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[katz]

Warnings that don't come with photographic evidence or basically an admission of guilt from the party in question are generally laughed off the boards.

BG just informs its own when people do things worthy of a multi-server warning. It's not a craplist, or a hitlist. It's a compendium of really bad things people have done. It promotes accountability. See? There's that word again.

If you Quartermastered some linkshell's Ridill in 2005, and it got put up on BG, I'm going to know about it when you apply to a linkshell in 2011. And depending on the mood of the recruiter, you will have to explain yourself, or you will be told to get lost.

Urm really......Forums shouldnt be used as a witch hunting mechanism. Most people just play the game to have fun. Those who take it to this level really need to examine why they waste time in the game looking for how bad other people are and a few bad eggs dont break good shells. Its the drama caused by witch hunts that do.

It doesnt matter what we say in this topic if its been decided then thats what we will be getting. Link your chars or get out of the forum simple choice.

[Karbuncle]

Urm really......Forums shouldnt be used as a witch hunting mechanism. Most people just play the game to have fun. Those who take it to this level really need to examine why they waste time in the game looking for how bad other people are and a few bad eggs dont break good shells. Its the drama caused by witch hunts that do.

It doesnt matter what we say in this topic if its been decided then thats what we will be getting. Link your chars or get out of the forum simple choice.

Nobody "Witch hunts" these people and nobody goes out of their way to harass people who have done nothing wrong. The BG "Warning" Section is really little more than a place where people who have done shameful, shady, or cruel things repeatedly are shown to warn others of their misdeeds. Its not meant to be a halt to their progress, It simply stands as a warning to be cautious with said people as in the past they've done bad things.

Again, Its not to ruin their gaming experience, Its to educate other people so that they can be cautious. I don't think I'm wording this correctly, what i'm trying to say its intention is not to "Witchhunt" these people, Its to educate others of their bad deeds to limit it from happening again.

I also don't think you understand the meaning of the term "Witch Hunt". It stands for an act where, due to paranoia or miseducations, people will hunt large masses of people under false assumptions and remove/kill them for it. Its based off the Salem Witch Trials where even being accused of being a witch was more than likely deadly.

a Player Warning is very far from a "Witch-hunt". They don't seek people out to burn them at the stake. The information rarely leaves that small sub-section. Its nothing more than a tool that can educate people to be cautious of certain players. I hate to repeat myself, but again, Its not meant to be a "DONT PLAY WITH THEM BRO" its more of a "If you're going to play with them, be cautious of this and this"

[Karbuncle]

Definition of a witch hunt is
"The term "witch-hunt" since the 1930s has also been in use as a metaphor to refer to moral panics in general (frantic persecution of perceived enemies). "

Isn't that what i said x.x? I guess I didn't draw attention to the term "Metaphor", But I was trying to describe it based on its roots "Attacking/Accusing/etc People due to panic and misinformation/Ignorance".

Either way, I'm relatively positive no one on BG is panicking to the point of religiously seeking out gimp players and metaphorically "hanging" them for it. Its nothing even remotely close to a Witch hunt, still >_>