Quote Originally Posted by HakuroDK View Post
Well, there is a difference between a consequence and a punishment...

So no one will really punish you for not using tact. No one really can fairly do anything explicitly because you don't use tact. But if you don't, you may try to help someone with a word or two of advice, those words might seem very sharp to the person receiving the advice, they may see it as a personal attack on themselves, and they might retaliate with sharp words of their own, very possibly causing a flame war fueled by pride on both sides.
But then my point still stands if "no one will punish (me) for not using tact"...something about the fact they can't, long as someone isn't so tactless that they defy forum rules of course.

And as far as flame wars, I determine who's worthy of help in a large part by seeing who reacts like that and who doesn't. And I won't lie, I get a good laugh out of those that prove themselves not worthy of the help. They're often quite comical.