PLAYER57832 wrote:I think the key here is minor issues. There just does not seem to be that much of a distinction between minor issues and major ones.
I very much agree. Maybe offenses need to be separated into offenses against the site or in-game offenses and offenses against users (which might happen more often in the forums or in chat), with each category being split into minor and major offenses. I also see the need to separate offenses which merit website bans and offenses which merit forum/chat bans, since some offenses are things that people do in games and some are things people do with words. That would address concerns that people lose their ability to play the game for something they wrote in the forums. Perhaps this can be done as follows, using offenses already listed in the community guidelines:
Offenses and consequences proposal:Major site/in-game offenses- ex. Gambling, hijacking an account
Punishment scale - Permanent site ban? (I don't know how often these things happen and if there's any reason to be more lenient for a first offense. Other opinions/personal experience welcome)
Minor site/in-game offenses - ex. Creating a multi, intentionally deadbeating, Repeatedly Holding Players Hostage,
Serial Teammate Killing, farming
Punishment scale - Warning, 1 Week site ban, 1 Month site ban, 6 month site ban (continued offenses get 6 month site ban)
Major user offenses - ex. Bigotry, Cyber-bullying/Harassment, Personal Information Abuse
Punishment scale - 1 month, 6 months, 1 year (this would give offenders time to mature and hopefully re-enter cc society as wiser, kinder people, continued offenses get 1 month ban)
Minor user offenses - ex. Baiting, trolling, flaming,
Punishment scale - Warning, 24 Hours, 72 Hours, 1 Week ban, 1 Month ban (continued offenses get 1 month ban)