[Discuss] OOC Bans

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 8 Sep 2006 at 16:00, Thomas Dalton wrote:

> > you are expoiting the intent of the OOC ban option
> 
> I'm not really sure what the intent of the option is...

That should be pretty obvious. The intent of the OOC ban option is to 
immediately remove a character from your realm due to OOC considerations.

For example: After a recent battle between Perdan and Sirion/Fontan in which 
Perdan won a very big victory, we had a new character join from a new 
account, and the character's name was "Perden has no bowls". The character 
claimed they had once been in Coimbra and deleted their old account, then 
created a new account to restart the game. Immediately after starting, the 
character started trash talking Perdan. (You guys suck, Fontan's gonna whoop 
you, etc.) This is a perfect case for an OOC ban, and it was used on him rather 
quickly. The account has since been deleted.

> I view banning
> a character from a realm as a purely IC punishment - it doesn't
> greatly effect the player's enjoyment of the game.

Depends on the person, the circumstances of the ban, etc. In any case, if the 
person is doing things IC that deserve a ban (inciting rebellion, questioning the 
ruler's/general's competence, etc.), then an OOC ban is not called for.

> Also, if someone
> has broken an OOC rule, why should another realm have to put up with
> them?

They don't have to put up with them. If that person joins another realm and 
continues to do things deserving of an OOC ban, then the ruler of that realm 
can hand down an OOC ban, too. But if the first OOC ban wakes them up and 
convinces them that they need to stop that type of behavior, then good for 
them. Maybe they will learn to be a better player.


-- 
Rob

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.




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