Rules over RP.

[tazuras]

First of all I recommend you make your title less flamy. It may very well describe the person in question put people like this will always be on any open server and there is nothing to do about it.

Second of all, take a moment and consider. Noting has been taken from your character other than your ability to play it for the time being. The admins will give you an opportunity to explain I am sure, but in order to keep the peace on the server they have to take precautionary measures.

Now, could they have searched for your forum RP before locking you up, perhaps. However if they are as overworked as I get the impression they are then I dont find it terribly unreasonable that you have to bend to accommodate them then vice versa.

Finally onto the 'friendliness' of the admins. If they have the resources to be less curt and still do their jobs properly it would be great, but honestly, I dont know if they have the time.

I have to agree I do see a trend leading towards more restrictions and less player freedom, but as someone who is not an admin I dont think I am qualified to say that it is not necessary. I do think it is something that needs a little more disclosure though. For instance, introducing rep fixing ID's without telling us, just making it a surprise, that's not very civil in my opinion. I know it was done for good reason, but a little notice would be nice. Notice in your situation though... I dont see a huge reason for it. Treating rule breakers differently is not a good policy and if an admin took the time to wait until someone was on who had broken the equipment rules and politely take them aside and have a nice little chat with them, I dont know if they would have time for much else.

How long has it been since you put in the request by the way?

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