I am quite certain that the "(1 hour)" is there as an example of what a temporary ban might be. Remember there are plenty of players who do not speak English as their primary language, and that might help clarify it for them, I don't know. The rules also go on to say that permanent can mean a day or two, so there's that.
One teamkill might be a warning, if it was someone's first time breaking said rule. If a new player hops onto crpg and for some reason assumes that s/he can do as s/he pleases and starts teamkilling anyone, then a warning might would be appropriate to familiarize said player with the rules. If someone who has been playing the game for several years intentionally teamkills someone for the fifth, sixth, or seventh time, then no, s/he doesn't deserve any more warnings.
Typically in my experience, the TKers are the raging ones, as TKing someone is a "good way to get back at them." In response to his TKing me I merely sighed, thought to myself "Well he done goofed" and proceeded to hive him a slap no the wrist, because yes, that is all this was. Four hours is nothing compared to what he deserved based on the standard for repeat offenders of this degree. Not to mention he was unbanned to be able to participate in
both strat battles tonight, so he probably didn't even lose any precious playtime anyways. Stop trying to blow this way out of proportion by stating his supposed innocence and trying to convince myself and others that the punishment was too harsh, as it was pretty much as lenient as possible. This will serve as his "warning," and should there be a next time, the ban will be longer, with no exceptions for "precious" strat battles.
I like how Saint gets banned for 4 hours for one TK, whereas people like Skooks, Bicep, Cwnhield, etc etc never seem to get punished by any other admins. I've been trying to be somewhat lenient with my bans, giving warnings before just banning someone straight up. I was on the other day and there was at least 4 other admins on and for some reason I was the only one doing the police work.
Every admin has a different tolerance level. And there is a huge difference between Skooks and Bicep running off into a corner and doing their own thing and someone TKing some random player out of rage. If players on Skooks'/Bicep's team complain how they are dragging them down, then yeah I'd give a warning/ban. If no one complains then no punishment is necessary as far as I'm concerned. Just last night I witnessed two different players TK archers on their team simply for "ruining the game." They were both promptly banned since they, once again, were repeat offenders who knew better. Each archer complained about it to me, said it was completely uncalled for, and having witnessed them, I agreed. This case was no different. I too am a player that has the right to not be TKed by anyone on a whim.
P.S. "Net" can also mean "gain," so it can arguably be used there. Sure, "get" would make it easier to understand, and it probably makes more sense to use it there, but there is nothing inherently wrong with choosing to use "net" instead.
