Otherwise known as:
Fuck the Police
I just received a perma-ban for the grievous crime of disagreeing with an admin.
I was in the NA (Official) forum expressing my feelings regarding the heavy-handed rule of cRPG admins, and was perma-banned by Tears of Destiny. It's my understanding that 'chat abuse' is against server rules, which Tears was happy to remind me of. Apparently, in his opinion, my disagreeable attitude was abusive. I'm now stating that Tears' ban-happy attitude is abusive to me, an opinion that I could have backed up with reasonable arguments if he hadn't locked the thread and denied me the opportunity to do so. For this transgression, I was instantly subjected to a perma-ban.
My point here being, of course, that 'disrespect' is subjective, and that Tears' ignorant and tyrannical administration is both immoral and unjustified. I understand that cRPG is not held to the same standards as the U.S. constitution - but it should be. Suppression of free speech is, again, immoral, and frankly I find it to be very offensive. I'm not really a nice person. I don't feel the need to censor myself in order to pander to idiots like Tears, and for this reason I'm sometimes disliked. That's completely fine. It's his right to dislike me - just as it's my right to be unlikable.
The internet is not a nice place. The world is not a nice place. I wasn't teamwounding. I wasn't committing hate crimes. I wasn't even breaking 'the rules.' My only crime is in offending this little girl's delicate sensibilities. That's right; all I did was disagree with one power-hungry admin, who couldn't stand the thought that he might be wrong about something. I could write a book about why censorship is wrong, and I might have to if this trend of corrupt and idiotic administration in cRPG keeps up - but for now, I'd like to save us all a little time and just ask that Tears (and any other overly strict admins) be relieved of their positions and subjected to the same sort of unjustified ban that they have subjected so many others to.
I posted a likeness of the above text in another thread that was very similar to this one. So similar, in fact, that my message still applied. It seems that idiotic administrators abound in cRPG.
He cites SEVEN offenses, most of which I explicitly remember, and most of which were false. For example: I seem to have three counts of leeching on my record, but have never once leeched. In fact, I can remember one such "offense" explicitly. I'd fallen off of a bridge into a deep moat on a siege map and become trapped therein. Due to poor map design, I was unable to make my way out, and was forced to stew in another's shortcomings for the remainder of the round. I expressed my disgust in the public chat, but was unseen by the admin. Shortly thereafter, he leapt from the bridge above and banned me before even reaching the ground. In hindsight I realize that I could have committed suicide by changing to the 'spectator' faction, but at the time I had no idea. I certainly received no such recommendation, and no warning. I had no chance to rebut my position, as always seems to be the case with cRPG admins. Ban first, and ignore any questions is their motto. I was also accused of exploiting, which was eventually proven, in this very forum, to be a false claim. Someone claimed that I had intentionally used a pike on horseback, a glitch that I, at the time, did not even know existed. During the game in which this occurred an admin warned me and I immediately dropped the pike, quickly explaining the situation lest I be banned by the zealous fool. Most of the other 'offenses' follow in this vein: hasty accusations by admins that should know better, but don't.
I understand that rules are important. I don't want to be teamkilled any more than anyone else. However, there is a point where enforcement of the rules becomes excessive and even harmful. In my opinion, cRPG would do just fine without any admins at all. I think that, for the vast majority of cases, player-moderated bans and the QML function are all that are needed. I have no problem with reasonable rules. In fact, I follow them very closely, now that I've had a chance to read and understand them. It's the irresponsible and excessive enforcement that I disagree with. This essay, by its very existence, is evidence of how unreasonable the cRPG admins are. I am nothing but civil in how I voice my opinions on this forum, yet I've been met with nothing but hostility by the admins who are supposed to be my fellows. This essay evidences my respect for my fellow players - but it seems that they have no respect for me.
(abbreviated to ~850 words, because I got my message across in a concise manner and FUCK THE POLICE)
Edit: @Canary, sorry about the misdirected anger. I assumed that you were involved since you were the one posting in chat. This would be normally be grounds for a pithy remark about how admins often ban with no explanation, but I wouldn't want to hurt Tears' feelings.
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