"Archaic Bans"

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I'm only aware of one particular individual that matches this case, and to add insult to injury is rather blatantly open about it. With the benefit of the doubt, I'm going to assume this isn't a veiled, indirect trial-by-forum.

Punishments like bans are tools to encourage or provoke corrected behavior. More often than not, they fail, especially in Discovery's community, where people are just way too easily giving into intrusive thoughts. In the few cases where people aren't falling back into their old patterns, the ban served its purpose as corrective tool. That is the primary line of thinking we should have when it comes to treating and differentiating between general malevolence and situational crashouts.


Rumors of people evading bans sadly often are not just rumors but facts, with only so much that can be done about. When that particular punishment fails, others need to be considered.

In the particular case I am hinting at above the ban-evasion is not only confirmed but somewhat portrayed, either knowingly or not, with blatant obviousness. Surefire way of provoking reactions, and while I'm not missing a certain irony in who voices their opinions on the matter at hand, one can hardly blame anyone to feel, at first sight, something unjust is being endorsed. In the context of the ban-evasion serving as foundation to prove an improved spirit, sportsmanship and even commendable and qualitatively high standards of roleplay, one must ask whether pursuing further punishment for the sake of further punishment is a healthy path to take. Sometimes it pays off to just roll with it instead of getting vindictive for the sake of vindication.

Does it mean this unprecedented case should set a new standard? No.
Does it warrant hard specifications to be laid out? No.
Does it mean other people will just get away with ban-evasion if they just behave well enough or fly under the radar? No.
Does it mean we need to make a mountain of a molehill? Nope.

I'd rather trust the current greens and oranges to think their decision through, as usual on a case-by-case basis, with rules and previous rulings being guidelines to consider than hardlines to follow. Hardlining doesn't get us anywhere.

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