Dear Eclipse Community,
Greetings to all.
I suggest revisiting our friend's topic and sharing your thoughts again, as it seems the initial responses did not directly address the specific issues raised.
Let me restate my friend's idea for everyone:
Should individuals who break community rules be banned from reentry? Certainly.
Should those who evade bans be respected? Absolutely not.
Imagine two players, Jimmy and Alex:
Jimmy: In his first entry to the server, unaware of the rules, violates other players' rights, breaks the rules, and receives a permanent ban after several warnings and penalties.
Alex: Similarly, in his first entry to the server, unaware of the rules, breaks them, devalues the roleplaying experience of others, and also receives a permanent ban.
Now, consider that both, after being banned, create a new account, evading their previous bans, and continue playing:
Jimmy: Learns from his past mistakes, understands he shouldn't have done those things, and with his new account, starts playing again, respecting the rules this time to avoid getting banned again.
Alex: Due to his unethical personality, doesn't accept or understand his mistakes, evades his ban, creates another new account, rejoins the community, but with the difference that he doesn't accept his ban, is very angry, and intends to cause chaos in the server. He breaks more rules, and with toxic behavior, ruins the roleplaying experience and enjoyment for other players. Even if he gets banned multiple times, he finds ways to evade it and, without fear, might even resort to cheating, possibly rallying a group of other gamers to destroy the server and engage in reckless behavior.
Here, the main flaw in the current policy becomes evident: It makes no distinction between Jimmy and Alex, treating both as ban evaders.
As my friend gave his example, let me share mine: In my first entry to the server, like everyone else, I had no understanding of roleplaying and naturally, the rules. But my good friend Diswatch guided me well, familiarized me with the server and its rules, and today, I proudly announce that I've been a member of Eclipse for about 4 years, enjoying the delightful experiences of playing without any trouble and without a single history of rulebreaking or such issues, playing respectfully on this server.
And finally, I would like to say that rules can certainly be updated and changed over time, and should be used in the process of improving server and community conditions. As we remember, in past years some toxic individuals targeted certain minorities and people with different orientations and races, but thankfully, this issue has been completely addressed today. We see people enjoying playing together regardless of their differences, and taking pleasure in being alongside each other.
Since I believe our approach to rules should be preventive rather than absolute prohibition, our view towards rules circumventers should assume that individuals may unintentionally violate rules, and certainly, upon their second chance, they will respect the rules and even educate others to adhere to them. Considering this, after losing their previous account and starting anew with a new account, individuals forfeit all assets obtained through breaking the rules.
As a member of the Eclipse community, I strongly recommend and propose that ban evading rules be changed from a permanent ban on the person to simply banning just their account. This allows the individual to continue playing with a new account and ensures that they won’t face the same issues for not repeating past mistakes
And I ask all my friends in the community, both server staff and players, to express their opinions with full consideration of what I have said.
Best regards.
(PS:I did not intend to spam because the previous topic was archived and I was not given the opportunity to reply, so I opened a new topic.)
