To many sanctions

[Mímir]

I remember it being pointed out countless times by players on the forum that disagreements should be sorted out through sanction reports to avoid "rule lawyering".

I think that's part of the problem - the admins become the mommy and daddy we can run to when we feel mistreated, rather than just talking things through as adults with the people we feel mistreated by. Afterall we are all here with the same premise, to have fun and enjoy this game we all share a passion for or interest in, and in most cases we can find mutual grounds or agree to disagree without "hating" each other.

I always talk to people if we have a disagreement or there has been actions violating the rules, and it really works most of the time. I have only had to submit 3-4 sanction reports in all the time I have been here. On the other hand I have been blamed for "rule-lawyering" for pointing out simple stuff like "hey you can't hunt pirates in this system on that ID" or "hey mr. indie-pirate you need to make a demand before you get your pews on". I don't see that as rule-lawyering, I see it as stating the obvious in the hope that players' actions might be different in the future in similar situations and to avoid paperwork and overloading the admins, and it usually works.

The rule-lawyering-as-a-crime concept should be dropped completely, it creates a weird artificial filter between players that is counter-productive IMO. We have a brilliant /ignore function for those cases where the "lawyering" is never ending, malignant or unwanted.

In general we should trust each other more, and thereby give admins reasons to trust players more too.

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