Your example makes no sense, you had 0 provocation in it for the second attack. As to "banning them in game and out again out of the blue after a whole year". It was not out of the blue, he got banned a year ago, in game and on forum. He was told he could make in game accounts, but forum accounts would be out of the question. He seemed to understand eventually, despite trying to barter with us via bribery, and all was fine. A year later, he made another forum account, which we had specifically told him was not allowed, and we followed through with the correct punishments, a banning on the forum account, and in game accounts.
Certainly some players may indeed, learn their lesson and never do it again, but unfortunately, we cannot make that choice on a case by case basis, we do not know the players personally, and thus wide judgement calls must be made on such subjects. We cannot, and do not make exceptions for anyone, and that is how it is.
How did we fail them as mods, we caught them rule breaking the first time, and explained it, very clearly, what was going to happen, and what they were allowed, and not allowed to do. They followed those rules fine for a while, and then broke them, and we came down on them. Just because time passed doesn't mean we're suddenly ok with the fact that they broke some pretty major rules in the past.
Playing on the server is a privilege, not a right, and as the people put in charge of making sure it's policed correctly, Haine, Tesla, and Talis all make judgement calls on stuff like this. They decide on how things are handled, and that's the final say.
As to my being biased, I fail to see how you're at all any deciding factor on what side I take in a fight, being as insignificant as you are in the grand scheme of things, and ironically, I do not speak with yuyu, we spoke little while we were on staff(we spoke about DA, and that was as far as our relationship went), and we speak never now that they have left staff.
Let me get this straight, Forum Account Number 1; banned for Ad Fraud [ When the Ad Voting was still available ]... He/She changed the IP address then contacted GMs by asking if there's any possibility to let them play again. But, a GM who was on the case told he/she, "You can start the Game Fresh with a New Forum Account and Game Account on the Anniversary of there First Forum Account Banning that was banned for Ad Frauding.." But! The Person made a New Forum account right away instead of making it on the Anniversary of there First Forum account banning..., which the GM told the person to do... Is there a possibility that the GMs told the person this on the First Banning of Forum Account Number 1?
Now Forum Account Number 2 got banned for...?
Forum accounts 1 through a few, banned for ad frauding.
NOBODY told them they could make a new forum account. They were told they could make new in game accounts
They made a new forum account, and it got banned with their in game accounts as per the rules.
