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I like the idea of banning on Bungie.net coinciding with banning from Halo 3 Matchmaking, but as another member stated earlier, there is no equal punishment for members without associated gamertags. I'd imagine the result to be a very nice and clean experience in any forum that required a gamertag, but a chaotic and reckless experience and a wave of second accounts doing whatever they want in any forum that does not require a gamertag. Of course, maintaining two accounts is a hassle and the result of the process would be arguably better than the situation now.
But I would instead suggest the restriction of (anyone) viewing or using that player's file share or service record for the duration of the blacklist (individual games obviously cannot be restricted)
I'm completely for bans in Halo 3 translating to Bungie.net account bans.
I'm completely for forum restrictions on those without linked accounts. It'll encourage people to link gamertags. However, on the front of the Halo 3 Forum, I think that there would be some confusion by splitting into Campaign and Multiplayer, and restricting the Multiplayer Forum to only those with XBL accounts. This is because people can play Campaign on XBOX Live and Multiplayer locally or via System Link. In addition, as aku stated, some people are in situations where their account cannot be linked to their profile here (which leads me to believe that in order to implement Live-only features, we'd have to allow members to submit requests to unlink their gamertag from an old, disabled, or blacklisted account, which would require a policy change by Microsoft).
Now, when it comes to the idea od only letting members with linked accounts view Service Records, I strongly disagree. The integration features here are some of the biggest draws to the site. If a new member came here (or a guest without an account who was playing Socials) looking for the stats and found that they could not access them, they would be out of luck. You have to keep appeal to visitors in mind, and that you have to make everyone happy to at least some extent. Which is also why I'd suggest restricting certain forums, but only on the level of posting threads and replies. I still think that guests and members without linked gamertags should be able to look through those forums.
But in general, I like these ideas.
[Edited on 10.24.2007 1:53 AM PDT]