The DaemonS and The Seraphim

[Diablo666Daemon666]

Also...
I just had an interesting conversation with an Admin, and he left before I could ask my last questions...

1, How can you go check the rules, if you dont know there are any?
(Excepting, of course, the ones that pop up in-game about PvP encounters)

2, Why are the rules not presented to the player BEFORE he/she joins the server, or after...?
(The rules should be presented in the same way taht rules are presented on other media. A warning, a note, whatever. It could even be something that your ship STARTS with, like the "welcome to Discovery" thing, calling it SERVER RULES might be a good idea.)

3, Going on the basis that the player doesnt know the rules, or even knows that they exist, why would that player believe ANYTHING that was told to them in-game?
(Anyone who flies up and says "oh, this is against the rules, blah blah blah, leave Liberty Space or be destroyed" could actually be LYING, and just trying to be a complete git. There are people like that in EVERY game, hassling the new players.)

4, If all the above is true, which it is, How can I be expected to follow rules that I dont know about, previously check rules that I dont know about, and adhere to rules that I dont know about...and even BREAK them, without even knowing about them?

5, Therefore: by doing all that I did, I broke several rules... ...without prior knowledge of them.
Since you cannot actually BREAK a rule if you dont know that there is a rule. I, therefore, broke no rules.

The correct thing to do at THAT point is:
1, Direct the player to go look at the rules, and tell them where to look.
2, Give said player the benefit of the doubt.
3, Make sure that, upon learning the rules, said player doesnt break them again.

Removing all ways of continuing, AND initiating a 7 day ban, for a player who has no knowledge of any rules...
Now thats BAD. It will make the player not WANT to play, and certainly not WANT to follow any rules.
It may also cause several OTHER players to not want to play anymore, and could reduce the number of new players.

You took the only weapons I had, and I hadnt got much money. So I couldnt do missions to earn cash, and I couldnt trade for the reasons of: not having any way to defend from attack while trading, and not having enough cash to purchase commodities.
Now, going by the fact that I didnt know the rules...I think THAT was enough of a punishment, dont you?
Even if I KNEW the rules...doing THAT would already screw me enough to say "hmm, might not break a rule again"

The 7 day ban was unnecessary, over the top, out of RP, and honestly very silly!
Also, taking the player from where he was, to a VERY hostile station, in the middle of a cargo run is ALSO very out of RP.
You cost me over $200,000 of trading profit...and I'm now stuck somewhere that I cant leave.

You cant expect others to follow RP rules if you are able to pluck ships at will and dump them somewhere.
If WE have to follow RP rules...so do you...admin or not!!!

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"He who controls the past commands the future, He who commands the future, conquers the past."
- Kane, Brotherhood Of NOD.