Mega
Chaotic Good
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I have watched this thread for some time, and would ask this.
If a person is caught cheating whether in an instance of some other way in game, then the investigation surely determines the severity of the 'crime', and issues a sentence in accordance with that.
Therefore not all persons would get the same sentence. Some may simply lose the ill gotten gains, and get banned from instances for say 1 year. others may get full game ban for a specified duration, and only the very worst get a complete ban.
It is not in MAs interest to perma-ban except where persons has repeatedly offended and perhaps had previous bans and not learned from that.
Some years ago certain players were using exploits in space, they were duly warned, but persisted. They were banned for a day, a week then 6 months, only after they went out of their way to bad mouth MA and the game was one of them perma-banned. Most gave up and revised their behaviours after only the 1 week ban. Should MA have perma-banned them all.. no better to educate.
I know of other cases where there was financial impropriety, again there was bans of various lengths, removal of that which they gained, in some cases in effect a fine levied also.
Now according to some f you here, all persons that scam, cheat, exploit should be perma-banned, regardless of whether they are a first time offender, minor offender or the Al Capone of EU.
Worst of all you seem to feel that there is no such thing as return to game once they are 'time served'.
That's a lot like saying all thieves whether they steal a chocolate bar at age of 6 or have robbed banks repeatedly for years should be locked up and throw away the key.
We don't know the circumstances of every case, we don't know how MA reached their sentence, we don't even know what the actual offence was in detail, let alone the severity of the sentence, we can only guess.
Assumptions based on guesswork are the worst kind of arrogance as they are made by people who believe that they know more than those that investigated.
Please don't become the ASS in assumption.
If you don't trust MA to do a proper job, then that opinion is yours and yours alone, and you have the right to walk away as if you can't trust MA, then frankly why are you here ?
But at least show some humanity and where a person has paid their 'fine' served their ban, then lets hope they learned and let them try to show they have no intention of repeat offending.
we are players in a game not a kangaroo court
QFL