Biased Bans?

[Jinx]

of course its nicer to PM - but i understand that someone might publicly vent a little - after all, being sanctioned is a public event with not a few gleeful onlookers. - so if there indeed has been a mistake, an obvious one and if a decission was simply unjust - ( without a proper apology from the right side ) - going public is what one does - at least in RL. - its often the only way - but yes, it causes more trouble sometimes.

i believe that a sanction should be hidden, too. - those that are truely concerned by it might be invited to read the whole thing ( via PM - only takes a copy paste PM ) ... so often, we get comments, jeering and gleeful spectators - and if it turns out that the case wasn t "all that bad" i doubt any of those has ever apologized.

however - going public should be the very last resort as it will hardly animate the admins to look into the case thoroughly again, - or at least no more than PMing them. only if PMs don t help at all, and you really really still feel utterly ill treated. a public announcement is - in order, i think. sanctions are a very one sided affair. - while we re not playing under equals, and everyone knows that, it sometimes feels like it lacks something - in cases that are not as clear as cheating. - especially in cases wehre its not definite if a curse is spoken in char or out of char or if a char is RPing or not RPing. - its so easy to mistake someones intentions and to interpret them wrong. - the sanctioned has no voice untill the sanction report is done, which means - until the judgement has been done - the damage is done, even if taken back, its a damage to the reputation of a player. - cause after all, players see mostly only the capture "player X sanctioned for whatever". its like writing a report about a scandal of a person and spreading it all around. - after it turns out that everything wasn t "all that bad" as it seems - the harm is already done. - and speaking up to be heard by the community is a way to at least trying to fix some of the rep - if the attempt as such is not already taken as an "insult" and considered a "bad move". - i d like to make it depend on the case.

anyway, the community can hardly make up their mind, as the only people that know what really happened are the one that reported and the one that was sanctioned and both are unlikely to tell the full truth if it might not support their point of view.

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