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for upsetting the great Today.

What about the uber-powerful Tomorrow?
I find Yesterday is a sneaky bastard, who always stabs you in the back over something.
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« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2009, 02:15:08 pm »

I have one warning because Inaluct and I were...maybe being a little bit of a jerk on  the Titus Andronicus(Spelling?) thread. Inaluct more than me.  :P
Hey, you're the one who called him an idiot and might have been being serious. :I
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2009, 02:30:44 pm »

Damnit. I always keep mispelling his name... I made SURE to type Toady this time but it STILL came out Today.

AUGH! MY BRAIN SUCKS!
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2009, 02:35:23 pm »

Damnit. I always keep mispelling his name... I made SURE to type Toady this time but it STILL came out Today.

AUGH! MY BRAIN SUCKS!

Start a cult to the god Today, lord of the here and now.
His arch-nemesis is Yesterday, god of guilt and hindsight.
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« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2009, 02:35:36 pm »

If it were still Yesterday, Toady would've banned someone Today, but Today is not Yesterday, so Toady did not ban Today.

That was my obligatory pretentiousness for this topic. Hawkfrost's post was cooler.
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #25 on: April 12, 2009, 02:37:02 pm »

If it were still Yesterday, Toady would've banned someone Today, but Today is not Yesterday, so Toady did not ban Today.

Waaaa... Waaa... Brain melting...

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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #26 on: April 12, 2009, 02:39:28 pm »

Did I just derail another thread?
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« Reply #27 on: April 12, 2009, 04:55:40 pm »

Lets see, I got 3-4 warnings, and 1 mute.
I'ma baaaaaad booooooy....

What.

How is this acceptable? You've obviously proven you can't learn from your mistakes. 1 Warning should have been enough, and now you're on here bragging about how much you ignore the rules and continue to do so? Gah.
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #28 on: April 12, 2009, 05:55:01 pm »

if he just made an account from a different IP, what makes you think he won't just rejoin, under a different name ?

If he does and I don't notice, then that means he's readjusted his attitude and it's not that bad a thing -- if Fobos is verified as the new account holder though, of course I'll ban it immediately, whether the new account has been good or bad, as it's a ban-dodge.

Isn't that a little counter-productive? I mean, the only thing banning his new account would accomplish is it would make him dodge the ban again. It's a vicious cycle, and there's no real reason for it either if he's adjusted his attitude. It all comes down to what you think the purpose of forum rules is. Punish people for wanting to be a part of the community or keep the peace? I'd say it's the latter, and if he's not disturbing the peace there's no reason to punish him further.

To clarify, it's a matter of the time frame.  I had somebody dodge a ban two years later and I didn't care.  If Fobos comes back in a couple of days, is good for a week, but it comes up that it's a ban-dodge, then I'll ban him again, because the act of ban dodging itself shows that he hasn't really learned and will likely misbehave again.  A polite email after a month would be a superior method of getting back on the boards.  I don't want to encourage mute dodging as a game or muting is pointless.  And no, the cycle doesn't seem to go on forever -- people get tired and most of them don't know how to pretend to occupy the entire IP range.  If I run into a problem like that, I don't have a solution, but it isn't a problem that plagues any forum I've been to.

I don't think your question is fair, in that those aren't my only choices.  Keeping the peace is not the only reason for forum rules, and I'm not just doing this to "punish people who want to belong".  I don't care if Fobos wants to belong, because he's an unrepentant asshole who wasted my time harassing other people who are genuinely interested in what's going on here and who express that in a non-destructive way.  This is why he is being punished.

If there's a hypothetical Fobos who has behaved for a few days, then he's still gone, because I can't give him second chances forever.  Fobos has been good for a few days before.  Having people like him around chases people away, people that I'd much rather have around than Fobos.  Choosing between them is simple.  I can't have them both if Fobos isn't willing to change.
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Re: Forum Policy
« Reply #29 on: April 12, 2009, 06:13:53 pm »

He is using Guest, now. Didn't even use a different name, just using guest.
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