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Quoted from Swarlz

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Well I’m not sure what he means, however I still think it’s important that the rules implace are actually inforced. For instance the very point I made in the first thread the rules clearly state that the thread will be deleted and people given a warning. In which case n00ne would be on his second warning and banned from the above links.

When I recieved my forum ban it was for calling a certain induvidual a ‘cunt’ in a joking maner and had only been done once however I recieved an instant week ban even though the rule is

F.3 – Please do not swear at other members in the TF2 Community, swearing is only deemed appropriate when used in the humour or joking form.

even if it could of been seen as being directed at them in an agressive way the ban should only be given if I had recieved a warning, which I had not.

‘Hostility/Nasty’ness’/Inappropriate Manners – A heavy warning, if the person continues then a temporary if not lengthy ban.’

Few months later I did more or less the same thing and only recived a cool down of a day even though under

Punishment for Re-offenders

it clearly states it should be doubled.

Everything seems to be down the admin who deals the ban rather than the actual rules which appear to be more guidelines.

I’ll edit with thread links as and when found

Let’s have a look at what you did to earn the first ban:

Quoted from Swarlz

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Xzr, you remind me of one of those things – you know 50% of the popultion have them? Smell like an old fish market, looks like an old mans eye who suffers from serious eye infections… god damn it it will come to me eventually

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Oh yes a cunt.

Two thread-wide warnings were made shortly before that post. That means you ignored two recent warnings.

I will assume that you no longer contest punishment for making such a statement.

When it comes to what exact punishment, that’s up the the admins. Was he being serious? How did the person it was directed towards interpret it? How severe was it? Had there been previous warnings in the thread? Had the player made previous posts that could build up to a ban? Keep in mind that the “rules” you quoted are in fact guidelines (read the headline), and that by the end of the day, there will be a need for admins to adjust the punishment according to the circumstances.

Believe me when I say that no one sees more flaws in the forum rules than the moderators themselves. I’ve made several suggestions for improvements in the forum structure and rules, some of which have been implemented, while others have been put on hold until we have time to work on them again. As I said, some changes need to be made so that the age-old rules reflect reality better. There are also technical improvements that could be made to make the admins’ lives easier, but wouldn’t change the user experience much. Those require active site admins, which the head admins are looking at. Then there are changes that improve forum quality, such as the feedback threads you’ve been seeing lately, or an improved forum structure we’re working on.