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Posted by: UL7IM4 G33K
The rules change often, very often. I have been confronted with rule changes several times that I was unaware of, and banned for breaking. First it was linking to. Then it was asking for, then it was merely discussing. Thats three bans on me. They don't tell members of rule updates, they don't even warn you after breaking a new rule, they just ban you.It's not the ninjas' fault you don't check the stickies often enough, but you should know the general rules and if something was leaked or something major happened, check the stickies or check to see if a new sticky was put up. It wouldn't kill you to check.
And you very well know pr0n is a no-brainer, and a bad example for what I am talking about. I was referring to minor infractions, which is what all my examples are of. That is not a minor infraction. Nor is spamming, flaming, vulgarity, or other such intentional infractions that are meant to break the rules purposefully. What I am saying is that banning for EVERYTHING, including the smallest things, is too far. Banning kills the motivation of a user to return, especially when it is for something as small as a misunderstanding/ignorance of the rules (bumping a thread like is aloud on most any other forum after a certain time, or similar level things). Why cant we simply warn them with a quick PM? Its done on many forums, even saying it in the topic is done on massive forums such as Neowin.net and others. Bungie.net is the ONLY forum i know of or attend that uses bans so blatantly and freely.I know a couple people that were banned for responding to spam and "chatting". They've been warned enough times about it and they deserved the ban. Perhaps you caught the ninja on a bad day. So what? Get over it. They don't ban for "EVERYTHING". That's what the warning system is for. The ninjas ban people because they don't want them here, so I think that it would be the purpose of a ban - to kill the person's motivation to return, and if they still want to return they should try to be better members. If you've read the stickies you'd know that "ignorance of the rules" is not an excuse. There's a warning system in place. It used to be PMs but since the New Hawtness 2.0 or whatever the current fanciness is called it's done via the Soul. I've also seen ninjas post a warning in a thread to keep the members on-topic and within the rules. Also, if you don't like the way Bungie.net is run, find a different forum. No one is forcing you to be here.
[Edited on 06.15.2007 12:57 AM PDT]