Banning Bad, Actually?
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@Ominous I think there was a guy who was quite successfully roleplaying as a… I wanna say washing machine? Something like that.
@bear_necessities said in Banning Bad, Actually?:
@Pavel said in Banning Bad, Actually?:
So we’ll have this conversation. Forever
I mean you could say that about every conversation we have on this forum, pretty sure we just go around in circles.
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@Yam said in Banning Bad, Actually?:
Do we ever learn anything? Ever?
Yes. I learned that a few people are actually interested in a ridiculous 3-month server surrounding the antics nobles trying to get chosen as a spouse to a head of state to be.
@Pavel said in Banning Bad, Actually?:
@Ominous I think there was a guy who was quite successfully roleplaying as a… I wanna say washing machine? Something like that.
I will say this of Shang. It may be the Mos Eisley of the MU* world, but I have encountered and heard of some the most creative RP there.
I’ve also encountered some of the worst. The place tends to house the extremes.
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@Yam said in Banning Bad, Actually?:
This was basically enough to get OnceWas banned. This person was freshly new. This is the most hair trigger case I can think of. He was immediately shown the door, although he was sure to kinda’ buckle down on his stance. Mild, probably, but no one wanted to deal with it.
I didn’t recall them by name, but I searched and all I could find was this post where I basically said that their attitude over a minor documentation issue was “bafflingly aggressive”. I can’t find anywhere where I said they should be banned for it? Or supported them being banned for such a thing? That doesn’t seem like something I would do, but maybe I’m forgetting some important detail.
I’m unclear of what your threshold is, as I recall you were not very approving of this behavior.
Disapproving of someone’s behavior doesn’t equate to thinking they should be banned for it. As staff, you have the authority to set boundaries. Sometimes that can be done with a coaching approach, other times you need something firmer, like:
“If you would like to try again and rework that page into something even remotely approaching a reasonable discussion of issues rather than a full-on attack, feel free. Otherwise leave. It’s that simple.” - actual Fara quote
In that specific case, the player backtracked and we had a constructive conversation. There have been other times where other players full-on apologized and we’ve gone on to have a good relationship.
There have certainly been times where I’ve given someone too many chances, but on the whole this approach has worked out well. YMMV.
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@Faraday Well yeah, but you’re Faraday. You can speak braille and have counted to infinity twice. You won a game of connect four in three moves.
