Anonymity of Rule Violation Reports

[Akumabito]

And this is where you miss the mark. So what if some of the sanctions are wrong? It happens, people make mistakes. It's not like anybody got hurt for real. If you can't see that then you are way too obsessed about the whole thing.

It seems you missed the same mark, if I make my stand it's really no different than the sanction being wrong, is it? It's just an internet board and game server and no one got hurt. In the grand scheme of things it's meaningless, but then in the grander scheme of things we are all meaningless depending on where you set the upper limit on your scale.

Now that we have all agreed life is meaningless and we are all as well, and that your points and mine have no bearing on anything lets continue, shall we? Because stopping at this point would be as meaningless as continuing, right?

It's ENTIRELY in their powers and it wouldn't even be wrong in the big picture of things. And guess what? I'm totally wiling to play by their rules.

I agree, they have the power to do whatever they want on the server, ban people because they don't like them personally for instance. However I am playing within their rules here, so there really isn't much more to say on that point. It's like saying I'm willing to breath air. It's just the way it is.

By making your Alamo here in way you have been doing it only has the opposite effect. You are making hard-liners out of more moderate guys who might have initially shared your sentiments.

I disagree because I know that for the most part people don't change, I'm not making hardliners out of anyone. There are always going to be people who don't care about the rules as much as they care about personal satifaction, the guys who cheer a bad call at a game when the bad call goes their way. I don't have the power to turn a fair person into one of those by trying to make a point.

The larger point here is that even though we all know there will always be bad sanctions, we also all know that real transparency will reduce the bad sanctions and the favoritism, and make things fairer for everyone. Nor will it lead to anarchy, any more than the currently open legal system in the US does, in fact it could bring some maturity to the boards by reducing the sanction reports that are done simply to get even with someone.

Isn't that a worthy goal? I know why the admins are against it, but why, really, are you?

And how about this, even if you disagree that cases should be completely open, shouldn't they be completely open between the people involved? Without hidden evidence, and with the ability to for the accused to give input prior to the sentence?