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Posted by: Izak609
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
I honestly don't know if Achronos has mentioned this anywhere. I'm legitimately curious. Not trying to be pretentious.
That's the thing though, he has. But I'm too lazy to link it for you just yet, it's in the original post, too busy playing Mass Effect 3.Found the post.
So, to amend my analogy, it's more like a warning would be a marathon runner having a little kid put on their back until they tire from holding on and let go after a mile's worth of running. But, that mile took you 50% longer to run because you had the kid on your back.
In relation to titles, let's say, for all intents and purposes that warnings effect your trust gain for a month. Now during the course of a month, while not hindered by the effects of a warning, you gain 100 trust (again, hypothetically). Now, in that time, you will have only gained ~66 trust. Follow?
A ban would be like first, moving them back a few miles, and then putting a teenager on their back. The teen will tire and let go after 2 miles now instead of 1, and, because they're heavier, they'll slow you down to being 2 times slower than an unhindered amount. But, teens are different. The teens put on your back can be anywhere from 15-18 years old.
That would be the 3-day ban, the 7-day ban, the 14-day ban, and the 1-month ban. The three day ban would affect you over 3 months. the 7 day over 4 months. The 14-day over 8 months. And the 1-month over a year. (Again, all hypothetical.)
For the 3-day ban, again, as an example using made up but reasonable figures, you would now only be gaining trust at a rate 2x slower than normal. Over the course of the bans effect (3 months), you would get 150 of the 300 trust you should get.
7-day ban: 200/400 trust
14-day ban: 400/800 trust
and 1-month ban: 600/1200 trust
And, of course, you can have multiple little kids and/or teenagers on your back at any given time depending on your recent moderation history.
As a final summarizing example. Let's say that someone was warned on January 1st. Warned again on January 10th. And banned on January 15th for a week. (Not that it matters, but let's say it's all for the same thing. Trolling? Yeah, trolling.
Now that person has a 1.5x decelerator, another 1.5x decelerator, and a 2x decelerator. This person, until some of these start wearing off, is now earning approximately 22 trust per month, as opposed to the normal 100 trust per month.
So, for the next 4 months, you will gain only ~162.04 of the 400 trust you would have gotten had you not been banned or warned.
Did I make sense? Because my gut says I did but my brain says I didn't.
[Edited on 03.10.2012 9:00 PM PST]