- Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:49 am
#178761
Hi all.
So, I've noticed that there are permabans, then there are permabans. Some of them are of the "personally contact Intelli" variety (texas, for example), some are of the "wait for a long while on an appeal and you might get somewhere" variety (OneManWo1fPac), and some are of the "no way will you ever, ever, EVER be unbanned" variety (Pro_Johnny, Lightbulbs). Now, this is just a shot in the dark, but it seems to me that it would be useful to have a category called an extended ban, for the following reasons.
1. It would prevent absolutely permabanned players from spamming the forums/Intelli with appeals in the hopes of getting unbanned.
2. It would silence people's complaints about "corruption in the ban system".
3. It would make the ban process a lot less confusing/ambiguous.
The extended ban would be something like this: a ban that would last at least 6 months (or 9 months, or 3 months, whatever Intelli and Rokkr deem reasonable), and be possible to appeal for once that time had passed, or (possibly) previous to that, via personally contacting Intelli. Of course, if Intelli were contacted multiple times after a refusal to lift the ban early, it could be made into a true permaban, which would never be lifted in any circumstances. Note that the extended ban would not necessarily be lifted at the end of the time period; it would merely become permissible to post an appeal for it.
I don't know if we're supposed to post rule change suggestions like this, but I hope you guys will consider it. Thanks for reading.
~dlgn
So, I've noticed that there are permabans, then there are permabans. Some of them are of the "personally contact Intelli" variety (texas, for example), some are of the "wait for a long while on an appeal and you might get somewhere" variety (OneManWo1fPac), and some are of the "no way will you ever, ever, EVER be unbanned" variety (Pro_Johnny, Lightbulbs). Now, this is just a shot in the dark, but it seems to me that it would be useful to have a category called an extended ban, for the following reasons.
1. It would prevent absolutely permabanned players from spamming the forums/Intelli with appeals in the hopes of getting unbanned.
2. It would silence people's complaints about "corruption in the ban system".
3. It would make the ban process a lot less confusing/ambiguous.
The extended ban would be something like this: a ban that would last at least 6 months (or 9 months, or 3 months, whatever Intelli and Rokkr deem reasonable), and be possible to appeal for once that time had passed, or (possibly) previous to that, via personally contacting Intelli. Of course, if Intelli were contacted multiple times after a refusal to lift the ban early, it could be made into a true permaban, which would never be lifted in any circumstances. Note that the extended ban would not necessarily be lifted at the end of the time period; it would merely become permissible to post an appeal for it.
I don't know if we're supposed to post rule change suggestions like this, but I hope you guys will consider it. Thanks for reading.
~dlgn
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